Pacific Coast Conference

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The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States, now defunct. Though the Pac-10 claims the PCC as part of its history, the PCC had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis and scandal.

By 1957 the conference had fallen apart, leading to the decision to dissolve in 1959. Soon after the PCC was dissolved, several of its former members (Califonia, Washington, UCLA, USC, and Stanford) created the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU). Eventually Oregon, Oregon State, and Washington State would join this coalition, but members were not required to play other members. Tensions were high between UCLA and Stanford, as Stanford had voted for UCLA's expulsion from the PCC.

Despite all this, the AAWU eventually strengthened its bonds and became the Pacific-8 Conference, which eventually became the Pacific-10 Conference.

Conference Baseball Champions 1916-1922[edit]

Year Regular Season Notes
1916 Cal
1917 Cal
1918 Oregon
1919 Washington
1920 Cal
1921 Cal
1922 Washington

In 1923, the conference adopted a divisional format with a North and South winner. Before the 1927 season, the southern schools created the CIBA in place of the PCC's South division.

Conference Baseball Champions 1923-1959[edit]

Year North South (CIBA 1927-1966) PCC Playoff Champion Notes
1923 Washington Cal --
1924 Cal
1925 Washington Stanford --
1926 Washington Cal --
1927 Washington State Saint Mary's --
1928 Oregon/Washington State Saint Mary's --
1929 Washington Cal --
1930 Washington USC --
1931 Washington Stanford --
1932 Washington USC --
1933 Washington State Cal --
1934 Oregon Cal --
1935 Oregon Cal/USC --
1936 Washington State USC --
1937 Oregon Cal --
1938 Oregon State/Washington State Cal --
1939 Oregon USC/Saint Mary's --
1940 Oregon State Saint Mary's --
1941 Oregon Cal/Saint Mary's --
1942 Oregon USC --
1943 Oregon/Oregon State Cal/USC --
1944 Washington State UCLA --
1945 Washington State Cal --
1946 Oregon USC --
1947 Washington State Cal/USC -- Cal wins CWS
1948 Washington State USC USC
1949 Washington State USC USC USC wins CWS
1950 Washington State Stanford Washington State
1951 Oregon State USC USC
1952 Oregon State USC Oregon State
1953 Oregon Stanford Stanford
1954 Oregon USC Oregon
1955 Oregon USC USC
1956 Washington State USC Washington State
1957 Oregon Cal/USC Cal Cal wins CWS
1958 Oregon State USC USC USC wins CWS
1959 Washington USC USC

Source: Wikipedia