Men's Long Jump college track standards

What it actually takes to score at a Division I, Division II, Division III and NAIA conference championship in the men's long jump. These are not marketing estimates. Each mark is derived from the 2026 conference championship results, at the place where scoring stops.

Long Jump: the mark it took to score at each conference championship
Conference	Mark to score
SEC	7.58m (24' 10.5")
Southland	7.09m (23' 3.25")
SoCon	6.82m (22' 4.5")
Great American	6.66m (21' 10.25")
Sooner Athletic	6.53m (21' 5")
Collegiate Conference of the South	6.36m (20' 10.5")
USA South Athletic	6.25m (20' 6")
American Midwest	5.21m (17' 1")

Each lane is a 2026 conference championship final. Its runner sits at the mark it took to score.

Every conference, farthest first

Men's Long Jump scoring standards by conference, 2026 season
Conference	Division	Mark to score	Scoring cutoff
Southeastern Conference	D1	7.58m (24' 10.5")	8th place
Big Ten Conference	D1	7.48m (24' 6.5")	8th place
Southwestern Athletic Conf.	D1	7.42m (24' 4.25")	8th place
Atlantic Coast Conference	D1	7.40m (24' 3.25")	8th place
Big 12 Conference	D1	7.39m (24' 3")	8th place
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	D2	7.35m (24' 1.25")	8th place
American Athletic Conference	D1	7.33m (24' 0.5")	8th place
Sun Belt Conference	D1	7.26m (23' 9.75")	8th place
Big West Conference	D1	7.26m (23' 9.75")	8th place
Ohio Valley Conference	D1	7.24m (23' 9")	8th place
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	D2	7.19m (23' 7")	8th place
Ivy League	D1	7.17m (23' 6.25")	6th place
Mountain West Conference	D1	7.17m (23' 6.25")	8th place
America East Conference	D1	7.16m (23' 6")	8th place
Conference USA	D1	7.15m (23' 5.5")	8th place
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference	D2	7.12m (23' 4.25")	8th place
Southland Conference	D1	7.09m (23' 3.25")	8th place
The Summit League	D1	7.08m (23' 2.75")	8th place
Colonial Athletic Association	D1	7.07m (23' 2.25")	8th place
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.	D1	7.05m (23' 1.5")	8th place
Great Midwest Athletic Conference	D2	7.01m (23')	8th place
Great Lakes Valley Conference	D2	7.01m (23')	8th place
Lone Star Conference	D2	6.98m (22' 10.75")	8th place
Atlantic 10 Conference	D1	6.97m (22' 10.5")	8th place
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf.	D1	6.97m (22' 10.5")	8th place
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	D2	6.97m (22' 10.5")	8th place
Patriot League	D1	6.94m (22' 9.25")	8th place
Missouri Valley Conference	D1	6.94m (22' 9.25")	8th place
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.89m (22' 7.25")	8th place
Northeast Conference	D1	6.88m (22' 6.75")	8th place
Big Sky Conference	D1	6.87m (22' 6.5")	8th place
Southern Conference	D1	6.82m (22' 4.5")	8th place
Mid-American Conference	D1	6.81m (22' 4")	8th place
Big South Conference	D1	6.80m (22' 3.75")	8th place
Pacific West Conference	D2	6.80m (22' 3.75")	8th place
ASUN Conference	D1	6.79m (22' 3.25")	8th place
South Atlantic Conference	D2	6.78m (22' 3")	6th place
Sun Conference	NAIA	6.78m (22' 3")	8th place
Horizon League	D1	6.76m (22' 2.25")	8th place
Conference Carolinas	D2	6.76m (22' 2.25")	8th place
Cascade Collegiate Conference	NAIA	6.76m (22' 2.25")	8th place
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D2	6.74m (22' 1.25")	8th place
New England Small College Athletic Conference	D3	6.74m (22' 1.25")	8th place
Western Athletic Conference	D1	6.73m (22' 1")	8th place
Northeast-10 Conference	D2	6.73m (22' 1")	8th place
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association	D2	6.73m (22' 1")	8th place
Great Northwest Athletic Conference	D2	6.67m (21' 10.5")	8th place
Great American Conference	D2	6.66m (21' 10.25")	8th place
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.66m (21' 10.25")	8th place
State University of New York Athletic Conference	D3	6.66m (21' 10.25")	8th place
New Jersey Athletic Conference	D3	6.64m (21' 9.5")	8th place
Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.63m (21' 9")	8th place
