What it actually takes to score at an NCAA Division I conference championship in the women's 1500m. These are not marketing estimates — each mark is derived from the 2025 conference championship results, at the place where scoring stops.
Toughest conference
4:15.05
ACC
Most attainable
4:52.95
SWAC
| Conference | Mark to score |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 4:15.05 |
| Big Ten Conference | 4:16.54 |
| Big 12 Conference | 4:17.32 |
| Southeastern Conference | 4:22.88 |
| Conference USA | 4:26.30 |
| Patriot League | 4:27.58 |
| Missouri Valley Conference | 4:27.63 |
| Mountain West Conference | 4:27.88 |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | 4:30.59 |
| Ivy League | 4:30.59 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 4:31.46 |
| Colonial Athletic Association | 4:31.96 |
| Big Sky Conference | 4:33.29 |
| American Athletic Conference | 4:34.97 |
| Western Athletic Conference | 4:35.44 |
| ASUN Conference | 4:36.79 |
| Southland Conference | 4:37.74 |
| Southern Conference | 4:37.87 |
| Horizon League | 4:38.30 |
| Ohio Valley Conference | 4:39.68 |
| The Summit League | 4:39.93 |
| Big West Conference | 4:42.96 |
| Mid-American Conference | 4:43.12 |
| Big South Conference | 4:44.05 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf. | 4:49.48 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | 4:50.70 |
| Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 4:52.95 |
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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