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| font_color = white| title = | logo = Pac-12 logo.svg| logo_size = 110pxPacific Coast Conference)(as AAWU)National Collegiate Athletic Association>NCAANCAA Division I>Division INCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision>FBS| teams = 12 (2 on August 2, 2024)| sports = 24| mens = 11| womens = 13Western United States>West

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• Southwest| formerly = Pacific Coast Conference(PCC, 1915–1959)Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, 1959–1968)Pacific-8 (1968–1978)Pacific-10 (1978–2011)| headquarters = San Ramon, California| commissioner = Teresa Gould| since = March 1, 2024

pac-12.com/}}| map = Pac-12 Conference states.svg| map_size = 250}}The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States. Its twelve members are located in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. They include each state’s flagship public university, four additional public universities, and two private research universities. The Pac-12 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; 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.WEB, Conference of Champions,pac-12.com/champions, Pac-12, June 1, 2023, 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.WEB,pac-12.com/article/2017/05/26/washingtons-ncaa-championship-makes-pac-12-first-500-ncaa-titles, Washington’s NCAA Championship makes Pac-12 the first to 500 NCAA titles, Pac-12, en, July 9, 2017, 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.

Member universities

Full members

The Pac-12 currently has 12 full-member institutions. The conference was previously split into two divisions, the North Division and the South Division, for football only.The Pac-12’s members are spread evenly among three regions, with four schools in California, four in the Pacific Northwest, and four in the Four Corners region.{{color box|#90EE90}} Members departing for the Big Ten Conference on August 2, 2024.{{color box|#ffa0a0}} Members departing for the Big 12 Conference on August 2, 2024.{{color box|#add8e6}} Members departing for the Atlantic Coast Conference on August 2, 2024.{| class=“wikitable sortable” style="text-align:center”! Institution !! Location !! Founded !! Joined !! Type !! Enrollment !! Endowment !! Nickname !! class=“unsortable“|Colorsbgcolor=#ffa0a0Tucson, Arizona| 1885| 1978Public university>PublicURL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017 PUBLISHER=FALL 201 6 ENROLLMENT HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSITY ANALYTICS & INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, $1.26 billionArizona Wildcats>WildcatsArizona Wildcats}}bgcolor=#ffa0a0| Arizona State University| Tempe, Arizona| 1885| 1978|PublicURL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 1, 2017 WEBSITE=ASU FACTS, University Office of Institutional Analysis, $1.25 billionArizona State Sun Devils>Sun DevilsArizona State Sun Devils}}bgcolor=#add8e6Berkeley, California| 1868| 1915| PublicACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017, $6.91 billionUC REGENTS ANNUAL REPORT >URL=HTTPS://WWW.UCOP.EDU/INVESTMENT-OFFICE/INVESTMENT-REPORTS/ANNUAL-REPORTS/UC-INVESTMENTS-ANNUAL-ENDOWMENT-REPORT-FY-2021-2022-PUBLIC-FINAL.PDF WEBSITE=UCOP.EDU, Total Endowment Assets by UC Campus, p. 7California Golden Bears>Golden BearsCalifornia Golden Bears}}bgcolor=#90EE90Los Angeles>Los Angeles, California| 1919| 1928| PublicACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017, UCLA, $6.72 billionUC REGENTS ANNUAL REPORT >URL=HTTPS://WWW.UCOP.EDU/INVESTMENT-OFFICE/INVESTMENT-REPORTS/ANNUAL-REPORTS/UC-INVESTMENTS-ANNUAL-ENDOWMENT-REPORT-FY-2021-2022-PUBLIC-FINAL.PDF WEBSITE=UCOP.EDU, Total Endowment Assets by UC Campus, p. 7UCLA Bruins>BruinsUCLA Bruins}}bgcolor=#ffa0a0Boulder, Colorado| 1876| 2011| PublicURL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017 WEBSITE=COLORADO, Office of Data Analytics of the University of Colorado Boulder, $2.12 billionColorado Buffaloes>BuffaloesColorado Buffaloes}}bgcolor=#90EE90Eugene, Oregon| 1876| 1915| PublicACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017, UO Office of Institutional Research, $1.4 billionOregon Ducks>DucksOregon Ducks}}| Oregon State University| Corvallis, Oregon| 1868| 1915| PublicURL-STATUS= ARCHIVE-DATE= WEBSITE= PUBLISHER=, $0.83 billionOregon State Beavers>BeaversOregon State Beavers}}bgcolor=#90EE90Los Angeles>Los Angeles, California| 1880| 1922| PrivateWEBSITE=ABOUT.USC.EDU ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 24, 2021 URL-STATUS=DEAD, $8 billionUSC Trojans>TrojansUSC Trojans}}bgcolor=#add8e6| Stanford University| Stanford, California| 1891| 1918| PrivateACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 16, 2017 PUBLISHER=REGISTRAR’S OFFICE, $37.80 billionStanford Cardinal>CardinalStanford Cardinal}}bgcolor=#ffa0a0Salt Lake City>Salt Lake City, Utah| 1850| 2011| Publicattheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/another-record-number-of-first-year-students-attending-the-u/, $1.32 billionUtah Utes>UtesUtah Utes}}bgcolor=#90EE90Seattle>Seattle, Washington| 1861| 1915| Publicstudentdata.washington.edu/quick-stats/, $4.07 billionWashington Huskies>HuskiesWashington Huskies}}| Washington State University| Pullman, Washington| 1890| 1917| Publicir.wsu.edu/total-student-enrollment/, $1.28 billionWashington State Cougars>CougarsWashington State Cougars}}

