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| Formerly | Pacific Coast Conference (PCC, 1915–1959) Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, 1959–1968) Pacific-8 (1968–1978) Pacific-10 (1978–2011) |
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| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 1915 (as Pacific Coast Conference) 1959 (as AAWU) |
| Commissioner | Teresa Gould (since March 1, 2024) |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | FBS |
| No. of teams | 2 (7 in 2026) |
| Headquarters | San Ramon, California |
| Region | Pacific Northwest |
| TV partner(s) | CW, Fox Sports |
| Official website | pac-12 |
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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates 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 comprises two members, Oregon State and Washington State.
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.[1] Washington's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school.[2] The Pac-12 holds a 200-plus championship lead over the second-place conference.
On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 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—baseball, football, track and field, women's gymnastics, and wrestling.[3] In 2026, the Pac-12 will expand to seven members with the addition of five schools from the Mountain West Conference.[4]
- ^ "Conference of Champions". Pac-12. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Washington's NCAA Championship makes Pac-12 the first to 500 NCAA titles". Pac-12. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "History of the Pac-12". pac-12.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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