1970 - VILLANOVA 85 points; Jerry Bouma, Marty Liquori, Chris Mason, Les Nagy, Wilson Smith, Donal Walsh, Dave Wright
Villanova’s fourth title in five years was by far their most difficult. In fact, another team left the meet with the championship trophy thinking they had won. In Williamsburg, Va., the Wildcats and the University of Oregon were two evenly matched squads. When the results became official the Ducks had captured the championship with 86 points to 88 over Villanova. Oregon left the course for the airport to fly home assuming they were national champions, but Villanova’s Les Nagy noticed a mistake in the results. He was listed below runners he knew he had beaten, but they apparently had passed him in the finish chute after the finish line but before being given their place card. Led by Villanova’s top runner, Donal Walsh, the Wildcats refused to leave until the film used as a back-up had been reviewed. After review the new score was Villanova 85 and Oregon 86, giving the Wildcats their fourth national championship in five years.