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78-602: The name comes from the Territorial Cup , the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the two schools. The 2023–24 series will be the fifteenth and final year with both Universities as members of the Pac-12 Conference , as both will be moving to the Big 12 for the start of the 2024–25 academic year. At the beginning of the 2009–10 school year, the U of A and ASU decided to start

156-422: A 10.5–7.5 victory. In the second season, 2010–11 U of A would win its second in a row with an 11.5–6.5 victory. The third season & final season sponsored by State Farm, 2011–12, U of A would win the 3rd straight & by the largest margin in series history by a final of 12.5–5.5. In the 2012–13, Arizona would win its fourth consecutive Series title by a score of 9.5–8.5. ASU would win their first title during

234-455: A 200-plus championship lead over the second-place conference. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 is operating as a two-team conference through the 2025–26 academic year, sponsoring five sports—baseball, football, track and field, women's gymnastics, and wrestling. In 2026, the Pac-12 will expand to eight members with the addition of five schools from

312-480: A 70-7 blowout in 2020), though it was reduced to four, as their 2021 victory was vacated in 2024 due to NCAA violations including tampering, recruiting inducements, and impermissible tryouts (the game still existed as a loss on the Arizona side to it being played on field). Arizona won the 2023 meeting by a score of 59–23 and currently has a two-game winning streak. With both teams leaving the Pac-12 Conference for

390-475: A June 30, 2023, deadline, San Diego State had to rescind its notice of intention to leave the Mountain West. At the start of Pac-12 Media Days on July 21, 2023, Commissioner Kliavkoff was asked about the status of the media rights deal and conference expansion, deflecting most questions on the matter. Having heard enough, Colorado president Rick George left Media Days early to return to Boulder. Less than

468-515: A change opposed by the University of Arizona and many of its alumni. In 1958, the year the measure was to be put to a statewide vote, Arizona State defeated Arizona 47–0. The blowout win was a major point of pride for Arizona State, which became a university later that year. Another heated game came in 1968. The contest was expected to decide which team would go on to the Sun Bowl , but before

546-487: A default bowl for Arizona State should they receive no other bids. It went on to become part of the highly lucrative Bowl Championship Series and part of the College Football Playoff system. The rivalry series has been known for having decades being dominated by each team, with ASU having the advantage during the 1960s and 1970s, and UA dominating the early years, as well as the 1980s and 1990s. In

624-702: A final score of 11–10. U of A would earn points in: Men's Cross Country, Basketball, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field & Baseball, Women's Volleyball, Cross Country, Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Softball & Golf. ASU would reclaim the series in 2018–19 & their fifth overall win with the series ending in a 10.5–10.5 tie but ASU finished higher in the Directors' Cup 22nd to 39th. ASU earned points in: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Tennis. Women's Cross Country, Basketball(½), Swimming & Diving, Gymnastics, Tennis, and Outdoor Track & Field. The 2019–20 season ended in bizarre fashion due to

702-405: A final score of 12–10. Arizona would earn points in: football, Men's & Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball, Women's Indoor Track & Field (½), Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Golf, Baseball (½), Men's & Women's Outdoor Track and Field. Points are awarded for all sports in which both schools maintain an intercollegiate team during the school year. Each sport

780-627: A full member. (Fall 2023) (millions) The Pac-12 has two affiliate member institutions in California and one in Arkansas. All three participate in the Pac-12 for wrestling. No school had left the Pac-12 from its founding as the AAWU in 1959 until 2024, when 10 of its 12 schools left. Two members of the PCC , Idaho and Montana, were not invited to join the AAWU or its successors. The Pac-12 claims

858-587: A protocol governing the cup's use and care. Each year the tradition is celebrated at a pre-game reception for boosters. A replica version was also made and is the trophy presented to the winner after the game. The cup is silver plate over Britannia base metal and was manufactured by Reed & Barton of Taunton, Massachusetts. It was a standard style priced at $ 20 ($ 462.05 in 2010 dollars) in Reed and Barton's 1910 catalog. The inscription reads "Arizona Football League Championship 1899 Normal". Arizona State University

