2017 Pac-12 Conference football season

The 2017 Pac–12 Conference football season is the seventh for the twelve-team league. The season began on August 26, 2017, and ended with the Pac-12 Championship Game on December 1, 2017 at Levi's Stadium.[1]

2017 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportAmerican football
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family, (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
Top scorerMyles Gaskin, RB (132 points)
North championsStanford Cardinal
Washington Huskies
  North runners-upWashington State Cougars
South championsUSC Trojans
  South runners-upArizona State Sun Devils
Pac–12 Championship
ChampionsUSC
  Runners-upStanford Cardinal
Finals MVPSam Darnold, QB
2017 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 20 Stanford xy  7 2     9 5  
No. 16 Washington x  7 2     10 3  
Washington State  6 3     9 4  
Oregon  4 5     7 6  
California  2 7     5 7  
Oregon State  0 9     1 11  
South Division
No. 12 USC xy$  8 1     11 3  
Arizona State  6 3     7 6  
Arizona  5 4     7 6  
UCLA  4 5     6 7  
Utah  3 6     7 6  
Colorado  2 7     5 7  
Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Washington defeated Colorado 41–10 for the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.[2]

Six teams participated in bowl games. Stanford defeated North Carolina 25–23 in the Sun Bowl.[3] Utah won over Indiana 26–24 at the Foster Farms Bowl.[4] Washington State lost 12–17 to Minnesota in the Holiday Bowl.[5] Colorado lost to Oklahoma State 8–38 in the Alamo Bowl.[6] In the Rose Bowl, USC defeated Penn State 52–49.[7] And in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Round, Washington lost to Alabama by a score of 7–24.[8]

Pre-season

2017 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

North Division

  • California – 14 signees
  • Oregon – 24 signees
  • Oregon State – 24 signees
  • Stanford – 14 signees
  • Washington – 18 signees
  • Washington State – 27 signees

South Division

  • Arizona – 34 signees
  • Arizona State – 19 signees
  • Colorado – 28 signees
  • UCLA – 18 signees
  • USC – 26 signees
  • Utah – 21 signees

Pac-12 media days

The Pac-12 conducted its annual media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, – The Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA between July 26 and July 27. The event commenced with a speech by Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, and all 12 teams sent their head coaches and two selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the Pac-12 Network. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Preseason Media Polls

The Pac-12 Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. Only eight times has the preseason pick even made it to the Pac-12 title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.

Pac-12 Champion Voting

  • USC – 28
  • Washington – 22
  • Oregon – 1
  • Utah – 1

References:[9]

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[10] Rivals[11] Scout[12] 24/7[13] Signees
Arizona 39 41 41 42 34
Arizona State 26 20 17 19 19
California - 29 36 34 14
Colorado - 71 75 69 28
Oregon 15 17 21 16 24
Oregon State - 71 63 60 24
Stanford 27 18 25 24 14
UCLA 11 13 9 12 18
USC 3 1 1 2 26
Utah - 41 53 45 18
Washington 28 30 23 27 21
Washington State - 55 38 41 27

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were two coaching changes following the 2017 season including Justin Wilcox with California and Willie Taggart with Oregon.

Coaches

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record
Arizona Rich Rodriguez 6 162–116–2 (.582) 42–32 (.568) 23–28 (.451)
Arizona State Todd Graham 6 93–59 (.612) 44–30 (.595) 29–22 (.569)
California Justin Wilcox 1 5–5 (.500) 5–5 (.500) 2–5 (.286)
Colorado Mike MacIntyre 5 40–57 (.412) 25–36 (.410) 12–31 (.279)
Oregon Willie Taggart 1 47–50 (.485) 7-5 (.583) 4–5 (.444)
Oregon State Cory Hall 1 0–6 (.000) 0–6 (.000) 0–6 (.000)
Stanford David Shaw 7 70–20 (.778) 70–20 (.778) 47–14 (.770)
UCLA Jim L. Mora 6 45-29 (.608) 45–29 (.608) 27–25 (.519)
USC Clay Helton 4 24–9 (.727) 24–9 (.727) 18–4 (.818)
Utah Kyle Whittingham 13 109–54 (.669) 109–54 (.669) 27–33 (.450)
Washington Chris Petersen 4 127–27 (.825) 35–15 (.700) 22–12 (.647)
Washington State Mike Leach 6 121–79 (.605) 37–36 (.507) 25–27 (.481)

