Pac 10 - Definition and Overview

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).

Current members

• University of Arizona
• Arizona State University
• University of California, Berkeley (Cal)
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Oregon
• Oregon State University
• University of Southern California (USC)
• Stanford University
• University of Washington
• Washington State University

The Pac-10 was founded in 1959, with Cal, USC, Stanford, UCLA, and Washington as charter members. Washington State joined in 1962. Oregon and Oregon State joined in 1964. In 1978, Arizona and Arizona State joined to make the Pac-10 into its current form.

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.

College Football Rivalries involving Pac-10 Teams

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 intercity rivalry, and another is within the same metropolitan area. In fact, the 10 teams that make up the Pac-10 can be divided into five major rivalries. Those are:

• Arizona-Arizona State (The Duel in the Desert, winner gets the Territorial Cup)
• Washington-Washington State (winner gets the Apple Cup)
• Oregon-Oregon State (The Civil War)
• Cal-Stanford (The other "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 for the Legends Trophy. The record stands at 42-28-5 in favor of Notre Dame.

Year-by-Year Conference Football Champs, with 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 - Cal (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 (8-0-0)
• 1999 - Stanford (7-1-0)
• 2000 - Oregon (7-1-0), Oregon State (7-1-0), Washington (7-1-0)
• 2001 - Oregon (7-1-0)
• 2002 - USC (7-1-0), Washington State (7-1-0)
• 2003 - USC (7-1-0)
• 2004 - USC (8-0-0)

External link

• Official Site of the Pac-10 Conference (http://www.pac-10.org/)

Pacific Ten Conference Arizona | Arizona State | Cal    Oregon | Oregon State | Stanford | UCLA    USC | Washington | Washington State