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Each autumn since 1938, with the exception of 1943 and 2020, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has hosted men's cross country championships. Since 1958, the NCAA has had multiple division championships. Since 1973, Divisions I, II and III have all had their own national championships. Teams and individual runners qualify for the championship at regional competitions approximately a week before the national championships, typically held in November.
BYU are the defending men's team champions.
Qualifying
Teams compete in one of nine regional championships to qualify, where the top two teams automatically advance and thirteen additional teams are chosen as at-large selections. In addition to the 31 teams, 38 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[ 1]
History
The field for the Division I national championship race has ranged in size from a low of 6 teams in 1938 to a high of 39 teams in 1970. From 1982 to 1997 the field was fixed at 22 teams. Beginning in 1998, the national championship race has included 31 teams.
The race distance from 1938 to 1964 was 4 miles (6.4 km). From 1965 to 1975 the race distance was 6 miles (9.7 km). Since 1976 the race distance has been 10,000 meters (6.2 mi).[ 2]
Champions
Prior to 1958, only a single national championship was held between all members of the NCAA; Division II started in 1958 and Division III in 1973.[ 3]
NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship
Year
Host City
Team Championship
Individual Championship
Winner
Points
Runner-up
Points
Winner
Time
1938 Details
East Lansing, MI (Michigan State )
Indiana
51
Notre Dame
61
Greg RiceNotre Dame )
20:12.9
1939 Details
Michigan State
54
Wisconsin
57
Walter Mehl Wisconsin )
20:30.9
1940 Details
Indiana
65
Eastern Michigan
68
Gil Dodds Ashland )
20:30.2
1941 Details
Rhode Island
83
Penn State
110
Fred Wilt Indiana )
20:32.1
1942 Details
Indiana Penn State
57
Rhode Island
79
Oliver HunterNotre Dame )
20:18.0
1943
Not Held due to World War II
1944 Details
East Lansing, MI (Michigan State )
Drake
25
Notre Dame
64
Fred Feiler Drake )
21:04.2
1945 Details
Drake
50
Notre Dame
65
Fred Feiler Drake )
21:14.2
1946 Details
Drake
42
NYU
98
Quentin Brelsford Ohio Wesleyan )
20:22.9
1947 Details
Penn State
60
Syracuse
72
Jack MilneNorth Carolina )
20:41.1
1948 Details
Michigan State
41
Wisconsin
69
Robert Black Rhode Island )
19:52.3
1949 Details
Michigan State
59
Syracuse
81
Robert Black Rhode Island )
20:25.7
1950 Details
Penn State
53
Michigan State
55
Herb Semper Kansas )
20:31.7
1951 Details
Syracuse
80
Kansas
118
Herb Semper Kansas )
20:09.5
1952 Details
Michigan State
65
Indiana
68
Charles Capozzoli Georgetown )
19:36.7
1953 Details
Kansas
70
Indiana
82
Wes Santee Kansas )
19:43.5
1954 Details
Oklahoma State
61
Syracuse
118
Allen Frame Kansas )
19:54.2
1955 Details
Michigan State
46
Kansas
68
Charles Jones Iowa )
19:57.4
1956 Details
Michigan State
28
Kansas
88
Walter McNew Texas )
19:55.7
1957 Details
Notre Dame
121
Michigan State
127
Max Truex USC )
19:12.3 †
1958 Details
Michigan State
79
Western Michigan
104
Crawford Kennedy Michigan State )
20:07.1
1959 Details
Michigan State
44
Houston
120
Al Lawrence Houston )
20:35.7
1960 Details
Houston
54
Michigan State
80
Al Lawrence Houston )
19:28.2
1961 Details
Oregon State
68
San Jose State
82
Dale Story Oregon State )
19:46.6
1962 Details
San Jose State
58
Villanova
69
Tom O'Hara Loyola–Chicago )
19:20.3
1963 Details
San Jose State
53
Oregon
68
Victor Zwolak Villanova )
19:35.0
1964 Details
Western Michigan
86
Oregon
116
Elmore Banton Ohio )
20:07.5
