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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 | 12 (2 on August 2, 2024) |
| Headquarters | San Ramon, California |
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| Official website | pac-12 |
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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operated in the Western United States. Its two members are located in the states of Oregon, and Washington. The conference consists of the Washington State Cougars and Oregon State Beavers. They are the only remaining members after several teams departed for the Big-12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference. The Pac-12 participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its football teams competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the highest level of NCAA football competition.
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] The top three schools with the most NCAA team championships are members of the Pac-12: Stanford; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and University of Southern California (USC), respectively. Washington's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school.[2]
Ten of the twelve members will depart from the conference on August 2, 2024. The Pac-12 will continue to operate as a two-team conference for at least the 2024–25 academic year.
- ^ "Conference of Champions". Pac-12. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Washington's NCAA Championship makes Pac-12 the first to 500 NCAA titles". Pac-12. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
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