Pac-12 NCAA Football Betting
The Pac-12 North has reigned over the Pac-12 South for the last decade. A team from the South Division has only won the conference one time (USC in 2016) since the Pac-12 Championship Game was created in 2011. Oregon has been the most successful team, and the Ducks are once again the favorites entering 2021. They have won the last two Pac-12 titles, and they return the last two Pac-12 Championship Game MVPs in CJ Verdell and Kayvon Thibodeaux.
Pac-12 Championship Betting Odds
Oregon +240
USC +400
Washington +400
Arizona State +475
Utah +500
UCLA +1200
California +2500
Colorado +2500
Stanford +2500
Washington State +2800
Oregon State +5000
Arizona +6600
Oregon has consistently recruited better than any other program in the conference. The Ducks have been able to pull players from all over the country, as Phil Knight and Nike make Eugene a very attractive place for high school athletes. However, Tyler Shough is no longer the starting quarterback as Boston College grad transfer Anthony Brown steps into the role.
Brown has three very talented receivers in Johnny Johnson III, Jaylon Redd, and Mycah Pittman, and he must play well since only freshmen are behind him on the depth chart.
It’s amazing that Clay Helton has kept his job the last two offseasons. USC seemed sure to fire Helton in both 2019 and 2020, but the Trojans have ended up holding onto the head coach even though he continues to lose key recruiting battles. This team is just 18-13 over the last three seasons, and they were very fortunate to go 5-1 last year.
UCLA is emerging as a real dark horse in Chip Kelly’s fourth season in charge of the program. Although Kelly has yet to lead the Bruins to more than four wins in a campaign, some are expecting a massive improvement from this team in 2021. Kelly might need that to happen, because another down year might mean the end to his time in LA.
Pac-12 Football Format
The Pac-12 as we know it today has only been around since 2011, but the roots of the league date back much farther. The eight schools that formed the original Pac-8 Conference have remained in place since 1964, and the league twice added two teams since then to reach its current number.
The conference played with the same 10 teams for 33 years before expanding in time for the 2011 campaign. Utah and Colorado were added to help form the current Pac-12. The league also split into two six-team divisions with the North made up of the Pacific Northwest and northern California schools. The South consists of the two Los Angeles schools and the four most recent additions to the conference.
Teams began playing a nine-game conference schedule in 2006 to determine a true champion in a round-robin format. The nine-game slate continued with the 2011 expansion. Each team plays its division rivals as well as four games against teams from the other division. One stipulation has the four California-based schools playing each other every season.
Conference Champions (2000)
| SEASON |
CHAMPIONS |
| 2020 |
Oregon |
| 2019 |
Oregon |
| 2018 |
Washington |
| 2017 |
USC |
| 2016 |
Washington |
| 2015 |
Stanford |
| 2014 |
Oregon |
| 2013 |
Stanford |
| 2012 |
Stanford |
| 2011 |
Oregon |
| 2010 |
Oregon |
| 2009 |
Oregon |
| 2008 |
USC |
| 2007 |
Arizona State/USC |
| 2006 |
California/USC |
| *2005 |
USC |
| *2004 |
USC |
| 2003 |
USC |
| 2002 |
USC/Washington State |
| 2001 |
Oregon |
| 2000 |
Oregon/Oregon State/Washington |
*USC vacated the Pac-10 title in 2004 and 2005
Since the Pac-12 Championship Game was initiated in 2011, the Pac-12 North has dominated the affair. Nine of the ten winners have come from the Pac-12 North with USC being the only winner from the Pac-12 South. Oregon has been the most successful team, while Stanford and Washington have also won this game multiple times.
Most Conference Championships
| WINS |
TEAM |
LAST WON |
| 39 |
USC |
2008 |
| 17 |
UCLA |
1998 |
| 17 |
Washington |
2016 |
| 15 |
Stanford |
2015 |
| 14 |
California |
2006 |
| 13 |
Oregon |
2020 |
| 5 |
Oregon State |
2000 |
| 4 |
Washington State |
2002 |
| 3 |
Arizona State |
2007 |
| 1 |
Arizona |
1993 |
| 1 |
Idaho |
1927 |
USC joined six years after the formation of the Pacific Coast Conference, the predecessor to the current league, and had titles stripped in 2004 and 2005 due to NCAA violations. Still, the Trojans have been the class of the conference with 39 championships. That’s twice as many titles as any other program in the Pac-12.
The Arizona schools joined in 1978 to create the Pac-10, but they haven’t been very successful since joining this conference. The two have combined for just four conference titles.
Colorado and Utah have yet to win a title, but both schools have made it to the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Buffaloes made their lone appearance in 2016, while the Utes made it to this game in 2018 and 2019.
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