Editing Pac-12 Conference (section)

==Football==
{{See also|List of Pac-12 Conference football standings|List of Pac-12 Conference football champions}}

===All-time school records===
This list goes through the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-Time Records |url=https://xs.pac-12.com/2022-10/2022%20Pac-12%20Football%20Record%20Book%20FINAL_0.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612162240/https://xs.pac-12.com/2022-10/2022%20Pac-12%20Football%20Record%20Book%20FINAL_0.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Records
! scope="col" | Pct.
! scope="col" | Division<br/>championships
! scope="col" | Pac-12<br/>championships
! scope="col" | Claimed national<br/>championships
|-
| 1
!style="{{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans}}" |USC Trojans
| 875–365–54
| {{Winning percentage|875|368|54}}
| 3
| 37†
| 16
|-
| 2
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}" |Washington Huskies
| 784–464–50
| {{Winning percentage|784|462|50}}
| 4
| 18
| 2
|-
| 3
!style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Colorado Buffaloes}}" | Colorado Buffaloes
| 723–544–36
| {{Winning percentage|723|544|36}}
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| 4
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Utah Utes}}" | Utah Utes
| 719–481–31
| {{Winning percentage|719|481|31}}
| 4
| 2
| 0
|-
| 5
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Oregon Ducks}}" | Oregon Ducks
| 703–513–46
| {{Winning percentage|703|513|46}}
| 6
| 13
| 0
|-
| 6
!style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|California Golden Bears}}" | California Golden Bears
| 694–570–51
| {{Winning percentage|694|570|51}}
| 0
| 14
| 5
|-
| 7
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Stanford Cardinal}}" | Stanford Cardinal
| 670–496–49
| {{Winning percentage|670|496|49}}
| 5
| 15
| 2
|- 
| 8
! style="{{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}" | UCLA Bruins
| 637–446–37
| {{Winning percentage|637|446|37}}
| 2
| 17
| 1
|- 
| 9
! style="{{NCAA color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}" | Arizona Wildcats
| 633–499–37
| {{Winning percentage|633|499|37}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- 
| 10
! style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}" | Arizona State Sun Devils
| 623–429–24
| {{Winning percentage|623|429|24}}
| 1
| 3
| 1
|-
| 11
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Washington State Cougars}}" | Washington State
| 576–581–45
| {{Winning percentage|576|581|45}}
| 1
| 4
| 0
|-
| 12
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Oregon State Beavers}}" | Oregon State
| 569–629–50
| {{Winning percentage|569|629|50}}
| 0
| 6
| 0
|-
|}
† The NCAA sanctioned USC in June 2010 for violations in the football, men's basketball, and women's tennis programs. USC football vacated two wins from their final two games of the 2004 season (one conference game and a bowl game) and all 12 wins from the 2005 season, as well as the conference titles from both years. Their 2004 BCS National Championship was vacated, while their 2004 Associated Press title was not removed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13506096/usc-ordered-to-vacate-wins-gets-bowl-ban-docked-30-scholarships/cbsnews |title=USC ordered to vacate wins, gets bowl ban, docked 30 scholarships |website=cbssports.com |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013032532/http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13506096/usc-ordered-to-vacate-wins-gets-bowl-ban-docked-30-scholarships/cbsnews |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Dufresne |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-usc-ap-20100612,0,3056903.story |title=USC will keep 2004 AP championship |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="2016-media-guide">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/547221-2016-football-media-guide |title=Pac-12 Conference – 2016 Football Media Guide |publisher=Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com |pages=91–92 |date=2016 |access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

Number of Claimed National Championships, as well as win–loss–tie records, include all seasons played, regardless of conference membership.

