| 2025 | Illinois vs Cincinnati |
| 2024 | Texas Tech 35 Army 15 |
| 2023 | SMU 44 Air Force 20 |
| 2022 | Illinois 24 South Carolina 21 |
| 2021 | NC State 33 Fresno State 28 |
| 2020 | Northwestern 19 Memphis 13 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati 23 Kansas State 6 |
| 2018 | Iowa State 24 Virginia 20 |
| 2017 | NC State 20 Iowa State 13 |
| 2016 | Memphis 31 Georgia 17 |
| 2015 | Mississippi State 31 Memphis 24 |
| 2014 | Texas 24 Pittsburgh 21 |
| 2013 | Duke 38 Iowa 34 |
| 2012 | North Carolina 31 West Virginia 13 |
| 2011 | West Virginia 20 Kansas State 14 |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh 25 Miami (Fla) 23 |
| 2009 | Arizona 27 Oklahoma 24 |
| 2008 | Maryland 24 Cincinnati 22 |
| 2007 | South Carolina 47 Connecticut 41 3 OT |
| 2006 | Texas Tech 34 Iowa 31 |
| 2005 | Tennessee 17 Florida State 15 |
| 2004 | Wisconsin 31 Boston College 28 |
| 2003 | Kansas State 31 Virginia 6 |
| 2002 | Oregon 34 Illinois 20 |
| 2001 | Iowa 28 Kansas State 14 |
| 2000 | Auburn 30 Notre Dame 17 |
| 1999 | Miami (Fla.) 35 Kansas 10 |
| 1998 | Virginia 34 Southern Miss 21 |
| 1997 | Navy 42 Wyoming 28 |
| 1996 | Texas 30 Syracuse 22 |
| 1995 | Illinois 27 North Carolina 13 |
| 1994 | Texas 24 Illinois 20 |
| 1993 | Boston College 38 Mississippi 35 |
| 1992 | Alabama 27 Ohio State 10 |
| 1991 | Georgia Tech 29 California 20 |
| 1990 | Penn State 20 Arkansas 16 |
| 1989 | Alabama 24 West Virginia 16 |
| 1988 | Miami (Fla.) 31 Arkansas 23 |
| 1987 | Texas Tech 34 Boston College 14 |
| 1986 | Boston College 42 Livingstone 18 |
