Pac-12 Conference

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 has 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. Washington's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school. The Pac-12 holds a 200-plus championship lead over the second-place conference.

On August 2, 2024, 10 of 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 is operating as a two-team conference through the 2025–26 academic year, sponsoring six sports: baseball, football, men's and women's track and field, women's gymnastics, and men's wrestling. In 2026, the Pac-12 will expand to nine members and nineteen sports with the addition of five schools from the Mountain West Conference, one from the Sun Belt Conference, and one from the West Coast Conference.

Member universities

Full members

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	Enrollment (fall 2023)	Endowment (millions – FY24)	Nickname	Colors
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

Future members

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. However, the conference needed to add at least two more football-playing members to be recognized by the NCAA as an FBS conference. On September 23, 2024, Utah State accepted an offer to join the league as its seventh member. This gave the Pac-12 the seven members needed to preserve its official "multisport" status, though one more football-sponsoring full member was needed to preserve FBS status. On September 30, 2024, the conference announced that Gonzaga, a non-football college, would be joining as a full member. In June 2025, it was reported that Texas State would announce its move to the Pac-12 on June 30, 2025, the last day before that school's exit fee from the Sun Belt Conference would have doubled from $5 million to $10 million. Texas State's arrival, announced that same day, marked the ninth full-time member for the Pac-12 and also the eighth and final football member required to preserve FBS status.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment (fall 2023)	Endowment (millions – FY24)	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
Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	1899			38,722	$393	Bobcats	Template:College color boxes	Sun Belt
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	1888			28,063	$615	Aggies	Template:College color boxes	Mountain West

Affiliate members

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment (fall 2023)	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	Template:Sortname	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 (UAC in 2026)

Notes

Future affiliate members

Three schools will join as single-sport members in 2026—Dallas Baptist University in baseball, Northern Illinois University in men's wrestling, and Southern Utah University in women's gymnastics.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment (fall 2023)	Nickname	Colors	Pac-12 sport(s)	Primary conference
Dallas Baptist University	Dallas, Texas	1898	July 1, 2026	Private	4,201	Patriots	Template:College color boxes	Baseball	Lone StarTemplate:Efn
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	1895	July 1, 2026	Public	15,504	Huskies	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	MAC (Horizon in 2026)
Southern Utah University	Cedar City, Utah	1897	July 1, 2026	Public	15,033	ThunderbirdsTemplate:Efn	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	WAC (Big Sky in 2026)

Notes

Former full members

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	1880	1922		Private	Trojans	Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort	Los Angeles, California	1919	1928		Public	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	Salt Lake City, Utah	1850	2011			Utes	Template:College color boxes
Template:Sort	Boulder, Colorado	1876	2011			Buffaloes	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

Former affiliate members

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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname		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	Template:Sortname	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 (Pac-12 in 2026)	WCC (Pac-12 in 2026)
Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	1946	1983	1998	Public	Vikings	Template:College color boxes		Big Sky	Template:SortTemplate:Efn
			1998	2009				Template:Sortname		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	Template:Sortname	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	WAC
			2023					Template:Sortname		Big 12
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	1857	1986	1988		Spartans	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	Mountain West	Template:SortTemplate:Efn
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	1888		1989		Aggies	Template:College color boxes		Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	Template:SortTemplate:Efn

Notes

Membership timeline

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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History

Pacific Coast Conference

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. 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). 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. 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)

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. 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", 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. The effort fell through when a Pentagon official vetoed the idea and the service academies backed out.

On July 1, 1959, the new Athletic Association of Western Universities was launched, with California, UCLA, USC, and Washington as the four charter members. Stanford joined during the first month. Hamilton left Pittsburgh to become the first commissioner of the AAWU, and remained for twelve years. The conference also was popularly known as the Big Five from 1960 to 1962. When Washington State joined in 1962, the conference became informally known as the Big Six. 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.

Idaho was never invited to join the AAWU; 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-8

Oregon and Oregon State joined in the summer of 1964. With their addition, the conference was known unofficially as the Pacific Athletic Conference, 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; in basketball, participation in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was not allowed until 1973.

Pacific-10

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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, and the expansion formally announced in May 1977.

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.

The Pac-10 began sponsoring women's athletics in the fall of 1986. 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.

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.

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. 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.

"Legacy" Pac-12

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.

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. 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.