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936-462: A reign of dominance from 1949 to 1981, winning 24 of 33, including a 13–2 stretch from 1965 to 1979, under the leadership of ASU's legendary coach Frank Kush . The Wildcats got the best of ASU from 1982 to 1998, going 13–3–1 (with the tie occurring in 1987) under the guidance of coaches Larry Smith and Dick Tomey and a dominant defensive unit that was one of the nation's best in the early 1990s. Since 1999, Arizona State has dominated, winning 16 of

1014-427: A rivalry series, since they wanted to expand the football rivalry to all sports. Each academic year points would be awarded to the winning team or school at the conclusion of 18 rival sports competitions or series. The university with the most post would earn state bragging rights, as well as being awarded a new series trophy which would be held by the winning University until the completion of the following season. From

1092-527: A trophy that is named after the Territorial Cup football trophy. If both schools finished tied, the winner of the football game decides the tiebreaker and is declared the winner. As of the 2023–24 season, UA leads the series and is in possession of the trophy. The rivalry has had several nicknames, including the “Battle of Arizona”, the “Grand Canyon Rivalry” (not to be confused with the rivalry between Northern Arizona and Southern Utah that shares

1170-760: A two-member conference at least for [2024–25]" and would be recognized under a two-year grace period , until 2026, to meet conference requirements in the NCAA bylaws. On December 5, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State announced that had entered into a football alliance with the Mountain West Conference (MWC) for the 2024 season. With the alliance, both programs will play three home games and three away games against MWC opponents. The West Coast Conference (WCC) has invited both schools to join as affiliate members for basketball and most other non-football sports. Both partnerships are expected to last from

1248-618: A week later on July 27, 2023, Colorado announced it would return to the Big 12 as of the 2024–25 school year. The nine remaining Pac-12 members then demanded an update on the negotiations, including numbers on expected payouts. Kliavkoff came back with a deal from the Apple TV+ streaming service that paid member institutions in the low-to-mid-$ 20 million range, albeit with escalators for meeting subscriber quotas. On August 4, 2023, Oregon and Washington announced they would be following UCLA and USC to

1326-574: Is won, the logo of the winner is featured at the top of it. If U of A wins, a block “A” logo is placed on top of the trophy. If ASU wins the trophy, a “Sparky the Sun Devil” logo (not the ASU “pitchfork” logo) will be placed. If both schools finish tied at 11 points, the series ends in a tie and the school that finishes higher in Director's Cup Standings retains the trophy. The 2019–20 year was cut short in

1404-503: Is worth one point, which is awarded to the winner of the head-to-head match-up between the two teams. If the head-to-head match-up ends in a tie, each team receives half a point. In baseball and softball, all games, both conference and non-conference, count as one point combined. In swimming and diving, cross country, golf, and track and field, whichever team finishes higher in the standings at the Pac-12 championship receives one point. Should

1482-716: The Arizona Territory , when the University of Arizona in Tucson played the Normal School of Arizona of Tempe – which later evolved into Arizona State University – as part of the Arizona Territorial Football League Championship. (Arizona, as well as New Mexico, achieved statehood in 1912.) The championship was a four-way series that also included Phoenix Union High School and Phoenix Indian School . Arizona and

1560-810: The Big 12 prior to the start of the 2024 football season, the Wildcats won the series in the Pac-10/12 era, 23–21–1 (officially 21–23–1 on the Arizona State side due their vacated 2021 win). Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States . It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its football teams compete in

1638-640: The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State and Washington State . The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU ) in 1959. The conference previously went by

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1716-599: The Ivy League had maintained its membership for a longer time than the Pac-10 among Division I conferences. Commissioner Larry Scott said on February 9, 2010, that the window for expansion was open for the next year as the conference began negotiations for a new television deal. Speaking on a conference call to introduce former Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg as his new deputy, Scott talked about possibly adding new teams to