Rankings

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Final
Arizona
Wildcats
AP 23 RV RV
C RV RV RV 25 RV RV
CFP Not released 22
Arizona State
Sun Devils
AP
C RV
CFP Not released
California
Golden Bears
AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released
Colorado
Buffaloes
AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Oregon
Ducks
AP RV RV RV 24 RV RV
C RV RV RV 24 RV RV
CFP Not released
Oregon State
Beavers
AP
C
CFP Not released
Stanford
Cardinal
AP 14 14 19 RV RV RV 23 22 20 18 RV 20 20 14 15 20
C 14 14 19 RV RV RV 25 22 20 18 RV 23 20 15 16 19
CFP Not released 21 22 21 12 13
UCLA
Bruins
AP RV RV 25
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released
USC
Trojans
AP 4 6 4 5 5 14 13 11 21 17 15 12 11 11 8 12
C 4 5 4 5 5 15 13 10 21 17 14 10 10 9 7 10
CFP Not released 17 11 11 11 10 8
Utah
Utes
AP RV RV RV 23 20 20 RV RV 20
C 25 23 24 21 19 18 23 RV 23 RV
CFP Not released
Washington
Huskies
AP 8 7 6 7 6 6 5 12 12 12 9 16 15 13 12 16
C 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 12 11 11 8 15 14 13 12 15
CFP Not released 12 9 18 17 13 11
Washington State
Cougars
AP 24 20 21 18 16 11 8 15 15 25 19 15 14 21 21 RV
C RV 22 22 18 16 11 9 18 16 RV 20 16 15 22 21 RV
CFP Not released 25 19 14 13 18 18
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for College Football Playoff
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time. Pac-12 teams in bold.

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

Week 1

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
August 26 12:00 PM Oregon State Colorado State Colorado State StadiumFort Collins, CO CBSSN L 27–58   37,583
August 26 7:00 PM No. 14 Stanford Rice Allianz StadiumSydney, Australia ESPN W 62–7   33,101
August 31 4:30 PM North Dakota Utah Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT P12N W 37–16   45,905
August 31 7:30 PM New Mexico State Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ P12N W 37–31   46,596
September 1 5:00 PM No. 8 Washington Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ FS1 W 30–14   46,093
September 1 5:00 PM Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO P12N W 17–3   73,932
September 2 9:20 AM California North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC ACCN W 35–30   49,500
September 2 11:00 AM Portland State Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR P12N W 35–32   34,737
September 2 2:15 PM Western Michigan No. 4 USC LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA P12N W 49–31   61,125
September 2 5:15 PM Southern Utah Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR P12N W 77–21   52,204
September 2 7:30 PM Montana State No. 24 Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA FS1 W 31–0   30,254
September 2 8:00 PM Northern Arizona Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ P12N W 62–24   43,620
September 3 4:30 PM Texas A&M UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA FOX W 45–44   64,635
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 9 11:00 AM Texas State Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO P12N W 37–3   43,822
September 9 1:30 PM Nebraska Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX W 42–35   58,389
September 9 2:00 PM Weber State California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA P12N W 33–20   36,209
September 9 2:00 PM Hawaii UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N W 56–23   50,444
September 9 5:00 PM Montana No. 7 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA P12N W 63–7   68.491
September 9 5:00 PM No. 14 Stanford No. 6 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX  USC 42–24   77,614
September 9 7:00 PM Minnesota Oregon State Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FS1 L 14–48   35,206
September 9 7:15 PM Utah BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT (Holy War) ESPN2 W 19–13   63,470
September 9 7:30 PM Boise State No. 20 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN W 47–443OT   32,631
September 9 7:30 PM Houston Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPNU L 16–19   43,334
September 9 8:00 PM San Diego State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N L 20–30   54,336
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 15 7:15 PM Arizona UTEP Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX ESPN W 63–16   22,133
September 16 9:00 AM No. 25 UCLA Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN ABC L 45–48   46,291
September 16 11:00 AM Northern Colorado Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N W 41–21   44,318
September 16 2:30 PM Oregon State No. 21 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N  WSU 52–23   32,487
September 16 4:00 PM Oregon Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY CBSSN W 49–13   29,139
September 16 5:00 PM Arizona State Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX FSN L 45–52   58,547
September 16 5:30 PM Texas No. 4 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX W 27–242OT   84,714
September 16 6:30 PM Fresno State No. 6 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 48–16   68,384
September 16 7:00 PM San Jose State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 W 54–16   45,881
September 16 7:30 PM Ole Miss California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN W 27–16   37,125
September 16 7:30 PM No. 19 Stanford San Diego State Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA CBSSN L 17–20   43,040
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 4

