The Orange Bowl has been played in the Miami area since 1935. It was originally held in the city of Miami at Miami Field and then moved to the Miami Orange Bowl stadium in 1938. In 1996, it moved to its current location at Hard Rock Stadium.
| 2024-25 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 27-24 Penn State Nittany Lions National Semifinal Game |
| 2023-24 |
Georgia Bulldogs 63-3 Florida State Seminoles |
| 2022-23 |
Tennessee Volunteers 31-14 Clemson Tigers |
| 2021-22 |
| Georgia Bulldogs 34-11 Michigan Wolverines National Semifinal Game |
| 2020-21 |
Texas A&M Aggies 41-27 North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 2019-20 |
Florida Gators 36-28 Virginia Cavaliers |
| 2018-19 |
Alabama Crimson Tide 45-34 Oklahoma Sooners National Semifinal Game |
| 2017-18 |
Wisconsin Badgers 34-24 Miami Hurricanes |
| 2016-17 |
Florida State Seminoles 33-32 Michigan Wolverines |
| 2015-16 |
Clemson Tigers 37-17 Oklahoma Sooners National Semifinal Game |
| 2014-15 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 49-34 Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 2013-14 |
| Clemson Tigers 40-35 Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 2012-13 |
| Florida State Seminoles 31-10 Northern Illinois Huskies |
| 2011-12 |
West Virginia Mountaineers 70-33 Clemson Tigers |
| 2010-11 |
Stanford Cardinal 40-12 Virginia Tech Hokies |
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Iowa Hawkeyes | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 24-14 | |
| 2008 | Virginia Tech Hokies | Cincinnati Bearcats | 20-7 | |
| 2007 | Kansas Jayhawks | Virginia Tech Hokies | 24-21 | |
| 2006 | Louisville Cardinals | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 24-13 | |
| 2005 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Florida State Seminoles | 26-23 (3OT) | |
| 2004 | USC Trojans | Oklahoma Sooners | 55-19 | |
| 2003 | Miami Hurricanes | Florida State Seminoles | 16-15 | |
| 2002 | USC Trojans | Iowa Hawkeyes | 38-17 | |
| 2001 | Florida Gators | Maryland Terrapins | 56-23 | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma Sooners | Florida State Seminoles | 13-2 | |
| 1999 | Michigan Wolverines | Alabama Crimson Tide | 35-34 | |
| 1998 | Florida Gators | Syracuse Orangemen | 31-10 | |
| 1997 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Tennessee Volunteers | 42-17 | |
| 1996 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Virginia Tech Hokies | 41-21 | |
| 1995 | Florida State Seminoles | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 31-26 | |
| 1994 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Miami Hurricanes | 24-17 | |
| 1993 | Florida State Seminoles | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 18-16 | |
| 1992 | Florida State Seminoles | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 27-14 | |
| 1991 | Miami Hurricanes | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 22-0 | |
| 1990 | Colorado Buffaloes | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 10-9 | |
| 1989 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Colorado Buffaloes | 21-6 | |
| 1988 | Miami Hurricanes | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 23-3 | |
| 1987 | Miami Hurricanes | Oklahoma Sooners | 20-14 | |
| 1986 | Oklahoma Sooners | Arkansas Razorbacks | 42-8 | |
| 1985 | Oklahoma Sooners | Penn State Nittany Lions | 25-10 | |
| 1984 | Washington Huskies | Oklahoma Sooners | 28-17 | |
| 1983 | Miami Hurricanes | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 31-30 | |
| 1982 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | LSU Tigers | 21-20 | |
| 1981 | Clemson Tigers | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 22-15 | |
| 1980 | Oklahoma Sooners | Florida State Seminoles | 18-17 | |
| 1979 | Oklahoma Sooners | Florida State Seminoles | 24-7 | |
| 1978 | Oklahoma Sooners | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 31-24 | |
| 1977 | Arkansas Razorbacks | Oklahoma Sooners | 31-6 | |
| 1976 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Colorado Buffaloes | 27-10 | |
| 1975 | Oklahoma Sooners | Michigan Wolverines | 14-6 | |
| 1974 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alabama Crimson Tide | 13-11 | |
| 1973 | Penn State Nittany Lions | LSU Tigers | 16-9 | |
| 1972 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 40-6 | |
| 1971 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Alabama Crimson Tide | 38-6 | |
| 1970 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | LSU Tigers | 17-12 | |
| 1969 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Missouri Tigers | 10-3 | |
| 1968 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Kansas Jayhawks | 15-14 | |
| 1967 | Oklahoma Sooners | Tennessee Volunteers | 26-24 | |
| 1966 | Florida Gators | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 27-12 | |
| 1965 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 39-28 | |
| 1964 | Texas Longhorns | Alabama Crimson Tide | 21-17 | |
| 1963 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Auburn Tigers | 13-7 | |
| 1962 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Oklahoma Sooners | 17-0 | |
| 1961 | LSU Tigers | Colorado Buffaloes | 25-7 | |
| 1960 | Missouri Tigers | Navy Midshipmen | 21-14 | |
| 1959 | Georgia Bulldogs | Missouri Tigers | 14-0 | |
| 1958 | Oklahoma Sooners | Syracuse Orangemen | 21-6 | |
| 1957 | Oklahoma Sooners | Duke Blue Devils | 48-21 | |
| 1956 | Colorado Buffaloes | Clemson Tigers | 27-21 | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma Sooners | Maryland Terrapins | 20-6 | |
| 1954 | Duke Blue Devils | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 34-7 | |
| 1953 | Oklahoma Sooners | Maryland Terrapins | 7-0 | |
| 1952 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Syracuse Orangemen | 61-6 | |
| 1951 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Baylor Bears | 17-14 | |
| 1950 | Clemson Tigers | Miami Hurricanes | 15-14 | |
| 1949 | Santa Clara Broncos | Kentucky Wildcats | 21-13 | |
| 1948 | Texas Longhorns | Georgia Bulldogs | 41-28 | |
| 1947 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Kansas Jayhawks | 20-14 | |
| 1946 | Rice Owls | Tennessee Volunteers | 8-0 | |
| 1945 | Miami Hurricanes | Holy Cross Crusaders | 13-6 | |
| 1944 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 26-12 | |
| 1943 | LSU Tigers | Texas A&M Aggies | 19-14 | |
| 1942 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Boston College Eagles | 37-21 | |
| 1941 | Georgia Bulldogs | TCU Horned Frogs | 40-26 | |
| 1940 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Georgetown Hoyas | 14-7 | |
| 1939 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Missouri Tigers | 21-7 | |
| 1938 | Tennessee Volunteers | Oklahoma Sooners | 17-0 | |
| 1937 | Auburn Tigers | Michigan State Spartans | 6-0 | |
| 1936 | Duquesne Dukes | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 13-12 | |
| 1935 | Catholic Cardinals | Mississippi Rebels | 20-19 | |
| 1934 | Bucknell Bison | Miami Hurricanes | 26-0 |