N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor 10,000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Leonard Korir | Iona (NY) | 28:07.63 |
| 2010 | Samuel Chelanga | Liberty (VA) | 28:37.40 |
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | Oregon | 28:21.45 |
| 2008 | Shadrack Songok | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 28:46.69 |
| 2007 | Shadrack Songok | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 28:55.83 |
| 2006 | Josephat Boit | Arkansas | 28:37.64 |
| 2005 | Robert Cheseret | Arizona | 28:20.11 |
| 2004 | Alistair Cragg | Arkansas | 29:22.43 |
| 2003 | Daniel Lincoln | Arkansas | 28:20.20 |
| 2002 | Boaz Cheboiywo | Eastern Michigan | 28:32.10 |
| 2001 | Ryan Shay | Notre Dame | 29:05.44 |
| 2000 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 30:38.57 |
| 1999 | Nathan Nutter | Stanford | 29:11.96 |
| 1998 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 28:31.30 |
| 1997 | Mebbrahtom Keflezighi | UCLA | 28:51.18 |
| 1996 | Godfrey Siamusiye | Arkansas | 28:56.39 |
| 1995 | Godfrey Siamusiye | Arkansas | 28:59.60 |
| 1994 | Teddy Mitchell | Arkansas | 29:39.54 |
| 1993 | Jonah Koech | Iowa State | 28:28.67 |
| 1992 | Sean Dollman | Western Kentucky | 29:49.50 |
| 1991 | Terry Thornton | Louisiana State | 28:25.92 |
| 1990 | Shannon Butler | Montana State | 28:38.45 |
| 1989 | John Scherer | Michigan | 29:48.95 |
| 1988 | John Scherer | Michigan | 28:50.39 |
| 1987 | Joe Falcon | Arkansas | 29:10.66 |
| 1986 | Keith Hanson | Marquette | 29:02.68 |
| 1985 | Ed Eyestone | Brigham Young | 28:46.87 |
| 1984 | Ed Eyestone | Brigham Young | 28:05.30 |
| 1983 | Gadamis Shahanga | Texas-El Paso | 29:10.28 |
| 1982 | Suleiman Nyambui | Texas-El Paso | 29:03.54 |
| 1981 | Suleiman Nyambui | Texas-El Paso | 28:34.23 |
| 1980 | Suleiman Nyambui | Texas-El Paso | 29:21.85 |
| 1979 | Suleiman Nyambui | Texas-El Paso | 28:01.30 |
| 1978 | Michael Musyoki | Texas-El Paso | 28:30.91 |
| 1977 | Samson Kimombwa | Washington State | 28:10.27 |
| 1976 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 28:22.66 |
| 1975 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 28:20.66* |
| 1974 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 28:14.46* |
| 1973 | Charles Maguire | Penn State | 28:19.3* |
| 1972 | John Halberstadt | Oklahoma State | 28:50.4 |
| 1971 | Garry Bjorklund | Minnesota | 27:43.1* |
| 1970 | Bob Bertelsen | Ohio University | 27:57.5* |
| 1969 | Frank Shorter | Yale | 29:00.2* |
| 1968 | Gerry Lindgren | Washington State | 29:41.0 |
| 1967 | Gerry Lindgren | Washington State | 28:44.0* |
| 1966 | Gerry Lindgren | Washington State | 28:07.0* |
| 1965 | Doug Brown | Montana | 27:59.2* |
| 1964 | Danny Murphy | San Jose State | 29:37.8* |
| 1963 | Julio Marin | Southern California | 30:32.9* |
| 1956 | Selwyn Jones | Michigan State | 31:15.3 |
| 1952 | Walt Deike | Wisconsin | 32:25.1 |
| 1948 | Robert Black | Rhode Island | 32:13.5 |
