| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists |
|---|
| 1982 | Louisiana Tech | Cheyney | Maryland & Tennessee |
| 1983 | USC | Louisiana Tech | Georgia & Old Dominion |
| 1984 | USC | Tennessee | Cheyney & Louisiana Tech |
| 1985 | Old Dominion | Georgia | Northeast Louisiana & Western Kentucky |
| 1986 | Texas | USC | Tennessee & Western Kentucky |
| 1987 | Tennessee | Louisiana Tech | Long Beach State & Texas |
| 1988 | Louisiana Tech | Auburn | Long Beach State & Tennessee |
| 1989 | Tennessee | Auburn | Louisiana Tech & Maryland |
| 1990 | Stanford | Auburn | Louisiana Tech & Virginia |
| 1991 | Tennessee | Virginia | Connecticut & Stanford |
| 1992 | Stanford | Western Kentucky | Southwest Missouri State & Virginia |
| 1993 | Texas Tech | Ohio State | Iowa & Vanderbilt |
| 1994 | North Carolina | Louisiana Tech | Alabama & Purdue |
| 1995 | Connecticut | Tennessee | Georgia & Stanford |
| 1996 | Tennessee | Georgia | Connecticut & Stanford |
| 1997 | Tennessee | Old Dominion | Notre Dame & Stanford |
| 1998 | Tennessee | Louisiana Tech | Arkansas & North Carolina State |
| 1999 | Purdue | Duke | Georgia & Louisiana Tech |