Pacific Ten Conference
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The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I (Division I-A for football).
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Membership
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona | Tuscon, Arizona | 1885 | Public | 37,036 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | 1885 | Public | 61,033 |
| University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | 1868 | Public | 33,000 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | 1876 | Public | 20,339 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, Oregon | 1858 | Public | 18,979 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, California | 1891 | Private/Non-sectarian | 14,654 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | 1919 | Public | 38,000 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California | 1880 | Private/Non-sectarian | 32,160 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | 1861 | Public | 42,708 |
| Washington State University | Pullman, Washington | 1890 | Public | 23,121 |
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Associate members (men's soccer)
Associate members (wrestling)
NOTE: Cal State Bakersfield is a Pac-10 member in wrestling despite being an NCAA Division II Institution.
History
The roots of the Pacific-10 Conference go back to December 15, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded at a meeting at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Original membership consisted of four schools: the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon State College (now Oregon State University).
The Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916. One year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University), was accepted into the Conference, and Stanford University joined in 1918.
In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of the University of Southern California and the University of Idaho. The University of Montana joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA.
The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-team league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45, when World War II curtailed intercollegiate athletic competition to a minimum. In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and joined the Mountain States Conference. The PCC continued as a nine-team Conference through 1958.
Following a "pay-for-play" scandal at several PCC institutions, the PCC was dissolved and the Pac-10 was founded on July 1, 1959 as the Athletic Association of Western Universities, with Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC and Washington as charter members. Washington State joined in 1962; Oregon and Oregon State joined in 1964. In 1968, the name Pacific-8 Conference was adopted. In 1978, Arizona and Arizona State joined, creating the Pac-10 in its current form. Of Division I conferences, only the Ivy League has maintained its current membership for a longer time.
The Pac-10 is one of the founding members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, a conference organized to provide competition in non-revenue Olympic sports. All Pac-10 members participate in at least one MPSF sport, and for certain sports, the Pac-10 admits certain schools as Associate Members (which currently are San Diego State for men's soccer, and UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Boise State, Cal State Fullerton, Portland State, and Cal State Bakersfield for wrestling).
Pac-10 football rivalries
The Pac-10 is an anomaly in college sports, in that each school within the conference has its own in-state, conference rivalry. One is an intracity rivalry, and another is within the same metropolitan area. These rivalries (and the name given to the football forms) are:
- Arizona-Arizona State (winner gets the Territorial Cup)
- Washington-Washington State (winner gets the Apple Cup)
- Oregon-Oregon State (The Civil War)
- Cal-Stanford (The Big Game, winner gets the Stanford Axe)
- UCLA-USC (winner gets the Victory Bell)
USC also has a long-standing rivalry with Notre Dame, meeting 75 times in the battle for the Jewelled Shillelagh. The Irish war club is decorated with rubies for Trojan victories and emeralds for Irish wins. The rivalry initially started in the Knute Rockne era when a USC alumn bragged about the cold climate of Notre Dame's schedule compared to USC's. The record stands at 42-30-5 in favor of Notre Dame.
Stanford University also holds a rivalry game with Notre Dame.
Oregon has a long standing heated rivalry with Washington in which fans from both sides have stated that they dislike each other, sometimes more than that of their geographical rivals.
Washington State also has a rivalry with the University of Idaho, due to the fact that they are located a mere eight miles away from each other. This rivalry is much less fiercely contested than the intra-state rivalry with Washington, and is generally considered to be more important to Idaho's fans than to WSU's.
Rivalries in other sports
All of the intra-conference rivalries in football are carried over into other sports. However, over the years UCLA and Arizona had developed a primarily basketball rivalry between the two schools due to the fact that both teams have historically dominated the conference. In the last few years, Stanford's success has also led to a rivalry with Arizona, which peaked in 2001 with both receiving #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament. In addition, certain nonconference rivalries have developed in other sports.
During the 1970s, UCLA and Notre Dame had an intense men's basketball rivalry. For several years, it was the only nonconference game in Division I basketball that was played twice a season (home-and-home). Unquestionably the most famous game in the rivalry was on January 19, 1974, when Notre Dame scored the last 12 points of the game to nip UCLA and end the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak. This rivalry is now dormant, partly because Notre Dame is no longer an independent in sports other than football.
In recent years, Washington and Washington State have developed a major in-state rivalry in men's basketball with Gonzaga. Gonzaga has largely dominated against Washington State, while the Washington-Gonzaga matchup has been highly competitive.
