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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State University and Washington State University.

The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah.

Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Washington's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Pac-12 holds a 200-plus championship lead over the second-place conference.

On August 2, 2024, 10 of its 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 is operating as a two-team conference through the 2025–26 academic year, sponsoring five sports—football, men's and women's track and field, women's gymnastics and men's wrestling. In 2026, the Pac-12 will expand to eight members with the addition of five schools from the Mountain West Conference and one from the West Coast Conference.<ref name=":0" />

Member universitiesEdit

Full membersEdit

The Pac-12 currently has two full-member institutions. The conference was previously split into two divisions, the North Division and the South Division, for football only.

Institution Location Founded Joined Type citation CitationClass=web

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Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 1868 1915, 1964 Public 35,622 $896 Beavers Template:College color boxes
Washington State University Pullman, Washington 1890 1917, 1962 Public 26,490 $1,383 Cougars Template:College color boxes

Membership mapEdit

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Future membersEdit

On September 12, 2024, the conference announced it would be adding four new members, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State, on July 1, 2026.<ref name="expand">Template:Cite press release</ref> However, the conference needed to add at least two more members to be recognized by the NCAA as an FBS conference.<ref name="bonagura091224">Template:Cite news</ref> On September 23, 2024, Utah State accepted an offer to join the league as its seventh member.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This gave the Pac-12 the seven members needed to preserve its official "multisport" status,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> though one more football-sponsoring full member will be needed to preserve FBS status.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On September 30, 2024, the conference announced that Gonzaga, a non-football college, would be joining as a full member.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Institution Location Founded Joining Type Enrollment
(fall 2023)<ref name=CollegeNavigator/> 		Endowment
Template:Nowrap 		Nickname Colors Current conference
Boise State University Boise, Idaho 1932 July 1, 2026 Public 26,670 $162 Broncos Template:College color boxes Mountain West
California State University, Fresno Fresno, California 1911 23,986 $255 Bulldogs Template:College color boxes
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 1870 33,500 $624 Rams Template:College color boxes
Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington 1887 Private
(Jesuit) 		7,306 $452 Bulldogs Template:Color box Template:Color box Template:Color box West Coast
San Diego State University San Diego, California 1897 Public 39,241 $460 Aztecs Template:College color boxes Mountain West
Utah State University Logan, Utah 1888 28,063 $615 Aggies Template:College color boxes

Affiliate membersEdit

The Pac-12 has two affiliate member institutions in California and one in Arkansas. All three participate in the Pac-12 for wrestling.

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment
(fall 2023)<ref name=CollegeNavigator/>		 Nickname Colors Pac-12
sport(s)		 Primary
conference
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California 1901 1986–87 Public 22,485 Mustangs Template:College color boxes Wrestling Big West
California State University, BakersfieldTemplate:Efn Bakersfield, California 1965 1987–88 9,787 Roadrunners Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Little Rock, Arkansas 1927 2019–20 8,158 Trojans Template:College color boxes OVC
Notes

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Former full membersEdit

No school had left the Pac-12 from its founding as the AAWU in 1959 until 2024, when 10 of its 12 schools left. Two members of the PCC, Idaho and Montana, were not invited to join the AAWU or its successors.

Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors Current
conference
Template:Sort Missoula, Montana 1893 1924 1950 Public Grizzlies Template:College color boxes Big Sky
Template:Sort Moscow, Idaho 1889 1922 1959 Vandals Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Eugene, Oregon 1876 1915 Ducks Template:College color boxes Big Ten
1964 2024
Template:Sort Seattle, Washington 1861 1915 Huskies Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Los Angeles, California 1881 1928 Bruins Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Tucson, Arizona 1885 1978 Wildcats Template:College color boxes Big 12
Template:Sort Tempe, ArizonaTemplate:Efn Sun Devils Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Boulder, Colorado 1876 2011 Buffaloes Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Salt Lake City, Utah 1850 2011 Utes Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Berkeley, California 1868 1915 Golden Bears Template:College color boxes ACC
Template:Sort Stanford, California 1891 1918 Private Cardinal Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Los Angeles, California 1880 1922 Trojans Template:College color boxes Big Ten

Former affiliate membersEdit

Institution Location Founded Joined Left Type Nickname Colors Pac-12
sport(s)		 Primary
conference		 Current
conference
in former
Pac-12 sport
Boise State University Boise, Idaho 1932 1987 2017 Public Broncos Template:College color boxes Wrestling Mountain West Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort Davis, California 1905 1992 2010 Aggies Template:College color boxes Big West Template:SortTemplate:Efn
2023 2024 Women's lacrosse Big 12
Template:Sort Santa Barbara, California 1909 2010 2015 Gauchos Template:College color boxes Men's swimming & diving Big West
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California 1901 Mustangs Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort Fresno, California 1911 1986 1991 Bulldogs Template:College color boxes Wrestling Mountain West Template:SortTemplate:Efn
California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, California 1957 2011 Titans Template:College color boxes Big West Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington 1882 1982 1990 Eagles Template:College color boxes Baseball Big Sky Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington 1887 1995 Private Bulldogs Template:College color boxes WCC WCC
Portland State University Portland, Oregon 1946 1983 1998 Public Vikings Template:College color boxes Big Sky Template:SortTemplate:Efn
1998 2009 Wrestling Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort Portland, Oregon 1901 1982 1995 Private Pilots Template:College color boxes Baseball WCC WCC
San Diego State University San Diego, California 1897 2005 2024 Public Aztecs Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Mountain West WAC
2023 Women's lacrosse Big 12
San Jose State University San Jose, California 1857 1986 1988 Spartans Template:College color boxes Wrestling Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Utah State University Logan, Utah 1888 1989 Aggies Template:College color boxes Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Notes

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Membership timelineEdit

The Pac-12 claims the PCC's history as its own. Not only did it maintain the automatic bid from the Rose Bowl inherited from the PCC, but the eight largest schools in the old PCC all eventually joined the new league. However, the old PCC operated under a separate charter.