The race distance changes from 4 miles to 6 miles
1965 Details
Lawrence, KS (Kansas )
Western Michigan
81
Northwestern
114
John Lawson Kansas )
29:24.0
1966 Details
Villanova
79
Kansas State
155
Gerry Lindgren Washington State )
29:01.4
1967 Details
Laramie, WY Wyoming )
Villanova
91
Air Force
96
Gerry Lindgren Washington State )
30:45.6
1968 Details
Bronx, NY Manhattan )
Villanova
78
Stanford
100
Michael Ryan Air Force )
29:16.8
1969 Details
UTEP
74
Villanova
88
Gerry Lindgren Washington State )
28:59.2
1970 Details
Williamsburg, VA William & Mary )
Villanova
85
Oregon
86
Steve Prefontaine Oregon )
28:00.2 †
1971 Details
Knoxville, TN Tennessee )
Oregon
83
Washington State
122
Steve Prefontaine Oregon )
29:14.0
1972 Details
Houston, TX Houston )
Tennessee
134
East Tennessee State
148
Neil Cusack East Tennessee State )
28:23.0
1973 Details
Pullman, WA Washington State )
Oregon
89
UTEP
157
Steve Prefontaine Oregon )
28:14.8
1974 Details
Bloomington, IN Indiana )
Oregon
77
Western Kentucky
110
Nick Rose Western Kentucky )
29:22.00
1975 Details
State College, PA Penn State )
UTEP
88
Oregon
92
Craig Virgin Illinois )
28:23.3
*The race distance changes from 6 miles to 10 kilometers
1976 Details
Denton, TX North Texas )
UTEP
62
Oregon
117
Henry Rono Washington State )
28:06.6 †
1977 Details
Pullman, WA Washington State )
Oregon
100
UTEP
105
Henry Rono Washington State )
28:33.5
1978 Details
Madison, WI Wisconsin )
UTEP
56
Oregon
72
Alberto Salazar Oregon )
29:29.7
1979 Details
Bethlehem, PA Lehigh )
UTEP
86
Oregon
93
Henry Rono Washington State )
28:19.6
1980 Details
Wichita, KS Wichita State )
UTEP
58
Arkansas
152
Suleiman Nyambui UTEP )
29:04.0
1981 Details
Wichita, KS Wichita State )
UTEP
17
Providence
109
Matthews Motshwarateu UTEP )
28:45.6
1982 Details
Bloomington, IN Indiana )
Wisconsin
59
Providence
138
Mark Scrutton Colorado )
30:12.6
1983 Details
Bethlehem, PA Lehigh )
(Vacated)
108
Wisconsin
164
Zakarie Barie UTEP )
29:20.0
1984 Details
State College, PA Penn State )
Arkansas
101
Arizona
111
Ed Eyestone BYU )
29:28.8
1985 Details
Milwaukee, WI Marquette )
Wisconsin
67
Arkansas
104
Tim HackerWisconsin )
29:17.88
1986 Details
Tucson, AZ Arizona )
Arkansas
69
Dartmouth
141
Aaron Ramirez Arizona )
30:27.53
1987 Details
Charlottesville, VA Virginia )
Arkansas
87
Dartmouth
119
Joe Falcon Arkansas )
29:14.97
1988 Details
Ames, IA Iowa State )
Wisconsin
105
Northern Arizona
160
Bob Kennedy Indiana )
29:20.00
1989 Details
Annapolis, MD Navy )
Iowa State
54
Oregon
72
John Nuttall Iowa State )
29:30.55
1990 Details
Knoxville, TN Tennessee )
Arkansas
68
Iowa State
96
Jonah Koech Iowa State )
29:05
1991 Details
Tucson, AZ Arizona )
Arkansas
52
Wisconsin
148
Sean Dollman Western Kentucky )
30:17.1
1992 Details
Bloomington, IN Indiana )
Arkansas
46
Wisconsin
87
Bob Kennedy Indiana )
30:15.3
1993 Details
Bethlehem, PA Lehigh )
Arkansas
31
BYU
153
Josephat Kapkory Washington State )
29:32.4
1994 Details
Fayetteville, AR Arkansas )
Iowa State
65
Colorado
88
Martin Keino Arizona )
30:08.7
1995 Details
Ames, IA Iowa State )
Arkansas
100
Northern Arizona
142
Godfrey Siamusiye Arkansas )
30:09
1996 Details
Tucson, AZ Arizona )
Stanford
46
Arkansas
74
Godfrey Siamusiye Arkansas )
29:49
1997 Details
Greenville, SC Furman )
Stanford
53
Arkansas
56
Mebrahtom Keflezighi UCLA )
28:54
1998 Details
Lawrence, KS Kansas )
Arkansas
97
Stanford
114
Adam Goucher Colorado )
29:26.9
1999 Details
Bloomington, IN Indiana )
Arkansas
58
Wisconsin
185
David Kimani South Alabama )
30:06.6
2000 Details
Ames, IA Iowa State )
Arkansas
83
Colorado
94
Keith KellyProvidence )
30:14.5
2001 Details
Greenville, SC Furman )
