N.C.A.A. Division I Champions
Men's Outdoor Pole Vault
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Scott Roth | Washington | 17'8-1/2 |
| 2010 | Jordan Scott | Kansas | 17'8-1/2 |
| 2009 | Jason Colwick | Rice | 18'8-1/4 |
| 2008 | Maston Wallace | Oregon | 17'6-1/2 |
| 2007 | Tommy Skipper | Oregon | 18'-1/2 |
| 2006 | Tommy Skipper | Oregon | 18'8-1/4 |
| 2005 | Robison Pratt | Brigham Young | 18'-1/2 |
| 2004 | Tommy Skipper | Oregon | 18'8-1/4 |
| 2003 | Eric Eshbach | Nebraska | 17'10-1/2 |
| 2002 | Brian Hunter | Texas | 18'8-1/4 |
| 2001 | Dennis Kholev | Southern California | 18'6-1/2 |
| 2000 | Ross Buller | Louisiana State | 18'4-1/2 |
| 1999 | Jacob Davis | Texas | 18'2-3/4 |
| 1998 | Toby Stevenson | Stanford | 18'2-1/2 |
| 1997 | Clark Humphreys | Auburn | 18'4-1/2 |
| 1996 | Lawrence Johnson | Tennessee | 19'1 |
| 1995 | Lawrence Johnson | Tennessee | 18'8-1/4 |
| 1994 | Nick Hysong | Arizona State | 18'8-1/4 |
| 1993 | Mark Buse | Indiana | 18'4-1/2 |
| 1992 | Istvan Bagyula | George Mason (VA) | 19'-1/4 |
| 1991 | Istvan Bagyula | George Mason (VA) | 19'-1/4 |
| 1990 | Istvan Bagyula | George Mason (VA) | 18'4-1/2 |
| 1989 | Tim McMichael | Oklahoma | 18'6-1/2 |
| 1988 | Kelly Riley | Arkansas State | 18'3-1/4 |
| 1987 | Doug Fraley | Fresno State | 18'5-3/4 |
| 1986 | Jeff Pasco | Arkansas | 18'-1/2 |
| 1985 | Joe Dial | Oklahoma State | 18'6 |
| 1984 | Joe Dial | Oklahoma State | 18'2-1/2 |
| 1983 | Felix Bohni | San Jose State | 18'2-1/2 |
| 1982 | Dave Kenworthy | Southern California | 17'11-3/4 |
| 1981 | Dave Volz | Indiana | 17'8-1/4 |
| 1980 | Randy Hall | Texas A&M | 18'2-1/4 |
| 1979 | Paul Pilla | Arkansas State | 17'4-1/4 |
| 1978 | Mike Tully | UCLA | 18'1-3/4 |
| 1977 | Earl Bell | Arkansas State | 17'6 |
| 1976 | Earl Bell | Arkansas State | 18'1-1/4 |
| 1975 | Earl Bell | Arkansas State | 18'1 |
| 1974 | Ed Lipscomb | Oregon State | 17'3 |
| 1973 | Dave Roberts | Rice | 17'4 |
| 1972 | Dave Roberts | Rice | 17'3 |
| 1971 | Dave Roberts | Rice | 17'6-1/2 |
| 1970 | Jan Johnson | Kansas | 17'7 |
| 1969 | Bob Seagren | Southern California | 17'7 |
| 1968 | Jon Vaughan | UCLA | 17'-1/2 |
| 1967 | Bob Seagren | Southern California | 17'4 |
| 1966 | Chuck Rogers | Colorado | 16' |
| 1965 | Bill Fosdick | Southern California | 15'8-1/2 |
| 1964 | John Uelses | LaSalle (PA) | 16' |
| 1963 | Brian Sternberg | Washington | 16'3-3/4 |
| 1962 | Tie.John Belitza Fred Hanson Don Meyers Dexter Elkins |
Maryland Rice Colorado Southern Methodist |
15'3 |
| 1961 | Tie.George Davies Dick Gear Jim Brewer |
Oklahoma State San Jose State Southern California |
15'4 |
| 1960 | J.D. Martin | Oklahoma | 14'9 |
| 1959 | Jim Graham | Oklahoma State | 15'2 |