===Rivalries===

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Each of the ten schools that were conference members before 2011 has its own in-state, conference rivalry. One is an intracity rivalry (UCLA–USC) and another is within the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area (California–Stanford). Colorado and Utah, who joined in 2011, were historic rivals in the Rocky Mountain region prior to 1962 when they suspended the series. These rivalries (and the name given to the football forms) are:

* [[Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry|Arizona–Arizona State]] – The winner receives the [[Territorial Cup]]. The two universities also compete across all sports for the [[Territorial Cup Series]].
* [[Big Game (football)|California–Stanford]] – Known as the Big Game, the winner receives the [[Stanford Axe]].
* [[Rumble in the Rockies|Colorado–Utah]] – Known as the [[Rumble in the Rockies]].
* [[Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry|Oregon–Oregon State]] – Though not officially recognized by the universities, the [[Platypus Trophy]] is awarded to the winning alumni association.
* [[UCLA–USC rivalry|UCLA–USC]] – The winner receives the [[Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)|Victory Bell]]. The two universities compete across all sports for the [[SoCal BMW Crosstown Cup]].
* [[Apple Cup|Washington–Washington State]] – Known as the [[Apple Cup]], the winner receives the Apple Cup trophy.

====Rivalry standings====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rivalry name
! Standings
|-
| align="center"| Duel in the Desert
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}" |'''Arizona leads, 51–45–1'''
|-
| align="center"| The Big Game
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Stanford Cardinal}}" |'''Stanford leads, 65–50–11'''
|-
| align="center"| Rumble in the Rockies
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Utah Utes}}" |'''Utah leads, 35–32–3'''
|-
| align="center"| Civil War
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Oregon Ducks}}" |'''Oregon leads, 69–49–10'''
|-
| align="center"| UCLA–USC
!style="{{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans}}" |'''USC leads, 50–34–7'''
|-
| align="center"| Apple Cup
!style="{{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}" |'''Washington leads, 76–34–6'''
|}

The most frequently played rivalries in the conference are between Oregon and Oregon State (126 meetings through 2022) and [[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]] between Stanford and California (125 meetings). These rivalries are among the [[List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I|most-played rivalries in college football]].

The two newest members, Colorado and Utah, had [[Rumble in the Rockies|a football rivalry]] that had been dormant since 1962 – both were conference rivals previously in the [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]] (now a [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] conference) and later the now-defunct [[Mountain States Conference]] (also known as the Skyline Conference). Even after Colorado joined what became the Big 12 in 1948 (the conference was then known popularly as the [[Big 7 Conference]]), the two schools continued their football rivalry for over a decade before ending it after the 1962 season. With the two schools being placed in the same division for football starting in 2011, the rivalry was revived with their 58th meeting during the 2011 season.

All of the California schools consider each other major rivals due to the culture clash between Northern and Southern California.<ref>[[Beano Cook]], [https://www.espn.com/classic/s/beano_stanusc.html Longstanding West Coast rivalry], [[ESPN Classic]].com, September 26, 2001, ''Accessed June 14, 2006''</ref> California and UCLA have a rivalry rooted in their shared history as the top programs within the [[University of California]] system. Stanford and USC have a rivalry rooted in their shared history as the only private schools in the Pac-12. California and USC also have a long history, playing each other beginning in 1915.

The [[Pacific Northwest]] schools of Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State all consider each other major rivals due to their proximity and long history; a sweep of the other 3 teams is known as the [[Northwest Championship]]. The Oregon–Washington rivalry is sometimes referred to as the [[Oregon–Washington football rivalry|Border War]].<ref name=BorderWar>{{cite web|last=Linde|first=Rich|title=When did the Border War begin?|url=http://www.4malamute.com/zzzip.html|publisher=4malamute.com|access-date=September 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323090827/http://www.4malamute.com/zzzip.html|archive-date=March 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Arizona and New Mexico have a recently renewed rivalry game, based upon when they were both members of the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] and both states were longtime territories before being admitted as states in 1912. They played for the [[Kit Carson Rifle]] trophy, which was no longer used starting with their meeting in the 1997 Insight Bowl.<ref>Lobos Meet Arizona for First Time in 10 Years. University of New Mexico Athletic Department, September 10, 2007. The Rifle: The two schools used to play for the Kit Carson rifle, although that custom was dropped many years ago. Kit Carson was a legendary scout in the territories of New Mexico and Arizona in the 1800s. The story goes that nearly 70 years ago former New Mexico director of athletics Roy Johnson and Arizona AD Pop McKale obtained a rifle in a trade with an Indian rumored to be Geronimo. It's not known what the administrators provided in return. McKale donated the rifle in 1938 and the score of each game was etched into the stock. The Lobos won 10 times, Arizona 21.</ref><ref>[http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/201392 UA Sports UA Breakdown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229180813/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/201392 |date=December 29, 2008 }}. Arizona Daily Star, September 15, 2007. Arizona and New Mexico will meet tonight for the first time since the 1997 Insight Bowl. That year, before the game was played, the presidents of the two universities decided to discontinue the Kit Carson Rifle trophy out of respect for both schools' Native American communities.</ref>

