What it actually takes to score at an NCAA Division I conference championship in the women's 400m. These are not marketing estimates — each mark is derived from the 2025 conference championship results, at the place where scoring stops.
Toughest conference
53.43
SEC
Most attainable
59.22
Big South
| Conference | Mark to score |
|---|---|
| Southeastern Conference | 53.43 |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 53.56 |
| Big 12 Conference | 53.72 |
| Big Ten Conference | 53.82 |
| American Athletic Conference | 54.17 |
| Big West Conference | 54.95 |
| Patriot League | 55.13 |
| Mountain West Conference | 55.68 |
| Conference USA | 55.73 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 56.15 |
| Missouri Valley Conference | 56.19 |
| The Summit League | 56.31 |
| Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 56.43 |
| Big Sky Conference | 56.51 |
| Ivy League | 56.64 |
| Mid-American Conference | 56.66 |
| Colonial Athletic Association | 56.68 |
| ASUN Conference | 56.77 |
| Southland Conference | 57.19 |
| Horizon League | 57.45 |
| Western Athletic Conference | 57.98 |
| Ohio Valley Conference | 58.10 |
| Southern Conference | 58.77 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf. | 58.80 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | 58.97 |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | 59.20 |
| Big South Conference | 59.22 |
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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