Membership map

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Affiliate members

The Pac-12 has four affiliate member institutions in California and one in Arkansas.{| class=“wikitable sortable” style="text-align:center”! Institution || Location || Founded || Joined || Type || Enrollment || Nickname || class=“unsortable“|Colors || Pac-12sport(s)|| Primaryconference| California Polytechnic State University| San Luis Obispo, California| 1901| 1986–87 PublicURL=HTTPS://CALPOLYNEWS.CALPOLY.EDU/QUICKFACTS.HTML, Cal Poly Mustangs>MustangsCal Poly Mustangs|order=134}} WrestlingBig WestCalifornia State University, Bakersfield{{efn>group=affPUBLISHER=PAC-12 CONFERENCEdate=March 2018 fix-attempted=yes }} but never went through with those plans, accepting an invitation to become an all-sports member of the Western Athletic Conference, which sponsors men’s soccer, also in 2013; it would move to the Big West Conference, which also sponsors men’s soccer, in 2020. The school maintains its Pac-12 affiliation in wrestling, which neither the WAC nor the Big West sponsors.HTTP://WWW.WACSPORTS.COM/VIEWARTICLE.DBML?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205708247 >TITLE=WAC ADDS CSUB AND UVU TO ITS MEMBERSHIP DATE=OCTOBER 9, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20121011005650/HTTP://WWW.WACSPORTS.COM/VIEWARTICLE.DBML?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205708247 URL-STATUS=DEAD, }}| Bakersfield, California| 1965| 1987–88www.calstate.edu/attend/campuses/bakersfield, CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners>RoadrunnersCal State Bakersfield Roadrunners}}Little Rock, Arkansas| 1927| 2019–20ualr.edu/administration/fast-facts/, Little Rock Trojans>TrojansLittle Rock Trojans}}Ohio Valley Conference>OVCbgcolor=pink San Diego State University{{efnSan Diego State will be departing the Pac-12 in men’s soccer to move their program to the Western Athletic Conference for the 2024 season.HTTPS://WACSPORTS.COM/NEWS/2024/2/9/SOCCER-M-WAC-MENS-SOCCER-WELCOMES-BACK-SAN-DIEGO-STATE-UNIVERSITY-AS-AN-AFFILIATE-MEMBER.ASPX >TITLE=WAC MEN’S SOCCER WELCOMES BACK SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN AFFILIATE MEMBER DATE=FEBRUARY 9, 2024 group=affSan Diego State and UC Davis will be departing the Pac-12 in women’s lacrosse to move their programs to the Big 12 Conference for the 2025 season.HTTPS://BIG12SPORTS.COM/NEWS/2024/2/20/BIG-12-ADDS-AFFILIATES-IN-LACROSSE-ROWING.ASPX >TITLE=BIG 12 ADDS AFFILIATES IN LACROSSE, ROWING DATE=FEBRUARY 21, 2024, February 21, 2024, }} San Diego, California 1897| 2005–06 35,723BY THE NUMBERS >URL=HTTPS://ADMISSIONS.SDSU.EDU/FACTS-FIGURES, Aztecs {{college color boxes|San Diego State Aztecs}} Mountain Westbgcolor=pink| 2023–24bgcolor=pinkUniversity of California, Davis (UC Davis){{efn>group=aff|name=lax}}| Davis, California| 1908| 2023–24URL=HTTPS://WWW.UCDAVIS.EDU/NEWS/UC-DAVIS-ADMITS-FEWER-NEW-UNDERGRADUATES-RESET-SIZE-ENTERING-CLASS, UC Davis Aggies>AggiesUC Davis Aggies}}Big West Conference>Big West

