If you thought we were done talking about NCAA XC conference weekend, you thought wrong. When the Halloween scares turn into pre-race jitters and the clock strikes midnight on Friday, November 1st, it’s officially the month we’ve all been waiting for in collegiate cross country. So here’s The Lap Count fan guide for what to watch out for this weekend:

Conference newbies could make a splash: We could be watching history in the making given the unprecedented shuffle of NCAA conferences heading into this postseason. Because it’s early in the year, here’s one new way to put cross country on the map: if a newcomer (individual or team) to the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC or SEC claims the conference title, they could become the first champion in that league for their school’s history, across all sports.

The biggest hopefuls to rewrite the collegiate history books are the Washington women and the Stanford men. While they might be new to the conference it sure wouldn’t be an upset if the No. 2 Dawgs didn’t pull this one off; it’d actually be a bigger shock if they fell to No. 11 Wisconsin or No. 17 Oregon. The No. 5 ranked Cardinal men might have to work a little harder – and earlier, as they face a 6:30am P.T. start time in North Carolina – with the No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 10 Notre Dame hot on their heels.

A bunch of teams go streaking: Wisconsin have some new company as they go for their seventh straight Big Ten title, but if they can pull it off, it would be the third time they’ve had a streak of at least seven, after an eight-peat from 1985-1992 and a 14-peat from 1999-2012. Now that’s quite the campaign! The BYU women are also looking to extend their streak to lucky number 7, except theirs transcends conferences as they already pocketed five from the WCC and one from their first season in the Big 12.

Another legacy to keep an eye on is the NC State women, who are going for their ninth straight ACC title and are spiking up Friday with an uphill battle against against No. 5 Notre Dame. The safest bet might be the NAU women going for their sixth-straight Big Sky title, and No. 9 Georgetown hoping for a five-peat of the Big East title, who may get a real fight this year from No. 12 Providence.

Teams with the most to gain from a rebound: Conference weekend can provide an opportunity for teams who fell short of expectations during the regular season to build some much-needed momentum as they head into regionals. While the Alabama women are the favorite for the SEC title, both Florida and Tennessee will be looking to make a statement in a potential upset bid. Both the Gators and the Vols were inside the Top 10 after Week 1, but less-than-ideal showings at Pre-Nats have caused the Gators to drop to No. 14 and pushed Tennessee outside of the rankings in the most recent poll. NC State surprisingly heads to the ACC Championship race as an underdog, having dropped from No. 1 to No. 10 over the course of October, and Jerry Schumacher’s Oregon squad heads to their first Big Ten title race ranked 17th in the nation after polling at 4th after Week 1.

Movement on the men’s side has been slightly less dramatic this year, but Notre Dame (No. 5 in Week 3, No. 10 in Week 4) and North Carolina (No. 6 in Week 1, No. 13 in Week 4) will be doing everything in their power to reverse their tumble while also putting a stop to Stanford’s rise.

The hunt for individual titles: Just because you aren’t P4 doesn’t mean you can’t be A1, and that’s the case for some of the individual races over in the Ivy League and the Big East. NCAA reigning champion Graham Blanks’s lone 8K showing this season was a runner-up finish at Pre-Nats, and he’ll be looking to get his first win of a relatively light season, becoming a back-to-back Heps champ for Harvard in the process. Villanova’s Sadie Sigfstead made her name known early in the season with a win at Nuttycombe, and she’ll be looking to reclaim that top contender status after she was only the sixth Big East finisher at the Princeton Fall Classic two weeks ago. At the front of that pack were Providence’s Kimberly May and Georgetown’s Chloe Scrimgeour, who are set for a speedy rematch following their 19:16 and 19:23 6K finishes, respectively.

Maybe UNC’s Parker Wolfe and Wake Forest’s Rocky Hansen are following the “early season opener to conference championship” pipeline as they both only have one 8K this season under their belts with a 1-2 finish at Nuttycombe, and this will be another rematch to watch over at the ACC Championships.