N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Outdoor Two-Mile Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 1958 | Alex Henderson | Arizona State | 8:46.3 |
| 1957 | Charles "Deacon" Jones | Iowa | 8:57.0 |
| 1956 | Bill Dellinger | Oregon | 14:48.5* |
| 1955 | Ken Reiser | Oregon | 9:04.5 |
| 1954 | Kikuo Moriya | Wheaton (IL) | 9:22.7 |
| 1953 | Rich Ferguson | Iowa | 9:02.7 |
| 1952 | Wes Santee | Kansas | 14:36.3* |
| 1951 | Don McEwen | Michigan | 9:03.2 |
| 1950 | Don McEwen | Michigan | 9:01.9 |
| 1949 | Horace Ashenfelter | Penn State | 9:03.9 |
| 1948 | Jerry Thompson | Texas | 15:04.5* |
| 1947 | Jerry Thompson | Texas | 9:22.9 |
| 1946 | Francis Martin | New York University | 9:38.3 |
| 1945 | Francis Martin | New York University | 9:25.5 |
| 1944 | Francis Martin | Notre Dame | 9:38.4 |
| 1943 | Jerry Thompson | Texas | 9:29.9 |
| 1942 | Art Cazares | Fresno State | 9:10.0 |
| 1941 | Fred Wilt | Indiana | 9:14.4 |
| 1940 | Roy Fehr | Michigan State | 9:18.9 |
| 1939 | Greg Rice | Notre Dame | 9:02.6 |
| 1938 | Walter Mehl | Wisconsin | 9:11.1 |
| 1937 | Greg Rice | Notre Dame | 9:14.2 |
| 1936 | Don Lash | Indiana | 14:58.5* |
| 1935 | Floyd Lochner | Oklahoma | 9:26.8 |
| 1934 | Ray Crowley | Manhattan | 9:22.4 |
| 1933 | Michael Pilbrow | Grinnell (IA) | 9:22.8 |
| 1932 | Charles Shugert | Miami (Ohio) | 9:16.7 |
| 1931 | Clark Chamberlain | Michigan State | 9:23.0 |
| 1930 | Harold Manning | Wichita State | 9:18.1 |
| 1929 | David Abbott | Illinois | 9:30.0 |
| 1928 | David Abbott | Illinois | 9:28.8 |
| 1927 | Melvin Shimek | Marquette | 9:34.4 |
| 1926 | Arnold Gillette | Montana | 9:40.3 |
| 1925 | John Devine | Washington State | 9:32.8 |
| 1923 | Verne Booth | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 9:32.2 |
| 1922 | Lloyd Rathbun | Iowa State | 9:32.1 |
| 1921 | John Romig | Penn State | 9:31.0 |
