Football/Conference Pioneer Football League San Diego Toreros. The University of San Diego Padres baseball team plays in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I Pac-12 Conference. The university was founded in 1855 as a Jesuit school with a small college campus. Since then, the university has grown into a large institution with more than 10,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. It is located in San Diego, California. The football program began in 1898 with an 11-0 record under John Dutton. The Toreros have won or shared eight conference titles and made nine appearances in the NCAA Tournament. They have won two Division II national championships - 2000 and 2001. The Toreros played in their first Rose Bowl in 2002 but lost to Michigan 17-14. They returned to the game in 2013 and lost to Michigan 22-19 in what is currently the longest-running annual series between two colleges or universities in the United States. The game has been called the "Granddaddy of 'Em All" because it used to be an all-out war between the schools who would pick their teams by writing them on pieces of paper and throwing them into a bowl.