N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor 220-Yard Hurdles
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 1959 | Hayes Jones | Eastern Michigan | 22.5 |
| 1958 | Charlie Tidwell | Kansas | 22.7 |
| 1957 | Ancel Robinson | Fresno State | 22.2 |
| 1956 | Event not held | ||
| 1955 | Charley Pratt | Manhattan | 23.1 |
| 1954 | Joe Corley | Illinois | 22.6 |
| 1953 | Jack Davis | Southern California | 23.3 |
| 1952 | Event not held | ||
| 1951 | Charles Moore | Cornell (NY) | 22.7 |
| 1950 | Bill Alban | North Carolina | 23.8 |
| 1949 | Craig Dixon | UCLA | 22.7 |
| 1948 | Event not held | ||
| 1947 | Harrison Dillard | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 22.3 |
| 1946 | Harrison Dillard | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 23.0 |
| 1945 | George Walker | Illinois | 24.0 |
| 1944 | Elmore Harris | Morgan State (MD) | 23.9 |
| 1943 | William Cummins | Rice | 23.9 |
| 1942 | Robert Wright | Ohio State | 23.7 |
| 1941 | Robert Wright | Ohio State | 23.4 |
| 1940 | Fred Wolcott | Ricee | 23.1 |
| 1939 | Fred Wolcott | Rice | 23.0 |
| 1938 | Fred Wolcott | Rice | 23.3 |
| 1937 | Earl Vickery | Southern California | 23.3 |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 23.1 |
| 1935 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 23.4 |
| 1934 | Glenn Hardin | Louisiana State | 22.7 |
| 1933 | Glenn Hardin | Louisiana State | 22.9 |
| 1932 | Jack Keller | Ohio State | 22.7 |
| 1931 | Jack Keller | Ohio State | 23.8 |
| 1930 | Lee Sentman | Illinois | 23.2 |
| 1929 | Stephen Anderson | Washington | 23.5 |
| 1928 | Frank Cuhel | Iowa | 23.2 |
| 1927 | Edward Spence | Wayne State (MI) | 23.4 |
| 1926 | Edward Spence | Wayne State (MI) | 23.5 |
| 1925 | Morgan Taylor | Grinnell (IA) | 24.0 |
| 1923 | Charles Brookins | Iowa | 23.6 |
| 1922 | Charles Brookins | Iowa | 24.2 |
| 1921 | August Desch | Notre Dame | 24.8 |