USC and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] have an intersectional rivalry (see [[Notre Dame–USC football rivalry]]). The games in odd-numbered years are played at [[Notre Dame Stadium]] in mid-October, while the games in even-numbered years are played at [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], usually in late November.

Stanford and Notre Dame also have an intersectional rivalry (See [[Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry]]). The schedule of the Stanford–Notre Dame rivalry mirrors that of USC–Notre Dame. The games in even-numbered years are played at Notre Dame in mid-October, while the games in odd-numbered years are played at [[Stanford Stadium|Stanford]] in late November.

The isolated rural campuses of Washington State and Idaho are {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} apart on the [[Palouse]], creating a natural border war known as the [[Battle of the Palouse]]. Idaho rejoined FBS in 1996 and was a member until 2017.

Utah and [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] have a fierce rivalry nicknamed the [[Holy War (BYU–Utah)|Holy War]] that goes back to 1896.

Colorado also has a rivalry with in-state rival Colorado State called the [[Rocky Mountain Showdown]].

With the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] permanently approving 12-game schedules in college football beginning in [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]], the Pac-10—alone among major conferences in doing so—went to a full nine-game conference schedule. Previously, the schools did not play one non-rival opponent, resulting in an eight-game conference schedule (four home games and four away). In 2010, the last season before the arrival of Colorado and Utah, the only other BCS conference that played a round-robin schedule was the Big East. The schedule consisted of one home and away game against the two schools in each region, plus the game against the primary in-state rival.

===Divisions===
{{See also|Pac-12 Football Championship Game}}
On October 21, 2010, the Pac-10 announced the creation of divisions and a championship game in football, to be used when [[Colorado Buffaloes|Colorado]] and [[Utah Utes|Utah]] joined the conference effective July 1, 2011. The twelve members were split into two divisions for football only: a North Division comprising the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area schools, and a South Division comprising the [[Mountain Time Zone]] and Los Angeles schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/214501/historic-decisions-by-chancellors-and-presidents-define-the-future-pac-12-confe.aspx|title=Pac-12|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024104737/http://www.pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/214501/historic-decisions-by-chancellors-and-presidents-define-the-future-pac-12-confe.aspx|archive-date=October 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A nine-game conference schedule was maintained, with five games within the assigned division and four games from the opposite division. The four California teams, noted in the table in gray, still played each other every season— consequently, the four non-California teams in each division will only play one of the two California teams from the opposite division each year.

The [[Pac-12 Football Championship Game]] featured the North Division Champion against the South Division Champion for the first 11 years of its existence, with divisional champions determined based on record in all conference games (both divisional and cross-divisional). However, on May 18, 2022, the NCAA Division I Council announced that conferences would no longer be required to maintain divisions in order to hold a conference championship. As a result, later that same day, the Pac-12 announced that it would eliminate its divisions for the 2022 football season and beyond, with the championship game instead featuring the two Pac-12 teams with the highest winning percentage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/ncaa-football/pac-12-scraps-divisions-2022-college-football-season#:~:text=Divisions%20are%20a%20thing%20of,with%20the%20best%20winning%20percentage |title=Pac-12 scraps divisions starting in the 2022 college football |last=Parks |first=James |date=May 18, 2022 |website=si.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=June 8, 2022 }}</ref> It was the first FBS conference to scrap its divisions as a result of this change.