On June 17, 2010, the University of Utah accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting July 2011. 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. Since 2014, the conference was headquartered in San Francisco, California, with the conference moving to working remotely once the lease expires in June 2023. The Pac-12 Network and meeting space for headquarters employees are now located at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, an East Bay suburb.

NCAA conference realignment (2021–2023)

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." 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. Later on that same day, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced that they would follow Colorado to the Big 12 Conference starting in 2024. On September 1, 2023, California and Stanford announced their departure for the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2024.

In September 2023, Yahoo! Sports reported that the Pac-12 is "expected to operate as a two-member conference at least for [2024–25]" and would be recognized under a two-year grace period, until 2026, to meet conference requirements in the NCAA bylaws.

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. On November 14, 2023, Judge Gary Libey of the Whitman County, Washington, Superior Court ruled in favor of the two schools. 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. 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.

On December 5, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State announced that they 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. The West Coast Conference (WCC) has invited both schools to join as affiliate members for basketball and most other non-football sports. 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, but Oregon State, a three-time College World Series champion, will become a baseball independent.

After the ten schools departed, the conference continued using the Pac-12 name and branding for at least the 2024–25 academic year. 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.

Conference re-build and expansion (2024–present)

Following the victory in the lawsuit, with sole access to all assets of the conference, Oregon State and Washington State were granted permission by the NCAA to act as a defunct conference for the 2024 and 2025 years while planning its future. If they had failed to meet membership requirements by July 1, 2026, the conference would have been disbanded.

Varsity teams for the two schools joined the West Coast Conference, Mountain West Conference, and Intercollegiate Rowing Association, depending on the sport, under temporary two-year agreements. Despite this, the Pac-12 sponsored six sports (football, men's and women's track and field, women's gymnastics, wrestling, and baseball). These teams functioned as independents and made heavy use of scheduling agreements with other conferences but acted under the Pac-12 banner and used Pac-12 promotional and broadcast material.

On September 12, 2024, it was announced that the conference would add four schools from the Mountain West, led by Boise State, with San Diego State, Fresno State, and Colorado State following. This violated an anti-poaching clause in the scheduling agreement contract between the Pac-12 and Mountain West, requiring an additional exit fee payment to the MWC, but the Pac-12 filed a lawsuit, arguing that the penalties were extreme and violated anti-trust laws.

With the conference now at six members and needing two more to get to the required number for FBS eligibility, the conference reached out to prospective members throughout mid-September, including American Conference members Memphis and Tulane, Mountain West member UNLV, and FBS Independent UConn. During this time, the conference also looked to add a member in Texas, targeting American members UTSA, North Texas, and Rice. It also looked for non-football teams. The West Coast Conference's Gonzaga was the Pac-12 top priority, followed by Saint Mary's and Creighton.

On September 23, 2024, Memphis, Tulane, USF, and UTSA released a joint statement, acknowledging interest by other conferences, but re-affirming their commitment to the American. UNLV also signed a grant of rights with the Mountain West, and so the Pac-12 regrouped, adding Utah State as its seventh conference member. Soon after, Utah State and Colorado State joined the anti-poaching lawsuit against the MWC. Boise State also later joined.

On September 30, 2024, it was announced that Gonzaga would join the conference as its eighth full member, but since Gonzaga does not field football, the conference still needed an eighth football-playing member to retain FBS eligibility.

As the Pac-12 looked to add their final required member, Texas State, due to a host of preferred reasons, was largely been seen as the favorite. New Mexico State, was floated around as a backup emergency option to get to FBS eligibility if talks with Texas State had fallen through. Saint Mary's (non-football) was also mentioned during this time to boost the conference's basketball abilities.

On June 30, 2025, it was announced that Texas State would join the Pac-12 as its ninth full member and eighth football member, cementing the conference's eligibility for the FBS. It was subsequently reported that the conference was also seeking at least one football-only affiliate to allow for an eight-game conference schedule, with Memphis, UTSA, and Rice named as potential candidates. In September of 2025, it was reported that the Pac-12 was unlikely to add another football playing conference member by 2026, with the conference instead looking towards a timeframe of 2027 to add one of the previously discussed American Conference members. For 2026, the conference instead looked to enter a scheduling agreement with a fellow Group of Six conference, largely believed to be Conference USA, to get the same schedule benefits, to help all conference members get an additional game to help fill out their schedules, as most Pac-12 teams at this time had only scheduled 3–4 non-conference games, so combined with a 7-game conference slate, conference members only had 10–11 regular season games scheduled on the books.

