Pac-12

Eight current members, 10 former. Our membership records under this name start in 2011; its titles go back further. 2025 champion: Washington State.

2012 standings

TeamConf.OverallAPEloLast 5
Oregon8–⁠112–⁠121849WWLWW
Stanford8–⁠112–⁠271786WWWWW
Oregon State6–⁠39–⁠4201588LWLWL
UCLA6–⁠39–⁠51562WWLLL
Arizona State5–⁠48–⁠51604LLWWW
USC5–⁠47–⁠61602LWLLL
Washington5–⁠47–⁠61550WWWLL
Arizona4–⁠58–⁠51551LWWLW
Utah3–⁠65–⁠71491WWLLW
California2–⁠73–⁠91426LLLLL
Washington State1–⁠83–⁠91355LLLLW
Colorado1–⁠81–⁠111282LLLLL

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.

Against other conferences, 2012

Pac-12 teams are 29–⁠15 outside the conference.

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.

All-Pac-12 teams, 2012

First team 51

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackMarcus MariotaOregonOregon
Matt ScottArizonaArizona
Running backKenjon BarnerOregonOregon
Ka’Deem CareyArizonaArizona
Johnathan FranklinUCLAUCLA
Stepfan TaylorStanfordStanford
Wide receiverMarqise LeeUSCUSC
Markus WheatonOregon StOregon St
Austin HillArizonaArizona
Robert WoodsUSCUSC
Tight endZach ErtzStanfordStanford
Austin Seferian-JenkinsWashingtonWashington
TackleDavid BakhtiariColoradoColorado
GuardDavid YankeyStanfordStanford
Xavier Su’a-FiloUCLAUCLA
Jeff BacaUCLAUCLA
Kevin DanserStanfordStanford
CenterBrian SchwenkeCaliforniaCalifornia
Hroniss GrasuOregonOregon
Khaled HolmesUSCUSC
Sam BrennerUtahUtah
Sam SchwartzsteinStanfordStanford
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive endScott CrichtonOregon StOregon St
Dion JordanOregonOregon
Datone JonesUCLAUCLA
Ben GardnerStanfordStanford
Morgan BreslinUSCUSC
Henry AndersonStanfordStanford
Defensive tackleStar LotuleleiUtahUtah
Will SuttonArizona StArizona St
LinebackerAnthony BarrUCLAUCLA
Trent MurphyStanfordStanford
Chase ThomasStanfordStanford
Kiko AlonsoOregonOregon
Michael ClayOregonOregon
Brandon MageeArizona StArizona St
CornerbackIfo Ekpre-OlomuOregonOregon
Jordan PoyerOregon StOregon St
Desmond TrufantWashingtonWashington
Alden DarbyArizona StArizona St
Nickell RobeyUSCUSC
SafetyEd ReynoldsStanfordStanford
Deone BucannonWashington StWashington St
T.J. McDonaldUSCUSC
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
KickerVince D’AmatoCaliforniaCalifornia
Andrew FurneyWashington StWashington St
PunterJeff LockeUCLAUCLA
Josh HubnerArizona StArizona St
Return specialistReggie DunnUtahUtah
Special teams playerJordan JenkinsOregon StOregon St
David AllenUCLAUCLA

From Wikipedia’s 2012 all-conference team article (CC BY-SA): each player on the best team any selector named him to (the coaches’, the media’s or the AP’s), in the article’s order. Players link to their pages where we could match them.

Champions

Most titles

USC25last 2017
Washington14last 2023
UCLA11last 1998
Oregon9last 2020
Stanford7last 2015
Washington State3last 2025
Arizona State3last 2007
Oregon State2last 2024
Utah2last 2022
California2last 2006

By year

2025Washington State
2024Oregon State
2023Washington
2022Utah
2021Utah
2020Oregon
2019Oregon
2018Washington
2017USC
2016Washington
2015Stanford
2014Oregon
53 earlier seasons, back to 1959
2013Stanford
2012Stanford
2011Oregon
2010Oregon
2009Oregon
2008USC
2007Arizona State, USC (shared)
2006California, USC (shared)
2003USC
2002USC, Washington State (shared)
2001Oregon
2000Oregon, Oregon State, Washington (shared)
1999Stanford
1998UCLA
1997UCLA, Washington State (shared)
1996Arizona State
1995USC, Washington (shared)
1994Oregon
1993Arizona, UCLA, USC (shared)
1992Stanford, Washington (shared)
1991Washington
1990Washington
1989USC
1988USC
1987UCLA, USC (shared)
1986Arizona State
1985UCLA
1984USC
1983UCLA
1982UCLA
1981Washington
1980Washington
1979USC
1978USC
1977Washington
1976USC
1975California, UCLA (shared)
1974USC
1973USC
1972USC
1971Stanford
1970Stanford
1969USC
1968USC
1967USC
1966USC
1965UCLA
1964USC
1963Washington
1962USC
1961UCLA
1960Washington
1959UCLA, USC, Washington (shared)

Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.