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Former full members

No school has left the Pac-12 since its founding as the AAWU in 1959. Two members of the PCC were not invited to join the AAWU or its successors.{| class=“wikitable sortable” style="text-align:center”! Institution || Location || Founded || Joined || Left || Type || Nickname || class=“unsortable“|Colors || CurrentconferenceMoscow, Idaho| 1889| 1922| 1959 PublicIdaho Vandals>VandalsIdaho Vandals}} Big SkyMissoula, Montana| 1893| 1924| 1950Montana Grizzlies>GrizzliesMontana Grizzlies}}“>

Former affiliate members {| class“wikitable sortable” style@text-align:center”

! Institution || Location || Founded || Joined || Left || Type || Nickname || class=“unsortable“|Colors || Pac-12sport || Primaryconference| Boise State University| Boise, Idaho| 1932| 1987| 2017 PublicBoise State Broncos>BroncosBoise State Broncos}} Wrestling{{efnBoise State dropped wrestling after the 2016–17 season.}}Mountain West Conference>Mountain WestDavis, California| 1905| 1992| 2010UC Davis Aggies>AggiesUC Davis Aggies}} Big WestSanta Barbara, California| 190920102015UCSB Gauchos>GauchosUCSB Gauchos}} Men’s swimming & diving{{efnname=MSD|UCSB’s men’s swimming & diving team now competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.}}| California Polytechnic State University| San Luis Obispo, California| 1901Cal Poly Mustangs>MustangsCal Poly Mustangs}}Fresno, California| 19111986| 1991Fresno State Bulldogs>BulldogsFresno State Bulldogs}} Wrestling{{efnFresno State eventually dropped wrestling after the 2005–06 season. The program was revived in 2017 and competed in the Big 12 Conference until being discontinued again after the 2020–21 season.}}Mountain West Conference>Mountain West| California State University, Fullerton| Fullerton, California| 1957| 2011Cal State Fullerton Titans>TitansCal State Fullerton Titans}}Big West Conference>Big West| Eastern Washington University| Cheney, Washington| 18821982| 1990Eastern Washington Eagles>EaglesEastern Washington Eagles}} BaseballBig Sky Conference>Big Sky| Gonzaga University| Spokane, Washington| 1887| 1995| PrivateGonzaga Bulldogs>BulldogsGonzaga Bulldogs}}West Coast Conference>West CoastPortland State UniversityPortland, Oregon1946| 1983 | 1998PublicVikings{{college color boxes|Portland State Vikings}}Big Sky| 1998| 2009| WrestlingPortland, Oregon| 1901| 1982| 1995| PrivatePortland Pilots>PilotsPortland Pilots}}| BaseballWest Coast Conference>West Coast| San Jose State University| San Jose, California| 18571986| 1988 PublicSan Jose State Spartans>SpartansSan Jose State Spartans}} Wrestling Mountain West| Utah State University| Logan, Utah| 1888| 1989Utah State Aggies>AggiesUtah State Aggies}}

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Membership timeline

The Pac-12 claims the PCC’s history as its own. Not only does 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.DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyyImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20Period = from:12/02/1915 till:06/30/2030TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalPlotArea = 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” If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Assoc. member (list sports)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Conference}} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other Conference}} ;|work=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press|title=Hansen says economics won’t tear Pac-10 apart |date=June 20, 1986 |page=3C}}