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22 7:30 PM No. 23 Utah Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1  UTAH 30–24   36,651
September 23 12:30 PM No. 5 USC California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ABC  USC 30–20   46,747
September 23 3:00 PM Nevada No. 18 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 45–7   30,317
September 23 7:00 PM No. 24 Oregon Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 37–35   50,110
September 23 7:00 PM No. 7 Washington Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FS1  WASH 37–10   47,666
September 23 7:30 PM UCLA Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA ESPN  STAN 58–34   48,042
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
September 23Oregon State

Week 5

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 29 7:30 PM No. 5 USC No. 16 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN  WSU 30–27   33,773
September 30 1:00 PM Arizona State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA P12N  STAN 34–24   44,422
September 30 5:00 PM No. 6 Washington Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  WASH 42–7   37,821
September 30 7:30 PM Colorado UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN2  UCLA 27–23   61,338
September 30 7:30 PM California Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FS1  ORE 45–24   55,707
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
September 30ArizonaUtah

Week 6

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 7 1:00 PM Oregon State No. 14 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N  USC 38–10   60,314
October 7 5:00 PM No. 11 Washington State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX  WSU 33–10   56,653
October 7 5:00 PM Arizona Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  ARZ 45–42   49,976
October 7 7:15 PM Stanford No. 20 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  STAN 23–20   45,991
October 7 7:45 PM California No. 6 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN  WASH 38–7   67,429
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
October 7Arizona StateUCLA

Week 7

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 13 7:30 PM No. 8 Washington State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN  CAL 37–3   26,244
October 14 1:00 PM Colorado Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  COLO 36–33   33,785
October 14 5:00 PM Utah No. 13 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ABC  USC 28–27   72,382
October 14 6:00 PM UCLA Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N  ARZ 47–30   48,380
October 14 7:45 PM No. 5 Washington Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  ASU 13–7   51,234
October 14 8:00 PM Oregon No. 23 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1  STAN 49–7   48,559
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 8

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 21 12:30 PM Arizona State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  ASU 30–10   45,863
October 21 1:00 PM Oregon UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N  UCLA 31–14   55,711
October 21 4:30 PM No. 11 USC No. 13 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) NBC L 14–49   77,622
October 21 5:00 PM Arizona California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  ARZ 45–442OT   37,525
October 21 7:45 PM Colorado No. 15 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN  WSU 28–0   31,461
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
October 21Oregon StateStanfordWashington

Week 9

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 26 6:00 PM No. 20 Stanford Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR ESPN  STAN 15–14   30,912
October 28 11:00 AM California Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  COLO 44–28   47,216
October 28 12:30 PM UCLA No. 12 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ABC  WASH 44–23   69,847
October 28 2:45 PM Utah Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  ORE 41–20   56,154
October 28 6:30 PM No. 15 Washington State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N  ARZ 58–37   42,822
October 28 7:45 PM No. 21 USC Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  USC 48–17   53,446
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 10

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 3 6:30 PM UCLA Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  UTAH 48–17   45,902
November 4 12:30 PM No. 18 Stanford Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA FOX  WSU 24–21   32,952
November 4 2:00 PM Oregon State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  CAL 37–23   35,440
November 4 6:00 PM Colorado Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 41–30   44,553
November 4 7:00 PM Oregon No. 12 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FS1  WASH 38–3   70,572
November 4 7:45 PM No. 23 Arizona No. 17 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  USC 49–35   70,225
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 11

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 10 7:30 PM No. 9 Washington Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1  STAN 30–22   44,589
November 11 1:00 PM No. 14 USC Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FOX  USC 38–24   49,337
November 11 2:30 PM No. 19 Washington State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT P12N  WSU 33–25   45,826
November 11 6:30 PM Arizona State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N  UCLA 44–37   53,847
November 11 7:00 PM Oregon State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN2  ARZ 49–28   40,984
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
November 11CaliforniaOregon

Week 12

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 18 12:00 PM Arizona State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  ASU 40–24   36,063
November 18 4:00 PM Arizona Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  ORE 48–28   51,799
November 18 5:00 PM California No. 20 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (119th Big Game/Stanford Axe) FOX  STAN 17–14   51,424
November 18 5:00 PM UCLA No. 12 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) ABC  USC 28–23   82,407
November 18 7:30 PM Utah No. 16 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN  WASH 33–30   65,767
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
November 18ColoradoWashington State

