The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate

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in the

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. It participates at the

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(NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its

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teams compete in the

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(FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members,

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and

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. The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the

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(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

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and

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. 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 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 The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on Ja ...

and one from the

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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.

Membership map

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 members to be recognized by the

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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 will be 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.

Affiliate members

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

Former affiliate members

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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

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(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. DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy ImageSize = width:1100 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:12/02/1915 till:06/30/2045 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote) id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two id:Bar1 value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.7) id:Bar2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.6) id:Ind value:rgb(0.83,0.83,0.83) PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:Full from:12/02/1915 till:end text:

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History

Pacific Coast Conference

The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go back to December 2, 1915, when the

(PCC) was founded at the Imperial Hotel in

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, during the annual meeting of the

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schools.Four Colleges Form Coast Conference at Very Secret Session
. ''Oregon Daily Journal'' (Portland, Oregon). December 3, 1915. 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

and

joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of

. 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

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. In

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, 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"

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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

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, and was the current athletic director at

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). Nicknamed the " Airplane Conference", the five former PCC schools would have played with other major academically oriented schools, including

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, Notre Dame, Pitt,

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, and Syracuse. The effort fell through when a

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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.NCAA Men's Basketball Records – Division I conference alignment history (PDF copy available at NCAA.org) When

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.

was never invited to join the AAWU; the Vandals were independent for four years until the formation of the

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in 1963, and were independent in football until

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Pacific-8

and Oregon State joined in the summer of 1964. With their addition, the conference was known unofficially as the Pacific Athletic 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

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team from the conference until the 1975 season; in basketball, participation in the

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(NIT) was not allowed until

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Pacific-10

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, the conference added

and Arizona State from the

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, 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

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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

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after the collapse of the

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. Texas expressed an interest in joining a strong academic conference, but joined three fellow Southwest Conference schools (

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, Texas Tech, and Baylor) to merge with the

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to form the

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. Colorado elected to remain in the newly formed Big 12. Before the addition of Colorado and Utah in 2011, only the

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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.

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,

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, the

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, 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

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and the

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

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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

. 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

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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

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, 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

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suburb.

NCAA conference realignment (2021–present)

On August 24, 2021, the Pac-12, ACC, and

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

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and

announcing plans to leave the

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,

and

announced their departure for the

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beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. As a result of losing two of the conference's tentpole programs (and the entirety of the

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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

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and SMU campuses for tours. This was allegedly part of the conference's vetting process for expansion. San Diego State sent the

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. 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. 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

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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,

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reported that the Pac-12 is "expected to operate as a two-member conference at least for 024–25 and would be recognized under a two-year

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, until 2026, to meet conference requirements in the

bylaws. On December 5, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State announced that had entered into a football alliance with the

(MW) for the 2024 season. With the alliance, both programs will play three home games and three away games against MW opponents. The

(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

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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.

Oregon State and Washington State lawsuit

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

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, Superior Court ruled in favor of the two schools. The

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(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.

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

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as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year. 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.

Apparel

Commissioners

Since restarting in 1959 as the AAWU, the Pac-12 has had six commissioners: {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Name ! Years ! Tenure ! Conference name(s) , - , Thomas J. Hamilton, , 1959–1971, , align=12 years , , AAWU / Pacific-8 , - , Wiles Hallock , , 1971–1983 , , align=12 years , , Pacific-8 / Pacific-10 , - , Thomas C. Hansen , , 1983–2009 , , align=26 years , , Pacific-10 , - , Larry Scott , , 2009–2021 , , align=12 years , , Pacific-10 / Pac-12 , - , George Kliavkoff , , 2021–2024 , , align= years , , Pac-12 , - , Teresa Gould, , 2024–present , , align="right" , , , Pac-12

PCC

Commissioners of the forerunner PCC * Herb Dana (193x–40) * Edwin N. Atherton (1940–44) * Victor O. Schmidt (1944–59)

Facilities

{, class="wikitable sortable" , - , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", , Albertsons Stadium , 36,387 , ExtraMile Arena , 12,480 , colspan=2 align=center, ''Non-baseball school'' , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", , Canvas Stadium , 41,000 , Moby Arena , 8,745 , colspan=2 align=center, ''Non-baseball school'' , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", , Valley Children's Stadium , 40,727 , Save Mart Center , 15,544 , Pete Beiden Field , 5,757 , - , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", , colspan=2 align=center, ''Non-football school'' , McCarthey Athletic Center , 6,000 , Patterson Baseball Complex , 1,300 , - , style=" ", Oregon State , Reser Stadium , 35,548 , Gill Coliseum , 9,604 , Goss Stadium at Coleman Field , 3,587 , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", ,