1794-709: The Mountain West Conference and one from the West Coast Conference . The Pac-12 currently has two full-member institutions. The conference was previously split into two divisions , the North Division and the South Division, for football only. On September 12, 2024, the conference announced it would be adding four new members, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State, on July 1, 2026. The conference needs to add at least two more members before that date to be recognized by

1872-416: The NCAA as an FBS conference. On September 23, 2024, Utah State accepted an offer to join the league as its seventh member. This gave the Pac-12 the seven members needed to preserve its official "multisport" status, though one more football-sponsoring full member will be needed to preserve FBS status. On September 30, 2024, the conference announced that Gonzaga, a non-football college, would be joining as

1950-586: The SEC . The alliance included an inter-conference scheduling component for football and men's and women's basketball. In 2021, the Pac-12 paid $ 19.8 million to its member schools, the lowest distribution in the Power Five. Despite the alliance, on June 30, 2022, UCLA and USC announced their departure for the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. As a result of losing two of

2028-673: The United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year. The following table shows revenue specifically from NCAA / Conference Distributions, Media Rights, and Post-Season Football reported by the Knight Commission for the 2021–22 academic year. Since restarting in 1959 as the AAWU, the Pac-12 has had six commissioners: Commissioners of

2106-490: The " Pac-2 " by media outlets, to the point that a game between the two teams during the 2023 football season was jokingly dubbed the "Pac-2 Championship Game" by fans. On September 8, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State filed a lawsuit against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff in Washington State Superior Court for control of the conference and its assets. They contended that

2184-507: The 1899 champion between schools in Arizona and which the NCAA has certified as the oldest rivalry trophy in college football. Although the Territorial Cup did not change hands as a regular part of the competition until 2001, the rivalry between the two schools continued after 1899, a semi-regular event until becoming an annual event, uninterrupted, from 1946 onwards . In the entire history of

2262-495: The 2013–14 season with an 11.5–8.5 victory. During the 2014–15 season, ASU won their second series in a row with a final score of 12.5–7.5. ASU won their third straight title during the 2015–16 season again by the final tally of 12.5–7.5. With ASU earning points in: Men's Football, Cross Country, Golf, Baseball, Indoor Track & Field and Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Soccer, Volleyball(½), Cross Country, Basketball, Golf, Tennis and Indoor Track & Field In 2016–17, ASU tied

2340-680: The 2020–21 season by a score of 10–9. U of A would earn points in: Men's Basketball, Cross Country, Baseball, Tennis & Golf. Women's Basketball(½), Indoor Track and Field, Cross Country, Beach Volleyball, Volleyball(½) & Soccer. Arizona State won the series in the 2021–22 season, its 6th overall by a final score of 12.5–8.5. ASU would earn points in: Men's & Women's Cross Country, Football, Women's Basketball(½), Women's Gymnastics, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Beach Volleyball(½), Men's Indoor Track and Field, Women's Indoor Track and Field, Softball, Women's Tennis, Baseball(½), Men's Golf & Men's Outdoor Track and Field. Arizona regained

2418-707: The All-time series 9–6 Territorial Cup The Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry (also known as the Duel in the Desert ) is a college football rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats (UA) and the Arizona State University Sun Devils (ASU). One of the longest football rivalries , the winner receives the Territorial Cup , created 125 years ago for

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2496-535: The Big Ten conference for the 2024 season. Later on that same day, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced that they would follow Colorado to the Big 12 Conference starting in 2024. On September 1, 2023, California and Stanford announced their departure for the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2024. In September 2023, Yahoo! Sports reported that the Pac-12 is "expected to operate as

2574-535: The COVID-19 pandemic, which cut all collegiate athletics short in March 2021 but U of A would recapture the series with its 6th overall win by leading the series 7.5–4.5. U of A earned points in: Men's Cross Country, Basketball(½), Swimming & Diving and Indoor Track & Field. Women's Cross Country, Soccer, Basketball, Indoor Track & Field. U of A would win their second series in a row & 7th overall during

