Pacific-12 Conference

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The Pacific-12 Conference , abbreviated to Pac-12 , is a twelve-university regional league in college sports in the United States , which is organized in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In college football, she is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision and was one of six conferences with a guaranteed right to participate in a game of the Bowl Championship Series , in which the winner of the Pac-12 participated in the Rose Bowl .

The Pacific-12 Conference was founded in 1959 as the Athletic Association of Western Universities and renamed several times after corresponding expansions (1968 to 1978: Pacific-8 Conference ; 1978 to 2011: Pacific-10 Conference ), before being admitted to the University of Colorado, Boulder and the University of Utah was given its current name in July 2011. The forerunner of the Pac-12 was the Pacific Coast Conference , which existed from 1916 to 1959, and which also included the five founding members of the Pac-12.

Pac-12 member colleges are particularly located on the west coast of the United States and in the Mountain States . The Pac-12 markets itself as the "Conference of Champions" because its members combined have won more NCAA championships in team sports than any other conference in American college sports . The conference, which is based in the Californian city of Walnut Creek , organizes competitions in eleven different sports for men and women.

Eight of the twelve member universities belong to the Association of American Universities , which means that they are among the sixty most research-intensive American universities. Only the Big Ten Conference has more, which means that they have to impose restrictions on the recruitment of top-class athletes and are only allowed to take the best in school .

Members

university place Team name founded joined Sponsorship students
Stanford University Stanford , California Cardinal 1891 1959 Private 14,654
University of California, Berkeley (California) Berkeley , California Golden Bears 1868 1959 state 33,000
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles , California Bruins 1919 1959 state 38,000
University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles , California Trojans 1880 1959 Private 32,160
University of Washington Seattle , Washington Huskies 1861 1959 state 42,708
Washington State University Pullman , Washington Cougars 1890 1962 state 23,121
Oregon State University Corvallis , Oregon Beavers 1868 1964 state 19,276
University of Oregon Eugene , Oregon Ducks 1876 1964 state 20,339
Arizona State University Tempe , Arizona Sun Devils 1885 1978 state 64,394
University of Arizona Tucson , Arizona Wildcats 1885 1978 state 37,036
University of Colorado, Boulder (Colorado) Boulder , Colorado Buffs 1876 2011 state 30,000
University of Utah Salt Lake City , Utah Utes 1850 2011 state 29,000

Associate members

university place Team name founded Sponsorship joined sport Main Conference
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo , California Mustangs 1901 state 1986 Wrestling Big West Conference
California State University, Bakersfield (CSU Bakersfield) Bakersfield , California Roadrunners 1965 state 1986 Wrestling Big West Conference
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock) Little Rock , Arkansas Trojans 1927 state 2019 Wrestling Sun Belt Conference
San Diego State University San Diego , California Aztecs 1897 state 2005 Soccer (men) Mountain West Conference

Conference venues

Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley
university Football stadium capacity Basketball stadium capacity
Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,000 Maples Pavilion 7,392
California California Memorial Stadium 72,516 Haas Pavilion 12,172
UCLA Rose Bowl Stadium 92,542 Pauley Pavilion 12,829
USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 Galen Center 10,258
Washington Husky Stadium 72,500 Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000
Washington State Martin Stadium 35,117 Beasley Coliseum 12,058
Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 Gill Coliseum 10,400
Oregon Autzen stage 54,000 Matthew Knight Arena 12,364
Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 73,379 Wells Fargo Arena 14,198
Arizona Arizona Stadium 57,803 McKale Center 14,545
Colorado Folsom Field 53,750 Coors Events Center 11,064
Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,017 Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of American Universities website. Retrieved July 17, 2017 (English).
  2. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 1988, 18: 1. pp. 43-47 ; 2. S. 47-50 . Retrieved June 7, 2016.