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, 35,000 , Viejas Arena , 12,414 , Tony Gwynn Stadium , 3,000 , -bgcolor=lightgray , style="", , Maverik Stadium , 25,513 , Dee Glen Smith Spectrum , 10,270 , colspan=2 align=center, ''Non-baseball school'' , - , style=" ", Washington State , Martin Stadium , 32,952 , Beasley Coliseum , 11,671 , Bailey-Brayton Field , 3,500

Key personnel

{, class="wikitable" , - ! 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, ,

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, , $2,674,012 , , Scott Rueck , , Mitch Canham, , Laura Berg, , Mark Barnard , - ,

, , Anne McCoy, , Jimmy Rogers , , TBA , , David Riley, , TBA, , Kamie Ethridge , , Nathan Choate, , ''No team'', , Korey Schroeder Salaries based on 2022–23 academic year

Championships

National championships

Team titles through the June 10, 2024; individual titles through July 1, 2016 {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , - !rowspan=2, School !colspan=4, Team !colspan=4, Individual , - !width=45, Men !width=45, Women !width=45, Co-ed !width=45, Total !width=45, Men !width=45, Women !width=45, Co-ed !width=45, Total , - !style="" , Oregon State , 4 , 0 , 0 , 4 , 32 , 7 , 0 , 39 , - !style="" , 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 champions

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* Men's soccer * Women's soccer * Women's volleyball

Current champions

''Source'': {, class="wikitable" style = "text-align: center" , - ! Season !! Sport !! Men's
champion !! Women's
champion , - , rowspan="4" , Fall 2023 , Cross Country , , Stanford , , Washington , - , Volleyball , , – , , Stanford , - , Soccer , ,

, ,

, - , Football , , Washington , , – , - , rowspan="4" , Winter 2023–24 , Swimming & Diving , , Arizona State , ,

, - , Basketball , ,

, ,

, - , Wrestling , , Arizona State , , – , - , Gymnastics , , –, ,

, - , rowspan="8" , Spring 2024 , Golf, , Arizona State , , Stanford , - , Tennis , ,

, , Stanford , - , Beach Volleyball , , – , ,

, - , Lacrosse , , – , , Stanford , - , Track & Field , , Washington , ,

, - , Rowing , , Washington , , Stanford , - , Softball , , – , ,

, - , Baseball , ,

, , –

NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankings

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24 !2022–
23 ! scope="col" , 2021–
22 ! scope="col" , 2020–
21 ! scope="col" , 2019–
20 ! scope="col" , 2018–
19 ! scope="col" , 2017–
18 ! scope="col" , 2016–
17 ! scope="col" , 2015–
16 ! scope="col" , 2014–
15 ! scope="col" , 2013–
14 ! scope="col" , 10-yr
Average , - !style="" , Oregon State Beavers , 58 , 58 , 51 , 55 , N/A , 65 , 60 , 69 , 81 , 65 , 75 , 64 , - !style="" , Washington State Cougars , 92 , 166 , 90 , 90 , N/A , 88 , 80 , 101 , 100 , 170 , 149 , 114

Capital One Cup rankings

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. 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 {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! scope="col" , Institution !2023–
24 !2022–
23 ! scope="col" , 2021–
22 ! scope="col" , 2020–
21 ! scope="col" , 2019–
20 ! scope="col" , 2018–
19 ! scope="col" , 2017–
18 ! scope="col" , 2016–
17 ! scope="col" , 2015–
16 ! scope="col" , 2014–
15 ! scope="col" , 2013–
14 ! scope="col" , 2012–
13 ! scope="col" , 2011–
12 !2010–
11 , - !style="", Oregon State Beavers , 22 , – , 38 , – , N/A , – , 8 , 22 , – , – , – , 31 , 96 , 5 , - !style="", Washington State Cougars , – , – , – , – , N/A , 88 , – , – , – , – , – , – , – , – Women's {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! scope="col" , Institution !2023–
24 !2022–
23 ! scope="col" , 2021–
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20 ! scope="col" , 2018–
19 ! scope="col" , 2017–
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12 !2010–
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Sports

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, , – , , 1 , - , align=left, Track & Field Outdoor , , 1 , , 2 , - , align=left,

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Men's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schools

