| 2025 | Kansas State vs Tulane |
| 2024 | Southern Cal 24 UNLV 20 |
| 2023 | Central Florida 52 Fresno State 28 |
| 2022 | Washington 28 Oklahoma 17 |
| 2021 | San Diego State 34 Washington State 21 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh 34 Washington State 28 |
| 2019 | Arizona State 38 Air Force 14 |
| 2018 | Utah State 44 Stanford 30 |
| 2017 | Oregon 28 Boise State 21 |
| 2016 | Colorado 27 North Carolina 24 OT |
| 2015 | Washington State 41 BYU 38 |
| 2014 | Southern Cal 36 Boise State 31 |
| 2013 | BYU 34 Cincinnati 27 2OT |
| 2012 | Washington 30 Fresno State 22 |
| 2011 | Rutgers 28 Washington 24 |
| 2010 | Fresno State 34 California 28 |
| 2009 | Mississippi 14 Connecticut 12 |
| 2008 | Wisconsin 38 Arizona State 36 |
| 2007 | Cincinnati 28 Hawaii 17 |
| 2006 | Wake Forest 20 Pittsburgh 10 |
| 2005 | Washington State 27 Colorado 19 |
| 2004 | UCLA 28 Oklahoma State 7 |
| 2003 | Washington 38 N. C. State 20 |
| 2002 | UCLA 28 Clemson 26 |
| 2001 | Hawaii 28 Notre Dame 14 |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh 39 New Mexico 24 |
| 1999 | Wisconsin 31 Alabama 24 |
| 1998 | Purdue 47 Wyoming 31 |
| 1997 | Oklahoma State 18 N. C. State 17 |
| 1996 | Georgia 37 New Mexico State 10 |
| 1995 | Arizona 16 Michigan State 10 |
| 1994 | Clemson 37 New Mexico 7 |
| 1993 | Michigan State 20 San Diego St. 13 |
| 1992 | Northern New Mexico 36 Cornell 16 |