Week 13

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 24 7:30 PM California UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (California–UCLA rivalry) FS1  UCLA 30–27   50,287
November 25 1:30 PM Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup) P12N  ASU 42–30   59,385
November 25 4:00 PM Oregon State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War) ESPN2  ORE 69–10   57,475
November 25 5:00 pm No. 14 Washington State No. 15 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup) FOX  WASH 41–14   71,265
November 25 5:00 PM No. 9 Notre Dame No. 20 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy) ABC W 38–20   47,352
November 25 7:00 PM Colorado Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies) FS1  UTAH 34–13   46,022
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
DateBye Week
November 25USC

Championship game

The championship game will played on December 1, 2017. It will feature the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This will be the seventh championship game and is also a rematch of the 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, the first rematch in the history of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 1 5:00 PM No. 14 Stanford No. 11 USC Levi's StadiumSanta Clara, CA ESPN  USC 31–28   48,031
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Pac-12 vs other conferences

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC), Although not all consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Pac-12 considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. The Pac-12 plays in the non-conference games. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScore
September 1#8 WashingtonRutgersHigh Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJW 30–14
September 2CaliforniaNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NCW 35–30
September 3Texas A&MUCLARose BowlPasadena, CAW 45–44
September 9NebraskaOregonAutzen StadiumEugene, ORW 42–35
September 9MinnesotaOregon StateReser StadiumCorvallis, ORL 14–48
September 9UtahBYULaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UTHoly War W 19–13
September 16Arizona StateTexas TechSun Devil StadiumTempe, AZL 45–52
September 16Texas#4 USCLA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CAW 27–24 (2OT)
September 16Ole MissCaliforniaCalifornia Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CAW 27–16
October 21#11 USC#13 Notre DameNotre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, INNotre Dame–USC football rivalryL 14–49
November 25#9 Notre Dame#20 StanfordStanford StadiumStanford, CANotre Dame–Stanford football rivalryW 38–20
December 26West VirginiaUtahCotton BowlDallas, TXZaxby's Heart of Dallas BowlW 30–14[14]
December 26Kansas StateUCLAChase FieldPhoenix, AZMotel 6 Cactus BowlL 17–35[15]
December 27PurdueArizonaLevi StadiumSanta Clara, CAFoster Farms BowlL 35–38[16]
December 28#18 Michigan State#21 Washington StateSDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CAHoliday BowlL 17–42[17]
December 28#13 TCU#15 StanfordAlamodomeSan Antonio, TXValero Alamo BowlL 37–39[18]
December 29#24 NC StateArizona StateSun BowlEl Paso, TXHyundai Sun BowlL 31–52[19]
December 29#5 Ohio State#8 USCAT&T StadiumArlington, TXCotton BowlL 7–24[20]
December 30#9 Penn State#12 WashingtonUniversity of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZFiesta BowlL 28–35[21]

Records against other conferences

2017 records against non-conference foes as of (Nov 25, 2017):

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
 Pac-12 win
 Pac-12 loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (PST) Pac-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl December 16 Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV ABC 12:30 PM Oregon #25 Boise State L 28–38[24] 36,432[25]
Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl December 26 Cotton BowlDallas, TX ESPN 10:00 AM Utah West Virginia W 30–14[26] 20,507[27]
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl December 26 Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ ESPN 6:00 PM UCLA Kansas State L 17–35[28] 32,859[29]
Foster Farms Bowl December 27 Levi StadiumSanta Clara, CA FOX 5:30 PM Arizona Purdue L 35–38[30] 28,436[31]
Holiday Bowl December 28 SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA FS1 6:00 PM #18 Washington State #16 Michigan State L 17–42[32] 47,092[33]
Valero Alamo Bowl December 28 AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX ESPN 6:00 PM #13 Stanford #15 TCU L 37–39[34] 57,653[35]
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 29 Sun BowlEl Paso, TX CBS 12:00 PM Arizona State #24 NC State L 31–52[36] 39,897[37]
New Year's Six Bowls
Cotton Bowl December 29 AT&T StadiumArlington, TX ESPN 5:30 PM #8 USC #5 Ohio State L 7–24[38] 67,510[39]
Fiesta Bowl December 30 University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ ESPN 1:00 PM #12 Washington #9 Penn State L 28–35[40] 61,842[41]

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Pacific Time Zone.