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. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , - ! School!! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross
Country !! Football !! Golf !! Rowing !! Soccer !! Track
& field
indoor !! Track
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outdoor !! Wrestling !! Total Pac-12
sports , - !colspan=12, Full members , - ! Oregon State , Pac-12 , , WCC , , , , Pac-12 , , WCC , , MPSF , , WCC , , , , , , Pac-12 , , 3 , - ! Washington State , MW , , WCC , , WCC , , Pac-12 , , WCC , , , , , , MPSF , , Pac-12 , , , , 3 , - ! Current Totals , , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 4 , , 17 , - !colspan=12, Future members , - ! Boise State , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , 2 , - ! Colorado State , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , 2 , - ! Fresno State , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , 3 , - ! Gonzaga , WCC , , WCC , , WCC , , , , WCC , , IRA , , WCC , , MPSF , , Independent , , , , 2 , - ! San Diego State , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , MW , , , , WAC , , , , , , , , 2 , - ! Utah State , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , 2 , - !colspan=12, Affiliate members , - ! Cal Poly , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - ! CSU Bakersfield , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - ! Little Rock , , , , , , , , , , , 1 , - ! Current Totals , , 5 , , 8 , , 6 , , 7 , , 8 , , 2 , , 3 , , 6 , , 6 , , 4 , , 54 ;Notes

Women's sponsored sports by Pac-12 schools

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indoor !! Track
& field
outdoor !! Volleyball
(beach) !! Volleyball
(indoor) !! Water
polo!! Total
sports , - ! colspan=18 align=center , Full members , - ! Oregon State , WCC, , WCC , , , , WCC , , Pac-12 , , , , WCC , , WCC, , WCC , , , , , , MPSF , , Pac-12 , , , , WCC , , , , 10 , - ! Washington State , WCC , , WCC , , , , WCC , , , , , , WCC, , WCC , , , , MW , , WCC , , MPSF , , Pac-12 , , , , WCC , , , , 10 , - ! Current totals , , 2, , 2 , , 0 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2, , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 2, , 2 , , 0, , 2 , , 0 , , 20 , - ! colspan=18 align=center , Future members , - ! Boise State , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , Southland, , MW , , , , 9 , - ! Colorado State , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , , , , , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , , , 9 , - ! Fresno State , MW , , MW , ,

, , MW , , , , , , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , GCC , , 11 , - ! Gonzaga , WCC, , WCC, , , , WCC, , , , , , WCC, , WCC, , , , , , WCC, , MPSF, , Independent , , , , WCC, , , , 8 , - ! San Diego State , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , , ,

, , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , GCC , , 11 , - ! Utah State , MW , , MW , , , , , , MW , , , , , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , MW , , MW , , , , MW , , , , 7 , - ! 2026-27 Totals , , 8 , , 8 , , 1 , , 7 , , 3 , , 1 , , 3 , , 8 , , 6 , , 4 , , 7 , , 8 , , 8 , , 1 , , 8 , , 2 , , 83 ;Notes

Football

All-time school records

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championships ! scope="col" , Claimed national
championships , - , 1 ! style="" , Washington State , 576–581–45 , , 1 , 4 , 0 , - , 2 ! style="" , Oregon State , 569–629–50 , , 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 ten schools that were conference members before 2011 has its own in-state, conference rivalry. Although only two teams remain, Oregon State and Washington State still play their former conference rivals. These rivalries (and the name given to the football forms) are: * Oregon–Oregon State – Though not officially recognized by the universities, the Platypus Trophy is awarded to the winning alumni association. * Washington–Washington State – Known as the Apple Cup, the winner receives the Apple Cup trophy.

Rivalry standings

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Divisions

On October 21, 2010, the Pac-10 announced the creation of divisions and a championship game in football, to be used when

and

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

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. {, class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;" , - ! North Division !! South Division , - ,

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Bowl games

As of the 2023 college football season, the following is the selection order of

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s with Pac-12 tie-ins. If a Pac-12 team is selected to participate in the

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, 1 , - , 2 , Alamo Bowl ,

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, 2 , - , 3 , Holiday Bowl ,

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, ACC , 3 , - , 4 , Las Vegas Bowl ,

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, 3(SEC)/4(Big Ten) , - , 5 ,

LA Bowl The LA Bowl is an annual NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, first played in December 2021. The bowl has tie-ins with the Mountain West Conference, Mountain ...

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

, MWC , 1 , - , 6 , Sun Bowl ,

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

, ACC , 7 , - , 7 (2020, 2023, 2024) , Independence Bowl ,

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

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, 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 Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota (born October 30, 1993) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks footb ...

, Oregon; Jim Plunkett, Stanford; Andrew Luck, Stanford; Matt Leinart, USC * Running backs:

Marcus Allen Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26, 1960) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Raiders. Considered one of the greatest goal li ...

