NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 10,000 meter run
This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 6 mile run until 1975, and the metric 10000 meters being contested in Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance. Hand timing was used until 1973, starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used.Champions
;Key:
| Year | Name, | Team | Time |
| 1948 | Robert Black | Rhode Island | 32:13.5 |
| 1949 | not held | | - |
| 1950 | not held | | - |
| 1951 | not held | | - |
| 1952 | Walt Deike | Wisconsin | 32:25.1 |
| 1953 | not held | | - |
| 1954 | not held | | - |
| 1955 | not held | | - |
| 1956 | Selwyn Jones | Michigan St | 31:15.3 |
| 1957 | not held | | - |
| 1958 | not held | | - |
| 1959 | not held | | - |
| 1960 | not held | | - |
| 1961 | not held | | - |
| 1962 | not held | | - |
| 1963 | Julio Marín | Southern Cal | 30:32.9Ay |
| 1964 | Danny Murphy | San Jose St | 29:37.8 |
| 1965 | Doug Brown | Montana | 27:59.2y |
| 1966 | Gerry Lindgren | Wash St | 28:07.0y |
| 1967 | Gerry Lindgren | Wash St | 28:44.0Ay |
| 1968 | Gerry Lindgren | Wash St | 29:41.0 |
| 1969 | Frank Shorter | Yale | 29:00.2y |
| 1970 | Bob Bertelsen | Ohio | 27:57.5y |
| 1971 | Garry Bjorklund | Minnesota | 27:43.1y |
| 1972 | John Halberstadt | Oklahoma St | 28:50.4 |
| 1973 | Charles Maguire | Penn St | 28:19.3y |
| 1974 | John Ngeno | Wash St | 28:14.46y |
| 1975 | John Ngeno | Wash St | 28:20.66Ay |
| 1976 | John Ngeno | Wash St | 28:22.7 |
| 1977 | Samson Kimobwa | Wash St | 28:10.3 |
| 1978 | Mike Musyoki | UTEP | 28:30.9 |
| 1979 | Suleiman Nyambui | UTEP | 28:01.3 |
| 1980 | Suleiman Nyambui | UTEP | 29:21.8 |
| 1981 | Suleiman Nyambui | UTEP | 28:34.2 |
| 1982 | Suleiman Nyambui | UTEP | 29:03.54A |
| 1983 | Gidamis Shahanga | UTEP | 29:10.3 |
| 1984 | Ed Eyestone | Brigham Young | 28:05.3 |
| 1985 | Ed Eyestone | Brigham Young | 28:46.9 |
| 1986 | Keith Hanson | Marquette | 29:02.7 |
| 1987 | Joe Falcon | Arkansas | 29:10.7 |
| 1988 | John Scherer | Michigan | 28:50.4 |
| 1989 | John Scherer | Michigan | 29:48.95A |
| 1990 | Shannon Butler | Montana St | 28:38.4 |
| 1991 | Terry Thornton | Louisiana St | 28:25.9 |
| 1992 | Sean Dollman | Western Kentucky | 29:49.5 |
| 1993 | Jonah Koech | Iowa St | 28:28.7 |
| 1994 | Teddy Mitchell | Arkansas | 29:39.5 |
| 1995 | Godfrey Siamusiye | Arkansas | 28:59.6 |
| 1996 | Godfrey Siamusiye | Arkansas | 28:56.4 |
| 1997 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | UCLA | 28:51.2 |
| 1998 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 28:31.3 |
| 1999 | Nathan Nutter | Stanford | 29:12.0 |
| 2000 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 30:38.6 |
| 2001 | Ryan Shay | Notre Dame | 29:05.4 |
| 2002 | Boaz Cheboiywo | Eastern Mich | 28:32.1 |
| 2003 | Daniel Lincoln | Arkansas | 28:20.2 |
| 2004 | Alistair Cragg | Arkansas | 29:22.4 |
| 2005 | Robert Cheseret | Arizona | 28:20.1 |
| 2006 | Josphat Boit | Arkansas | 28:37.6 |
| 2008 | Shadrack Songok | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 28:46.69 |
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | Oregon | 28:21.45 |
| 2010 | Sam Chelanga | Liberty | 28:37.40 |
| 2011 | Leonard Korir | Iona | 28:07.63 |
| 2012 | Cameron Levins | Southern Utah | 28:07.14 |
| 2013 | Lawi Lalang | Arizona | 29:29.65 |
| 2014 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon | 28:30.18 |
| 2015 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon | 28:58.92 |
| 2016 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon | 29:09.57 |
| 2017 | Marc Scott | Tulsa | 29:01.54 |
