| Year | Result |
| 1999 | Florida 31, Syracuse 10 |
| 1998 | Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17 |
| 1997 | Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 21 |
| 1996 | Florida State 31, Notre Dame 26 |
| 1995 | Nebraska 24, Miami (Fla.) 17 |
| 1994 | Florida State 18, Nebraska 16 |
| 1993 | Florida State 27, Nebraska 14 |
| 1992 | Miami (Fla.) 22, Nebraska 0 |
| 1991 | Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9 |
| 1990 | Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6 |
| 1989 | Miami (Fla.) 23, Nebraska 3 |
| 1988 | Miami (Fla.) 20, Oklahoma 14 |
| 1987 | Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8 |
| 1986 | Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 |
| 1985 | Washington 28, Oklahoma 17 |
| 1984 | Miami (Fla.) 31, Nebraska 30 |
| 1983 | Nebraska 21, LSU 20 |
| 1982 | Clemson 22, Nebraska 15 |
| 1981 | Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17 |
| 1980 | Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7 |
| 1979 | Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24 |
| 1978 | Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 0 |
| 1977 | Ohio State 27, Colorado 10 |
| 1976 | Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6 |
| 1975 | Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 |
| 1974 | Penn State 16, LSU 9 |
| 1973 | Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6 |
| 1972 | Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 |
| 1971 | Nebraska 17, LSU 12 |
| 1970 | Penn State 10, Missouri 3 |
| 1969 | Penn State 15, Kansas 14 |
| 1968 | Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24 |
| 1967 | Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12 |
| 1966 | Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 |
| 1965 | Texas 21, Alabama 17 |
| 1964 | Nebraska 13, Auburn 7 |
| 1963 | Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 |
| 1962 | LSU 25, Colorado 7 |
| 1961 | Missouri 21, Navy 14 |
| 1960 | Georgia 14, Missouri 0 |
| 1959 | Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 6 |
| 1958 | Oklahoma 48, Duke 21 |
| 1957 | Colorado 27, Clemson 21 |
| 1956 | Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6 |
| 1955 | Duke 34, Nebraska 7 |
| 1954 | Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 |
| 1953 | Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 |
| 1952 | Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14 |
| 1951 | Clemson 15, Miami (Fla.) 14 |
| 1950 | Santa Clara 21, Kentucky 13 |
| 1949 | Texas 41, Georgia 28 |
| 1948 | Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 14 |
| 1947 | Rice 8, Tennessee 0 |
| 1946 | Miami (Fla.) 13, Holy Cross 6 |
| 1945 | Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12 |
| 1944 | LSU 19, Texas A&M 14 |
| 1943 | Alabama 37, Boston College 21 |
| 1942 | Georgia 40, TCU 26 |
| 1941 | Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 7 |
| 1940 | Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7 |
| 1939 | Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 |
| 1938 | Auburn 6, Michigan State 0 |
| 1937 | Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12 |
| 1936 | Catholic 20, Mississippi 19 |
| 1935 | Bucknell 26, Miami (Fla.) 0 |
