2004 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2004 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 66th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 24th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.
Held on November 22, 2004, the combined meet was the first of eight consecutive championship meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers.
The men's team championship was won by Colorado, the Buffaloes' second. The women's team championship was also won by Colorado, the Buffaloes' second. This was the fourth time that the same program won both the men's and women's national team titles.
The two individual champions were, for the men, Simon Bairu and, for the women, Kim Smith.Men's title
- Distance: 10,000 meters
Men's Team Result (Top 10)
| Rank | Team | Points |
| Colorado | 90 |
| Wisconsin | 94 |
| Arkansas | 202 |
| Butler Bulldogs | 243 |
| BYU | 267 |
| Stanford | 269 |
| Iona | 279 |
| Arizona State | 315 |
| New Mexico | 330 |
| Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo | 333 |
Men's Individual Result (Top 10)
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|  Simon Bairu | Wisconsin | 30:37.7 |
|  Matt Gonzales | New Mexico | 30:40.9 |
| Josphat Boit | Arkansas | 30:41.8 |
| Brent Vaughn | Colorado | 30:48.7 |
| Bret Schoolmeester | Colorado | 30:56.3 |
|  Simon Ngata | Georgia | 30:56.5 |
| Benson Chesang | Kansas | 30:59.4 |
| Nef Araia | Stanford | 31:04.5 |
| Robert Cheseret | Arizona | 31:05.8 |
| Rod Koborsi | Georgetown | 31:06.4 |
Women's title
- Distance: 6,000 meters
Women's Team Result (Top 10)
| Rank | Team | Points |
| Colorado | 63 |
| Duke | 144 |
| Providence | 164 |
| Notre Dame | 170 |
| Stanford | 175 |
| Michigan | 246 |
| Villanova | 277 |
| Brigham Young | 293 |
| Arizona State | 333 |
| North Carolina | 336 |
Women's Individual Result (Top 10)
| Rank | Name | Team | Time |
|  Kim Smith | Providence | 20:08.5 |
| Renee Metivier | Colorado | 20:26.4 |
| Caroline Bierbaum | Columbia-Barnard | 20:30.7 |
| Laura Turner | BYU | 20:37.5 |
| Maureen Mccandless | Pittsburgh | 20:38.2 |
| Lindsay Donaldson | Yale | 20:40.0 |
| Carol Henry | North Carolina | 20:41.9 |
|  Marina Muncan | Villanova | 20:42.8 |
| Angela Homan | Auburn | 20:43.8 |
| Fiona Crombie | Providence | 20:45.9 |