The Pac-12 is one of the founding members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), a conference organized to provide competition in non-revenue Olympic sports. All-Pac-12 members participate in at least one MPSF sport (men's and women's indoor track and field both actually have enough participating Pac-12 schools for the conference to sponsor a championship, but the Pac-12 has opted not to do so). For certain sports, the Pac-12 admits certain schools as associate members.

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HistoryEdit

Pacific Coast ConferenceEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go back to December 2, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon, during the annual meeting of the Northwest Conference schools.<ref name="DSM1915">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name= very-secret>"Four Colleges Form Coast Conference at Very Secret Session". Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, Oregon). December 3, 1915.</ref> Charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).<ref name= very-secret/> An official of Stanford University also attended the meeting but declined to join right away because, unlike the other schools, it was not going to sponsor a football team in the coming year and it was not willing to prohibit freshmen from competing in sports.<ref name= very-secret/> The PCC began play in 1916.

One year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) joined the league, followed by Stanford University in 1918.

In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of USC and Idaho. Montana joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA.

For many years, the conference split into two divisions for basketball and baseball—a Southern Division comprising the four California schools and a Northern Division comprising the six schools in the Pacific Northwest.

In 1950, Montana departed to join the Mountain States Conference. The PCC continued as a nine-team league through June 1959.

AAWU (Big Five and Big Six)Edit

Following "pay-for-play" scandals at California, USC, UCLA, and Washington, the PCC disbanded in June 1959. Ten months earlier in August 1958, these four schools agreed to form a new conference that would take effect the following summer.<ref name=bflifmda58>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=bfbfsjng>Template:Cite news</ref> When the four schools and Stanford began discussions for a new conference in 1959, retired admiral Thomas J. Hamilton interceded and suggested the schools consider creating a national "power conference" (Hamilton had been a key player, head coach, and athletic director at Navy, and was the current athletic director at Pittsburgh). Nicknamed the "Airplane Conference",<ref name=sifbjasct>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=pecngcalltk>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=ndiniapcf>Template:Cite news</ref> the five former PCC schools would have played with other major academically oriented schools, including Army, Navy, Air Force, Notre Dame, Pitt, Penn State, and Syracuse.<ref name=sifbjasct/><ref name=hclbdstr>Template:Cite news</ref> The effort fell through when a Pentagon official vetoed the idea and the service academies backed out.<ref>Dunnavant, Keith. "The 50 Year Seduction." Thomas Dunne Books: New York, 2004</ref>

On July 1, 1959, the new Athletic Association of Western Universities was launched, with California, UCLA, USC, and Washington as the four charter members.<ref name=haqapyt/> Stanford joined during the first month.<ref name=bfbfsjng/><ref name=saddwlg>Template:Cite news</ref> Hamilton left Pittsburgh to become the first commissioner of the AAWU,<ref name=haqapyt>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=jwwthdo>Template:Cite news</ref> and remained for twelve years.<ref name=hgtpip8>Template:Cite news</ref> The conference also was popularly known as the Big Five from 1960 to 1962.<ref name="NCAABBREC">NCAA Men's Basketball Records – Division I conference alignment history (PDF copy available at NCAA.org)</ref> When Washington State joined in 1962,<ref name=catathloop>Template:Cite news</ref> the conference became informally known as the Big Six.<ref name="NCAABBREC"/><ref name=bssbss>Template:Cite news</ref> The new league inherited the PCC's berth in the Rose Bowl; since 1947, the PCC champion had received an automatic bid to the bowl.

Pacific-8Edit

Oregon and Oregon State joined in the summer of 1964.<ref name=oreosu64>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=opbbxmv>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=binfol>Template:Cite news</ref> With their addition, the conference was known unofficially as the Pacific Athletic Template:Nowrap and then the Pacific-8. In 1968, the AAWU formally renamed itself the Pacific-8 Conference, or Pac-8 for short. The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team from the conference until the 1975 season;<ref name="boelem75">Template:Cite news</ref> in basketball, participation in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was not allowed until 1973.<ref name=nineacc>Template:Cite news</ref>

Idaho was never invited to join the AAWU;<ref name=binfol/> the Vandals were independent for four years until the formation of the Big Sky Conference in 1963, and were independent in football until 1965.

