N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Matt Hughes | Louisville | 8:24.87 |
| 2010 | Matt Hughes | Louisville | 8:34.18 |
| 2009 | Kyle Perry | Brigham Young | 8:29.24 |
| 2008 | Kyle Alcorn | Arizona State | 8:28.26 |
| 2007 | Barnabas Kirui | Mississippi | 8:20.36 |
| 2006 | Josh McAdams | Brigham Young | 8:34.10 |
| 2005 | Mircea Bogdan | Texas-El Paso | 8:27.29 |
| 2004 | Jordan Desilets | Eastern Michigan | 8:42.64 |
| 2003 | Daniel Lincoln | Arkansas | 8:26.65 |
| 2002 | Daniel Lincoln | Arkansas | 8:22.34 |
| 2001 | Daniel Lincoln | Arkansas | 8:42.31 |
| 2000 | Tim Broe | Alabama | 8:39.03 |
| 1999 | Matt Kerr | Arkansas | 8:44.29 |
| 1998 | Matt Kerr | Arkansas | 8:36.95 |
| 1997 | Pascal Dobert | Wisconsin | 8:31.68 |
| 1996 | Dmitry Drozdov | Iowa State | 8:32.01 |
| 1995 | Jim Svenoy | Texas-El Paso | 8:21.48 |
| 1994 | Jim Svenoy | Texas-El Paso | 8:41.22 |
| 1993 | Donovan Bergstrom | Wisconsin | 8:29.08 |
| 1992 | Marc Davis | Arizona | 8:36.79 |
| 1991 | Mark Croghan | Ohio State | 8:22.26 |
| 1990 | Mark Croghan | Ohio State | 8:36.19 |
| 1989 | Tom Nohilly | Florida | 8:45.24 |
| 1988 | Karl Van Calcar | Oregon State | 8:32.35 |
| 1987 | Dan Nelson | Oregon | 8:35.37 |
| 1986 | Julius Korir | Washington State | 8:21.17 |
| 1985 | Peter Koech | Washington State | 8:19.84 |
| 1984 | Farley Gerber | Weber State | 8:19.27 |
| 1983 | Brian Diemer | Michigan | 8:26.95 |
| 1982 | Richard Tuwei | Washington State | 8:42.73 |
| 1981 | Solomon Chebor | Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) | 8:23.34 |
| 1980 | Randy Jackson | Wisconsin | 8:22.81 |
| 1979 | Henry Rono | Washington State | 8:17.92 |
| 1978 | Henry Rono | Washington State | 8:12.39 |
| 1977 | James Munyala | Texas-El Paso | 8:29.51 |
| 1976 | James Munyala | Texas-El Paso | 8:24.86 |
| 1975 | James Munyala | Texas-El Paso | 8:47.93 |
| 1974 | Doug Brown | Tennessee | 8:35.94 |
| 1973 | Doug Brown | Tennessee | 8:28.1 |
| 1972 | Joe Lucas | Georgetown | 8:30.1 |
| 1971 | Sid Sink | Bowling Green | 8:30.9 |
| 1970 | Sid Sink | Bowling Green | 8:40.9 |
| 1969 | Jim Barkley | Oregon State | 8:44.4 |
| 1968 | Kerry Pearce | Texas-El Paso | 8:50.8 |
| 1967 | Chris McCubbins | Oklahoma State | 8:51.4 |
| 1966 | Bob Richards | Brigham Young | 8:51.6 |
| 1965 | Bruce Mortenson | Oregon | 9:00.8 |
| 1964 | Vic Zwolak | Villanova | 8:42.0 |
| 1963 | Vic Zwolak | Villanova | 9:10.1 |
| 1962 | Pat Traynor | Villanova | 8:48.6 |
| 1961 | John Lawler | Abilene Christian | 9:01.1 |
| 1960 | Charlie Clark | San Jose State | 9:02.1 |
| 1959 | John Macy | Houston | 9:19.1 |
| 1956 | Henry Kennedy | Michigan State | 9:16.5 |
| 1952 | Bob McMullen | San Jose State | 9:31.2 |
| 1948 | Browning Ross | Villanova | 9:25.7 |
