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1996 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name=1996 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

|Logo=

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|Organisers=NCAA

|Edition=32nd (Men)
14th (Women)

|Level=Division I

|Host city={{flagicon|Indiana}} Indianapolis, Indiana

|Athletes participating=

|Events=

|Dates=March 8-9, 1996{{cite web |title=NCAA DI Indoor Championships 1996 |url=https://in.milesplit.com/meets/179504-ncaa-di-indoor-championships-1996/info |access-date=7 June 2024}}

|Stadium=RCA Dome

|Previous=1995

|Next=1997

}}

The 1996 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States after the 1995–96 season, the 32nd annual meet for men and 14th annual meet for women.{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_indoor_champs_records/2019-20/D1Men.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=11 June 2021}}{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_indoor_champs_records/2019-20/D1Women.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=11 June 2021}}

The championships were again held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

George Mason claimed the men's team title, the Patriots' first. This was the first men's championship since 1983 not won by Arkansas.

Three-time defending champions LSU again won the women's team title, the Lady Tigers' seventh.

Qualification

All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.

Team standings

  • Note: Top 10 only
  • Scoring: 6 points for a 1st-place finish in an event, 4 points for 2nd, 3 points for 3rd, 2 points for 4th, and 1 point for 5th
  • (DC) = Defending Champions

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=Men's title=

  • 60 teams scored at least one point

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

! Team

! Points

{{gold01}}

| align="left" | George Mason

39
{{silver02}}

| align="left" | Nebraska

31.5
{{bronze03}}

| align="left" | Arkansas (DC)

29
{{sort|04|4}}

| align="left" | Houston

24.5
rowspan=2| {{sort|05|T5}}

| align="left" | Baylor

rowspan=2| 24
align="left" | UTEP
rowspan=2| {{sort|07|T7}}

| align="left" | Kentucky

rowspan=2| 22
align="left" | Oklahoma
rowspan=2| {{sort|09|T9}}

| align="left" | LSU

rowspan=2| 20.5
align="left" | UCLA

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=Women's title=

  • 53 teams scored at least one point

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

! Team

! Points

{{gold01}}

| align="left" | LSU (DC)

52
{{silver02}}

| align="left" | Georgia

34
{{bronze03|3}}

| align="left" | Texas

31
rowspan=2| {{sort|04|T4}}

| align="left" | Florida

rowspan=2| 28
align="left" | Nebraska
{{sort|06|6}}

| align="left" | Illinois

27.5
rowspan=2| {{sort|07|T7}}

| align="left" | Georgetown

rowspan=2| 22
align="left" | UCLA
{{sort|09|9}}

| align="left" | Wisconsin

20
rowspan=3| {{sort|10|T10}}

| align="left" | North Carolina

rowspan=3| 19
align="left" | South Carolina
align="left" | Villanova

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