1945 NCAA cross country championships

The 1945 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the seventh annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.

In total, 19 teams and 72 individual runners contested this championship.

[1] The meet was hosted by Michigan State College at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan for the seventh consecutive time.

The team national championship was retained by the Drake Bulldogs, their second overall.

The individual championship was also retained by Fred Feiler from Drake with a time of 21:14.2.