Members

  1. Arizona2011–⁠2023
  2. Arizona State2011–⁠2023
  3. California2011–⁠2023
  4. Colorado2011–⁠2023
  5. Oregon2011–⁠2023
  6. Oregon State2011 on
  7. Stanford2011–⁠2023
  8. UCLA2011–⁠2023
  9. USC2011–⁠2023
  10. Utah2011–⁠2023
  11. Washington2011–⁠2023
  12. Washington State2011 on
  13. Boise State2026 on
  14. Colorado State2026 on
  15. Fresno State2026 on
  16. San Diego State2026 on
  17. Texas State2026 on
  18. Utah State2026 on
Every school and its years (18)

Members now

Former members

Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2011; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.

Who came and went

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
2026Boise StateJoined from Mountain West ConferenceSeptember 12, 2024
2026Colorado StateJoined from Mountain West ConferenceSeptember 12, 2024
2026Fresno StateJoined from Mountain West ConferenceSeptember 12, 2024
2026San Diego StateJoined from Mountain West ConferenceSeptember 12, 2024
2026Texas StateJoined from Sun Belt ConferenceJune 30, 2025
2026Utah StateJoined from Mountain West ConferenceSeptember 23, 2024
2024ArizonaLeft for Big 12August 3, 2023
2024Arizona StateLeft for Big 12August 4, 2023
2024CaliforniaLeft for ACCSeptember 1, 2023
2024ColoradoLeft for Big 12Source
2024OregonLeft for Big TenAugust 4, 2023
2024StanfordLeft for ACCSeptember 1, 2023
2024UCLALeft for Big TenJune 30, 2022
2024USCLeft for Big TenJune 30, 2022
2024UtahLeft for Big 12August 4, 2023
3 earlier moves
2024WashingtonLeft for Big TenAugust 4, 2023
2011ColoradoJoined from Big 12June 7, 2010
2011UtahJoined from Mountain West ConferenceJune 17, 2010

Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 168 team-seasons from 2011. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.

Honors while members

Heisman winners 2

Oregon1
USC1

Consensus All-Americans 48

Stanford9
Utah8
Oregon7
USC6
Washington4

NFL first-round picks 59

Washington12
USC11
Oregon10
UCLA7
Stanford6

Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 2011); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.

The money

The Pac-12 Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $111.5 million in revenue, $74.4 million of it from post season bowls, and $133.2 million in expenses; it ended the year with $65.8 million in assets. Its best-paid, former commissioner George Kliavkoff, was paid $6.1 million.

By year

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsTop pay
2024-25$112M$133M$65.8M$6.1M
2023-24$567M$543M$128M$5.0M
2022-23$604M$542M$118M$4.6M
2021-22$581M$562M$119M$4.1M
2020-21$344M$337M$141M$3.7M
2019-20$534M$532M$101M$4.6M
2018-19$530M$519M$103M
2017-18$497M$495M$115M$5.3M
2016-17$509M$510M$130M
2015-16$488M$481M$129M
2014-15$439M$435M$105M
2013-14$374M$373M$113M
2012-13$334M$333M$87.2M
2011-12$176M$185M$62.9M
2010-11$112M$114M$4.6M

Best paid, 2024-25

George Kliavkoff, former commissioner$6.1 million
Teresa Gould, commissioner$1.5 million
Kirk Schulz, chair$1.0 million
Jayathi Y Murthy, director$809,000
Quashan Lockett, COO/treasurer$805,000

Paid by bowls

2024-25Rose Bowl$44.9 million
2024-25Alamo Bowl$4.3 million
2023-24Alamo Bowl$4.2 million
2022-23Rose Bowl$41.9 million
2022-23Alamo Bowl$4.1 million

Grants it lists, 2024-25

Oregon Stateannual distribution to support member institutions$29.3 million
Washington Stateannual distribution to support member institutions$29.2 million

From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in June; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 94-1459048).