In September and October of 2025, the conference acquired multiple affiliate members for specific "Olympic" sports. First, it was announced that the Dallas Baptist Patriots would join as a baseball-only member in 2027, moving from Conference USA. Then, the Southern Utah Thunderbirds were announced to be joining for women's gymnastics from the MPSF. Finally, the Northern Illinois Huskies were added for men's wrestling, joining from the MAC.

Athletic department revenue by school

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 2023–24 academic year.

Institution	2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics	2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics
Oregon State University	$120,225,018	$112,813,895
Washington State University	$89,041,553	$78,538,161
San Diego State University	$83,949,123	$83,949,123
Boise State University	$59,885,466	$59,885,465
California State University, Fresno	$55,761,420	$55,761,420
Colorado State University	$50,262,504	$50,262,504
Gonzaga University	$48,284,725	$38,587,088
Texas State University	$46,310,998	$46,310,998
Utah State University	$42,936,608	$42,936,608

The following table shows revenue specifically from NCAA / Conference Distributions, Media Rights, and Post-Season Football reported by the Knight Commission for the 2023–24 academic year.

Institution	2023–24 distribution (millions of dollars)
Oregon State University	$58.1
Washington State University	$50

Apparel

School	Provider
Boise State	Nike
Fresno State	Adidas
Colorado State	Under Armour
Gonzaga	Nike
Oregon State	Nike, Asics (volleyball only)
San Diego State	Nike, Jordan Brand (basketball only)
Texas State	Adidas
Utah State	Nike
Washington State	Nike

Commissioners

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

Name	Years	Tenure	Conference name(s)
Thomas J. Hamilton	1959–1971	12 years	AAWU / Pacific-8
Wiles Hallock	1971–1983	12 years	Pacific-8 / Pacific-10
Thomas C. Hansen	1983–2009	26 years	Pacific-10
Larry Scott	2009–2021	12 years	Pacific-10 / Pac-12
George Kliavkoff	2021–2024	years	Pac-12
Teresa Gould	2024–present	Template:Time ago	Pac-12

PCC

Commissioners of the forerunner PCC

• Herb Dana (193x–40)
• Edwin N. Atherton (1940–44)
• Victor O. Schmidt (1944–59)

Facilities

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Key personnel

School	Athletic director	Football coach	Salary	Men's basketball coach	Salary	Women's basketball coach	Baseball coach	Softball coach	Women's volleyball coach
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

Championships

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

National championships

Team titles through the June 10, 2024; individual titles through July 1, 2016

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 NCAA championships in each sport.

Conference champions

• Football
• Men's basketball
• Women's basketball
• Baseball
• Softball
• Gymnastics
• Men's soccer
• Women's soccer
• Women's volleyball

Current champions

Source:

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	–

NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankings

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.

Institution	2023– 24	2022– 23	2021– 22	2020– 21	2019– 20	2018– 19	2017– 18	2016– 17	2015– 16	2014– 15	2013– 14	10-yr Average
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 rankings

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.

Men's

Institution	2023– 24	2022– 23	2021– 22	2020– 21	2019– 20	2018– 19	2017– 18	2016– 17	2015– 16	2014– 15	2013– 14	2012– 13	2011– 12	2010– 11
style="Template:NCAA color cell"|Oregon State Beavers	22	–	38	–	N/A	–	8	22	–	–	–	31	96	5
style="Template:NCAA color cell"|Washington State Cougars	–	–	–	–	N/A	88	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Women's

Institution	2023– 24	2022– 23	2021– 22	2020– 21	2019– 20	2018– 19	2017– 18	2016– 17	2015– 16	2014– 15	2013– 14	2012– 13	2011– 12	2010– 11
style="Template:NCAA color cell"|Oregon State Beavers	60	–	56	–	N/A	55	49	55	24	–	–	–	–	–
style="Template:NCAA color cell"|Washington State Cougars	–	–	–	–	N/A	–	–	–	–	71	–	–	–	–

Sports

The Pac-12 Conference sponsors championship competition in four men's and two women's NCAA-sanctioned sports. Three schools are associate members, each in a single men's sport. In 2026, the conference will expand to eight men's sports and eleven women's sports.

