N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor 200-Meter Dash
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Maurice Mitchell | Florida State | 19.99 |
| 2010 | Rondel Sorrillo | Kentucky | 20.36 |
| 2009 | Charles Clark | Florida State | 20.55 |
| 2008 | Walter Dix | Florida State | 20.40 |
| 2007 | Walter Dix | Florida State | 20.32 |
| 2006 | Walter Dix | Florida State | 20.30 |
| 2005 | Wallace Spearmon | Arkansas | 19.91 |
| 2004 | Wallace Spearmon | Arkansas | 20.12 |
| 2003 | Leo Bookman | Kansas | 20.47 |
| 2002 | Justin Gatlin | Tennessee | 20.18 |
| 2001 | Justin Gatlin | Tennessee | 20.11 |
| 2000 | Shawn Crawford | Clemson | 20.09 |
| 1999 | John Capel | Florida | 19.87 |
| 1998 | Curtis Perry | Louisiana State | 20.40 |
| 1997 | Obadele Thompson | Texas-El Paso | 20.03 |
| 1996 | Rohsaan Griffin | Louisiana State | 20.24 |
| 1995 | Ato Bolden | UCLA | 20.24 |
| 1994 | Andrew Tynes | Texas-El Paso | 20.20 |
| 1993 | Chris Nelloms | Ohio State | 20.27 |
| 1992 | Olapade Adeniken | Texas-El Paso | 20.11 |
| 1991 | Frank Fredericks | Brigham Young | 19.90 |
| 1990 | Michael Johnson | Baylor | 20.31 |
| 1989 | Dennis Mitchell | Florida | 20.09 |
| 1988 | Lorenzo Daniel | Mississippi State | 19.87 |
| 1987 | Floyd Heard | Texas A&M | 20.03 |
| 1986 | Floyd Heard | Texas A&M | 20.34 |
| 1985 | Kirk Baptiste | Houston | 20.03 |
| 1984 | Kirk Baptiste | Houston | 20.16 |
| 1983 | Elliott Quow | Rutgers | 20.31 |
| 1982 | James Butler | Oklahoma State | 20.07 |
| 1981 | Dwayne Evans | Arizona State | 20.20 |
| 1980 | Michael Roberson | Florida State | 19.96 |
| 1979 | Greg Foster | UCLA | 20.22 |
| 1978 | Clarence Edwards | Southern California | 20.16 |
| 1977 | William Snoddy | Oklahoma | 20.48 |
| 1976 | Harvey Glance | Auburn | 20.74 |
| 1975 | Reggie Jones | Tennessee | 20.6* |
| 1974 | James Gilkes | Fisk (TN) | 19.90* |
| 1973 | Marshall Dill | Michigan State | 20.9* |
| 1972 | Larry Burton | Purdue | 20.5 |
| 1971 | Larry Black | North Carolina Central | 20.5* |
| 1970 | Willie Turner | Oregon State | 20.6* |
| 1969 | John Carlos | San Jose State | 20.2* |
| 1968 | Emmett Taylor | Ohio University | 20.8 |
| 1967 | Tommie Smith | San Jose State | 20.2* |
| 1966 | Tom Jones | UCLA | 20.9* |
| 1965 | Earl Horner | Villanova | 21.1* |
| 1964 | Bob Hayes | Florida A&M | 20.4 |
| 1963 | Henry Carr | Arizona State | 20.5* |
| 1962 | Harry Jerome | Oregon | 20.8* |
| 1961 | Frank Budd | Villanova | 20.8* |
| 1960 | Charlie Tidwell | Kansas | 20.8 |
| 1959 | Ray Norton | San Jose state | 20.9* |
| 1958 | Ed Collymore | Villanova | 20.7* |
| 1957 | Bobby Morrow | Abilene Christian | 21.0* |
| 1956 | Bobby Morrow | Abilene Christian | 20.6 |
| 1955 | Jim Golliday | Northwestern | 21.1* |
| 1954 | Charles Thomas | Texas | 20.7* |
| 1953 | Thane Baker | Kansas State | 21.5* |
| 1952 | Jim Ford | Drake | 21.0 |
| 1951 | George Rhoden | Morgan State (MD) | 20.7* |
| 1950 | Charley Parker | Texas | 21.5* |
| 1949 | Mel Patton | Southern California | 20.4* |
| 1948 | Mel Patton | Southern California | 20.7 |
| 1947 | Herb McKenley | Illinois | 20.7* |
| 1946 | Herb McKenley | Illinois | 21.3* |
| 1945 | Earl Collins | Texas | 22.4* |
| 1944 | Buddy Young | Illinois | 21.6* |
| 1943 | Hal Davis | California | 21.4* |
| 1942 | Hal Davis | California | 21.2* |
| 1941 | Norwood Ewell | Penn State | 21.1* |
| 1940 | Norwood Ewell | Penn State | 21.1* |
| 1939 | Clyde Jeffrey | Stanford | 21.1* |
| 1938 | Mack Robinson | Oregon | 21.3* |
| 1937 | Ben Johnson | Columbia (NY) | 21.3* |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 21.3 |
| 1935 | Jesse Owens | Ohio State | 21.5* |
| 1934 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 20.9* |
| 1933 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 20.4* |
| 1932 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette | 20.3 |
| 1931 | Eddie Tolan | Michigan | 21.5* |
| 1930 | George Simpson | Ohio State | 20.7* |
| 1929 | George Simpson | Ohio State | 20.8* |
| 1928 | Claude Bracey | Rice | 20.9* |
| 1927 | Fred Alderman | Michigan State | 21.1* |
| 1926 | Roland Locke | Nebraska | 20.9* |
| 1925 | Glen Gray | Butler | 21.9* |
| 1923 | Eric Wilson | Iowa | 21.9* |
| 1922 | Leonard Paulu | Grinnell (IA) | 21.8* |
| 1921 | Eric Wilson | Iowa | 22.6* |