Conference Partners

The present exclusive agreement among the Tournament of Roses Association, the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-12 Conference was born in 1947. The pact is the oldest intercollegiate postseason bowl agreement between two major conferences in the United States. Since 1947, both conferences have undergone various transformations. Today’s Pac-12 Conference originated as the Pacific Coast Conference and changed to the Athletic Association of Western Universities from 1959-68, then to the Pacific-8 Conference in 1968, then to the Pac-10 in 1978 and finally to the Pac-12 in 2011. The Big Ten Conference has also altered its composition. With the addition of Nebraska in 2011, the Big Ten now comprises 12 teams.