Pac-12 teams in conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	2	–
Football	2	–
Gymnastics	–	1
Track & Field Outdoor	1	2
Wrestling	1	–

Pac-12 teams in conference competition (future)

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	6	–
Basketball	9	9
Cross country	7	9
Football	8	–
Golf	9	8
Gymnastics	–	3
Rowing	–	3
Soccer	–	9
Softball	–	7
Swimming & Diving	–	4
Tennis	5	8
Track & Field Outdoor	7	9
Volleyball	–	9
Wrestling	4	–

Men's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schools

Member-by-member sponsorship of men's sports sponsored by Pac-12 schools that have been announced as being sponsored by the Pac-12 in 2026–27.

School	Baseball	BasketballTemplate:Efn	Cross CountryTemplate:Efn	Football	GolfTemplate:Efn	TennisTemplate:Efn	Track & field outdoor	WrestTemplate:Shyling	Total sports
Full members
Oregon State	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	Yes	5
Washington State	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Yes	No	6
Affiliate members
Cal Poly S.L.O.								Yes	1
CSU Bakersfield								Yes	1
Little Rock								Yes	1
Current Totals	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	1+3	11+3
Future members
Boise State	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	6
Colorado State	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	5
Fresno State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	6
Gonzaga	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	6
San Diego State	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	5
Texas State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	6
Utah State	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	6
Future affiliate members
Dallas Baptist	Yes								1
Northern Illinois								Yes	1
2026–27 Totals	6+1	9	7	8	9	4	7	1+4	51+5

Notes

Men's sports not sponsored by the Pac-12

School	RowingTemplate:Efn	Soccer	Track & field indoor
Template:LeftOregon State	MPSF	WCC
Template:LeftWashington State			MPSF
Future members
Template:LeftBoise State			MW
Template:LeftColorado State			MW
Template:LeftFresno State			MW
Template:LeftGonzaga	MPSF	WCC	MPSF
Template:LeftSan Diego State		WAC
Template:LeftTexas State			SBC
Template:LeftUtah State			MW

Women's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schools

Member-by-member sponsorship of women's sports sponsored by Pac-12 schools that have been announced as being sponsored by the Pac-12 in 2026–27.

School	BasketballTemplate:Efn	Cross countryTemplate:Efn	GolfTemplate:Efn	Gymnastics	RowingTemplate:Efn	SoccerTemplate:Efn	SoftballTemplate:Efn	Swimming & divingTemplate:Efn	TennisTemplate:Efn	Track & field outdoor	Volleyball (indoor)Template:Efn	Total sports
Full members
Oregon State	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	9
Washington State	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	No	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	No	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	9
Current totals	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	18
Future members
Boise State	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Colorado State	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Fresno State	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Gonzaga	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
San Diego State	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Texas State	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Utah State	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Future affiliate members
Southern Utah				Yes								1
2026–27 Totals	9	9	8	3+1	3	9	7	4	8	9	9	78+1

Notes

Women's sports not sponsored by the Pac-12

School	EquestrianTemplate:Efn	Lacrosse	Track & field indoor	Volleyball (beach)	Water polo
Template:LeftOregon State			MPSF
Template:LeftWashington State			MPSF
Future members
Template:LeftBoise State			MW	Big 12
Template:LeftColorado State			MW
Template:LeftFresno State	Big 12		MW		GCC
Template:LeftGonzaga			MPSF
Template:LeftSan Diego State		Big 12	MW		GCC
Template:LeftTexas State			SBC
Template:LeftUtah State			MW

Football

All-time school records

This list goes through the 2023 season.

#	Team	Records	Pct.	Division championships	Pac-12 championships	Claimed national championships
1	style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Washington State	576–581–45	Template:Winning percentage	1	4	0
2	style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon State	569–629–50	Template:Winning percentage	0	6	0

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

Rivalries

Each of the new six and existing two football schools will still play their main football rivalries, both intraconference and interconference. These rivalries (and the names given to the football forms) are:

Conference rivalries

• The Battle Of The Milk Can – The Milk Can Trophy is awarded to the winning athletic department between Boise State and Fresno State.
• The Battle For The Old Oil Can – The Old Oil Can Trophy is awarded to the winning athletic department between the two California schools.

