2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings – Week 3

NEW ORLEANS – Get ready for a big weekend.

Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings for the 2025 season, as released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Regional Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning teams’ strength with current season results (if applicable) in determining a rank-order of squad potential. Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible to receive a ranking. Teams with provisional status within the region may be ranked.

Regional Championships Saturday is set for November 15.

East Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 MIT

Next in Line: No. 2 Tufts

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Wellesley, No. 4 Bowdoin, No. 5 Suffolk (Mass.)

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams.

Great Lakes Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Trine

Next in Line: No. 2 Calvin

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 John Carroll, No. 4 Ohio Wesleyan, No. 5 Case Western Reserve

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams.

Metro Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Swarthmore

Next in Line: No. 2 Rowan

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 TCNJ, No. 4 Stockton, No. 5 Moravian

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams.

Mid-Atlantic Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Johns Hopkins

Next in Line: No. 2 Carnegie Mellon

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Misericordia, No. 4 Lebanon Valley, No. 5 Salisbury

Notes: Misericordia soared four spots from No. 7 to No. 3 after winning the 6k at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational this past weekend. The Cougars took three of the top-four individual places, led by Madison Hedglin’s runner-up effort.

Mideast Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Williams

Next in Line: No. 2 Amherst

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Connecticut College, No. 4 Vassar, No. 5 RPI

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams.

Midwest Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 UChicago

Next in Line: No. 2 Washington (Mo.)

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Wartburg, No. 4 Central (Iowa), No. 5 Grinnell

Notes: Washington (Mo.) impressed this past weekend at the Gans Creek Classic where they ran strong against NCAA DI competition and notched a quick average 6k time of 22:13. Central (Iowa) beat Grinnell head to head at the Dutch Open, 19-42.

Niagara Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 NYU

Next in Line: No. 2 SUNY Geneseo

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Ithaca, No. 4 SUNY Brockport, No. 5 Rochester (N.Y.)

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams. SUNY Geneseo was the lone top-five program to race this past weekend, comfortably winning the Harry F. Anderson Invitational.

North Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Carleton

Next in Line: No. 2 UW-La Crosse

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 St. Olaf, No. 4 UW-Eau Claire, No. 5 UW-Whitewater

Notes: There were no changes to the top-five teams, but don’t expect that to be the case next week as many of these teams will face off at the Blugold Invitational this weekend.

South Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Washington and Lee

Next in Line: No. 2 Emory

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Christopher Newport, No. 4 Rhodes, No. 5 Berry

Notes: We’ll learn a lot more about the South Region this upcoming weekend as Washington & Lee and Emory will square off at the Paul Short Run. Rhodes will race at the Louisville Cross Country Classic, while Berry will compete at its own invitational.

West Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Next in Line: No. 2 UC Santa Cruz

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Colorado College, No. 4 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 5 George Fox

Notes: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps posted head-to-head victories over UC Santa Cruz and Pomona-Pitzer at the UC-Riverside Invitational. The Athenas had a meager 19-second spread between their No. 1 and No. 5 runners and ran 22 seconds faster as a team than last year.