N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor 100-Meter Dash
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Ngonidzashe Makusa | Florida State | 9.89 |
| 2010 | Jeff Demps | Florida | 9.96 |
| 2009 | Trindon Holliday | Louisiana State | 10.00 |
| 2008 | Richard Thompson | Louisiana State | 10.12 |
| 2007 | Walter Dix | Florida State | 9.93 |
| 2006 | Xavier Carter | Louisiana State | 10.09 |
| 2005 | Walter Dix | Florida State | 10.21 |
| 2004 | Tyson Gay | Arkansas | 10.06 |
| 2003 | Mardy Scales | Middle Tennessee State | 10.25 |
| 2002 | Justin Gatlin | Tennessee | 10.22 |
| 2001 | Justin Gatlin | Tennessee | 10.08 |
| 2000 | Bernard Williams | Florida | 10.03 |
| 1999 | Leonard Myles-Mills | Brigham Young | 9.98 |
| 1998 | Leonard Myles-Mills | Brigham Young | 10.20 |
| 1997 | Obadele Thompson | Texas-El Paso | 10.13 |
| 1996 | Ato Bolden | UCLA | 9.92 |
| 1995 | Tim Harden | Kentucky | 10.05 |
| 1994 | Sam Jefferson | Houston | 10.12 |
| 1993 | Michael Green | Clemson | 10.09 |
| 1992 | Olapade Adeniken | Texas-El Paso | 10.09 |
| 1991 | Frank Fredericks | Brigham Young | 10.03 |
| 1990 | Leroy Burrell | Houston | 9.94 |
| 1989 | Raymond Stewart | Texas Christian | 9.97 |
| 1988 | Joe DeLoach | Houston | 10.03 |
| 1987 | Raymond Stewart | Texas Christian | 10.14 |
| 1986 | Lee McRae | Pittsburgh | 10.11 |
| 1985 | Terry Scott | Tennessee | 10.02 |
| 1984 | Sam Graddy | Tennessee | 10.25 |
| 1983 | Emmit King | Alabama | 10.15 |
| 1982 | Stanley Floyd | Houston | 10.03 |
| 1981 | Carl Lewis | Houston | 9.99 |
| 1980 | Stanley Floyd | Auburn | 10.10 |
| 1979 | Jerome Deal | Texas-El Paso | 10.19 |
| 1978 | Clarence Edwards | Southern California | 10.07 |
| 1977 | Harvey Glance | Auburn | 10.22 |
| 1976 | Harvey Glance | Auburn | 10.16 |
| 1975 | Hasely Crawford | Eastern Michigan | 9.35* |
| 1974 | Reggie Jones | Tennessee | 9.18* |
| 1973 | Ed Hammonds | Memphis State | 9.4* |
| 1972 | Warren Edmondson | UCLA | 10.1 |
| 1971 | Harrington Jackson | Texas-El Paso | 9.5* |
| 1970 | Eddie Hart | California | 9.4* |
| 1969 | John Carlos | San Jose State | 9.2* |
| 1968 | Lennox Miller | Southern California | 10.1 |
| 1967 | Charlie Green | Nebraska | 9.2* |
| 1966 | Charlie Green | Nebraska | 9.3* |
| 1965 | Charlie Green | Nebraska | 9.4* |
| 1964 | Harry Jerome | Oregon | 10.1 |
| 1963 | Larry Questad | Stanford | 9.7* |
| 1962 | Frank Budd | Villanova | 9.4* |
| 1961 | Frank Budd | Villanova | 9.4* |
| 1960 | Charlie Tidwell | Kansas | 10.2 |
| 1959 | Charlie Tidwell | Kansas | 9.3* |
| 1958 | Ira Murchison | Western Michigan | 9.5* |
| 1957 | Bobby Morrow | Abilene Christian | 9.4* |
| 1956 | Bobby Morrow | Abilene Christian | 10.4 |
| 1955 | Jim Golliday | Northwestern | 9.6* |
| 1954 | Willie Williams | Illinois | 9.5* |
| 1953 | Willie Williams | Illinois | 9.7* |
| 1952 | Jim Golliday | Northwestern | 10.4 |
| 1951 | Art Bragg | Morgan State (MD) | 9.6* |
| 1950 | Bob Boyd | Loyola (CA) | 9.8* |
| 1949 | Mel Patton | Southern California | 9.7* |
| 1948 | Mel Patton | Southern California | 10.4 |
| 1947 | Mel Patton | Southern California | 9.7* |
| 1946 | William Mathis | Illinois | 9.6* |
| 1945 | John Van Velzer | Navy | 10.1* |
| 1944 | Buddy Young | Illinois | 9.7* |
| 1943 | Hal Davis | California | 10.0* |
| 1942 | Hal Davis | California | 9.6* |
| 1941 | Norwood Ewell | Penn State | 9.6* |
| 1940 | Norwood Ewell | Penn State | 9.6* |
| 1939 | Mozelle Eberle | Tuskegee (AL) | 9.8* |
| 1938 | Mozelle Eberle | Tuskegee (AL) | 9.7* |
| 1937 | Sam Stoller | Michigan | 9.7* |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 10.2 |
| 1935 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 9.8* |
| 1934 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 9.7* |
| 1933 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 9.4* |
| 1932 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 10.2 |
| 1931 | Frank Wykoff | Southern California | 9.6* |
| 1930 | Frank Wykoff | Southern California | 9.4* |
| 1929 | George Simpson | Ohio State | 9.4* |
| 1928 | Claude Bracey | Rice | 9.6* |
| 1927 | Fred Alderman | Michigan State | 9.9* |
| 1926 | Roland Locke | Nebraska | 9.9* |
| 1925 | DeHart Hubbard | Michigan | 9.8* |
| 1923 | Lou Clarke | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 9.9* |
| 1922 | Leonard Paulu | Grinnell (IA) | 9.9* |
| 1921 | Leoard Paulu | Grinnell (IA) | 10.0* |