Pacific-10Edit

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Final Pac-10 Conference logo

In 1978, the conference added Arizona and Arizona State from the Western Athletic Conference, becoming the Pacific-10 Conference or Pac-10. The invitations to the schools were extended in December 1976,<ref name=p8citwonew>Template:Cite news</ref> and the expansion formally announced in May 1977.<ref name=p10scp8>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the mid-1980s, three of the northwest schools (Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State) were having financial difficulties in athletics, primarily with revenue from football, and their long-term membership in the conference was in question.<ref name=hanscda>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Pac-10 began sponsoring women's athletics in the fall of 1986.<ref>Pac-10 celebrates 25 years in women's sports. ASU News, Arizona State University December 20, 2010</ref><ref>Lewis, Michael C. - Pac-12 has been a trailblazer for women in sports. Salt Lake Tribune, July 18, 2011</ref> Women's teams previously competed with other large universities on the Pacific coast in either the Northern Pacific Conference or the Western Collegiate Athletic Association.<ref>Voepel, Michael - Who are the top 50 players in Pac-12 women's basketball history? ESPN, March 6, 2024</ref>

In the mid-1990s, the conference expressed interest in admitting the University of Colorado and the University of Texas after the collapse of the Southwest Conference. Texas expressed an interest in joining a strong academic conference, but joined three fellow Southwest Conference schools (Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Baylor) to merge with the Big Eight Conference to form the Big 12 Conference in 1996. Colorado elected to remain in the newly formed Big 12.<ref>Mark Wangrin – "Power brokers: How tagalong Baylor, Tech crashed the revolt" Template:Webarchive. San Antonio Express, August 14, 2005</ref>

Before the addition of Colorado and Utah in 2011, only the Ivy League had maintained its membership for a longer time than the Pac-10 among Division I conferences. Commissioner Larry Scott said on February 9, 2010, that the window for expansion was open for the next year as the conference began negotiations for a new television deal. Speaking on a conference call to introduce former Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg as his new deputy, Scott talked about possibly adding new teams to the conference and launching a new television network.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Scott, the former head of the Women's Tennis Association, took over the conference in July 2009. In his first eight months on the job, he saw growing interest from the membership over the possibility of adding teams for the first time since Arizona and Arizona State joined the conference in 1978.

Pac-12Edit

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In early June 2010, there were reports that the Pac-10 was considering adding up to six teams to the conference: the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Colorado.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On June 10, 2010, the University of Colorado Boulder accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting with the 2012–2013 academic year.<ref name="utahpressrelease">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The school later announced it would join the conference a year earlier than previously announced, in the 2011–2012 academic year.

On June 15, 2010, a deal was reached between Texas and the Big 12 Conference to keep Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State in the Big 12. Following Texas' decision, the other Big 12 schools that had been rumored candidates to join the Pac-10 announced they would remain in the Big 12. This deal effectively ended the Pac-10's ambition to potentially become a sixteen-team conference.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On June 17, 2010, the University of Utah accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting July 2011.<ref name="utahpressrelease"/> Utah was a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) with Arizona and Arizona State before those two left for the Pac-10 in 1978. The Utes left an expanded WAC with seven other schools in 1999 to form the new Mountain West Conference. Utah became the first "BCS Buster" to join a BCS conference, having played in (and won) two BCS games beforehand.

On July 27, 2010, the conference unveiled a new logo and announced that the Pac-10 would be renamed the Pac-12 when Utah and Colorado formally joined in July 2011. On October 21, the Pac-12 announced that its football competition would be split into two divisions—a North Division comprising the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area schools, and a South Division comprising the Mountain Time Zone and Southern California schools. On July 1, 2011, the Pac-12 assumed its 12-team alignment when both Colorado and Utah officially joined as full members.

On August 15, 2012, the conference debuted the Pac-12 Network. It was the third college sports conference to launch a dedicated network, and the first to completely fund and own their own network outright.

The conference had been based in Walnut Creek since the late 1970s until August 2014.<ref name="mvghq">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since 2014, the conference was headquartered in San Francisco, California, with the conference moving to working remotely once the lease expires in June 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Pac-12 Network and meeting space for headquarters employees are now located at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, an East Bay suburb.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

NCAA conference realignment (2021–present)Edit

Template:Further On August 24, 2021, the Pac-12, ACC, and Big Ten announced the formation of a "historic alliance" that would bring their member institutions "together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling."<ref name="HistoricAlliance">Template:Cite press release</ref> The formation of this alliance between three of the Power Five conferences was in response to Oklahoma and Texas announcing plans to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC. The alliance included an inter-conference scheduling component for football and men's and women's basketball. In 2021, the Pac-12 paid $19.8 million to each of its member schools, the lowest distribution in the Power Five.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Despite the alliance, on June 30, 2022, UCLA and USC announced their departure for the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2024–25 academic year.<ref name=usc-big10>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref name=ucla-big10>Template:Cite press release</ref> As a result of losing two of the conference's tentpole programs (and the entirety of the Los Angeles television market), the conference's ongoing media rights negotiations became much more complicated. ESPN reportedly had made an offer in which the ten remaining schools would receive around $30 million per year. This was rejected by member schools, who countered with a demand for $50 million per school per year. ESPN responded by walking away from the negotiating table.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Reports began circulating that Commissioner Kliavkoff had been to the San Diego State University and SMU campuses for tours. This was allegedly part of the conference's vetting process for expansion.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> San Diego State sent the Mountain West Conference a letter notifying it of the school's impending departure. The Pac-12, however, was adamant about securing a media rights deal before expanding. Without an incoming offer before a June 30, 2023, deadline, San Diego State had to rescind its notice of intention to leave the Mountain West.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At the start of Pac-12 Media Days on July 21, 2023, Commissioner Kliavkoff was asked about the status of the media rights deal and conference expansion, deflecting most questions on the matter. Having heard enough, Colorado president Rick George left Media Days early to return to Boulder. Less than a week later on July 27, 2023, Colorado announced it would return to the Big 12 as of the 2024–25 school year.<ref name=col-big12>Template:Cite press release</ref>

