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Pac-12 Football Champions: Complete list of winners by year

Updated Sep. 6, 2024 1:49 p.m. ET

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The Pac-12 Conference, once a powerhouse in college football, has been disbanded. Before its demise, however, the conference produced numerous champions who left their mark on the sport. Check out the complete list of Pac-12 football champions including the year, team, conference record and head coach:

Pac-12 Football Champions

• 2023: Washington (9-0) Kalen DeBoer
• 2022: Utah (7-2) Kyle Whittingham
• 2021: Utah (8-1) Kyle Whittingham
• 2020: Oregon (3-2) Mario Cristobal
• 2019: Oregon (8-1) Mario Cristobal
• 2018: Washington (7-2) Chris Petersen
• 2017: USC (8-1) Clay Helton
• 2016: Washington (8-1) Chris Petersen
• 2015: Stanford (8-1) David Shaw
• 2014: Oregon (8-1) Mark Helfrich
• 2013: Stanford (7-2) David Shaw
• 2012: Stanford (8-1) David Shaw
• 2011: Oregon (8-1) Chip Kelly
• 2010: Oregon (9-0) Chip Kelly

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• 2009: Oregon (8-1) Chip Kelly
• 2008: USC (8-1) Pete Carroll
• 2007: Arizona State (7-2) Dennis Erickson, USC (7-2) Pete Carroll
• 2006: California (7-2) Jeff Tedford, USC (7-2) Pete Carroll
• 2005: USC (wins vacated) Pete Carroll
• 2004: USC (7-0) Pete Carroll
• 2003: USC (7-1) Pete Carroll
• 2002: USC (7-1) Pete Carroll, Washington State (7-1) Mike Price
• 2001: Oregon (7-1) Mike Bellotti
• 2000: Oregon State (7-1) Dennis Erickson, Oregon (7-1) Mike Bellotti, Washington (7-1) Rick Neuheisel
• 1999: Stanford (7-1) Tyrone Willingham
• 1998: UCLA (8-0) Bob Toledo
• 1997: UCLA (7-1) Bob Toledo, Washington State (7-1) Mike Price)
• 1996: Arizona State (8-0) Bruce Snyder
• 1995: Washington (6-1-1) Jim Lambright,  USC (6-1-1) John Robinson
• 1994: Oregon (7-1) Rich Brooks
• 1993: USC (6-2) John Robinson, Arizona (6-2), UCLA (6-2) Terry Donahue
• 1992: Stanford (6-2) Bill Walsh, Washington (6-2) Don James
• 1991: Washington (8-0) Don James
• 1990: Washington (7-1) Don James
• 1989: USC (6-0-1) Larry Smith
• 1988: USC (8-0) Larry Smith
• 1987: UCLA (7-1) Terry Donahue, USC (7-1) Larry Smith
• 1986: Arizona State (5-1-1) John Cooper
• 1985: UCLA (6-2) Terry Donahue
• 1984: USC (7-1) Ted Tollner
• 1983: UCLA (6-1-1) Terry Donahue
• 1982: UCLA (5-1-1) Terry Donahue
• 1981: Washington (6-2) Don James
• 1980: Washington (6-1) Don James
• 1979: USC (6-0) John Robinson
• 1978: USC (6-1) John Robinson
• 1977: Washington (6-1) Don James
• 1976: USC (7-0) John Robinson
• 1975: California (6-1) Mike White, UCLA (6-1) Dick Vermeil
• 1974: USC (6-0-1) John McKay
• 1973: USC (7-0) John McKay
• 1972: USC (7-0) John McKay
• 1971: Stanford (6-1) John Ralston
• 1970: Stanford (6-1) John Ralston
• 1969: USC (6-0) John McKay
• 1968: USC (6-0) John McKay
• 1967: USC (6-1) John McKay
• 1966: USC (4-1) John McKay
• 1965: UCLA (4-0) Tommy Prothro
• 1964: USC (3-1) John McKay, Oregon State (3-1) Tommy Prothro
• 1963: Washington (4-1) Jim Owens
• 1962: USC (4-0) John McKay
• 1961: UCLA (3-1) William F. Barnes
• 1960: Washington (4-0) Jim Owens
• 1959: Washington (3-1) Jim Owens, UCLA (3-1) William F. Barnes, USC (3-1) Don Clark
• 1958: California (6-1) Pete Elliott
• 1957: Oregon (6-2) Len Casanova, Oregon State (6-2) Tommy Prothro
• 1956: Oregon State (6-1-1) Tommy Prothro
• 1955: UCLA (6-0) Red Sanders
• 1954: UCLA (6-0) Red Sanders
• 1953: UCLA (6-1) Red Sanders
• 1952: USC (6-0) Jess Hill
• 1951: Stanford (6-1) Chuck Taylor
• 1950: California (5-0-1) Pappy Waldorf
• 1949: California (7-0) Pappy Waldorf
• 1948: Oregon (7-0) Jim Aiken, California (6-0) Pappy Waldorf
• 1947: USC (6-0) Jeff Cravath
• 1946: UCLA (7-0) Bert LaBrucherie
• 1945: USC (5-1) Jeff Cravath
• 1944: USC (3-0-2) Jeff Cravath
• 1943: USC (5-0) Jeff Cravath
• 1942: UCLA (6-1) Edwin C. Horrell
• 1941: Oregon State (7-2) Lon Stiner
• 1940: Stanford (7-0) Clark Shaughnessy
• 1939: USC (5-0-2) Howard Jones
• 1938: USC (6-1) Howard Jones, California (6-1) Stub Allison
• 1937: California (6-0-1) Stub Allison
• 1936: Washington (7-0-1) James Phelan
• 1935: Stanford (4-1) Claude E. Thornhill, California (4-1) Stub Allison, UCLA (4-1) William H. Spaulding
• 1934: Stanford (5-0) Claude E. Thornhill
• 1933: Stanford (4-1) Claude E. Thornhill, Oregon (4-1) Prink Callison
• 1932: USC (6-0) Howard Jones
• 1931: USC (7-0) Howard Jones
• 1930: Washington State (6-0) Babe Hollingbery
• 1929: USC (6-1) Howard Jones
• 1928: USC (4-0-1) Howard Jones
• 1927: Stanford (4-0-1) Glenn Warner, USC (4-0-1) Howard Jones
• 1926: Stanford (4-0) Glenn Warner
• 1925: Washington (5-0) Enoch Bagshaw
• 1924: Stanford (3-0-1) Glenn Warner
• 1923: California (5-0) Andy Smith
• 1922: California (4-0) Andy Smith
• 1921: California (4-0) Andy Smith
• 1920: California (3-0) Andy Smith
• 1919: Oregon (2-1) Shy Huntington, Washington (2-1) Claude J. Hunt
• 1918: California (2-0) Andy Smith
• 1917: Washington State (3-0) William Henry Dietz
• 1916: Washington (3-0-1) Gil Dobie

Who has won the most Pac-12 Championships?

USC has won the most Pac-12 Championships with 37 titles. Below is a list of titles for each Pac-12 school:

• USC - 37
• Washington - 18
• UCLA - 17
• Stanford - 15
• California - 14
• Oregon - 13
• Oregon State - 5

Which coach has won the most Pac-12 Championships?

USC’s John McKay has won the most Pac-12 Championships with 9. Below are the coaches with over five Pac-12 titles:

• John McKay (USC) - 9
• Pete Carroll (USC) - 7
• Howard Jones (USC) - 7
• Don James (Washington) - 6
• Terry Donahue (UCLA) - 5
• John Robinson (USC) - 5
• Andy Smith (California) - 5

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