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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference 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 currently 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. 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 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. In 2026, the Pac-12 will expand to eight members with the addition of five schools from the Mountain West Conference and one from the West Coast Conference.

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.

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment

(Fall 2023)

Endowment

(millions)

Nickname Colors
Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 1868 1915 Public 36,636 $830 Beavers  
Washington State University Pullman, Washington 1890 1917 Public 26,490 $1,267 Cougars  

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. The conference needs to add at least two more members before that date to be recognized by the NCAA 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 would be joining as a full member.

Institution Location Founded Joining Type Enrollment

(Fall 2023)

Endowment

(millions)

Nickname Colors Current conference
Boise State University Boise, Idaho 1932 July 1, 2026 Public 26,155 $143 Broncos   Mountain West
California State University, Fresno Fresno, California 1911 25,047 $229 Bulldogs  
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 1870 33,648 $580 Rams  
Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington 1887 Private(Jesuit) 7,421 $399.6 Bulldogs     West Coast
San Diego State University San Diego, California 1897 Public 32,599 $415 Aztecs   Mountain West
Utah State University Logan, Utah 1888 28,063 $538 Aggies