| Champions By School | |
| 8 | Oregon |
| 1970 | Steve Prefontaine |
| 1971 | Steve Prefontaine |
| 1973 | Steve Prefontaine |
| 1978 | Alberto Salazar |
| 2008 | Galen Rupp |
| 2013 | Edward Cheserek |
| 2014 | Edward Cheserek |
| 2015 | Edward Cheserek |
| 7 | Washington State |
| 1966 | Gerry Lindgren |
| 1967 | Gerry Lindgren |
| 1969 | Gerry Lindgren |
| 1976 | Henry Rono |
| 1977 | Henry Rono |
| 1979 | Henry Rono |
| 1993 | Josephat Kapkory |
| 5 | Kansas |
| 1950 | Herb Semper |
| 1951 | Herb Semper |
| 1953 | Wes Santee |
| 1954 | Allen Frame |
| 1965 | John Lawson |
| 5 | Wisconsin |
| 1939 | Walter Mehl |
| 1985 | Tim Hacker |
| 2004 | Simon Bairu |
| 2005 | Simon Bairu |
| 2018 | Morgan McDonald |
| 4 | BYU |
| 1984 | Ed Eyestone |
| 2006 | Josh Rohatinsky |
| 2020 | Conner Mantz |
| 2021 | Conner Mantz |
| 4 | Colorado |
| 1982 | Mark Scrutton |
| 1998 | Adam Goucher |
| 2002 | Jorge Torres |
| 2003 | Dathan Ritzenhein |
| 3 | Arizona |
| 1986 | Aaron Ramirez |
| 1994 | Martin Keino |
| 2011 | Lawi Lalang |
| 3 | Arkansas |
| 1987 | Joe Falcon |
| 1995 | Godfrey Siamusiye |
| 1996 | Godfrey Siamusiye |
| 3 | Indiana |
| 1941 | Fred Wilt |
| 1988 | Bob Kennedy |
| 1992 | Bob Kennedy |
| 3 | Iowa State |
| 1989 | John Nuttall |
| 1990 | Jonah Koech |
| 2019 | Edwin Kurgat |
| 3 | Liberty |
| 2007 | Josh McDougal |
| 2009 | Sam Chelanga |
| 2010 | Sam Chelanga |
| 3 | UTEP |
| 1980 | Suleiman Nyambui |
| 1981 | Mathews Motshwarateu |
| 1983 | Zakarie Barie |
| 2 | Drake |
| 1944 | Fred Feiler |
| 1945 | Fred Feiler |
| 2 | Harvard |
| 2023 | Graham Blanks |
| 2024 | Graham Blanks |
| 2 | Houston |
| 1959 | Al Lawrence |
| 1960 | Al Lawrence |
| 2 | Notre Dame |
| 1938 | Greg Rice |
| 1942 | Oliver Hunter |
| 2 | Rhode Island |
| 1948 | Robert Black |
| 1949 | Robert Black |
| 2 | Villanova |
| 1963 | Victor Zwolak |
| 2016 | Patrick Tiernan |
| 2 | Western Kentucky |
| 1974 | Nick Rose |
| 1991 | Sean Dollman |
| 1 | Air Force |
| 1968 | Michael Ryan |
| 1 | Ashland |
| 1940 | Gil Dodds |
| 1 | East Tennessee State |
| 1972 | Neil Cusack |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan |
| 2001 | Boaz Cheboiywo |
| 1 | Georgetown |
| 1952 | Charles Capozzoli |
| 1 | Illinois |
| 1975 | Craig Virgin |
| 1 | Iowa |
| 1955 | Charles Jones |
| 1 | Loyola (IL) |
| 1962 | Tom O’Hara |
| 1 | Michigan State |
| 1958 | Crawford Kennedy |
| 1 | North Carolina |
| 1947 | Jack Milne |
| 1 | Ohio |
| 1964 | Elmore Banton |
| 1 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 1946 | Quentin Brelsford |
| 1 | Oregon State |
| 1961 | Dale Storey |
| 1 | Providence |
| 2000 | Keith Kelly |
| 1 | South Alabama |
| 1999 | David Kimani |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2022 | Charles Hicks |
| 1 | Syracuse |
| 2017 | Justyn Knight |
| 1 | Texas |
| 1956 | Walter McNew |
| 1 | Texas Tech |
| 2012 | Kennedy Kithuka |
| 1 | UCLA |
| 1997 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi |
| 1 | USC |
| 1957 | Max Truex |