The nine remaining Pac-12 members then demanded an update on the negotiations, including numbers on expected payouts. Kliavkoff came back with a deal from the Apple TV+ streaming service that paid member institutions in the low-to-mid-$20 million range, albeit with escalators for meeting subscriber quotas. On August 4, 2023, Oregon and Washington announced they would be following UCLA and USC to the Big Ten conference for the 2024 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later on that same day, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced that they would follow Colorado to the Big 12 Conference starting in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On September 1, 2023, California and Stanford announced their departure for the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2024.<ref name=calsta-acc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In September 2023, Yahoo! Sports reported that the Pac-12 is "expected to operate as a two-member conference at least for [2024–25]"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and would be recognized under a two-year grace period, until 2026, to meet conference requirements in the NCAA bylaws.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On December 5, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State announced that had entered into a football alliance with the Mountain West Conference (MW) for the 2024 season. With the alliance, both programs will play three home games and three away games against MW opponents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The West Coast Conference (WCC) has invited both schools to join as affiliate members for basketball and most other non-football sports.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both partnerships are expected to last from the fall of 2024 to the spring of 2026. Washington State will also participate in the Mountain West for baseball,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> but Oregon State, a three-time College World Series champion, will become a baseball independent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the ten schools departed, the conference continued using the Pac-12 name and branding for at least the 2024–25 academic year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Oregon State and Washington State were nicknamed the "Pac-2" by media outlets, to the point that a game between the two teams during the 2023 football season was jokingly dubbed the "Pac-2 Championship Game" by fans.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Oregon State and Washington State lawsuitEdit

On September 8, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State filed a lawsuit against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff in Washington State Superior Court for control of the conference and its assets. They contended that the departing schools, under the conference constitution, forfeited their right to participate in governing the conference by publicly declaring their intention to leave, and that if they retain control they might use it to dissolve the league and drain its millions of dollars in assets.<ref name="OSU WSU lawsuit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On November 14, 2023, Judge Gary Libey of the Whitman County, Washington, Superior Court ruled in favor of the two schools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The University of Washington (UW) filed an emergency motion to keep the two schools from gaining full control of the conference for the 2023–24 academic year; a Washington Supreme Court commissioner granted UW's motion on November 28, 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, this was overturned on December 15, 2023, by the Washington State Supreme Court, giving Oregon State and Washington State sole control of the Pac-12, meaning the departing schools will no longer be able to vote on conference decisions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athletic department revenue by schoolEdit

Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Institution 2021–22 Total Revenue from Athletics 2021–22 Total Expenses on Athletics
Oregon State University $87,727,179 $87,727,179
Washington State University $84,195,555 $82,858,720
San Diego State University $67,245,917 $67,245,917
Colorado State University $59,275,605 $59,275,605
California State University, Fresno $53,448,649 $45,811,581
Boise State University $44,813,743 $44,813,269
Utah State University $43,035,302 $43,035,302
Gonzaga University $42,866,823 $36,995,886

The following table shows revenue specifically from NCAA / Conference Distributions, Media Rights, and Post-Season Football reported by the Knight Commission for the 2021–22 academic year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Institution 2021–22 distribution (millions of dollars)
Oregon State University $42.41
Washington State University $40.61

ApparelEdit

School Provider
Boise State Nike
Fresno State Adidas
Colorado State Under Armour
Gonzaga Nike
Oregon State Nike,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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San Diego State Nike
Utah State Nike
Washington State Nike<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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CommissionersEdit

Since restarting in 1959 as the AAWU, the Pac-12 has had six commissioners:

Name Years Tenure Conference name(s)
Thomas J. Hamilton<ref name=haqapyt/> 1959–1971 12 years  AAWU / Pacific-8
Wiles Hallock<ref name=hgtpip8/><ref name=pthtstpdn>Template:Cite news</ref> 1971–1983 12 years  Pacific-8 / Pacific-10
Thomas C. Hansen<ref name=cghdjb>Template:Cite news</ref> 1983–2009 26 years  Pacific-10
Larry Scott<ref name=PAGKANC>Template:Cite news</ref> 2009–2021 12 years  Pacific-10 / Pac-12
George Kliavkoff 2021–2024 Template:Age years Pac-12
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PCCEdit

Commissioners of the forerunner PCC

FacilitiesEdit

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style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell"| [[Boise State Broncos|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Boise State]] Albertsons Stadium 36,387 ExtraMile Arena 12,480 Non-baseball school
style="Template:NCAA color cell"| [[Colorado State Rams|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Colorado State]] Canvas Stadium 41,000 Moby Arena 8,745 Non-baseball school
style="Template:NCAA color cell"| [[Fresno State Bulldogs|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Fresno State]] Valley Children's Stadium 40,727 Save Mart Center 15,544 Pete Beiden Field 5,757
style="Template:NCAA color cell"| [[Gonzaga Bulldogs|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Gonzaga]] Non-football school McCarthey Athletic Center 6,000 Patterson Baseball Complex 1,300
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style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell"| [[San Diego State Aztecs|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">San Diego State]] Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 Viejas Arena 12,414 Tony Gwynn Stadium 3,000
style="Template:NCAA color cell"| [[Utah State Aggies|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Utah State]] Maverik Stadium 25,513 Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 10,270 Non-baseball school
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Key personnelEdit