, 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 William Lee McGinest Jr. (born December 11, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New England Patriots. He played college footbal ...

, 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 Tom Hackett (born 10 May 1992) is an Australian former college football Punter (gridiron football), punter for the Utah Utes football, Utah Utes. He was a two-time winner of the Ray Guy Award. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New ...

, 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

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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, 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. Members departing for the Big Ten
Members departing for the Big 12
Members departing for the ACC {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! scope="col" , School ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" , ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" , ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" , ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" , ! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" , , -bgcolor=#ffa0a0 ! style="" , Arizona Wildcats , 1
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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 locations

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1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

, ''Oregon'' , 46 , Ohio State , 33 ,

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1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...

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, 39 , ''Washington State'' , 34 , Municipal Auditorium ,

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, - ,

1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...

, '' Stanford'' , 53 , Dartmouth , 38 , Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri , - ,

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...

† , ''Utah'' , 42 , Dartmouth , 40 ,

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New York City, New York New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harb ...

, - ,

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

, ''California'' , 71 ,

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, 70 , Freedom Hall ,

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

, - , 1960 , Ohio State , 75 , ''

'' , 55 , Cow Palace ,

Daly City, California Daly City () is the second-most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco (sharing its northern border with almost all of San Francisco's southern ...

, - ,

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

, ''

'' , 76 ,

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, 72 , Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri , - ,

, ''UCLA'' , 91 ,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

, 80 , Veterans Memorial Coliseum ,

, - ,

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

, ''

'' , 79 ,

Dayton Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

, 64 , Freedom Hall , Louisville, Kentucky (2) , - ,

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, ''

'' , 78 ,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, 55 , Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ,

, - , 1969 , ''UCLA'' , 92 , Purdue , 72 , Freedom Hall , Louisville, Kentucky (3) , - ,

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

, ''UCLA'' , 80 ,

Jacksonville Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of North Florida, northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, Florida, Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonv ...

, 69 , Cole Field House , College Park, Maryland , - ,

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, ''

'' , 68 , Villanova , 62 ,

Astrodome The NRG Astrodome, formerly and also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, was the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, United States. It seated around 50,000 fans, with a record atte ...

Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

, - ,

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, ''

'' , 81 ,

Florida State Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

, 76 , Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California (2) , - ,

, ''

'' , 87 , Memphis State , 66 , St. Louis Arena ,

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

, - ,

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, ''

'' , 92 ,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, 85 , San Diego Sports Arena ,

, - ,

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

Louisville Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by populatio ...

, 59 , ''

'' , 54 , Market Square Arena ,

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ...

, - ,

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, ''

'' , 89 ,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

, 78 ,

Kingdome The Kingdome (officially the King County Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Industrial District, Seattle, Industrial District (later SoDo, Seattle, SoDo) neighborhood of Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. O ...

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the List of Unit ...

, - ,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

† , ''

'' , 84 ,

, 79 , RCA Dome , Indianapolis, Indiana (2) , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, 78 , ''

'' , 69 ,

Alamodome The Alamodome is a 64,000-seat domed indoor multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas. It is located on the southeastern fringe of downtown San Antonio. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, having been constructed at a cost of $186 milli ...

, - ,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, 82 , ''

'' , 72 , H.H.H. Metrodome ,

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, - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

, 73 , ''

'' , 54 , RCA Dome , Indianapolis, Indiana (3) , -

Post-season NIT championships and runners-up

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1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

, ''

'' , 51 ,

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( ; also known as Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a Private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of ...

, 40 , Bob Doll, Colorado ,

, New York City , - ,

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

, ''

'' , 49 ,

, 45 , Vern Gardner, Utah , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - , - , 1974 , Purdue , 87 , ''

'' , 81 , Mike Sojourner, Utah , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

, ''

'' , 65 ,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

, 62 ,

Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, played his entire 18-year career in the National Basketball Assoc ...

, UCLA , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, '' Stanford'' , 78 ,

, 72 , Adam Keefe, Stanford , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, ''

'' , 61 , Clemson , 60 , Sean Lampley, California , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, '' Stanford'' , 75 ,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

, 51 , Aaron Bright, Stanford , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, '' Stanford'' , 66^OT , Miami (FL) , 64 , Chasson Randle, Stanford , Madison Square Garden , New York City , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, 82 ,

, 66 , Lamar Stevens, Penn State , Madison Square Garden , New York City , -

Olympians

In a 2017 study by OlympStats, USA Olympians and the medals they won were counted and 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, 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 The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The 1896 Summer Olympics, inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, ...

as of the 2017 study.

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