BYU is entering the championship portion of the season after a win at the XC-23 Pre-Nationals in Virginia. Carmen Alder was the first women to cross the line in 19:36.2 as all five scoring Cougars finished in the top 10 and the team finished with just 32 points.
The Big 12 championship will be a 6,000-meter race run at the Iowa State Cross Country Course in Ames, Iowa.
Three Big 12 teams enter the meet listed in the USTFCCCA top 30: BYU at No. 4, Oklahoma State at No. 6 and Iowa State at No. 17.