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Oregon State Scott Barnes Trent Bray $2,000,000 Wayne Tinkle $2,674,012 Scott Rueck Mitch Canham Laura Berg Mark Barnard
Washington State Anne McCoy Jimmy Rogers TBA David Riley TBA Kamie Ethridge Nathan Choate No team Korey Schroeder

Salaries based on 2022–23 academic year

ChampionshipsEdit

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NCAA National Championship trophies, rings, watches won by UCLA teams when they were a member of the conference

National championshipsEdit

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School Team Individual
Men Women Co-ed Total Men Women Co-ed Total
style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Oregon State 4 0 0 4 32 7 0 39
style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington State 2 0 0 2 79 6 1 86
Conference total 6 0 0 6 111 13 1 125

These totals do not include football national championships, which the NCAA does not officially award at the FBS level. Various polls, formulas, and other third-party systems have been used to determine national championships, not all of which are universally accepted. These totals also do not include championships prior to the inception of the NCAA.

Conference championsEdit

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Current championsEdit

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Season Sport Men's
champion		 Women's
champion
Fall 2023 Cross Country Stanford Washington
Volleyball – Stanford
Soccer UCLA UCLA
Football Washington –
Winter 2023–24 Swimming & Diving Arizona State California
Basketball Oregon USC
Wrestling Arizona State –
Gymnastics – Utah
Spring 2024 Golf Arizona State Stanford
Tennis Arizona Stanford
Beach Volleyball – USC
Lacrosse – Stanford
Track & Field Washington Oregon
Rowing Washington Stanford
Softball – UCLA
Baseball Arizona –

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NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankingsEdit

The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an annual award given by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the U.S. colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics.

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style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Oregon State Beavers 58 58 51 55 N/A 65 60 69 81 65 75 64
style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington State Cougars 92 166 90 90 N/A 88 80 101 100 170 149 114

Capital One Cup rankingsEdit

The Capital One Cup is an annual award given by ESPN. Universities compete against each other by acquiring points throughout the school year based on how each individual sport teams finish in their respective sport. The sports are divided into two separate groups based on the popularity of the sport and the number of teams competing in the sport, with the group B sports group counting for 3 times the amount of points as group A. There are two separate cups for both the men & women. The winning schools receive $200,000 to their student athlete scholarship fund.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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SportsEdit

The Pac-12 Conference sponsors championship competition in three men's and two women's NCAA-sanctioned sports, plus one men's sport that is not sanctioned by the NCAA. Four schools are associate members, each in a single men's sport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pac-12 teams in conference competition
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball 1 –
Football 2 –
Gymnastics – 1
Track & Field Outdoor 1 2
Wrestling 1 –

Men's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schoolsEdit

Member-by-member sponsorship of men's sports sponsored by Pac-12 Schools. It has not been announced which sports will be sponsored by the Pac-12 when the conference expands its football membership to eight or more teams. The current conference affiliation is listed for each sport.

School Baseball Basketball Cross
Country		 Football Golf Rowing Soccer Track
& field
indoor		 Track
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outdoor		 WrestTemplate:Shyling Total Pac-12
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Full members
Oregon State Pac-12 WCC Template:No Pac-12 WCC MPSF WCC Template:No Template:No Pac-12 3
Washington State MW WCC WCC Pac-12 WCC Template:No Template:No MPSF Pac-12 Template:No 3
Current Totals 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 17
Future members
Boise State Template:No MW MW MW MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No 2
Colorado State Template:No MW MW MW MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No 2
Fresno State MW MW MW MW MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No 3
Gonzaga WCC WCC WCC Template:No WCC IRA WCC MPSF Independent Template:No 2
San Diego State MW MW Template:No MW MW Template:No WAC Template:No Template:No Template:No 2
Utah State Template:No MW MW MW MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No 2
Affiliate members
Cal Poly Template:Yes 1
CSU Bakersfield Template:Yes 1
Little Rock Template:Yes 1
Current Totals 5 8 6 7 8 2 3 6 6 4 54
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Women's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schoolsEdit

Member-by-member sponsorship of the 13 women's Pac-12 sports. It has not been announced which sports will be sponsored by the Pac-12 when the conference expands beyond the eight confirmed members in 2026–27. The current conference affiliation is listed for each sport.

