Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl was played in the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida until 1995. After that it was moved to Pro Player Stadium - which has subsequently changed names several times. It is now called Sun Life Stadium.
Discover took over sponsorship for the 2010 season.
| Date | Orange Bowl Champion | Score | Runner Up |
| 2012-01-04 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 70-33 | Clemson |
| 2011-01-03 | Stanford Cardinal | 40-12 | Virginia Tech |
| 2010-01-05 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 24-14 | Georgia Tech |
| 2009-01-01 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 20-7 | Cincinnati |
| 2008-01-03 | Kansas Jayhawks | 24-21 | Virginia Tech |
| 2007-01-02 | Louisville Cardinals | 24-13 | Wake Forest |
| 2006-01-03 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 26-23 (3OT) | Florida State |
| 2005-01-04 | USC Trojans | 55-19 | Oklahoma |
| 2004-01-01 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 16-15 | Florida State |
| 2003-01-02 | USC Trojans | 38-17 | Iowa |
| 2002-01-02 | Florida Gators | 56-23 | Maryland |
| 2001-01-03 | Oklahoma Sooners | 13-2 | Florida State |
| 2000-01-01 | Michigan Wolverines | 35-34 | Alabama |
| 1999-01-02 | Florida Gators | 31-10 | Syracuse |
| 1998-01-02 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 42-17 | Tennessee |
| 1996-12-31 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 41-21 | Virginia Tech |
| 1996-01-01 | Florida State Seminoles | 31-26 | Notre Dame |
| 1995-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 24-17 | Miami (FL) |
| 1994-01-01 | Florida State Seminoles | 18-16 | Nebraska |
| 1993-01-01 | Florida State Seminoles | 27-14 | Nebraska |
| 1992-01-01 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 22-0 | Nebraska |
| 1991-01-01 | Colorado Buffalos | 10-9 | Notre Dame |
| 1990-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 21-6 | Colorado |
| 1989-01-02 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 23-3 | Nebraska |
| 1988-01-01 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 20-14 | Oklahoma |
| 1987-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 42-8 | Arkansas |
| 1986-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 25-10 | Penn State |
| 1985-01-01 | Washington Huskies | 28-17 | Oklahoma |
| 1984-01-02 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 31-30 | Nebraska |
| 1983-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 21-20 | Louisiana State |
| 1982-01-01 | Clemson Tigers | 22-15 | Nebraska |
| 1981-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 18-17 | Florida State |
| 1980-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 24-7 | Florida State |
| 1979-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 31-24 | Nebraska |
| 1978-01-02 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 31-6 | Oklahoma |
| 1977-01-01 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 27-10 | Colorado |
| 1976-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 14-6 | Michigan |
| 1975-01-01 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 13-11 | Alabama |
| 1974-01-01 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 16-9 | Louisiana State |
| 1973-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 40-6 | Notre Dame |
| 1972-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 38-6 | Alabama |
| 1971-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 17-12 | Louisiana State |
| 1970-01-01 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 10-3 | Missouri |
| 1969-01-01 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 15-14 | Kansas |
| 1968-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 26-24 | Tennessee |
| 1967-01-02 | Florida Gators | 27-12 | Georgia Tech |
| 1966-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 39-28 | Nebraska |
| 1965-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 21-17 | Alabama |
| 1964-01-01 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 13-7 | Auburn |
| 1963-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 17-0 | Oklahoma |
| 1962-01-01 | LSU Tigers | 25-7 | Colorado |
| 1961-01-02 | Missouri Tigers | 21-14 | Navy |
| 1960-01-01 | Georgia Bulldogs | 14-0 | Missouri |
| 1959-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 21-6 | Syracuse |
| 1958-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 48-21 | Duke |
| 1957-01-01 | Colorado Buffalos | 27-21 | Clemson |
| 1956-01-02 | Oklahoma Sooners | 20-6 | Maryland |
| 1955-01-01 | Duke Blue Devils | 34-7 | Nebraska |
| 1954-01-01 | Oklahoma Sooners | 7-0 | Maryland |
| 1953-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 61-6 | Syracuse |
| 1952-01-01 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 17-14 | Baylor |
| 1951-01-01 | Clemson Tigers | 15-14 | Miami (FL) |
| 1950-01-02 | Santa Clara Broncos | 21-13 | Kentucky |
| 1949-01-01 | Texas Longhorns | 41-28 | Georgia |
| 1948-01-01 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 20-14 | Kansas |
| 1947-01-01 | Rice Owls | 8-0 | Tennessee |
| 1946-01-01 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes | 13-6 | Holy Cross |
| 1945-01-01 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 26-12 | Georgia Tech |
| 1944-01-01 | LSU Tigers | 19-14 | Texas A&M |
| 1943-01-01 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 37-21 | Boston College |
| 1942-01-01 | Georgia Bulldogs | 40-26 | Texas Christian |
| 1941-01-01 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 14-7 | Georgetown |
| 1940-01-01 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 21-7 | Missouri |
| 1939-01-02 | Tennessee Volunteers | 17-0 | Oklahoma |
| 1938-01-01 | Auburn Tigers | 6-0 | Michigan State |
| 1937-01-01 | Duquesne Dukes | 13-12 | Mississippi State |
| 1936-01-01 | Catholic Cardinals | 20-19 | Mississippi |
| 1935-01-01 | Bucknell Bison | 26-0 | Miami (FL) |