Editing Pac-12 Conference (section)

===Pacific-8===
[[University of Oregon|Oregon]] and [[Oregon State University|Oregon State]] joined in the summer of 1964.<ref name=oreosu64>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RJgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6193%2C86136 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |last=Uhrhammer |first=Jerry |title=Oregon, OSU join AAWU |date=April 1, 1964 |page=1D}}</ref><ref name=opbbxmv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KFlYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4225%2C119988 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |title=Officials pleased by Big Six move |date=April 1, 1964 |page=17 }}</ref><ref name=binfol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yYBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648%2C76738 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=PCC all but revised as Oregon, Oregon State back in fold |date=April 1, 1964 |page=10 }}</ref> With their addition, the conference was known unofficially as the '''Pacific Athletic''' {{nowrap|'''Conference''',<ref name=notaawu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4PtVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2222%2C6462076 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |title=Not AAWU |date=October 31, 1964 |page=4A }}</ref><ref name=pacstg64019>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-uBXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4148%2C1256391 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Pacific Athletic Conference |date=October 19, 1964 |page=9 }}</ref><ref name=wufresrbq>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YqtVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=COEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6310%2C4049363 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Western universities finally resolve Rose Bowl question |date=June 25, 1965 |page=1C }}</ref><ref name=pacstds>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xf9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3144%2C4235796 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |title=PAC standings |date=November 21, 1965 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=lookbrs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3jdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7231%2C900373 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=SC, UCLA roll on...but look at Bears |date=October 17, 1966 |page=11 }}</ref>}} and then the '''Pacific-8'''. In 1968, the AAWU formally renamed itself the '''Pacific-8 Conference''', or '''Pac-8''' for short. The Pac-8 did not allow a second [[Bowl game|bowl]] team from the conference until the [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975 season]];<ref name="boelem75">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ua5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5990,1304396 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |last=Newnham |first=Blaine |title=Bowling 'em over |date=December 5, 1975 |page=1B}}</ref> in basketball, participation in the [[National Invitation Tournament]] (NIT) was not allowed until [[1973 National Invitation Tournament|1973]].<ref name=nineacc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tdkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ewDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7082%2C397360 |work=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Nine accept NCAA bids; NIT lines up five teams |date=March 2, 1972 |page=23}}</ref>

[[Idaho Vandals|Idaho]] was never invited to join the AAWU<!--{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}-->;<ref name=binfol/> the Vandals were independent for four years until the formation of the [[Big Sky Conference]] in 1963, and were independent in football until [[1965 Idaho Vandals football team|1965]].