School Basketball Cross
country		 Equestrian Golf Gymnastics Lacrosse Rowing Soccer Softball Swimming
& diving		 Tennis Track
& field
indoor		 Track
& field
outdoor		 Volleyball
(beach)		 Volleyball
(indoor)		 Water
polo		 Total
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Full members
Oregon State WCC WCC Template:No WCC Pac-12 Template:No WCC WCC WCC Template:No Template:No MPSF Pac-12 Template:No WCC Template:No 10
Washington State WCC WCC Template:No WCC Template:No Template:No WCC WCC Template:No MW WCC MPSF Pac-12 Template:No WCC Template:No 10
Current totals 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 20
Future members
Boise State MW MW Template:No MW MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No MW MW MW Southland MW Template:No 9
Colorado State MW MW Template:No MW Template:No Template:No Template:No MW MW MW MW MW MW Template:No MW Template:No 9
Fresno State MW MW Big 12 MW Template:No Template:No Template:No MW MW MW MW MW MW Template:No MW GCC 11
Gonzaga WCC WCC Template:No WCC Template:No Template:No WCC WCC Template:No Template:No WCC MPSF Independent Template:No WCC Template:No 8
San Diego State MW MW Template:No MW Template:No Big 12 Template:No MW MW MW MW MW MW Template:No MW GCC 11
Utah State MW MW Template:No Template:No MW Template:No Template:No MW MW Template:No MW MW MW Template:No MW Template:No 7
2026-27 Totals 8 8 1 7 3 1 3 8 6 4 7 8 8 1 8 2 83
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FootballEdit

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All-time school recordsEdit

This list goes through the 2023 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

# Team Records Pct. Division
championships 		Pac-12
championships 		Claimed national
championships
1 style="Template:NCAA color cell" |USC Trojans 875–365–54 Template:Winning percentage 3 37† 16
2 style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington Huskies 784–464–50 Template:Winning percentage 4 18 2
3 style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Colorado Buffaloes 723–544–36 Template:Winning percentage 1 0 1
4 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Utah Utes 719–481–31 Template:Winning percentage 4 2 0
5 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon Ducks 703–513–46 Template:Winning percentage 6 13 0
6 style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | California Golden Bears 694–570–51 Template:Winning percentage 0 14 5
7 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Stanford Cardinal 670–496–49 Template:Winning percentage 5 15 2
8 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | UCLA Bruins 637–446–37 Template:Winning percentage 2 17 1
9 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Arizona Wildcats 633–499–37 Template:Winning percentage 1 1 0
10 style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Arizona State Sun Devils 623–429–24 Template:Winning percentage 1 3 1
11 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Washington State 576–581–45 Template:Winning percentage 1 4 0
12 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon State 569–629–50 Template:Winning percentage 0 6 0

† The NCAA sanctioned USC in June 2010 for violations in the football, men's basketball, and women's tennis programs. USC football vacated two wins from their final two games of the 2004 season (one conference game and a bowl game) and all 12 wins from the 2005 season, as well as the conference titles from both years. Their 2004 BCS National Championship was vacated, while their 2004 Associated Press title was not removed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2016-media-guide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Number of Claimed National Championships, as well as win–loss–tie records, include all seasons played, regardless of conference membership.

RivalriesEdit

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Each of the ten schools that were conference members before 2011 has its own in-state, conference rivalry. One is an intracity rivalry (UCLA–USC) and another is within the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area (California–Stanford). Colorado and Utah, who joined in 2011, were historic rivals in the Rocky Mountain region prior to 1962 when they suspended the series. These rivalries (and the name given to the football forms) are:

Rivalry standingsEdit

Rivalry name Standings
Duel in the Desert style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Arizona leads, 51–45–1
The Big Game style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Stanford leads, 65–50–11
Rumble in the Rockies style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Utah leads, 35–32–3
Civil War style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Oregon leads, 69–49–10
UCLA–USC style="Template:NCAA color cell" |USC leads, 50–34–7
Apple Cup style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington leads, 76–34–6

The most frequently played rivalries in the conference are between Oregon and Oregon State (126 meetings through 2022) and Big Game between Stanford and California (125 meetings). These rivalries are among the most-played rivalries in college football.

The two newest members, Colorado and Utah, had a football rivalry that had been dormant since 1962 – both were conference rivals previously in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (now a Division II conference) and later the now-defunct Mountain States Conference (also known as the Skyline Conference). Even after Colorado joined what became the Big 12 in 1948 (the conference was then known popularly as the Big 7 Conference), the two schools continued their football rivalry for over a decade before ending it after the 1962 season. With the two schools being placed in the same division for football starting in 2011, the rivalry was revived with their 58th meeting during the 2011 season.

All of the California schools consider each other major rivals due to the culture clash between Northern and Southern California.<ref>Beano Cook, Longstanding West Coast rivalry, ESPN Classic.com, September 26, 2001, Accessed June 14, 2006</ref> California and UCLA have a rivalry rooted in their shared history as the top programs within the University of California system. Stanford and USC have a rivalry rooted in their shared history as the only private schools in the Pac-12. California and USC also have a long history, playing each other beginning in 1915.

The Pacific Northwest schools of Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State all consider each other major rivals due to their proximity and long history; a sweep of the other 3 teams is known as the Northwest Championship. The Oregon–Washington rivalry is sometimes referred to as the Border War.<ref name=BorderWar>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arizona and New Mexico have a recently renewed rivalry game, based upon when they were both members of the WAC and both states were longtime territories before being admitted as states in 1912. They played for the Kit Carson Rifle trophy, which was no longer used starting with their meeting in the 1997 Insight Bowl.<ref>Lobos Meet Arizona for First Time in 10 Years. University of New Mexico Athletic Department, September 10, 2007. The Rifle: The two schools used to play for the Kit Carson rifle, although that custom was dropped many years ago. Kit Carson was a legendary scout in the territories of New Mexico and Arizona in the 1800s. The story goes that nearly 70 years ago former New Mexico director of athletics Roy Johnson and Arizona AD Pop McKale obtained a rifle in a trade with an Indian rumored to be Geronimo. It's not known what the administrators provided in return. McKale donated the rifle in 1938 and the score of each game was etched into the stock. The Lobos won 10 times, Arizona 21.</ref><ref>UA Sports UA Breakdown Template:Webarchive. Arizona Daily Star, September 15, 2007. Arizona and New Mexico will meet tonight for the first time since the 1997 Insight Bowl. That year, before the game was played, the presidents of the two universities decided to discontinue the Kit Carson Rifle trophy out of respect for both schools' Native American communities.</ref>

USC and Notre Dame have an intersectional rivalry (see Notre Dame–USC football rivalry). The games in odd-numbered years are played at Notre Dame Stadium in mid-October, while the games in even-numbered years are played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, usually in late November.

