N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Indoor 5000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Leonard Korir | Iona (NY) | 13:26.01 |
| 2010 | David McNeill | Northern Arizona | 13:36.41 |
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | Oregon | 13:41.45 |
| 2008 | Shadrack Songok | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13:51.26 |
| 2007 | Chris Solinsky | Wisconsin | 13:38.61 |
| 2006 | Josephat Boit | Arkansas | 13:49.93 |
| 2005 | Ian Dobson | Stanford | 13:43.36 |
| 2004 | Alistair Cragg | Arkansas | 13:28.93 |
| 2003 | Alistair Cragg | Arkansas | 13:39.63 |
| 2002 | Alistair Craig | Arkansas | 13:49.80 |
| 2001 | David Kimani | Alabama | 13:42.32 |
| 2000 | David Kimani | Alabama | 13:52.58 |
| 1999 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 13:52.79 |
| 1998 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 13:58.50 |
| 1997 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | UCLA | 13:52.72 |
| 1996 | Jason Casiano | Wisconsin | 13:50.08 |
| 1995 | Mark Carroll | Providence | 13:55.15 |
| 1994 | Jason Bunston | Arkansas | 13:48.07 |
| 1993 | Jonah Koech | Iowa State | 13:47.18 |
| 1992 | Jon Brown | Iowa State | 13:42.93 |
| 1991 | Jonah Koech | Iowa State | 13:36.64 |
| 1990 | Jonah Koech | Iowa State | 13:37.94 |
| 1989 | John Scherer | Michigan | 14:18.05 |
| 1982 | Gabriel Kamau | Texas-El Paso | 13:07.81* |
| 1981 | Michael Musyoki | Texas-El Paso | 13:25.03* |
| 1980 | Soloman Chebor | Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) | 13:20.94* |
| 1979 | Michael Musyoki | Texas-El Paso | 13:21.64* |
| 1978 | John Treacey | Providence | 13:10.20* |
| 1977 | Luis Hernandez | Brigham Young | 13:20.55* |
| 1976 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 13:20.34* |
| 1975 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 13:14.4* |
| 1974 | John Ngeno | Washington State | 13:20.8* |
