| Year | Result |
| 1999 | Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 |
| 1998 | Kansas State 35, Syracuse 18 |
| 1997 | Penn State 38, Texas 15 |
| 1996 | Nebraska 62, Florida 24 |
| 1995 | Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24 |
| 1994 | Arizona 29, Miami (Fla.) 0 |
| 1993 | Syracuse 26, Colorado 22 |
| 1992 | Penn State 42, Tennessee 17 |
| 1991 | Louisville 34, Alabama 7 |
| 1990 | Florida State 41, Nebraska 17 |
| 1989 | Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 21 |
| 1988 | Florida State 31, Nebraska 28 |
| 1987 | Penn State 14, Miami (Fla.) 10 |
| 1986 | Michigan 27, Nebraska 23 |
| 1985 | UCLA 39, Miami (Fla.) 37 |
| 1984 | Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23 |
| 1983 | Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21 |
| 1982 | Penn State 26, USC 10 |
| 1980 | Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh 16, Arizona 10 1978 Arkansas 10, UCLA 10 |
| 1977 | Penn State 42, Arizona State 30 |
| 1976 | Oklahoma 41, Wyoming 7 |
| 1975 | Arizona State 17, Nebraska 14 |
| 1974 | Oklahoma State 16, BYU 6 |
| 1973 | Arizona State 28, Pittsburgh 7 |
| 1972 | Arizona State 49, Missouri 35 |
| 1971 | Arizona State 45, Florida State 38 |
