| 2025 | Arizona State vs Duke |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech 16 Washington State 10 |
| 2023 | Oregon State 13 Miami 10 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh 6 Baylor 3 |
| 2021 | SMU 34 Arizona State 26 |
| 2020 | Texas 34 Michigan 13 |
| 2019 | Illinois 34 Washington 9 |
| 2018 | Wisconsin 38 Baylor 10 |
| 2017 | Fresno State 42 Arizona State 20 |
| 2016 | Baylor 20 Pittsburgh 15 |
| 2015 | UCLA 41 Duke 23 |
| 2014 | Notre Dame 17 West Virginia 14 |
| 2013 | Texas Tech 32 Nebraska 28 |
| 2012 | Northwestern 26 Southern Cal 24 |
| 2011 | TCU 30 Texas 23 |
| 2010 | Northwestern 24 Arizona 3 |
| 2009 | Stanford 51 West Virginia 48 |
| 2008 | Oregon 35 South Florida 27 |
| 2007 | Texas Tech 21 Arkansas 14 |
| 2006 | Purdue 35 UCLA 24 |
| 2005 | Oregon 33 Minnesota 31 |
| 2004 | Ohio State 21 Virginia 13 |
| 2003 | Nebraska 44 Iowa 38 |
| 2002 | South Carolina 13 Washington 10 |
| 2001 | Michigan State 30 Alabama 10 |
| 2000 | West Virginia 28 LSU 27 |
| 1999 | Mississippi 21 Arizona 7 |
| 1998 | Wisconsin 24 Mississippi 7 |
| 1997 | Alabama 30 Notre Dame 27 |
| 1996 | Wyoming 31 Iowa 17 |
| 1995 | Kansas 21 Wisconsin 9 |
| 1994 | Oklahoma 28 Mississippi State 24 |
| 1993 | Michigan 24 Soutern Cal 10 |
| 1992 | UCLA 37 BYU 34 |
| 1991 | Southern Cal 17 Michigan State 16 |
| 1990 | Iowa 23 LSU 23 |
| 1989 | Baylor 38 Georgia Tech 10 |
| 1988 | Temple 21 Western Michigan 17 |
| 1986 | Temple 29 Central Michigan 16 |
