NEW YORK -- The fields for the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships are set and five BIG EAST teams and two individual athletes will compete in the national championship race, held on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Gans Creek Cross Country course in Columbia, Mo.

On the men's side, Butler and Georgetown earned automatic bids into the field, based on their team finish at regionals this past weekend.  Butler placed second in the Great Lakes regional race, while Georgetown was second in the Mid-Athletic race.  For the Bulldogs - the 2025 BIG EAST Men's Cross Country champions - this marks the sixth straight season the team has qualified for NCAA's.  The Hoyas are making their first trip to nationals since 2022.  Individually, two members of the Villanova men's cross country team - Charlie Moore and CJ Sullivan - earned a trip to NCAA's by virtue of their finish at the Mid-Atlantic regional.  The Wildcats were third as a team in the Mid-Atlantic regional.

For the women, Georgetown and Providence qualified automatically after second place finishes in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regional races, respectively.  Villanova was an at-large selection into the field of the women's championship, after a third place finish at the Mid-Atlantic regional.  It marks the sixth consecutive NCAA XC appearance for Georgetown, which captured its sixth straight BIG EAST Women's Cross Country title in 2025.  Providence marks its fifth straight - and 33rd overall - trip to nationals.  Villanova also makes its 33rd all-time NCAA Championship appearance and its first since 2021.

The field for the NCAA Cross Country Championships are determined by auto-bid and at-large selections.  The top two teams in each Regional secure automatic bids to the championship. If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee completes the field with at-large teams. 

Individually, the first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships.