This is a list of annual Pac-12 Conference football champions. Co-champions are listed with the conference's
Rose Bowl representative first.
Pacific Coast Conference results are included. Since
2011, the
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
The Pac-12 Football Championship Game is an annual college football game held by the Pac-12 Conference to determine the season's conference champion. The game from the 2011–2021 seasons had the champion of the North Division against the champi ...
has determined the champion. PCC champions were awarded the
Schwabacher Trophy.
Champions by year
The following teams have been designated as champions by the conference.
† 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.
‡ California claims five national titles that are based upon one contemporary "major selector" (
Dick Dunkel in 1937) and seven retrospective selectors listed in the ''NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records'' (five of the eight selectors being math systems).
§ Stanford was selected in 1926 by a contemporary “major selector” (
Frank Dickinson) and later by three retrospective selectors (two of the four being math systems).
@ USC claims national titles in 1931 and 1932 that are based upon four contemporary “major selectors” (
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,
Frank Dickinson,
Dick Dunkel, and
Deke Houlgate) and nine later retrospective selectors (nine of the 13 selectors being math systems). USC claims national titles in 1928 and 1939 that are based upon a contemporary selector (Dickinson) and a retrospective selector (1928 only), both math systems.
^ Washington was selected in 1960 by the
Helms Athletic Foundation.
Championships by team
^ Does not include USC's vacated 2004 and 2005 Pacific-10 Conference titles
Pac-12 Championship Game
Since 2011, the championship game has determined the conference champion. The game matches the highest-placed team from the North and South Divisions. From inauguration until 2017, the North Division representative won every championship game. (AP Poll rankings are indicated.)
Division championships
North Division
† - Shared championship
‡ - Washington was replaced in the
2020 conference championship game by runner-up Oregon due to insufficient student-athletes during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Bold - Championship game participant
South Division
† - Shared championship
‡ - UCLA won the 2011 title as USC was ineligible for postseason play
Bold - Championship game participant
See also
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College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best coll ...
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List of Pac-12 Conference football standings
The Pac-12 Conference first sponsored football in 1916. This is an era-list of its annual standings from 1959 to present.
Standings
Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) era (1959–1967)
Pacific-8 Conference era (1968–1977)
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Notes
References
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Associated Press Final Season Polls
Year–by–Year Final Coaches' Polls
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Champions
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