| 2024 | Florida 22 Duke 21 |
| 2023 | Illinois 45 Duke 38 |
| 2022 | Duke 37 Washington State 21 |
| 2021 | Kansas State 21 Virginia 9 |
| 2020 | Purdue 23 TCU 7 |
| 2019 | Miami (Fla.) 21 Michigan State 20 |
| 2018 | Purdue 23 Southern Cal 8 |
| 2017 | Minnesota 38 Virginia 36 |
| 2016 | Arkansas 44 Navy 16 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech 21 Minnesota 6 |
| 2014 | Boston College 17 Iowa 3 |
| 2013 | Boise State 37 Houston 17 |
| 2012 | Connecticut 26 BYU 7 |
| 2011 | Texas Tech 28 BYU 27 |
| 2010 | Texas 31 North Carolina 13 |
| 2009 | Southern Miss 31 Iowa State 28 |
| 2008 | Miami (Fla.) 17 Southern Miss 16 |
| 2007 | Wake Forest 48 Rutgers 0 |
| 2006 | Kansas 17 Navy 6 |
| 2005 | South Carolina 24 Iowa 16 |
| 2004 | Kansas 33 Southern Miss 21 |
| 2003 | Houston 34 Texas Tech 0 |
| 2002 | Minnesota 48 California 14 |
| 2001 | Boston College 44 Memphis 42 |
| 2000 | Boston College 33 N. C. State 22 |
| 1999 | LSU 20 Louisville 14 |
| 1998 | San Diego State 26 Minnesota 7 |
| 1997 | Miami (Fla.) 27 Clemson 7 |
| 1996 | Colorado State 21 Houston 9 |
| 1995 | LSU 27 Iowa State 6 |
| 1994 | East Carolina 14 Maryland 6 |
| 1993 | Louisville 31 Texas 26 |
| 1992 | Arkansas 39 Virginia 30 |
| 1991 | Alabama 20 Virginia 18 |
| 1990 | Alabama 24 South Carolina 17 |
| 1989 | Michigan State 33 Hawaii 9 |
| 1988 | Iowa 31 Wyoming 28 |
| 1986 | Ohio State 18 Southern Cal 12 |
