Ten national champions Utah has qualified for 44 consecutive national championships and is the only program in the country to have qualified for all 38 NCAA Championships. Utah has won a record ten national championships and finished second nine times. Utah has also finished in the top three 23 times and has never finished lower than tenth place. The Utes' 10 national titles are tied with Alabama for most all time. California, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia each have 9 national titles. Utah began competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) during the 1897-98 season as the American University Rugby Club. The team changed its name to the "University of Utah" in 1901 after it joined the newly formed Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). In 1915, the university dropped "American" from its name after the United States entered World War I. The Utes competed as an independent school until the PCC began sponsoring football in 1950. Utah became a charter member of the Pac-12 on July 1, 2012. Athletics at Utah compete against some of the best teams in college sports including Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, and Washington. The Utes' home games are played at Rice-Eccles Stadium, which seats 55,000 people. It is located near Salt Lake City, Utah.