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

College Football

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

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