| Year | Result |
| 1998 | TCU 28, USC 19 |
| 1997 | Arizona St. 17, Iowa 7 |
| 1996 | Stanford 38, Michigan St. 0 |
| 1995 | Iowa 38, Washington 18 |
| 1994 | Texas 35, North Carolina 31 |
| 1993 | Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 |
| 1992 | Baylor 20, Arizona 15 |
| 1991 | UCLA 6, Illinois 3 |
| 1990 | Michigan St. 17, USC 16 |
| 1989 | Pittsburgh 31, Texas A&M 28 |
| 1988 | Alabama 29, Army 28 |
| 1987 | Oklahoma St. 35, West Virginia 33 |
| 1986 | Alabama 28, Washington 6 |
| 1985 | Arizona 13, Georgia 13 |
| 1984 | Maryland 28, Tennessee 27 |
| 1983 | Alabama 28, SMU 7 |
| 1982 | North Carolina 26, Texas 10 |
| 1981 | Oklahoma 40, Houston 14 |
| 1980 | Nebraska 31, Mississippi St 17 |
| 1979 | Washington 14, Texas 7 |
| 1978 | Texas 42, Maryland 0 |
| 1977 | Stanford 24, LSU 14 |
| 1976 | Texas A&M 37, Florida 14 |
| 1975 | Pittsburgh 33, Kansas 19 |
| 1974 | Mississippi St. 26, North Carolina 24 |
| 1973 | Missouri 34, Auburn 17 |
| 1972 | North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 |
| 1971 | LSU 33, Iowa St. 15 |
| 1970 | Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9 |
| 1969 | Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 |
| 1968 | Auburn 34, Arizona 10 |
| 1967 | Texas El Paso 14, Mississippi 7 |
| 1966 | Wyoming 28, Florida St 20 |
| 1965 | Texas El Paso 13, TCU 12 |
| 1964 | Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0 |
| 1963 | Oregon 21, SMU 14 |
| 1962 | West Texas A&M 15, Ohio 14 |
| 1961 | Villanova 17, Wichita St. 9 |
| 1960 | New Mexico St. 20, Utah St. 13 |
| 1959 | New Mexico St. 28, North Texas 8 |
| 1958 | Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6 |
| 1957 | George Washington 13, Texas El Paso 0 |
| 1956 | Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14 |
| 1955 | Texas El Paso 47, Florida St. 20 |
| 1954 | Texas El Paso 37, So. Mississippi 14 |
| 1953 | Pacific 26, So Mississippi 7 |
| 1952 | Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14 |
| 1951 | West Texas A&M 14, Cincinnati 13 |
| 1950 | Texas El Paso 33, Georgetown 30 |
| 1949 | West Virginia 21, Texas El Paso 12 |
| 1948 | Miami, Ohio 13, Texas Tech 12 |
| 1947 | Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6 |
| 1946 | New Mexico 34, Denver 24 |
| 1945 | Southwestern University 35, University of Mexico 0 |
| 1944 | Southwestern University 7, New Mexico 0 |
| 1943 | Second Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7 |
| 1942 | Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 |
| 1941 | Case Reserve 26, Arizona St 13 |
| 1940 | Arizona St. 0, Catholic 0 |
| 1939 | Utah 26, New Mexico 0 |
| 1938 | West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6 |
| 1937 | Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas El Paso 6 |
| 1936 | Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico St. 14 |
