What it actually takes to score at an NCAA Division I conference championship in the women's 5000m. These are not marketing estimates — each mark is derived from the 2025 conference championship results, at the place where scoring stops.
Toughest conference
15:53.17
ACC
Most attainable
20:17.87
MEAC
| Conference | Mark to score |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 15:53.17 |
| Big Ten Conference | 15:54.16 |
| Southeastern Conference | 15:55.31 |
| Big 12 Conference | 15:57.82 |
| Mountain West Conference | 16:23.16 |
| Ivy League | 16:44.79 |
| Big Sky Conference | 16:48.38 |
| Big West Conference | 17:01.28 |
| The Summit League | 17:01.81 |
| Conference USA | 17:06.96 |
| Sun Belt Conference | 17:08.63 |
| Missouri Valley Conference | 17:10.26 |
| American Athletic Conference | 17:11.40 |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | 17:15.32 |
| ASUN Conference | 17:21.80 |
| Mid-American Conference | 17:26.02 |
| Southland Conference | 17:26.36 |
| Patriot League | 17:26.83 |
| Southern Conference | 17:28.78 |
| Horizon League | 17:38.28 |
| Colonial Athletic Association | 17:39.78 |
| Western Athletic Conference | 17:46.22 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf. | 17:55.66 |
| Big South Conference | 17:56.65 |
| Ohio Valley Conference | 18:03.35 |
| Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 19:30.53 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | 20:17.87 |
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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