2025 NCAA Outdoor Rankings

2025 NCAA Outdoor Distance Rankings

2025 FloTrack NCAA Distance Rankings can be found below. 

Our team ranked the top 15 distance runners in the nation by gender. For this event group and the mid-distance group, we made determinations based on which athletes primarily run the 800m and 1,500m, compared to those who tend to run the 1,500m, 5,000m and 10,000m. Steeplechase is also included in this event group.

Our team can't predict every athlete who is or isn't competing this season, so some educated predictions were made regarding certain athletes. We will adjust our rankings accordingly throughout the season.

NCAA DI Men's Distance Rankings 

RankNameTeam
1Habtom SamuelNew Mexico
2Ishmael KipkuruiNew Mexico
3Liam MurphyVillanova
4Gary MartinVirginia
5Ethan StrandNorth Carolina
6Marco LangonVillanova
7Geoffrey KirwaLouisviile
8Parker WolfeNorth Carolina
9Valentin SocaCBU
10Evans KuruiWashington St.
11Drew BosleyNAU
12Rocky HansenWake Forest
13Dylan SchubertFurman
14Ernest CheruiyotTexas Tech
15Dismus LokiraAlabama

NCAA DI Women's Distance Rankings

RankNameTeam
1Doris LemngoleAlabama
2Pamela KosgeiNew Mexico
3Lexy Halladay-LowryBYU
4Grace HartmanNC State
5Silan AyyildizOregon
6Hilda OlemomoiFlorida
7Chloe ScrimgeourGeorgetown
8Margot AppletonUVA
9Sophia KennedyStanford
10Jenna HutchinsBYU
11Riley ChamberlainBYU
12Paityn NoeArkansas
13Juliet CherubetTexas Tech
14Diana CherotichOregon
15Karrie BalogaNAU