| Year | Winner | Runner Up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Georgia Bulldogs | 23-10 | |
| 2023 | Washington Huskies | Texas Longhorns | 37-31 | |
| 2022 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Kansas State Wildcats | 45-20 | |
| 2021 | Baylor Bears | Mississippi Rebels | 21-7 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Clemson Tigers | 49-28 | |
| 2019 | Georgia Bulldogs | Baylor Bears | 26-14 | |
| 2018 | Texas Longhorns | Georgia Bulldogs | 28-21 | |
| 2017 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Clemson Tigers | 24-6 | |
| 2016 | Oklahoma Sooners | Auburn Tigers | 35-19 | |
| 2015 | Mississippi Rebels | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 48-20 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Alabama Crimson Tide | 42-35 | |
| 2013 | Oklahoma Sooners | Alabama Crimson Tide | 45-31 | |
| 2012 | Louisville Cardinals | Florida Gators | 33-23 | |
| 2011 | Michigan Wolverines | Virginia Tech Hokies | 23-20 (OT) | |
| 2010 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Arkansas Razorbacks | 31-26 | |
| 2009 | Florida Gators | Cincinnati Bearcats | 51-24 | |
| 2008 | Utah Utes | Alabama Crimson Tide | 31-17 | |
| 2007 | Georgia Bulldogs | Hawaii Warriors | 41-10 | |
| 2006 | LSU Tigers | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 41-14 | |
| 2005 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Georgia Bulldogs | 38-35 | |
| 2004 | Auburn Tigers | Virginia Tech Hokies | 16-13 | |
| 2003 | LSU Tigers | Oklahoma Sooners | 21-14 | |
| 2002 | Georgia Bulldogs | Florida State Seminoles | 26-13 | |
| 2001 | LSU Tigers | Illinois Fighting Illini | 47-34 | |
| 2000 | Miami Hurricanes | Florida Gators | 37-20 | |
| 1999 | Florida State Seminoles | Virginia Tech Hokies | 46-29 | |
| 1998 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Texas A&M Aggies | 24-14 | |
| 1997 | Florida State Seminoles | Ohio State Buckeyes | 31-14 | |
| 1996 | Florida Gators | Florida State Seminoles | 52-20 | |
| 1995 | Virginia Tech Hokies | Texas Longhorns | 28-10 | |
| 1994 | Florida State Seminoles | Florida Gators | 23-17 | |
| 1993 | Florida Gators | West Virginia Mountaineers | 41-7 | |
| 1992 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Miami Hurricanes | 34-13 | |
| 1991 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Florida Gators | 39-28 | |
| 1990 | Tennessee Volunteers | Virginia Cavaliers | 23-22 | |
| 1989 | Miami Hurricanes | Alabama Crimson Tide | 33-25 | |
| 1988 | Florida State Seminoles | Auburn Tigers | 13-7 | |
| 1987 | TIE (Syracuse & Auburn) | 16-16 | ||
| 1986 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | LSU Tigers | 30-15 | |
| 1985 | Tennessee Volunteers | Miami Hurricanes | 35-7 | |
| 1984 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | LSU Tigers | 28-10 | |
| 1983 | Auburn Tigers | Michigan Wolverines | 9-7 | |
| 1982 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Georgia Bulldogs | 27-23 | |
| 1981 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Georgia Bulldogs | 24-20 | |
| 1980 | Georgia Bulldogs | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 17-10 | |
| 1979 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Arkansas Razorbacks | 24-9 | |
| 1978 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Penn State Nittany Lions | 14-7 | |
| 1977 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Ohio State Buckeyes | 35-6 | |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Georgia Bulldogs | 27-3 | |
| 1975 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Penn State Nittany Lions | 13-6 | |
| 1974 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Florida Gators | 13-10 | |
| 1973 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alabama Crimson Tide | 24-23 | |
| 1972 | Oklahoma Sooners | Penn State Nittany Lions | 14-0 | |
| 1971 | Oklahoma Sooners | Auburn Tigers | 40-22 | |
| 1970 | Tennessee Volunteers | Air Force Falcons | 34-13 | |
| 1969 | Mississippi Rebels | Arkansas Razorbacks | 27-22 | |
| 1968 | Arkansas Razorbacks | Georgia Bulldogs | 16-2 | |
| 1967 | LSU Tigers | Wyoming Cowboys | 20-13 | |
| 1966 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 34-7 | |
| 1965 | Missouri Tigers | Florida Gators | 20-18 | |
| 1964 | LSU Tigers | Syracuse Orangemen | 13-10 | |
| 1963 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Mississippi Rebels | 12-7 | |
| 1962 | Mississippi Rebels | Arkansas Razorbacks | 17-13 | |
| 1961 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Arkansas Razorbacks | 10-3 | |
| 1960 | Mississippi Rebels | Rice Owls | 14-6 | |
| 1959 | Mississippi Rebels | LSU Tigers | 21-0 | |
| 1958 | LSU Tigers | Clemson Tigers | 7-0 | |
| 1957 | Mississippi Rebels | Texas Longhorns | 39-7 | |
| 1956 | Baylor Bears | Tennessee Volunteers | 13-7 | |
| 1955 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Pittsburgh Panthers | 7-0 | |
| 1954 | Navy Midshipmen | Mississippi Rebels | 21-0 | |
| 1953 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | West Virginia Mountaineers | 42-19 | |
| 1952 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Mississippi Rebels | 24-7 | |
| 1951 | Maryland Terrapins | Tennessee Volunteers | 28-13 | |
| 1950 | Kentucky Wildcats | Oklahoma Sooners | 13-7 | |
| 1949 | Oklahoma Sooners | LSU Tigers | 35-0 | |
| 1948 | Oklahoma Sooners | North Carolina Tar Heels | 14-6 | |
| 1947 | Texas Longhorns | Alabama Crimson Tide | 27-7 | |
| 1946 | Georgia Bulldogs | North Carolina Tar Heels | 20-10 | |
| 1945 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | St Mary's Gaels | 33-13 | |
| 1944 | Duke Blue Devils | Alabama Crimson Tide | 29-26 | |
| 1943 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 20-18 | |
| 1942 | Tennessee Volunteers | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 14-7 | |
| 1941 | Fordham Rams | Missouri Tigers | 2-0 | |
| 1940 | Boston College Eagles | Tennessee Volunteers | 19-13 | |
| 1939 | Texas A&M Aggies | Tulane Green Wave | 14-13 | |
| 1938 | TCU Horned Frogs | Carnegie Tech | 15-7 | |
| 1937 | Santa Clara Broncos | LSU Tigers | 6-0 | |
| 1936 | Santa Clara Broncos | LSU Tigers | 21-14 | |
| 1935 | TCU Horned Frogs | LSU Tigers | 3-2 | |
| 1934 | Tulane Green Wave | Temple Owls | 20-14 |