* Rankings based on CFP rankings, Pac-12 team is bolded

Selection of teams: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State (9)

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Position Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2) [42] Josh Rosen QB UCLA Devante Downs LB California Jake Olson LS USC
Week 2 (Sept. 9) [43] Sam Darnold QB USC Peyton Pelluer LB Washington State Dante Pettis WR/PR Washington
Week 3 (Sept. 16) [44] Luke Falk QB Washington State Devante Downs (2) LB California Dante Pettis (2) WR/PR Washington
Week 4 (Sept. 23) [45] Bryce Love RB Stanford Jack Jones CB USC Brandon Ruiz PK ASU
Week 5 (Sept. 30) [46] Bryce Love (2) RB Stanford Jahad Woods LB Washington State Erik Powell PK Washington State
Week 6 (Oct. 7)[47] Khalil Tate QB Arizona Justin Reid DB Stanford Erik Powell (2) PK Washington State
Week 7 (Oct. 14) [48] Khalil Tate (2) QB Arizona Jordan Kunaszyk LB California Mitch Wishnowsky P Utah
Week 8 (Oct. 21) [49] Khalil Tate (3) QB Arizona Colin Schooler LB Arizona Brandon Ruiz (2) PK ASU
Week 9 (Oct. 28) [50] Khalil Tate (4) QB Arizona Harrison Phillips DL Stanford Lucas Havrisik PK Arizona
Week 10 (Nov. 4) [51] Luke Falk (2) QB Washington State Manase Hungalu LB Oregon State Dante Pettis (3) WR/PR Washington
Week 11 (Nov. 11) [52] Bryce Love (3) RB Stanford Hercules Mata'afa DL Washington State Erik Powell (3) K Washington State
Week 12 (Nov. 18) [53] Jake Browning QB Washington Troy Dye LB Oregon Michael Pittman Jr. WR/PR USC
Week 13 (Nov. 25)[54] Myles Gaskin RB Washington Kenny Young LB UCLA Jake Bailey P Stanford

All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.[55]

Honorable mentions

  • ARIZONA: OL Jacob Alsadek, RSr.; RS Shun Brown, Jr.; OL Nate Eldridge, So.; LB Colin Schooler, Fr.; QB Khalil Tate, So.; RB Nick Wilson, Sr.
  • ARIZONA STATE: DB Chad Adams, Sr..; LB DJ Calhoun, Sr.; OL Sam Jones, RJr.; RB Demario Richard, Sr.; LB Christian Sam, Jr.; DL Tashon Smallwood, Sr.; QB Manny Wilkins, Jr.
  • CALIFORNIA: LB Devante Downs, Sr.; RB Patrick Laird, Jr.; DL James Looney, Sr.; OL Patrick Mekari, Jr.
  • COLORADO: LB Rick Gamboa, Jr.; OL Jeromy Irwin, Sr.; RB Phillip Lindsay, Sr.; QB Steven Montez, So.; DB Evan Worthington, Jr.
  • OREGON: DB Ugo Amadi, Jr.; TE Jake Breeland, RSo.; OL Jake Hanson, RSo.; DB Arrion Springs, Sr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, So.
  • OREGON STATE: LB Manase Hungalu, RSr.; DB David Morris, Fr.
  • STANFORD: OL Jesse Burkett, Sr.; OL A.T. Hall, Sr.; OL Walker Little, Fr.; LB Bobby Okereke, Sr.; RS Cameron Scarlett, Jr.; AP/ST Brandon Simmons, Sr.; PK Jet Toner, So.; WR JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Jr.
  • UCLA: WR Darren Andrews, RSr.; WR Jordan Lasley, RJr.; OL Scott Quessenberry, RSr.; OL Najee Toran, Sr.; DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, Sr.
  • USC: OL Chris Brown, RJr.; TB Stephen Carr, Fr.; DL Josh Fatu, Sr.; DB Chris Hawkins, RSr.; DB Iman Marshall, Jr.; WR Steven Mitchell Jr., RSr.; TE Tyler Petite, Jr.; DL Brandon Pili, Fr.; TB Tyler Vaughns, RFr.
  • UTAH: OL Lo Falemaka, Sr.; LB Kavika Luafatasaga, Sr.; DL Lowell Lotulelei, Sr.; DL Filipo Mokofisi, Sr.
  • WASHINGTON: TB Salvon Ahmed, Fr.; LB Tevis Bartlett, Jr.; QB Jake Browning, Jr.; DB Myles Bryant, So.; OL Nick Harris, So.
  • WASHINGTON STATE: OL Andre Dillard, RJr.; QB Luke Falk, RSr.; LB Frankie Luvu, Sr.; RB Jamal Morrow, RSr.

