What it actually takes to score at an NCAA Division I conference championship in the men's 800m. These are not marketing estimates — each mark is derived from the 2025 conference championship results, at the place where scoring stops.
Toughest conference
1:47.27
SEC
Most attainable
2:00.93
WAC
| Conference | Mark to score |
|---|---|
| Southeastern Conference | 1:47.27 |
| Big 12 Conference | 1:47.56 |
| Big Ten Conference | 1:49.24 |
| Ivy League | 1:50.57 |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 1:50.71 |
| Big West Conference | 1:50.93 |
| Mountain West Conference | 1:51.88 |
| American Athletic Conference | 1:52.79 |
| The Summit League | 1:52.83 |
| Big Sky Conference | 1:53.77 |
| Big South Conference | 1:53.88 |
| Patriot League | 1:54.55 |
| ASUN Conference | 1:54.64 |
| Mid-American Conference | 1:54.81 |
| Southland Conference | 1:55.13 |
| Southern Conference | 1:55.15 |
| Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 1:55.39 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 1:55.62 |
| Colonial Athletic Association | 1:55.71 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | 1:56.08 |
| Conference USA | 1:56.13 |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | 1:56.26 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf. | 1:56.41 |
| Ohio Valley Conference | 1:57.25 |
| Horizon League | 1:57.29 |
| Missouri Valley Conference | 2:00.45 |
| Western Athletic Conference | 2:00.93 |
Faster is better, so the table runs hardest first. "Scoring cutoff" is the finishing place where conference points stop — the mark shown is what that place ran or threw in 2025.
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