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

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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