The Sporting News will break down each major conference by overall record, conference record, bowl record, BCS bowl record, conference championships and national championships from 1998-2013.
Today, a look at the Pac-12:
OVERALL RECORD
1. Oregon 151-51 (.748) 2. USC 151-54 (.737) 3. Utah 130-65 (.667) 4. Oregon State 116-82 (.586) 5. UCLA 110-90 (.550) 6. Stanford 104-89 (.539) 7. Arizona State 106-92 (.535) 8. California 103-99 (.510) 9. Arizona 96-100 (.490) 10. Washington 91-104 (.467) 11. Colorado 86-112 (.434) 12. Washington State 78-114 (.406)
— Oregon and USC rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in winning percentage in the BCS era.
CONFERENCE RECORD
1. Oregon 100-36 (.735) 2. USC 95-41 (.699) 3. Oregon State 74-62 (.544) 4. Stanford 73-63 (.537) 5. UCLA 70-66 (.515) 6. Arizona State 67-69 (.493) 7. Washington 61-75 (.449) 8. California 58-78 (.426) 9. Arizona 54-82 (.397) 10. Utah 9-18 (.333) 11. Washington State 42-94 (.309) 12. Colorado 4-23 (.148)
— Utah was a perennial power in the Mountain West Conference before joining the Pac-12. The Utes have not finished above .500 in conference play the past three seasons.
BOWL RECORD
1. Utah 9-2 (.818) 2. USC 8-4 (.667) 3. Arizona 4-2 (.667) 4. Oregon State 7-4 (.636) 5. California 5-3 (.625) 6. Oregon 8-7 (.533) 7. Washington State 2-2 (.500) 8. Colorado 3-4 (.429) 9. UCLA 4-8 (.333) 10. Washington 3-6 (.333) 11. Arizona State 3-7 (.300) 12. Stanford 2-5 (.286)
— Oregon State is a solid bowl team under Mike Riley. The Beavers are 6-2 under Riley, and that included five straight wins from 2003-07.
BCS BOWL RECORD
1. Utah 2-0 (1.000) 2. Oregon State 1-0 (1.000) 3. Washington 1-0 (1.000) 4. USC 6-1 (.857) 5. Oregon 3-2 (.600) 6. Stanford 2-3 (.400) 7. UCLA 0-1 (.000) 8. Colorado 0-1 (.000) 9. Washington State 0-1 (.000)
— USC went 4-1 in the Rose Bowl in the BCS era, including three straight wins from 2007-09.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
USC 7 Oregon 5 Stanford 3 UCLA 1 Oregon State 1 Washington 1 Washington State 1 California 1 Arizona State 1
— Stanford is coming off back-to-back wins in the Pac-12 championship game. Oregon won the first Pac-12 title game in 2011.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
USC (2003, 2004)
— The Trojans split the national title with BCS champion LSU in 2003 before beating Oklahoma in the BCS championship in 2004, though that title was later vacated.