2652-559: The Normal School met on November 30, 1899, for a Thanksgiving Day match at Carrillo Gardens in Tucson. Contemporary newspaper stories indicate that this was the first game for the university squad, while the Normal team was comparatively more experienced and better trained. The event drew 300 enthusiastic fans and was followed by a post-game Thanksgiving celebration for both teams hosted by the university. The "Normals", as they were called, won

2730-402: The Normal School won all three of its games, it was declared champion and awarded the trophy. The cup's name refers to the fact that Arizona was a U.S. territory at the time; it, along with New Mexico , became a state in 1912. After the tournament the trophy's whereabouts were unknown until 1980 when it was rediscovered in the basement of a church adjacent to Arizona State's campus. The cup

2808-604: The PCC disbanded in June 1959. Ten months earlier in August 1958, these four schools agreed to form a new conference that would take effect the following summer. When the four schools and Stanford began discussions for a new conference in 1959, retired Admiral Thomas J. Hamilton interceded and suggested the schools consider creating a national "power conference" (Hamilton had been a key player, head coach, and athletic director at Navy , and

2886-636: The PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA . For many years, the conference split into two divisions for basketball and baseball—a Southern Division comprising the four California schools and a Northern Division comprising the six schools in the Pacific Northwest . In 1950 , Montana departed to join the Mountain States Conference . The PCC continued as a nine-team league through June 1959. Following "pay-for-play" scandals at California, USC, UCLA, and Washington,

2964-733: The PCC's history as its own. Not only did it maintain the automatic bid from the Rose Bowl inherited from the PCC, but the eight largest schools in the old PCC all eventually joined the new league. However, the old PCC operated under a separate charter. The Pac-12 is one of the founding members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), a conference organized to provide competition in non-revenue Olympic sports. All-Pac-12 members participate in at least one MPSF sport (men's and women's indoor track and field both actually have enough participating Pac-12 schools for

3042-511: The Pac-10 was considering adding up to six teams to the conference: the University of Texas, Texas A&M University , Texas Tech University , the University of Oklahoma , Oklahoma State University , and the University of Colorado. On June 10, 2010, the University of Colorado Boulder accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting with the 2012–2013 academic year. The school later announced it would join

3120-489: The Pac-10's ambition to potentially become a sixteen-team conference. On June 17, 2010, the University of Utah accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Conference, effective starting July 2011. Utah was a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) with Arizona and Arizona State before those two left for the Pac-10 in 1978. The Utes left an expanded WAC with seven other schools in 1999 to form

3198-461: The Pac-12, ACC , and Big Ten announced the formation of a "historic alliance" that would bring their member institutions "together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling." The formation of this alliance between three of the Power Five conferences was in response to Oklahoma and Texas announcing plans to leave the Big 12 and join

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3276-598: The Pacific Northwest and Bay Area schools, and a South Division comprising the Mountain Time Zone and Southern California schools. On July 1, 2011, the Pac-12 assumed its 12-team alignment when both Colorado and Utah officially joined as full members. On August 15, 2012, the conference debuted the Pac-12 Network . It was the third college sports conference to launch a dedicated network, and

3354-550: The collapse of the Southwest Conference . Texas expressed an interest in joining a strong academic conference, but joined three fellow Southwest Conference schools ( Texas A&M , Texas Tech , and Baylor ) to merge with the Big Eight Conference to form the Big 12 Conference in 1996 . Colorado elected to remain in the newly formed Big 12. Before the addition of Colorado and Utah in 2011, only

3432-432: The conference a year earlier than previously announced, in the 2011–2012 academic year. On June 15, 2010, a deal was reached between Texas and the Big 12 Conference to keep Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State in the Big 12. Following Texas' decision, the other Big 12 schools that had been rumored candidates to join the Pac-10 announced they would remain in the Big 12. This deal effectively ended