| 1958 | Tie.Jim Johnston Robert Davis Stanley Lyons Gene Freudenthal |
Purdue Missouri Ohio State Southern California |
14'4 |
| 1957 | Bob Gutowski | Occidental (CA) | 15'9-3/4 |
| 1956 | Tie.Jim Graham Bob Gutowski |
Oklahoma State Occidental (CA) |
14'8 |
| 1955 | Don Bragg | Villanova | 15'1 |
| 1954 | Tie.Lawrence Anderson Earl Poucher |
California Florida |
14'2 |
| 1953 | Fred Barnes | Fresno State | 14'6 |
| 1952 | Tie.Dave Martindale Bill Priddy Gordon Riddell Dick Coleman Lyle Dickey |
Idaho San Jose State Colorado State Illinois Oregon State |
13'9 |
| 1951 | Dan Laz | Illinois | 14'9-3/4 |
| 1950 | Bob Smith | San Diego State | 14'2-7/8 |
| 1949 | Bob Smith | San Diego State | 14'3 |
| 1948 | Tie.Warren Bateman George Rasmussen |
Colorado Oregon |
14' |
| 1947 | Tie.Robert Hart Ray Maggard William Moore George Rasmussen Richmond Morcum Bob Richards |
Southern California UCLA Northwestern Oregon New Hampshire Illinois |
14' |
| 1946 | William Moore | Northwestern | 13'8 |
| 1945 | Robert Phelps | Illinois | 11'6 |
| 1944 | Tie.John Schmidt William Blackwell Phillip Anderson Robert Phelps |
Ohio State Oberlin (OH) Notre Dame Illinois |
13'6 |
| 1943 | Jack DeField | Minnesota | 14'1 |
| 1942 | Jack DeField | Minnesota | 14'1 |
| 1941 | Tie.Guinn Smith Harold Hunt |
California Nebraska |
14'2 |
| 1940 | Kenneth Dills | Southern California | 13'10 |
| 1939 | Richard Ganslen | Columbia (NY) | 14'5 |
| 1938 | Loring Day | Southern California | 14'2 |
| 1937 | William Sefton | Southern California | 14'8-7/8 |
| 1936 | Tie.William Sefton Earle Meadows |
Southern California Southern California |
14'1-3/4 |
| 1935 | Tie.William Sefton Earle Meadows |
Southern California Southern California |
14'1-1/8 |
| 1934 | Jack Rand | San Diego State | 14'-1/2 |
| 1933 | Tie.William Graber Matt Gordy |
Southern California Louisiana State |
13'11-1/16 |
| 1932 | Bryce Beecher | Indiana | 13'10 |
| 1931 | Tie.Verne McDermott Tom Warne William Graber |
Illinois Northwestern Southern California |
13'10-5/16 |
| 1930 | Tom Warne | Northwestern | 13'9-7/8 |
| 1929 | Tie.Tom Warne Ward Edmonds |
Northwestern Stanford |
13'8-7/8 |
| 1928 | Ward Edmonds | Stanford | 13'6-1/2 |
| 1927 | W.H. Droegemueller | Northwestern | 13' |
| 1926 | Paul Harrington | Notre Dame | 13'-7/8 |
| 1925 | Tie.Philip Northrup Kenneth Lancaster Frank Potts Royal Bouschor Earle McKown |
Michigan Missouri Oklahoma Northwestern Emporia State (KS) |
12'4 |
| 1923 | Tie.Earle McKown James Brooker |
Emporia State (KS) Michigan |
12'11 |
| 1922 | Tie. Allen Norris John Landowski |
California Michigan |
12'6 |
| 1921 | Tie. Longino Welch Eldon Jenne Lloyd Wilder Truman Gardner |
Georgia Tech Washington State Wisconsin Yale |
12' |
