N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Indoor 1000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 1987 | Robin van Helden | Louisiana State | 2:20.51 |
| 1986 | Freddie Williams | Abilene Christian (TX) | 2:18.74 |
| 1985 | Gawain Guy | Rice | 2:22.01 |
| 1984 | William Wuyke | Alabama | 2:24.27 |
| 1983 | Edwin Koech | Richmond | 2:08.59* |
| 1982 | John Stephens | Arkansas | 2:07.37* |
| 1981 | Peter Lemashon | Texas-El Paso | 2:12.29* |
| 1980 | Don Paige | Villanova | 2:05.80* |
| 1979 | Don Paige | Villanova | 2:07.27* |
| 1978 | Don Paige | Villanova | 2:07.88* |
| 1977 | Kelley Marsh | Ball State | 2:07.89* |
| 1976 | Mark Belger | Villanova | 2:07.29* |
| 1975 | Keith Francis | Boston College | 2:08.4* |
| 1974 | Wesley Maiyo | Wyoming | 2:08.1* |
| 1973 | Tony Waldrop | North Carolina | 2:10.0* |
| 1972 | Morgan Mosser | West Virginia | 2:08.9* |
| 1971 | Bob Wheeler | Duke | 2:07.4* |
| 1970 | Keith Colburn | Harvard | 2:09.9* |
| 1969 | Ray Arrington | Wisconsin | 2:08.0* |
| 1968 | Ray Arrington | Wisconsin | 2:09.3* |
| 1967 | Ray Arrington | Wisconsin | 2:07.8* |
| 1966 | Herb Germann | Seton Hall | 2:12.9* |
| 1965 | Robin Lingle | Missouri | 2:09.9* |