3510-502: The conference and launching a new television network. Scott, the former head of the Women's Tennis Association, took over the conference in July 2009. In his first eight months on the job, he saw growing interest from the membership over the possibility of adding teams for the first time since Arizona and Arizona State joined the conference in 1978. In early June 2010, there were reports that

3588-649: The conference became informally known as the Big Six . The new league inherited the PCC's berth in the Rose Bowl ; since 1947, the PCC champion had received an automatic bid to the bowl. Oregon and Oregon State joined in the summer of 1964. With their addition, the conference was known unofficially as the Pacific Athletic Conference , and then the Pacific-8 (as there already

3666-477: The conference to sponsor a championship, but the Pac-12 has opted not to do so). For certain sports, the Pac-12 admits certain schools as associate members.  Full members  Full members (non-football) Other Conference  Other Conference  Associate members (non-football) The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go back to December 2, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC)

3744-642: The conference was in question. The Pac-10 began sponsoring women's athletics in the fall of 1986. Women's teams previously competed with other large universities on the Pacific coast in either the Northern Pacific Conference or the Western Collegiate Athletic Association . In the mid-1990s, the conference expressed interest in admitting the University of Colorado and the University of Texas after

3822-483: The conference's tentpole programs (and the entirety of the Los Angeles television market), the conference's ongoing media rights negotiations became much more complicated. ESPN reportedly had made an offer in which the ten remaining schools would receive around $ 30 million per year. This was rejected by member schools, who countered with a demand for $ 50 million per school per year. ESPN responded by walking away from

3900-481: The control and patronage of the state's Board of Regents until 1945 and the teams did not play each other every year until 1946. In the early part of the rivalry series, the games were played in Tucson due to the fact that ASU's home stadium held very few fans. In 1931, ASU hosted the game for the first time. Arizona dominated the early portion of the series, winning 20 of the first 22 meetings, by having more physical and better-trained players than ASU. The Sun Devils had

3978-549: The departing schools, under the conference constitution, forfeited their right to participate in governing the conference by publicly declaring their intention to leave, and that if they retain control they might use it to dissolve the league and drain its millions of dollars in assets. On November 14, 2023, Judge Gary Libey of the Whitman County, Washington , Superior Court ruled in favor of the two schools. The University of Washington (UW) filed an emergency motion to keep

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4056-399: The fall of 2024 to the spring of 2026. Washington State will also participate in the Mountain West for baseball, but Oregon State, a three-time College World Series champion, will become a baseball independent. After the ten schools departed, the conference continued using the Pac-12 name and branding for at least the 2024–25 academic year. Oregon State and Washington State were nicknamed

4134-654: The first to completely fund and own their own network outright. The conference had been based in Walnut Creek since the late 1970s until August 2014. Since 2014, the conference was headquartered in San Francisco, California , with the conference moving to working remotely once the lease expires in June 2023. The Pac-12 Network and meeting space for headquarters employees are now located at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon , an East Bay suburb. On August 24, 2021,

4212-904: The formation of the Big Sky Conference in 1963, and were independent in football until 1965 . In 1978 , the conference added Arizona and Arizona State from the Western Athletic Conference , becoming the Pacific-10 Conference or Pac-10 . The invitations to the schools were extended in December 1976, and the expansion formally announced in May 1977. In the mid-1980s, three of the northwest schools (Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State) were having financial difficulties in athletics, primarily with revenue from football, and their long-term membership in

4290-450: The game 11–2; as they had previously defeated the other schools, they were declared champions and received the Territorial Cup. The two teams played each other sporadically for the next decades, and have played almost every year beginning in 1925 (when Arizona State became a four-year college). The rivalry became particularly heated in the late 1950s amid the political contention over turning Arizona State College into an official university,