Rivalry name	Standings
The Battle Of The Milk Can	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Boise State leads, 17–9
The Battle For The Old Oil Can	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |San Diego State leads, 31–27–4

The most frequently played rivalry in the conference is between Boise State and Fresno State with 62 meetings through 2024.

Non-conference rivalries

Rivalries that are the main rival of a conference member, and are regularly played with a non-conference opponent are as follows:

• Border War – The game between Colorado State and Wyoming awards the Bronze Boot Trophy to the winning athletic department.
• Oregon–Oregon State – Though not officially recognized by the universities, the Platypus Trophy is awarded to the winning alumni association.
• I-35 Rivalry – The I-35 Series Trophy is awarded to the winning athletic department between Texas State and UTSA.
• Battle for the Beehive Boot – A threeway rivalry between Utah State, BYU, and Utah. Utah State plays in the Battle of the Brothers against Utah and the Battle for the Old Wagon Wheel against BYU.
• Apple Cup – Known as the Apple Cup, the winner of the game between Washington and Washington State receives the Apple Cup trophy.

Rivalry name	Standings
Border War	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Colorado State leads, 60–51–5
Civil War	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Oregon State trails, 49–69–10
I-35 Rivalry	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Texas State trails, 1–5
The Battle For The Beehive Boot	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Utah State trails, 9–24–15
The Battle Of The Brothers	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Utah State trails, 29–80–4
The Battle For The Old Wagon Wheel	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Utah State trails, 37–51–3
Apple Cup	style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington State trails, 34–76–6

The most frequently played rivalry in this list of main rivals of conference members is between Oregon and Oregon State (128 meetings through 2024). This rivalry is one of the most-played rivalries in college football.

Divisions

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.

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. 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 games

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 Team

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.

• Quarterbacks: John Elway, Stanford; Marcus Mariota, Oregon; Jim Plunkett, Stanford; Andrew Luck, Stanford; Matt Leinart, USC
• Running backs: Marcus Allen, USC; O. J. Simpson, USC; Charles White, USC; Reggie Bush, USC; Mike Garrett, USC
• Wide receivers: Keyshawn Johnson, USC; Lynn Swann, USC; Marqise Lee, USC; J. J. Stokes, UCLA; Ken Margerum, Stanford
• Tight ends: Tony Gonzalez, California; Charle Young, USC;
• Offensive line: Jonathan Ogden, UCLA; Ron Yary, USC; Tony Boselli, USC; Anthony Muñoz, USC; Lincoln Kennedy, Washington; Brad Budde, USC; Randall McDaniel, Arizona State
• Defensive ends: Tedy Bruschi, Arizona; Terrell Suggs, Arizona State; Willie McGinest, USC; Andre Carter, California; Jim Jeffcoat, Arizona State
• Defensive tackles: Steve Emtman, Washington; Haloti Ngata, Oregon; Rob Waldrop, Arizona; Leonard Williams, USC; Ed White, California
• Linebackers Junior Seau, USC; Jerry Robinson, UCLA; Ricky Hunley, Arizona; Richard Wood, USC; Chris Claiborne, USC
• Cornerbacks Joey Browner, USC; Mel Renfro, Oregon; Chris McAlister, Arizona; Antoine Cason, Arizona
• Safeties: Ronnie Lott, USC; Kenny Easley, UCLA; Troy Polamalu, USC; Mark Carrier, USC
• Kicker: Jason Hanson, Washington State
• Punter: Tom Hackett, Utah
• Returner: Reggie Bush, USC
• Coach: John McKay, USC

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.

Men's basketball

Pac-12 Conference men's basketball

Source:

#	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 Cougars	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 appearances

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, and Utah winning one national championship as a member of the Mountain States Conference. Eleven of the twelve legacy Pac-12 schools advanced to at least one Final Four before the 2024 mass departure, with Arizona State the only school that had not made an appearance. Future members Gonzaga and San Diego State have also reached the Final Four.

