List of Pac-12 Conference national championships

The following is a list of current Pac-12 Conference members' NCAA and AIAW championships. The Pac-12 was the first conference to win 500 team titles & currently (as of June 28, 2023) Pac-12 members have won 553 NCAA national championships, which is 254 more than the next closest conference, the Big Ten. Since the 1999–2000 academic year, the Pac-12 claims a total of 223 NCAA team titles, including 3 by 1 school in 2022–2023. They have also led or tied the nation in NCAA Championships in 57 of the last 63 years, including the past 18 years, the only exceptions being in 1980–81, 1988–89, 1990–91 and 1995-96 when the conference finished second, and finished third in 1998-99 and 2004–2005.[1]

This list also includes championships won by current Pac-12 schools while members of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), a closely related league that was formed in 1916 and disbanded in 1959. Although the current charter of what is now known as the Pac-12 dates only to the formation of the Athletic Association of Western Universities immediately after the demise of the PCC, the Pac-12 claims the PCC's history as its own. There is considerable continuity between the PCC and Pac-12—eight of the nine final members of the PCC (all except Idaho) are now Pac-12 members; five of these schools had founded the AAWU, and all eight had joined the AAWU by the 1964–65 school year.

Current members
InstitutionLocationNicknameNCAA Team
Championships
(through June 12, 2023)[2]
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Wildcats 19
Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Sun Devils 24
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Golden Bears 42
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Bruins 121
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Buffaloes 27
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Ducks 34
Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Beavers 4
University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Trojans 112
Stanford University Stanford, California Cardinal 134
University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Utes 25
University of Washington Seattle, Washington Huskies 9
Washington State University Pullman, Washington Cougars 2
Total – – 553

Most recent NCAA championship
Legend for Most Recent National Title table by School
Indicator Meaning
* Most recent NCAA championship
Team Academic Year Sport
Arizona 2017–18 Women's Golf
Arizona State 2016–17 Women's Golf
California 2022–23 Swimming & Diving (M)
Colorado 2018–19 Women's Cross Country
Oregon 2020–21 Men's Indoor Track & Field
Oregon State 2017–18 Baseball
Stanford* 2022–23 Women's Rowing
UCLA 2022–23 Men’s Volleyball
USC 2022–23 Beach Volleyball
Utah 2022–23 Skiing
Washington 2019–20 Women's Rowing
Washington State 1977–78 Men's Indoor Track & Field

Fall Sports

Men's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference, or an independent.

  • Oregon State was not initially invited to join the AAWU upon its 1959 formation. It played as an independent until joining the AAWU in 1964.
  • Colorado won its pre-2013 men's cross country titles as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
  • Colorado won its 1990 football title (AP) as a member of the Big Eight Conference.

† The NCAA does not officially declare football national championships. Various polls, formulas, and other third-party systems have been used to determine national championships, not all of which are universally accepted. The various polls were often not unanimous, resulting in more than one team sharing a title, and mathematical systems were sometimes applied retroactively to determine championships. Furthermore, schools determined by one or more selectors as champions, do not necessarily claim the title.

  • Italics indicate retroactive or minor selector.
  • USC claims 11 national football championships,[3] California claims 5,[4][5] Arizona State, Stanford and Washington each claim 2,[6][7] and Colorado and UCLA each claim 1 championship.[8][9][10][11]

Women's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

  • The conference now known as the Pac-12 did not sponsor women's sports until the 1986–87 school year, when it was known as the Pacific-10 Conference. Oregon won its 1983 women's cross country title as a member of the Northern Pacific Conference, while USC in 1981 and UCLA in 1984 won women's volleyball titles as members of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association.
  • Colorado won both of its women's cross country championships as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Winter Sports

Men's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

Women's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

Spring Sports

Men's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

  • The NCAA started sponsoring the intercollegiate golf championship in 1939, but it retained the titles from the 41 championships previously conferred by the National Intercollegiate Golf Association in its records. Stanford won one of these pre-NCAA titles in 1938.
  • Oregon was not initially invited to join the AAWU on its formation in 1959. It won its 1962 and 1964 men's outdoor track and field titles as an independent; it did not join the AAWU until the 1964–65 school year.
  • All national titles in baseball and men's outdoor track and field won by Arizona and Arizona State prior to the 1978–79 school year were won while the two schools were in the Western Athletic Conference.

Women's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

  • As noted previously, the then-Pac-10 did not sponsor women's sports until 1986–87.
    • UCLA: Three national championships in softball (1982, 1984, 1985) and two in women's outdoor track and field (1982, 1983) were won as a member of the Western Collegiate Athletic Association (WCAA).
    • Stanford: Three national championships in women's tennis (1982, 1984, 1986) were won as a member of the WCAA (known as the Pacific West Conference in the 1985–86 school year).
    • USC: Two national championships in women's tennis (1983, 1985) were won as a member of the WCAA.
    • Oregon: One national championship in women's track and field (1985) was won as a member of the Northern Pacific Conference.

Other NCAA championships

The following are NCAA championships won by Pac-12 members but in sports not sponsored by the Pac-12

Men's Sports

* Won while a member of another conference.

Women's Sports
Water Polo (22)
Year School
2001 UCLA
2002 Stanford
2003 UCLA
2004 USC
2005 UCLA
2006 UCLA
2007 UCLA
2008 UCLA
2009 UCLA
2010 USC
2011 Stanford
2012 Stanford
2013 USC
2014 Stanford
2015 Stanford
2016 USC
2017 Stanford
2018 USC
2019 Stanford
2021 USC
2022 Stanford
2023 Stanford

Combined Sports
Skiing (19)
Year School
1983 Utah*
1984 Utah*
1986 Utah*
1987 Utah*
1988 Utah*
1991 Colorado*
1993 Utah*
1995 Colorado*
1996 Utah*
1997 Utah*
1998 Colorado*
1999 Colorado*
2003 Utah*
2006 Colorado*
2011 Colorado*
2013 Colorado
2015 Colorado
2017 Utah
2019 Utah
2021 Utah
2022 Utah
2023 Utah

* Won while a member of another conference.

AIAW national championships
Institution Nickname Total AIAW titles
Arizona State University Sun Devils 12
University of California, Los Angeles Bruins 8
University of Southern California Trojans 6
University of Utah Utes 4[lower-alpha 1]
University of Arizona Wildcats 2
Stanford University Cardinal 2
University of Colorado Buffaloes 1
University of Washington Huskies 1

Mary Budke of Oregon State won the 1974 AIAW individual collegiate golf national championship.

  1. Includes Utah's one cross-country national championship, which was won at the AIAW Division II level.

The Utes also won an AIAW title in 1978, bringing their total of national titles to 15 (pending update of 2022 NCAA Skiing Title.[12]

See also

References
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