4368-595: The game, Arizona coach Darrell Mudra issued an ultimatum to the Sun Bowl committee that his team would not play in the bowl unless they were selected regardless of who won. The committee chose Arizona, who promptly lost to Arizona State 30–7 in what became known as the "Ultimatum Bowl"; Arizona proceeded to lose the 1968 Sun Bowl 34–10 to the Auburn Tigers. The events led to the creation of the Fiesta Bowl as

4446-457: The last 25 meetings, mainly due to Arizona State having more strong recruiting and on-field performance by being from a larger market and Arizona underperforming and having poor coaching as well as the Wildcats’ basketball success often overshadowing the football program, especially when the two teams meet at end of each season, though the teams’ play is somewhat even in recent years. ASU had a five-game winning streak from 2017 until 2021 (including

4524-427: The modern era of the game, it has often been played on the day after Thanksgiving . It has most recently been scheduled for the Saturday after Thanksgiving to accommodate network television coverage. Starting with the 2009–2010 school year, both schools created a “Territorial Cup Series” that encompasses each of the 20 varsity intercollegiate sports that Arizona and Arizona State compete head to head in, apparently due to

4602-425: The names Big Five , Big Six , Pacific-8 , and Pacific-10 . The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of Colorado and Utah . Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 has won more NCAA national championships in team sports than any other conference in history. Washington 's national title in women's rowing in 2017 was the 500th NCAA championship won by a Pac-12 school. The Pac-12 holds

4680-460: The negotiating table. Reports began circulating that Commissioner Kliavkoff had been to the San Diego State University and SMU campuses for tours. This was allegedly part of the conference's vetting process for expansion. San Diego State sent the Mountain West Conference a letter notifying it of the school's impending departure. The Pac-12, however, was adamant about securing a media rights deal before expanding. Without an incoming offer before

4758-406: The new Athletic Association of Western Universities was launched, with California, UCLA, USC, and Washington as the four charter members. Stanford joined during the first month. Hamilton left Pittsburgh to become the first commissioner of the AAWU, and remained for twelve years. The conference also was popularly known as the Big Five from 1960 to 1962. When Washington State joined in 1962,

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4836-447: The new Mountain West Conference . Utah became the first " BCS Buster " to join a BCS conference, having played in (and won) two BCS games beforehand. On July 27, 2010, the conference unveiled a new logo and announced that the Pac-10 would be renamed the Pac-12 when Utah and Colorado formally joined in July 2011. On October 21, the Pac-12 announced that its football competition would be split into two divisions —a North Division comprising

4914-404: The rivalry being the “Duel in the Desert” (or the “Desert Duel”), since both schools wanted to battle for pride and to be the best team in the state, not only in football, but in all sports. In 1899, and continuously since 2001, each year's winner receives the Territorial Cup, a traveling trophy. The trophy was originally used in 1899 for the series that involved the teams' first ever meeting. As

4992-459: The rivalry, the game has never been contested anywhere beside Tempe or Tucson, and alternates between the two respective campuses. Games in odd-numbered years are played in Tempe at ASU, and even-numbered years in Tucson at UA. It is part of the wider Arizona–Arizona State rivalry , which crosses 20 varsity intercollegiate sports. It is also the biggest and most anticipated football game in the state of Arizona each year. The rivalry dates to 1899 in

5070-401: The same name), “Desert Wars” (due to Arizona being known for having a desert climate), the “Cactus War” (named after Arizona's prominent feature, the saguaro cactus), and the “Phoenix–Tucson rivalry” (due to both schools being located in state's two largest metropolitan areas, with ASU in Tempe, Phoenix's east suburb, and UA located within the Tucson city limits), with the most famous nickname for

5148-409: The schools believing that the rivalry happens in all sports and not only in football. Each sport is worth either a half or full point in the year-long competition. While the series has yet to have an official sponsor like other rivalry series between two universities, both UA and ASU have tracked down and promoted the series each season. The school that records the most points during the school year wins