Cal and UCLA also share a rivalry (albeit it is not as heated as those with their local counterparts). Their rivalry is rooted in their shared history as elite campuses within the University of California system (UCLA was once considered a southern extension of the Cal Berkeley campus), the culture clash between Northern and Southern California, and the controversy over UCLA's "theft" of Cal's fight song.
Pac-10 rumors
Some rumors have circulated among sports columnists and fans that the Pac-10 could one day look to add two more teams to its conference. The addition of two teams would create two divisions within the conference, similar to that of the ACC in football only and the Big 12, MAC, C-USA, and SEC in all sports.
It has been speculated that the addition of two teams would lead to a season-end football game to determine the conference champion. Taking in the account the need for the "traveling partner" arrangement among the Pac-10 schools, among some of the schools rumored to be sought after by the Pac-10 Conference would be Utah and BYU, or Nevada and UNLV, or even San Jose State (SJSU) and Fresno State.
A more persistent rumor involves San Diego State (SDSU), one of the largest of the three California State University system schools which still engage in Division I-A football (the other two programs are at SJSU and Fresno State) and the only one of the California State campuses which is categorized as a "Research University" by Carnegie Foundation, but a partner for SDSU never seems to materialize. See recent newspaper article and recent newspaper opinion column for more discussion of the SDSU rumors.
Furthermore, UC Davis has recently raised its athletics programs to Division I status, including Division I-AA for football. In its first ever football game against a Division I-A opponent, UC Davis defeated Stanford at famed Stanford Stadium. Since both UC Davis and SDSU are already associate members for certain Pac-10 sports, both are research universities, and both have a full complement of athletic programs, rumors are circulating that it may be possible, in the future, for them to be the two "expansion" partners for the Pac-10 Conference should UC Davis further upgrade its football program. However, in light of a known animosity of the current leadership of the non-California members of the Pac-10 Conference to add any additional California members, this proposal may never occur. The fact that UC Davis has very little athletic tradition also makes the possibility of it entering the tradition-steeped Pac-10 slim to none.
With the Pac-10 currently (2005) planning a nine-game conference schedule for football (as opposed to the current eight-game schedule), this makes the above described rumors less likely to materialize. Nevertheless, these types of rumors still manage to make the rounds of college football circles every year.
Whatever happens with Pac-10 Conference expansion, this of course would require a major realignment and would hurt the other football conferences by removing one or more of their top schools. The last cycle of conference realignments, from 2003 to 2005, was triggered by the move of only three schools from the Big East to the ACC—but resulted in a chain reaction that saw no fewer than 14 other Division I-A schools change their conference affiliation.
Past Conference Champions
Men's Basketball
- 1915-16-Oregon State/California
- 1916-17-Washington State
- 1918-19-Oregon
- 1919-20-Stanford
- 1920-21-Stanford/California
- 1921-22-Idaho
- 1922-23-Idaho
- 1923-24-California
- 1924-25-California
- 1925-26-California
- 1926-27-California
- 1927-28-USC
- 1928-29-California
- 1929-30-USC
- 1930-31-Washington
- 1931-32-California
- 1932-33-Oregon State
- 1933-34-Washington
- 1934-35-USC
- 1935-36-Stanford
- 1936-37-Stanford
- 1937-38-Stanford
- 1938-39-Oregon
- 1939-40-USC
- 1940-41-Washington State
- 1941-42-Stanford
- 1942-43-Washington
- 1943-44-Washington/California
