| 2024 | Mississippi 27 BYU 26 |
| 2023 | Mississippi 19 Kansas State 17 |
| 2022 | Utah 20 Florida State 17 |
| 2021 | Iowa 30 Arkansas 22 |
| 2020 | Auburn 13 Oregon 6 |
| 2019 | Texas A&M 40 Minnesota 21 |
| 2018 | Boston College 26 Northwestern 20 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech 31 Oklahoma State 27 |
| 2016 | LSU 34 West Virginia 7 |
| 2015 | LSU 28 Northwestern 25 |
| 2014 | Missouri 38 Louisville 28 |
| 2013 | Oregon 20 Oklahoma State 19 |
| 2012 | LSU 28 Michigan 17 |
| 2011 | Georgia 28 Penn State 17 |
| 2010 | Alabama 35 Iowa 13 |
| 2009 | California 38 Iowa 27 |
| 2008 | Michigan State 20 Virginia Tech 13 |
| 2007 | Kansas 42 Oregon 28 |
| 2006 | Oklahoma 21 LSU 19 |
| 2005 | Auburn 17 Clemson 6 |
| 2004 | Louisville 34 West Virginia 14 |
| 2003 | Tennessee 20 Virginia Tech 17 |
| 2002 | Florida State 10 Southern Cal 3 |
| 2001 | Washington 35 Virginia Tech 21 |
| 2000 | Mississippi State 28 Clemson 17 |
| 1999 | Michigan State 31 Texas 23 |
| 1998 | Georgia Tech 34 LSU 17 |
| 1997 | Washington St. 31 Kansas State 24 |
| 1996 | Virginia Tech 17 Michigan 14 |
| 1995 | Colorado 31 UCLA 18 |
| 1994 | Michigan 30 North Carolina 17 |
| 1993 | Penn State 48 N. C. State 6 |
| 1992 | Syracuse 19 Florida 17 |
| 1991 | Illinois 28 Syracuse 18 |
| 1990 | Southern Cal 20 Syracuse 13 |
| 1989 | Michigan 31 Nebraska 21 |
| 1988 | Texas 17 Clemson 10 |
| 1986 | Florida State 32 Navy 28 |