Stanford and Notre Dame also have an intersectional rivalry (See Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry). The schedule of the Stanford–Notre Dame rivalry mirrors that of USC–Notre Dame. The games in even-numbered years are played at Notre Dame in mid-October, while the games in odd-numbered years are played at Stanford in late November.

The isolated rural campuses of Washington State and Idaho are Template:Convert apart on the Palouse, creating a natural border war known as the Battle of the Palouse. Idaho rejoined FBS in 1996 and was a member until 2017.

Utah and BYU have a fierce rivalry nicknamed the Holy War that goes back to 1896.

Colorado also has a rivalry with in-state rival Colorado State called the Rocky Mountain Showdown.

With the NCAA permanently approving 12-game schedules in college football beginning in 2006, the Pac-10—alone among major conferences in doing so—went to a full nine-game conference schedule. Previously, the schools did not play one non-rival opponent, resulting in an eight-game conference schedule (four home games and four away). In 2010, the last season before the arrival of Colorado and Utah, the only other BCS conference that played a round-robin schedule was the Big East. The schedule consisted of one home and away game against the two schools in each region, plus the game against the primary in-state rival.

DivisionsEdit

Template:See also On October 21, 2010, the Pac-10 announced the creation of divisions and a championship game in football, to be used when Colorado and Utah joined the conference effective July 1, 2011. The twelve members were split into two divisions for football only: a North Division comprising the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area schools, and a South Division comprising the Mountain Time Zone and Los Angeles schools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A nine-game conference schedule was maintained, with five games within the assigned division and four games from the opposite division. The four California teams, noted in the table in gray, still played each other every season— consequently, the four non-California teams in each division will only play one of the two California teams from the opposite division each year.

The Pac-12 Football Championship Game featured the North Division Champion against the South Division Champion for the first 11 years of its existence, with divisional champions determined based on record in all conference games (both divisional and cross-divisional). However, on May 18, 2022, the NCAA Division I Council announced that conferences would no longer be required to maintain divisions in order to hold a conference championship. As a result, later that same day, the Pac-12 announced that it would eliminate its divisions for the 2022 football season and beyond, with the championship game instead featuring the two Pac-12 teams with the highest winning percentage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the first FBS conference to scrap its divisions as a result of this change.

North Division South Division
Oregon Arizona
Oregon State Arizona State
Washington Colorado
Washington State Utah
California UCLA
Stanford USC

Bowl gamesEdit

As of the 2023 college football season, the following is the selection order of bowl games with Pac-12 tie-ins. If a Pac-12 team is selected to participate in the College Football Playoff, all other bowl-eligible teams move up one spot in the order.

Pick Name Location Opposing
conference 		Opposing
pick
1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Big Ten 1
2 Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas Big 12 2
3 Holiday Bowl San Diego, California ACC 3
4 Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nevada SEC or Big Ten 3(SEC)/4(Big Ten)
5 LA Bowl Los Angeles, California MWC 1
6 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas ACC 7
7 (2020, 2023, 2024) Independence Bowl Shreveport, Louisiana NCAA Division I FBS independent schools Army in 2020 and 2024, BYU in 2023

Pac-12 All-Century Football TeamEdit

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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the conference, an All-Century Team was unveiled on December 2, 2015, voted on by a panel of coaches, players, and the media.<ref name="espn-allcentury">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Note: Bold Italic notes Offensive, Defensive and Coach of the Century selections. The voting panel was made up of 119 former players, coaches and media.<ref>Pac-12 Networks unveils Pac-12 Football All-Century Team, Pac-12 Networks, December 2, 2015</ref>

Men's basketballEdit

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Pac-12 Conference men's basketball

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# Pac-12 Overall
record 		Pct. Pac-12
regular-season
championships 		Pac-12
tournament
championships 		NCAA national
championships 		Claimed
pre-tournament
championships
1 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | UCLA Bruins 1986–888–0 Template:Winning percentage 32 4 11 0
2 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Arizona Wildcats 1912–977–1 Template:Winning percentage 17 9 1 0
3 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Utah Utes 1875–1067–0 Template:Winning percentage 0 0 1 0
4 style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington Huskies 1842–1253–0 Template:Winning percentage 12 3 0 0
5 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon State Beavers 1797–1417–0 Template:Winning percentage 12 1 0 0
6 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon Ducks 1754–1407–0 Template:Winning percentage 8 5 1 0
7 style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" |USC Trojans 1698–1243–2 Template:Winning percentage 7 1 0 0
8 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Washington State 1665–1585–0 Template:Winning percentage 2 0 0 1
9 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | California Golden Bears 1626–1295–0 Template:Winning percentage 15 0 1 1
10 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Stanford Cardinal 1596–1220–0 Template:Winning percentage 11 1 1 1
11 style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Arizona State Sun Devils 1454–1285–0 Template:Winning percentage 0 0 0 0
12 style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Colorado Buffaloes 1400–1244–0 Template:Winning percentage 0 1 0 0

