Pacific-10 Conference
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The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. The conference's ten members compete in 22 NCAA sports, including Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track. It was founded as the Athletic Association of Western Universities or AAWU in 1959, and went by the names Big Five, Big Six, and Pacific 8 before becoming the Pacific 10 in 1978.Thomas C. Hansen retired as the Commissioner in July 2009 after 26 years in that position.[1]
Future members
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | NCAA Championships (through June 8, 2010)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado at Boulder (starting in the 2012–13 school year)[3] |
Boulder, Colorado (94,171) |
1876 | Public (University of Colorado System) | 29,709 [4] | Buffaloes | 22 |
| University of Utah (starting in the 2011–12 school year)[3] |
Salt Lake City, Utah (181,698) |
1850 | Public (Utah System of Higher Education) | 29,284[5] | Utes | 21 |
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/sports/10pac10.html?_r=2&ref=sports&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
- ↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "University of Utah Joins Pac-10", Pacific-10 Conference, p. 4.
- ↑ https://www.cu.edu/content/university-colorado-campuses-report-record-student-enrollment
- ↑ http://assessment.utah.edu/wp/
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