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School	Men's NCAA championships	Men's NCAA Final Fours	Men's NCAA Elite Eights	Men's NCAA Sweet Sixteens	Men's NCAA tournament appearances
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Arizona Wildcats	1 (1997)	4 (1988, 1994, 1997, 2001)	11 (1976, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015)	21 (1951, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996–1998, 2001–2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2022, 2024)	38 (1951, 1976, 1977, 1985–2009, 2011, 2013–2018*, 2022–2024)
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Arizona State Sun Devils			3 (1961, 1963, 1975)	5 (1961, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1995*)	17 (1958, 1961–1964, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2023)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Boise State Broncos					10 (1976, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2022–2024)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | California Golden Bears	1 (1959)	3 (1946, 1959, 1960)	5 (1946, 1957–1960)	6 (1957–1960, 1993, 1997)	19 (1946, 1957–1960, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996*, 1997, 2001–2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016)
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" | Colorado Buffaloes		2 (1942, 1955)	6 (1940, 1942, 1946, 1955, 1962, 1963)	5 (1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1969)	16 (1940, 1942, 1946, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1997, 2003, 2012–2014, 2016, 2021, 2024)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Colorado State Rams			1 (1969)	2 (1964, 1969)	13 (1954, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1990, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2024, 2025)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Fresno State Bulldogs				1 (1982)	5 (1981, 1982, 1984, 2000 (vacated), 2001, 2016)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Gonzaga Bulldogs		2 (2017, 2021)	6 (1999, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)	14 (1999–2001, 2006, 2009, 2015–2019, 2021–2024)	33 (1995, 1999–2019, 2021–2025)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon Ducks	1 (1939)	2 (1939, 2017)	7 (1939, 1945, 1960, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2017)	8 (1960, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)	18 (1939, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013–2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Oregon State Beavers		2 (1949, 1963)	8 (1947, 1949, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1982*, 2021)	7 (1955, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1982*, 2021)	18 (1947, 1949, 1955, 1962–1964, 1966, 1975, 1980*–1982*, 1984, 1985, 1988–1990, 2016, 2021)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | San Diego State Aztecs		1 (2023)	1 (2023)	4 (2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)	17 (1975, 1976, 1985, 2002, 2006, 2010–2015, 2018, 2021–2025)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Stanford Cardinal	1 (1942)	2 (1942, 1998)	3 (1942, 1998, 2001)	5 (1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2014)	17 (1942, 1989, 1992, 1995–2005, 2007, 2008, 2014)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Texas State Bobcats					2 (1994, 1997)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | UCLA Bruins	11 (1964–1965, 1967–1973, 1975, 1995)	19 (1962, 1964–1965, 1967–1976, 1976, 1980*, 1995, 2006–2008, 2021)	23 (1950, 1962, 1964–1965, 1967–1976, 1979–1980*, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2006–2008, 2021)	37 (1952, 1956, 1962–1965, 1967–1980*, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2002, 2006–2008, 2014–2015, 2017, 2021–2023)	46 (1950, 1952, 1956, 1962–1965, 1967–1981, 1983, 1987, 1989–2002, 2005–2009, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017–2018, 2021–2023)
style="Template:NCAA secondary color cell" |USC Trojans		2 (1940, 1954)	4 (1940, 1954, 2001, 2021)	5 (1954, 1961, 2001, 2007*, 2021)	21 (1940, 1954, 1960–1961, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1991–1992, 1997, 2001–2002, 2007*–2009, 2011, 2016–2017, 2021–2023)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Utah Utes	1 (1944)	4 (1944, 1961, 1966, 1998)	6 (1944, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1997, 1998)	16 (1955, 1956, 1959–1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1996–1998, 2005, 2015)	29 (1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959–1961, 1966, 1977–1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995–2000, 2002–2005, 2009, 2015, 2016)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Utah State Aggies			2 (1939, 1970)	3 (1962, 1964, 1970)	25 (1939, 1962–1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009–2011, 2019, 2021–2025)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" |Washington Huskies		1 (1953)	4 (1943, 1948, 1951, 1953)	7 (1951, 1953, 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010)	17 (1943, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1976, 1984–1986, 1998, 1999, 2004–2006, 2009–2011, 2019)
style="Template:NCAA color cell" | Washington State		1 (1941)	1 (1941)	1 (2008)	7 (1941, 1980, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2008, 2024)

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 locations

† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.

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 (2)
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 (3)
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-up

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

Olympians

A 2017 study by OlympStats counted USA Olympians and the medals they won, sorted by their college affiliations. Stanford led all schools with 289 athletes, 408 games, and 282 total medals won. UCLA was second, USC was third, California was fourth.

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.

See also

• List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment

External links

• Template:Official website