The 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 78th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 36th NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the national champions of men's and women's NCAA Division I collegiate cross country running. They were hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 19, 2016.^[1] Four different championships will be contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.

Women's title

• Distance: 6,000 meters^[2]
• (DC) = Defending champions

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank	Team	Scorers					Points	Average Time
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	Oregon Ducks	4	9	16	47	49	125	20:17
	Michigan Wolverines	2	13	24	37	50	126	20:16
	Colorado Buffaloes	17	20	31	32	34	134	20:20
4	North Carolina State Wolfpack	12	19	38	67	78	223	20:31
5	Stanford Cardinal	29	30	52	66	78	255	20:36
6	San Francisco Dons	6	48	69	77	107	307	20:39
7	New Mexico Lobos (DC)	14	22	58	80	136	310	20:38
8	Michigan State Spartans	7	40	59	102	106	314	20:39
9	Eastern Michigan Eagles	18	54	64	79	101	316	20:41
10	BYU Cougars	26	56	65	86	95	328	20:43

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Points
	Karissa Schweizer	Missouri Tigers	19:41.7	1
	Erin Finn	Michigan Wolverines	19:44.3	2
	Anna Rohrer	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	19:44.6	3
4	Katie Rainsberger	Oregon Ducks	19:51.1	4
5	Sharon Lokedi	Kansas Jayhawks	19:52.2	-
6	Brenna Peloquin	Boise State Broncos	19:54.6	-
7	Elinor Purrier	New Hampshire Wildcats	19:56.9	-
8	[3] Amy-Eloise Neale	Washington Huskies	19:58.3	5
9	Grace Barnett	Clemson Tigers	20:02.4	-
10	Charlotte Taylor	San Francisco Dons	20:02.7	6

Men's title

• Distance: 10,000 meters^[4]
• (DC) = Defending champions

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank	Team	Scorers					Points	Average Time
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	Northern Arizona	3	9	18	29	66	125	30:15
	Stanford	4	19	32	45	58	158	30:23
	Syracuse (DC)	1	14	27	37	85	164	30:17
4	Ole Miss	5	30	42	48	71	196	30:29
5	Arkansas	12	16	36	53	89	206	30:30
6	Colorado	17	22	26	59	99	223	30:31
7	BYU	7	25	62	73	80	247	30:33
8	Wisconsin	6	20	51	52	127	256	30:33
9	Oregon	2	23	54	82	121	282	30:34
10	Iona	34	50	68	74	93	319	30:45

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Points
	Patrick Tiernan	Villanova	29:20.0	–
	Justyn Knight	Syracuse	29:27.3	1
	Edward Cheserek (DC)	Oregon	29:48.0	2
4	Futsum Zeinasellassie	Northern Arizona	29:49.8	3
5	Grant Fisher	Stanford	29:57.9	4
6	MJ Erb	Ole Miss	29:58.6	5
7	Morgan McDonald	Wisconsin	29:59.2	6
8	Edwin Kibichiy	Louisville	29:59.6	–
9	Nicolas Montanez	BYU	30:02.3	7
10	Scott Carpenter	Georgetown	30:03.0	8