The Sports Almanac


California Golden Bears Division I National Championships


Overall Championships -- 46
YEAR
SPORT
RUNNER-UP
1920
Football
NONE
1921
Football
NONE
1922
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Penn State Nittany Lions

Football
NONE
1947
Baseball
Yale Bulldogs
1957
Baseball
Penn State Nittany Lions
1959
Men's Basketball
West Virginia Mountaineers
1968
Men's Gymnastics
Southern Illinois Salukis
1973
Men's Water Polo
UC Irvine Anteaters
1974
Men's Water Polo
UC Irvine Anteaters
1975
Men's Gymnastics
LSU Tigers

Men's Water Polo
UC Irvine Anteaters
1977
Men's Water Polo
UC Irvine Anteaters
1979
Men's Swimming & Diving
USC Trojans
1980
Men's Swimming & Diving Texas Longhorns
1983
Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
1984
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Cardinal
1987
Men's Water Polo
UC Irvine Anteaters
1988
Men's Water Polo
UCLA Bruins
1990
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Cardinal
1991
Men's Water Polo
UCLA Bruins
1992
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Cardinal
1997
Men's Gymnastics
Oklahoma Sooners
1998
Men's Gymnastics
Iowa Hawkeyes
2002
Softball
Arizona Wildcats
2004
Men's Golf
UCLA Bruins
2005
Rowing
Virginia Cavaliers
2006
Rowing
Princeton Tigers

Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
2007
Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
2009
Women's Swimming & Diving Georgia Bulldogs
2011
Men's Swimming & Diving Texas Longhorns

Women's Swimming & Diving Georgia Bulldogs
2012
Men's Swimming & Diving Texas Longhorns

Women's Swimming & Diving Georgia Bulldogs
2014
Men's Swimming & Diving
Texas Longhorns
2015
Women's Swimming & Diving
Georgia Bulldogs
2016
Rowing
Ohio State Buckeyes

Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
2018
Rowing
Washington Huskies
2019
Men's Swimming & Diving Texas Longhorns
2021
Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
2022
Men's Swimming & Diving Texas Longhorns

Men's Water Polo
USC Trojans
2023
Men's Swimming & Diving Arizona State Sun Devils

Water Polo
UCLA Bruins