5226-412: The series in the 2022–23 season, their 8th overall win by a final score of 11–10. Arizona would earn points in: Football, Men's & Women's Cross Country, Women's Volleyball (½), Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball (½), Softball, Women's Golf, Men's Tennis, Women's Indoor Track and Field, Men's & Women's Outdoor Track and Field. Arizona would win for the second consecutive season and 9th overall by

5304-432: The series record with a 4th win in a row by a margin of 10.5–9.5 with ASU earning points in: Men's Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Swimming & Diving, Golf and Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Volleyball(½), Basketball(½), Indoor Track & Field, Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball(½), Tennis and Outdoor Track & Field. The following season 2017–18, U of A claimed its first victory since 2012 & 5th overall by

5382-500: The start of 2009 until the end of the 2012 season the teams competed in 18 events that both Universities competed in at the Division 1 Level. Following the 2013 season the schools agreed to add two Men's & Women's events bringing the total to 20. The total increased to 21, with ASU adding Men's Tennis in 2018. The total increased again to 22, with U of A adding Women's triathlon in 2023. Men's Events Women's Events The first season, 2009–10 ended with Arizona winning in

5460-887: The two schools from gaining full control of the conference for the 2023–24 academic year; a Washington Supreme Court commissioner granted UW's motion on November 28, 2023. However, this was overturned on December 15, 2023, by the Washington State Supreme Court , giving Oregon State and Washington State sole control of the Pac-12, meaning the departing schools will no longer be able to vote on conference decisions. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties. Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance. The following table shows institutional reporting to

5538-401: The two universities finish tied, the winner shall be decided by whichever school finishes higher in the Directors' Cup standings. If the teams finish in a tie in the Director Cup standings, the series will end in a tie. The winner of the series receives a silver Territorial Cup Series trophy. One university must accumulate at least 11½ points or more to win the trophy outright. When the trophy

5616-438: The wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, which resulted in the schools only playing in 12 of the 21 events. The 2020–21 season ASU Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving teams both opted out of the season, resulting in 2 fewer points & did not count towards final standings. Also during the 2020–21 season because of Covid travel restrictions, U of A & ASU Women's Gymnastics competed twice, each meet for ½ point. Arizona Leads

5694-699: Was a major conference called the Big Eight ). In 1968, the AAWU formally renamed itself the Pacific-8 Conference , or Pac-8 for short. The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team from the conference until the 1975 season ; in basketball, participation in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was not allowed until 1973 . Idaho was never invited to join the AAWU; the Vandals were independent for four years until

5772-525: Was founded at a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon . Charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). An official of Stanford University also attended the meeting but declined to join right away because, unlike the other schools, it

5850-492: Was not going to sponsor a football team in the coming year and it was not willing to prohibit freshmen from competing in sports. The PCC began play in 1916. One year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) joined the league, followed by Stanford University in 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of USC and Idaho . Montana joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928,

5928-414: Was previously known as the Normal School of Arizona (1899–1901), Tempe Normal School (1901–1925), Tempe State Teacher's College (1925–1928), Arizona State Teacher's College (1928–1945), and Arizona State College (1945–1958) before becoming its current name since 1958 (Arizona has always been called the University of Arizona since their football program began playing in 1899). Arizona State did not come under

6006-643: Was put on display in the Alumni Association headquarters and then the University Archives. It was later authenticated as the original cup by the NCAA, making it the oldest rivalry game trophy in college football. In 2000, Arizona contacted Arizona State about displaying the cup on their campus. The following year, then ASU President Lattie Coor ordered that the Territorial Cup be shared as a traveling trophy, to be displayed by each year's winner. Coor and then UA President Peter Likins signed

6084-405: Was the current athletic director at Pittsburgh ). Nicknamed the " Airplane Conference ", the five former PCC schools would have played with other major academically-oriented schools, including Army , Navy , Air Force , Notre Dame , Pitt , Penn State , and Syracuse . The effort fell through when a Pentagon official vetoed the idea and the service academies backed out. On July 1, 1959,

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