Colorado
90
Stanford
91
Boaz Cheboiywo Eastern Michigan )
28:47
2002 Details
Terre Haute, IN Indiana State )
Stanford
47
Wisconsin
107
Jorge Torres Colorado )
29:04.7
2003 Details
Cedar Rapids, IA Northern Iowa )
Stanford
24
Wisconsin
147
Dathan Ritzenhein Colorado )
29:14.1
2004 Details
Terre Haute, IN (Indiana State )
Colorado
90
Wisconsin
94
Simon Bairu Wisconsin )
30:37.7
2005 Details
Wisconsin
37
Arkansas
105
Simon Bairu Wisconsin )
29:15.9
2006 Details
Colorado
94
Wisconsin
142
Josh Rohatinsky BYU )
30:44.9
2007 Details
Oregon
85
Iona
113
Josh McDougal Liberty )
29:22.4
2008 Details
Oregon
93
Iona
147
Galen Rupp Oregon )
29:03.2
2009 Details
Oklahoma State
127
Oregon
143
Sam Chelanga Liberty )
28:41.3
2010 Details
Oklahoma State
73
Florida State
193
Sam Chelanga Liberty )
29:22.2
2011 Details
Wisconsin
97
Oklahoma State
139
Lawi Lalang Arizona )
28:44.1
2012 Details
Louisville, KY Louisville )
Oklahoma State
72
Wisconsin
135
Kennedy Kithuka Texas Tech )
28:31.3
2013 Details
Terre Haute, IN (Indiana State )
Colorado
149
Northern Arizona
169
Edward Cheserek Oregon )
29:41.1
2014 Details
Colorado
65
Stanford
98
Edward Cheserek Oregon )
30:19.4
2015 Details
Louisville, KY Louisville )
Syracuse
82
Colorado
91
Edward Cheserek Oregon )
28:45.8
2016 Details
Terre Haute, IN (Indiana State )
Northern Arizona
125
Stanford
158
Patrick Tiernan 29:22.0
2017 Details
Louisville, KY Louisville )
Northern Arizona
74
Portland
127
Justyn Knight 29:00.2
2018 Details
Madison, WI
Northern Arizona
83
BYU
116
Morgan McDonald 29:08.3
2019 Details
Terre Haute, IN (Indiana State )
BYU
109
Northern Arizona
163
Edwin Kurgat 30:32.7
2020 Details
Stillwater, OK Oklahoma State )
2021 Details
Tallahassee, FL Florida State )
A time highlighted in ██ indicates an NCAA championship record time for that distance at the time.
A † indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.
UTEP 's 1983 championship was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Titles
Team titles
List updated through the 2019 Championships
Team
Titles
Year Won
Arkansas 11
1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
Michigan State 8
1939, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959
UTEP 7
1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Oregon 6
1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2007, 2008
Colorado 5
2001, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014
Wisconsin 5
1982, 1985, 1988, 2005, 2011
Oklahoma State 4
1954, 2009, 2010, 2012
Stanford 4
1996, 1997, 2002, 2003
Villanova 4
1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Drake 3
1944, 1945, 1946
Indiana 3
1938, 1940, 1942
Penn State 3
1942, 1947, 1950
Northern Arizona 3
2016, 2017, 2018
Iowa State 2
1989, 1994
San Jose State 2
1962, 1963
Syracuse 2
1951, 2015
Western Michigan 2
1964, 1965
BYU 1
2019
Oregon State 1
1961
Houston 1
1960
Notre Dame 1
1957
Kansas 1
1953
Rhode Island 1
1941
Individual titles
List updated through the 2019 Championships.
Appearances
Records
Best Team Score: 17
Most Individual Titles: 3 (tie)
Gerry Lindgren , Washington State (1966, 1967, and 1969)Steve Prefontaine , Oregon (1970, 1971, and 1973)Henry Rono , Washington State (1976, 1977, and 1979)Edward Cheserek , Oregon (2013, 2014, and 2015)Best Individual Time, 4 miles: 19:21.3
Best Individual Time, 6 miles: 28:00.2
Best Individual Time, 10,000 meters: 28:06.6
See also
References
External links
NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
NCAA Championships
Records and Statistics
Championships Meetings World events
2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Henry Rono, Washington State (1976, 1977, and 1979)