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D2	6.62m (21' 8.75")	8th place
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.62m (21' 8.75")	8th place
Heart of America Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.61m (21' 8.25")	8th place
Middle Atlantic Conferences	D3	6.61m (21' 8.25")	8th place
Empire 8	D3	6.60m (21' 7.75")	8th place
Old Dominion Athletic Conference	D3	6.60m (21' 7.75")	8th place
Gulf South Conference	D2	6.59m (21' 7.5")	8th place
University Athletic Association	D3	6.59m (21' 7.5")	8th place
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	D3	6.58m (21' 7")	8th place
North Coast Athletic Conference	D3	6.55m (21' 5.75")	8th place
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.54m (21' 5.5")	8th place
Sooner Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.53m (21' 5")	8th place
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.53m (21' 5")	8th place
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.53m (21' 5")	8th place
Frontier Conference	NAIA	6.51m (21' 4.25")	8th place
East Coast Conference	D2	6.50m (21' 4")	6th place
Great Plains Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.47m (21' 2.75")	8th place
Mountain East Conference	D2	6.45m (21' 2")	8th place
Northwest Conference	D3	6.44m (21' 1.5")	8th place
Peach Belt Conference	D2	6.41m (21' 0.25")	8th place
California Collegiate Athletic Association	D2	6.40m (21')	8th place
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference	D2	6.40m (21')	8th place
Ohio Athletic Conference	D3	6.39m (20' 11.5")	8th place
Presidents' Athletic Conference	D3	6.39m (20' 11.5")	8th place
Southern Athletic Association	D3	6.39m (20' 11.5")	8th place
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.38m (20' 11.25")	6th place
Conference of New England	D3	6.37m (20' 10.75")	8th place
Collegiate Conference of the South	D3	6.36m (20' 10.5")	8th place
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	D3	6.36m (20' 10.5")	8th place
Midwest Conference	D3	6.35m (20' 10")	8th place
American Rivers Conference	D3	6.33m (20' 9.25")	8th place
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference	D3	6.32m (20' 8.75")	8th place
Landmark Conference	D3	6.32m (20' 8.75")	8th place
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	D3	6.30m (20' 8")	8th place
Great Northeast Athletic Conference	D3	6.29m (20' 7.75")	6th place
Atlantic East Conference	D3	6.28m (20' 7.25")	6th place
Coast to Coast Athletic Conference	D3	6.28m (20' 7.25")	6th place
Big East Conference	D1	6.27m (20' 6.75")	6th place
Mid-South Conference	NAIA	6.27m (20' 6.75")	8th place
Southern States Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.27m (20' 6.75")	8th place
River States Conference	NAIA	6.26m (20' 6.5")	8th place
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference	D3	6.25m (20' 6")	8th place
USA South Athletic Conference	D3	6.25m (20' 6")	8th place
HBCU Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.23m (20' 5.25")	8th place
Appalachian Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.18m (20' 3.25")	8th place
Liberty League	D3	6.17m (20' 3")	8th place
North Atlantic Conference	D3	6.17m (20' 3")	6th place
Little East Conference	D3	6.13m (20' 1.25")	8th place
Great Southwest Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.12m (20' 1")	7th place
Red River Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.12m (20' 1")	8th place
Centennial Conference	D3	6.12m (20' 1")	8th place
United East Conference	D3	6.11m (20' 0.5")	8th place
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	NAIA	6.08m (19' 11.25")	8th place
Crossroads League	NAIA	5.94m (19' 5.75")	8th place
Skyline Conference	D3	5.93m (19' 5.5")	6th place
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference	D3	5.93m (19' 5.5")	8th place
Continental Athletic Conference	NAIA	5.61m (18' 4.75")	8th place
City University of New York Athletic Conference	D3	5.46m (17' 11")	6th place
American Midwest Conference	NAIA	5.21m (17' 1")	4th place

Farther 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 2026.

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