The 12 Conference, also known as the Pacific-12 Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference that consists of twelve universities located in the western United States. The conference was founded in 1915 and is one of the oldest collegiate conferences in the nation. The conference is divided into two divisions, the North and South, and each division has six teams. The PAC, or Pacific-12 Conference, is the governing body of the conference and is responsible for organizing and managing the conference's events and activities.