{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! North Division !! South Division
|-
| [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] || [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]]
|-
| [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] || [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]]
|-
| [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] || [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]
|-
| [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] || [[Utah Utes football|Utah]]
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| [[California Golden Bears football|California]] || [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]]
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] || [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
|}

===Bowl games===
As of the 2023 college football season, the following is the selection order of [[bowl game]]s with Pac-12 tie-ins. If a Pac-12 team is selected to participate in the [[College Football Playoff]], all other bowl-eligible teams move up one spot in the order.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! width=50| Pick
! width=150| Name
! width=150| Location
! width=100| Opposing<br/>conference
! width=50| Opposing<br/>pick
|-
| 1
| [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]]
| [[Pasadena, California]]
| [[Big Ten]]
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[Alamo Bowl]]
| [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]
| [[Big 12]]
| 2
|-
| 3
| [[Holiday Bowl]]
| [[San Diego, California]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| 3
|-
| 4
| [[Las Vegas Bowl]]
| [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] or [[Big Ten]]
| 3(SEC)/4(Big Ten)
|-
| 5
| [[LA Bowl]]
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|MWC]]
| 1
|-
| 6 
| [[Sun Bowl]]
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| 7
|-
| 7 (2020, 2023, 2024)
| [[Independence Bowl]]
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
| [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools]]
| Army in 2020 and 2024, BYU in 2023
|}

===Pac-12 All-Century Football Team===
{{See also|Pac-12 Conference football individual awards}}

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the conference, an All-Century Team was unveiled on December 2, 2015, voted on by a panel of coaches, players, and the media.<ref name="espn-allcentury">{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Ted |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Pac-12 announces 'All-Century team' |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/95773 |access-date=February 8, 2016 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>
* '''Quarterbacks:''' '''''[[John Elway]], Stanford'''''; [[Marcus Mariota]], Oregon; [[Jim Plunkett]], Stanford; [[Andrew Luck]], Stanford; [[Matt Leinart]], USC
* '''Running backs:''' [[Marcus Allen]], USC; [[O. J. Simpson]], USC; [[Charles White (American football)|Charles White]], USC; [[Reggie Bush]], USC; [[Mike Garrett]], USC
* '''Wide receivers:''' [[Keyshawn Johnson]], USC; [[Lynn Swann]], USC; [[Marqise Lee]], USC; [[J. J. Stokes]], UCLA; [[Ken Margerum]], Stanford
* '''Tight ends:''' [[Tony Gonzalez]], California; [[Charle Young]], USC;
* '''Offensive line:''' [[Jonathan Ogden]], UCLA; [[Ron Yary]], USC; [[Tony Boselli]], USC; [[Anthony Muñoz]], USC; [[Lincoln Kennedy]], Washington; [[Brad Budde]], USC; [[Randall McDaniel]], Arizona State
* '''Defensive ends:''' [[Tedy Bruschi]], Arizona; [[Terrell Suggs]], Arizona State; [[Willie McGinest]], USC; [[Andre Carter]], California; [[Jim Jeffcoat]], Arizona State
* '''Defensive tackles:''' [[Steve Emtman]], Washington; [[Haloti Ngata]], Oregon; [[Rob Waldrop]], Arizona; [[Leonard Williams (defensive end)|Leonard Williams]], USC; [[Ed White (American football)|Ed White]], California
* '''Linebackers''' [[Junior Seau]], USC; [[Jerry Robinson (linebacker)|Jerry Robinson]], UCLA; [[Ricky Hunley]], Arizona; [[Richard Wood (American football)|Richard Wood]], USC; [[Chris Claiborne]], USC
* '''Cornerbacks''' [[Joey Browner]], USC; [[Mel Renfro]], Oregon; [[Chris McAlister]], Arizona; [[Antoine Cason]], Arizona
* '''Safeties:''' '''''[[Ronnie Lott]], USC'''''; [[Kenny Easley]], UCLA; [[Troy Polamalu]], USC; [[Mark Carrier (safety)|Mark Carrier]], USC
* '''Kicker:''' [[Jason Hanson]], Washington State
* '''Punter:''' [[Tom Hackett]], Utah
* '''Returner:''' Reggie Bush, USC
* '''Coach:''' '''''[[John McKay (American football)|John McKay]], USC'''''

''Note: Bold Italic notes Offensive, Defensive and Coach of the Century selections. The voting panel was made up of 119 former players, coaches and media.''<ref>[https://pac-12.com/news/2015/12/2/pac-12-networks-unveils-pac-12-football-all-century-team.aspx Pac-12 Networks unveils Pac-12 Football All-Century Team], Pac-12 Networks, December 2, 2015</ref>