National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearancesEdit

Pac-12 Conference basketball programs have combined to win 15 NCAA men's basketball championships as Pac-12 members, with another member having won a national championship before joining the conference. UCLA has won 11 national championships with Arizona, California, Oregon, Stanford winning one each as Pac-12 members, Utah won one national championship as a member of the Mountain States Conference. Eleven of the twelve Pac-12 schools have advanced to at least 1 final four, with Arizona State the only school that has not made an appearance.

Template:Color box Members departing for the Big Ten
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School Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Arizona Wildcats 1
Template:Small 		4
Template:Small 		11
Template:Small 		21
Template:Small 		38
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Arizona State Sun Devils 3
Template:Small 		5
Template:Small 		17
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | California Golden Bears 1
Template:Small 		3
Template:Small 		5
Template:Small 		6
Template:Small 		19
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Colorado Buffaloes 2
Template:Small 		6
Template:Small 		5
Template:Small 		16
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon Ducks 1
Template:Small 		2
Template:Small 		7
Template:Small 		8
Template:Small 		18
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon State 2
Template:Small 		8
Template:Small 		7
Template:Small 		18
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Stanford Cardinal 1
Template:Small 		2
Template:Small 		3
Template:Small 		5
Template:Small 		17
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | UCLA Bruins 11
Template:Small 		19
Template:Small 		23
Template:Small 		37
Template:Small 		46
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" |USC Trojans 2
Template:Small 		4
Template:Small 		5
Template:Small 		21
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Utah Utes 1
Template:Small 		4
Template:Small 		6
Template:Small 		16
Template:Small 		29
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington Huskies 1
Template:Small 		4
Template:Small 		7
Template:Small 		17
Template:Small
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Washington State 1
Template:Small 		1
Template:Small 		1
Template:Small 		7
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Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. Italics indicate honors earned before the school competed in the Pac-12.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locationsEdit

† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
1939 Oregon 46 Ohio State 33 Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1941 Wisconsin 39 Washington State 34 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1942 Stanford 53 Dartmouth 38 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Template:Small
1944† Utah 42 Dartmouth 40 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York
1959 California 71 West Virginia 70 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1960 Ohio State 75 California 55 Cow Palace Daly City, California
1964 UCLA 76 Duke 72 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Template:Small
1965 UCLA 91 Michigan 80 Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
1967 UCLA 79 Dayton 64 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky (2)
1968 UCLA 78 North Carolina 55 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
1969 UCLA 92 Purdue 72 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky (3)
1970 UCLA 80 Jacksonville 69 Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
1971 UCLA 68 Villanova 62 Astrodome Houston, Texas
1972 UCLA 81 Florida State 76 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California (2)
1973 UCLA 87 Memphis State 66 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
1975 UCLA 92 Kentucky 85 San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
1980 Louisville 59 UCLA 54 Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
1995 UCLA 89 Arkansas 78 Kingdome Seattle, Washington
1997 † Arizona 84 Kentucky 79 RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana (2)
1998 Kentucky 78 Utah 69 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
2001 Duke 82 Arizona 72 H.H.H. Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006 Florida 73 UCLA 54 RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana (3)

Post-season NIT championships and runners-upEdit

Year Champion Runner-up MVP Venue and city
1940 Colorado 51 Duquesne University 40 Bob Doll, Colorado Madison Square Garden New York City
1947 Utah 49 Kentucky 45 Vern Gardner, Utah Madison Square Garden New York City
1974 Purdue 87 Utah 81 Mike Sojourner, Utah Madison Square Garden New York City
1985 UCLA 65 Indiana 62 Reggie Miller, UCLA Madison Square Garden New York City
1991 Stanford 78 Oklahoma 72 Adam Keefe, Stanford Madison Square Garden New York City
1999 California 61 Clemson 60 Sean Lampley, California Madison Square Garden New York City
2012 Stanford 75 Minnesota 51 Aaron Bright, Stanford Madison Square Garden New York City
2015 Stanford 66OT Miami (FL) 64 Chasson Randle, Stanford Madison Square Garden New York City
2018 Penn State 82 Utah 66 Lamar Stevens, Penn State Madison Square Garden New York City

OlympiansEdit

In a 2017 study by OlympStats, USA Olympians and the medals they won were counted and sorted by their college affiliations.<ref name="PAC-12 Olympians">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="OlympStats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stanford led all schools with 289 athletes, 408 games, and 282 total medals won. UCLA was second, USC was third, California was fourth, Harvard was fifth in each category, respectively.

Leading the country with the most participants in their respective events are, Colorado in alpine skiing and cycling, Arizona State in archery and badminton, Stanford in baseball, rugby, swimming, tennis and water polo, UCLA in basketball, beach volleyball, gymnastics and softball, USC in athletics and volleyball, and Utah in freestyle skiing.

Since 1924, a Pac-12 school has led the country in the number of athletes in every Summer Olympic Games as of the 2017 study.<ref name="OlympStats"/>

See alsoEdit


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