- 1944-45-Oregon/UCLA
- 1945-46-California
- 1946-47-Oregon State
- 1947-48-Washington
- 1948-49-Oregon State
- 1949-50-UCLA
- 1950-51-Washington
- 1951-52-UCLA
- 1952-53-Washington
- 1953-54-USC
- 1954-55-Oregon State
- 1955-56-UCLA
- 1956-57-California
- 1957-58-Oregon State/California
- 1958-59-California
- 1959-60-California
- 1960-61-USC
- 1961-62-UCLA
- 1962-63-Stanford/UCLA
- 1963-64-UCLA
- 1964-65-UCLA
- 1965-66-Oregon State
- 1966-67-UCLA
- 1967-68-UCLA
- 1968-69-UCLA
- 1969-70-UCLA
- 1970-71-UCLA
- 1971-72-UCLA
- 1972-73-UCLA
- 1973-74-UCLA
- 1974-75-UCLA
- 1975-76-UCLA
- 1976-77-UCLA
- 1977-78-UCLA
- 1978-79-UCLA
- 1979-80-Oregon State
- 1980-81-Oregon State
- 1981-82-Oregon State
- 1982-83-UCLA
- 1983-84-Oregon State/Washington
- 1984-85-USC/Washington
- 1985-86-Arizona
- 1986-87-UCLA
- 1987-88-Arizona
- 1988-89-Arizona
- 1989-90-Arizona/Oregon State
- 1990-91-Arizona
- 1991-92-UCLA
- 1992-93-Arizona
- 1993-94-Arizona
- 1994-95-UCLA
- 1995-96-UCLA
- 1996-97-UCLA
- 1997-98-Arizona
- 1998-99-Stanford
- 1999-00-Arizona/Stanford
- 2000-01--Stanford
- 2001-02-Arizona
- 2002-03-Arizona
- 2003-04-Stanford
- 2004-05-Washington
- 2005-06-UCLA
See also
Football
| Season | Champion | Conference Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | USC | 3-1-0 |
| UCLA | 3-1-0 | |
| Washington | 3-1-0 | |
| 1960 | Washington | 4-0-0 |
| 1961 | UCLA | 3-1-0 |
| 1962 | USC | 4-0-0 |
| 1963 | Washington | 4-1-0 |
| 1964 | Oregon State | 3-1-0 |
| USC | 3-1-0 | |
| 1965 | UCLA | 4-0-0 |
| 1966 | USC | 4-1-0 |
| 1967 | USC | 6-1-0 |
| 1968 | USC | 6-0-0 |
| 1969 | USC | 6-0-0 |
| 1970 | Stanford | 6-1-0 |
| 1971 | Stanford | 6-1-0 |
| 1972 | USC | 7-0-0 |
| 1973 | USC | 7-0-0 |
| 1974 | USC | 6-0-1 |
| 1975 | California | 6-1-0 |
| UCLA | 6-1-0 | |
| 1976 | USC | 7-0-0 |
| 1977 | Washington | 6-1-0 |
| 1978 | USC | 6-1-0 |
| 1979 | USC | 6-0-1 |
| 1980 | Washington | 6-1-0 |
| 1981 | Washington | 6-2-0 |
| 1982 | UCLA | 5-1-1 |
| 1983 | UCLA | 6-1-1 |
| 1984 | USC | 7-1-0 |
| 1985 | UCLA | 6-2-0 |
| 1986 | Arizona State | 5-1-1 |
| 1987 | USC | 7-1-0 |
| UCLA | 7-1-0 | |
| 1988 | USC | 8-0-0 |
| 1989 | USC | 6-0-1 |
| 1990 | Washington | 7-0-1 |
| 1991 | Washington | 8-0-0 |
| 1992 | Stanford | 6-2-0 |
| Washington | 6-2-0 | |
| 1993 | Arizona | 6-2-0 |
| USC | 6-2-0 | |
| UCLA | 6-2-0 | |
| 1994 | Oregon | 7-1-0 |
| 1995 | USC | 6-1-1 |
| Washington | 6-1-1 | |
| 1996 | Arizona State | 8-0-0 |
| 1997 | UCLA | 7-1-0 |
| Washington State | 7-1-0 | |
| 1998 | UCLA | 8-0 |
| 1999 | Stanford | 7-1 |
| 2000 | Oregon | 7-1 |
| Oregon State | 7-1 | |
| Washington | 7-1 | |
| 2001 | Oregon | 7-1 |
| 2002 | USC | 7-1 |
| Washington State | 7-1 | |
| 2003 | USC | 7-1 |
| 2004 | USC | 8-0 |
| 2005 | USC | 8-0 |
Commissioners
PCC
- Edwin N. Atherton 1940-44
- Victor O. Schmidt 1944-59
AAWU
- Thomas J. Hamilton 1959-68
Pacific-8
- Thomas J. Hamilton 1968-71
- Wiles Hallock 1971-78
Pacific-10
- Wiles Hallock 1978-83
- Thomas C. Hansen 1983-
Conference stadiums
| School | Football stadium | Stadium capacity | Basketball arena | Arena capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Arizona Stadium | 56,000 | McKale Center | 14,545 |
| Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium | 73,379 | Wells Fargo Arena | 14,198 |
| California | California Memorial Stadium | 72,662 | Haas Pavilion | 12,172 |
| Oregon | Autzen Stadium | 54,000 | McArthur Court | 9,087 |
| Oregon State | Reser Stadium | 43,300 | Gill Coliseum | 10,400 |
| Stanford | Stanford Stadium | 50,000 | Maples Pavilion | 7,392 |
| UCLA | Rose Bowl | 92,542 | Pauley Pavilion | 12,829 |
| USC | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 92,000 | Galen Center | 10,258 |
| Washington | Husky Stadium | 72,500 | Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion | 10,000 |
| Washington State | Martin Stadium | 35,117 | Beasley Coliseum | 12,058 |
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