| Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 2009 - Stanford | |
| 2008 - Texas | |
| 2007 - Arkansas | |
| 2006 - Arkansas | |
| 2005 - Texas | |
| 2004 - Oklahoma | |
| 2003 - Pittsburgh | |
| 2002 - Iowa | |
| 2001 - Florida | |
| 2000 - Oklahoma | |
| 1999 - Georgia Tech | |
| 1998 - Kansas State | |
| 1997 - Tennessee | |
| | Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 1996 - Iowa State | |
| 1995 - Nebraska | |
| 1994 - Penn State | |
| 1993 - Tennessee | |
| 1992 - San Diego State | |
| 1991 - Florida State | |
| 1990 - Notre Dame | |
| 1989 - Indiana | |
| 1988 - USC | |
| 1987 - Syracuse | |
| 1986 - Temple | |
| 1985 - Iowa | |
| 1984 - Ohio State | |
| | Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 1983 - BYU | |
| 1982 - Stanford | |
| 1981 - Georgia | |
| 1980 - Pittsburgh | |
| 1979 - Oklahoma | |
| 1978 - Penn State | |
| 1977 - Oklahoma State | |
| 1976 - USC | |
| 1975 - California | |
| 1974 - USC | |
| 1973 - Ohio State | |
| 1972 - Oklahoma | |
| 1971 - Cornell | |
| | Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 1970 - Notre Dame | |
| 1969 - Purdue | |
| 1968 - Purdue | |
| 1967 - USC | |
| 1966 - Purdue | |
| 1965 - Tulsa | |
| 1964 - Tulsa | |
| 1963 - Georgia Tech | |
| 1962 - LSU | |
| 1961 - Ohio State | |
| 1960 - Minnesota | |
| 1959 - Penn State | |
| 1958 - Iowa | |
| | Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 1957 - Iowa | |
| 1956 - Tennessee | |
| 1955 - TCU | |
| 1954 - Oklahoma | |
| 1953 - Minnesota | |
| 1952 - Maryland | |
| 1951 - Tennessee | |
| 1950 - SMU | |
| 1949 - North Carolina | |
| 1948 - North Carolina | |
| 1947 - Michigan | |
| 1946 - Georgia | |
| 1945 - Army | |
| | Year/College | Heisman Runner-Up | Winner |
| 1944 - Army | |
| 1943 - Penn | |
| 1942 - Columbia | |
| 1941 - Notre Dame | |
| 1940 - Texas A+M | |
| 1939 - Michigan | |
| 1938 - Pittsburgh | |
| 1937 - Colorado | |
| 1936 - Nebraska | |
| 1935 - Army | |
|