N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor 400-Meter Hurdles
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.56 |
| 2010 | Johnny Dutch | South Carolina | 48.75 |
| 2009 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.47 |
| 2008 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.69 |
| 2007 | Isa Phillips | Louisiana State | 48.51 |
| 2006 | Michael Tinsley | Jackson State (MS) | 48.25 |
| 2005 | Kerron Clement | Florida | 47.56 |
| 2004 | Kerron Clement | Florida | 49.05 |
| 2003 | Dean Griffiths | Auburn | 48.55 |
| 2002 | Rickey Harris | Florida | 48.16 |
| 2001 | Bayano Kamani | Baylor | 48.99 |
| 2000 | Felix Sanchez | Southern California | 48.41 |
| 1999 | Bayano Kamani | Baylor | 48.68 |
| 1998 | Angelo Taylor | Georgia Tech | 48.14 |
| 1997 | Joey Woody | Northern Iowa | 48.59 |
| 1996 | Neil Gardner | Michigan | 49.27 |
| 1995 | Ken Harnden | North Carolina | 48.72 |
| 1994 | Octavius Terry | Georgia Tech | 49.85 |
| 1993 | Bryan Bronson | Rice | 49.07 |
| 1992 | Dan Steele | Eastern Illinois | 49.79 |
| 1991 | Samuel Matete | Auburn | 49.12 |
| 1990 | McClinton Neal | Texas-Arlington | 49.23 |
| 1989 | Winthrop Graham | Texas | 48.55 |
| 1988 | Kevin Young | UCLA | 47.85 |
| 1987 | Kevin Young | UCLA | 48.90 |
| 1986 | Danny Harris | Iowa State | 48.33 |
| 1985 | Danny Harris | Iowa State | 48.42 |
| 1984 | Danny Harris | Iowa State | 48.81 |
| 1983 | Sven Nylander | Southern Methodist | 48.88 |
| 1982 | David Patrick | Tennessee | 48.44 |
| 1981 | Andre Phillips | UCLA | 49.12 |
| 1980 | David Lee | Southern Illinois | 48.87 |
| 1979 | James Walker | Auburn | 48.68 |
| 1978 | James Walker | Auburn | 48.92 |
| 1977 | Thomas Andrews | Southern California | 49.48 |
| 1976 | Quentin Wheeler | San Diego State | 48.55 |
| 1975 | Craig Caudill | Indiana | 50.44* |
| 1974 | Bruce Collins | Pennsylvania | 50.30* |
| 1973 | Robert Primeaux | Texas | 49.5* |
| 1972 | Bruce Collins | Pennsylvania | 49.1 |
| 1971 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Young | 49.6* |
| 1970 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Young | 48.8* |
| 1969 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Young | 49.6* |
| 1968 | David Hemery | Boston University | 49.8 |
| 1967 | Robert Steele | Michigan State | 50.2* |
| 1966 | Robert Steele | Michigan State | 50.4* |
| 1965 | Larry Godfrey | San Diego State | 51.5* |
| 1964 | Billy Hardin | Louisiana State | 50.2 |
| 1963 | Rex Cawley | Southern California | 49.6* |
| 1962 | Jerry Tarr | Oregon | 50.3* |
| 1961 | Dixon Farmer | Occidental (CA) | 50.8* |
| 1960 | Cliff Cushman | Kansas | 50.8 |
| 1959 | Dick Howard | New Mexico | 50.6* |
| 1956 | Aubrey Lewis | Notre Dame | 51.0 |
| 1952 | Bob DeVinney | Kansas | 51.7 |
| 1948 | George Walker | Illinois | 52.4 |
| 1936 | Robert Osgood | Michigan | 53.4 |
| 1932 | Eugene Beatty | Eastern Michigan | 52.9 |
