| 2024 | Navy 27 Pittsburgh 7 |
| 2023 | Northwestern 24 Wyoming 23 |
| 2022 | Marshall 48 San Diego State 10 |
| 2021 | Kent State 19 Marshall 3 |
| 2020 | Stanford 51 Texas Tech 42 |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech 36 Oregon State 28 |
| 2018 | Hawaii 34 BYU 33 |
| 2017 | Kansas State 34 Wake Forest 20 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest 29 Mississippi State 28 |
| 2015 | Utah State 32 Georgia Southern 27 |
| 2014 | Central Florida 21 Lousiana Tech 16 |
| 2013 | SMU 17 Bowling Green 13 |
| 2012 | Ohio 27 SMU 24 |
| 2011 | San Diego State 38 New Mexico State 30 |
| 2010 | Michigan 38 Baylor 24 |
| 2009 | Tulsa 35 Western Michigan 15 |
| 2008 | San Jose State 27 Rice 10 |
| 2007 | Houston 37 Utah 24 |
| 2006 | Texas El Paso 27 Nevada 21 |
| 2005 | Northern Illinois 30 Southern Miss 13 |
| 2004 | Bowling Green 31 TCU 24 |
| 2002 | Texas Tech 34 Southern Miss 24 |
| 2001 | Mississippi 28 Oregon State 27 |
| 1991 | Washington State 26 Missouri 16 |
| 1990 | Missouri 28 UCLA 14 |
