Records as ratified by the T&FN Records Committee include only those made by NCAA Division I athletes. Superior marks made by NCAA II/III, NAIA or JUCO performers, if any, are sub-listed.
Symbols:
‘ after name = not eligible for U.S. teams
(American C) = collegian eligible for U.S. teams (listed when the overall record is held by a ‘ performer)
(A) = altitude-aided mark—over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only); if the overall mark is (A) then the low-altitude best is also listed
p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events | ||||
| 50 | 5.67 | Kareem Kelly (USC) | Los Angeles, California | 2/19/00 |
| (NAIA) | 5.64 | Davidson Ezinwa’ (Azusa Pacific) | Los Angeles, California | 2/15/92 |
| 60 | 6.45(A) | Leonard Myles-Mills’ (BYU) | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 2/20/99 |
| 6.45 | Christian Coleman (Tennessee) | College Station, Texas | 3/11/17 | |
| 200 | 20.02 | Elijah Hall (Houston) | College Station, Texas | 3/10/18 |
| 300 | 32.28 | Jacory Patterson (Virginia Tech) | Blacksburg, Virginia | 1/17/20 |
| 400 | 44.52 | Michael Norman (USC) | College Station, Texas | 3/10/18 |
| 500 | 1:00.63 | Brycen Spratling (Pitt) | New York, New York | 2/19/12 |
| 600 | 1:14.79(A) | Michael Saruni’ (UTEP) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1/19/18 |
| (American CR) | 1:14.96 | Isaiah Harris (Penn State) | University Park, Pennsylvania | 1/28/17 |
| 800 | 1:44.84 | Paul Ereng’ (Virginia) | Budapest, Hungary | 3/04/89 |
| (American CR) | 1:45.27 | Devin Dixon (Texas A&M) | College Station, Texas | 1/26/19 |
| 1000 | 2:18.26 | Brannon Kidder (Penn State) | University Park, Pennsylvania | 1/16/16 |
| 1500 | 3:36.93 | James West’ (Oregon) | Boston, Massachusetts | 2/27/20 |
| (American CR) | 3:39.8 | Tony Waldrop (North Carolina) | San Diego, California | 2/17/74 |
| Mile | 3:52.01 | Edward Cheserek’ (Oregon) | Boston, Massachusetts | 2/26/17 |
| (American CR) | 3:54.54 | Miles Batty (BYU) | New York, New York | 2/11/12 |
| 2000 | 5:10.1 | Joe Falcon (Arkansas) | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 2/10/89 |
| 3000 | 7:38.59 | Alistair Cragg’ (Arkansas) | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2/14/04 |
| (American CR | 7:42.62 | Grant Fisher (Stanford) | New York, New York | 2/09/19 |
| 5000 | 13:08.28 | Lawi Lalang’ (Arizona) | New York, New York | 2/11/12 |
| (American CR) | 13:18.12 | Galen Rupp (Oregon) | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2/13/09 |
| 13:16.95 | Tyler Day (Northern Arizona) | Boston, Massachusetts | 1/24/20 | |
| 50 Hurdles | 6.36 | Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland) | Edmonton, Alberta | 2/03/79 |
| 60 Hurdles | 7.35 | Grant Holloway (Florida) | Birmingham, Alabama | 3/09/19 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 200 | 1:24.70 | Penn State | University Park, Pennsylvania | 1/26/13 |
| (Emunael Mpanduki’, Matt Gilmore, Brandon Bennett-Green, Aaron Nadolsky) | ||||
| (American CR) | 1:24.91 | Pitt | University Park, Pennsylvania | 2/11/14 |
| (Carvin Nkanata, Brycen Spratling, Josh Mindlin, Micah Murray) | ||||
| 4 x 400 | 3:00.77 | USC | College Station, Texas | 3/10/18 |
| (Zach Shinnick 46.24, Rai Benjamin’ 44.35, Ricky Morgan 45.66, Michael Norman 44.52) | ||||
| (American CR) | 3:01.39 | Texas A&M | College Station, Texas | 3/10/18 |
| (Ilolo Izu 46.57, Robert Grant 44.83, Devin Dixon 45.48, Mylik Kerley 44.51) | ||||
| 4 x 800 | 7:17.45 | Clemson | Indianapolis, Indiana | 3/11/89 |
| (Mike Radziwinski 1:51.0, Dave Wittman 1:49.7, Phil Greyling’ 1:48.5, Terrance Herrington 1:47.7) | ||||
| (American CR) | 7:18.23 | Florida | Indianapolis, Indiana | 3/14/92 |
| (Dedric Jones 1:49.1, Lewis Lacy 1:49.7, Steve Adderley 1:50.0, Scott Peters 1:49.4) | ||||
| Distance Medley | 9:24.52 | Oregon | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 1/31/20 |
| (James West’ 2:53.53, Jacob Miller 47.47, Charlie Hunter’ 1:48.07, Cooper Teare 3:55.45) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Hollis Conway (Louisiana–Lafayette) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 3/11/89 |
| Pole Vault | 5.93 | 19-5½ | Chris Nilsen (South Dakota) | Lincoln, Nebraska | 2/21/20 |
| Long Jump | 8.59 | 28-2¼ | Miguel Pate (Alabama) | New York, New York | 3/01/02 |
| Triple Jump | 17.50 | 57-5 | Charlie Simpkins (Baptist) | Los Angeles, California | 1/17/86 |
| Shot | 21.81 | 71-6¾ | Payton Otterdahl (North Dakota State) | Brookings, South Dakota | 2/23/19 |
| Weight | 25.58 | 83-11¼ | Michael Lihrman (Wisconsin) | Geneva, Ohio | 2/28/15 |
| Multi Event | ||||
| Heptathlon | 6499 | Ashton Eaton (Oregon) | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 3/12-13/10 |
| (6.71, 7.73/25-4½, 13.12/43-½, 2.11/6-11 [3561], 7.77, 5.10/16-8¾, 2:32.67 [2938]) | ||||
as of January 11, 2021