The Pac 10 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, becoming the Pacific-10 in 1978. Oregon (an original member of the AAWU) won the NCAA's first-ever national championship in 1939 (beat Ohio St) and California won the national championship in 1959. The Pac 8 gave us the UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s (10 titles from 1964... Read more