Pac-12 individual awards

The following individuals won the Pac-12 conference's annual player and coach awards:

All-Americans

The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of america (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA):

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA):

All-Academic

[56] First team

Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Justin Herbert Oregon Sophomore 4.08 Biology
RB Patrick Laird California RSJr. 3.51 Business Administration; Political Science
RB Nick Ralston Arizona State (2) RSSo. 4.00 Finance
WR John Gardner Washington RSJr. 3.54 Mathematics
WR Timmy Hernandez Oregon State Junior 3.74 Mechanical Engineering
TE Harrison Handley Utah Senior 3.63 Educational Leadership and Policy
OL Christian Boettcher Arizona Senior 3.60 Biochemistry
OL Johnny Capra Utah Sophomore 3.96 Communication
OL Isaac Miller Colorado RSSo. 3.77 Integrative Physiology & Psychology
OL Calvin Throckmorton Oregon (2) RSSo. 3.76 Human Physiology
OL Nick Wilson Stanford (2) Junior 3.62 Mechanical Engineering
DL Nick Heninger Utah RSFr. 3.93 Undeclared/Pre-Dentistry
DL Dylan Jackson Stanford (2) Junior 3.30 Political Science
DL Harrison Phillips Stanford (2) Senior 3.34 Science, Technology and Society; Sociology
DL Pita Tonga Utah RSFr. 3.56 Undeclared
LB Tevis Bartlett Washington (2) Junior 3.65 Education, Community & Organizations
LB Ben Burr-Kirven Washington (2) Junior 3.58 Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Studies
LB Derek McCartney Colorado Gr. 3.71 Integrative Physiology
DB Terrell Burgess Utah Sophomore 3.59 Undeclared
DB Malcolm Holland Arizona (2) Sophomore 3.44 Pre-Business
DB Taylor Rapp Washington Sophomore 3.66 Business
DB Luke Rubenzer California Senior 3.24 Business Administration
PK Van Soderberg Washington RSFr. 3.91 Pre-Engineering
P Mitch Wishnowsky Utah Junior 3.40 Kinesiology Teaching
ST Richard McNitzky Stanford Sophomore 3.88 Undeclared

Second team

Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
QB Jake Browning Washington Junior 3.37 Business (Finances)
RB Ryan Nall Oregon State RSJr. 3.41 Speech Communication
RB Cameron Scarlett Stanford Junior 3.30 Science, Technology and Technology
WR Brandon Arconado Washington State RSSo. 3.38 Undeclared
WR Demari Simpkins Utah Sophomore 3.23 Communication
TE Dalton Schultz Stanford Senior 3.43 Science, Technology and Society
OL Jesse Burkett Stanford (2) Senior 3.50 Japanese; Symbolic Systems
OL Jake Curhan California RSFr. 3.51 Undeclared
OL Devery Hamilton Stanford Sophomore 3.47 Undeclared
OL Darrin Paulo Utah So. 3.44 Economics
OL Luke Wattenberg Washington RSFr. 3.36 Pre-Engineering
DL Greg Gaines Washington (2) Junior 3.25 Extended Pre-Major
DL Tony Mekari California RSSr. 3.24 Legal Studies
DL Levi Onwuzurike Washington RSFr. 3.36 Pre-Arts & Sciences
DL Jovan Swann Stanford Sophomore 3.25 Undeclared
LB Peyton Pelluer Washington State (2) RSSr. 3.36 Humanities
LB Casey Toohill Stanford (2) Junior 3.68 Political Science
LB Josh Woods UCLA Junior 3.33 Sociology
DB Frank Buncom Stanford (2) Sophomore 3.23 Human Biology
DB Treyjohn Butler Stanford Sophomore 3.31 Undeclared
DB Alijah Holder Stanford Senior 3.19 Science, Technology and Society
DB Justin Reid Stanford Junior 3.15 Management Science and Engineering
PK Matt Anderson California (2) GR. 3.56 Cultural Sport in Education
P Jake Glatting Arizona RSJr. 3.45 Industrial Engineering
ST Connor Haller Utah RSFr. 3.86 Pre-Business

Honorable mentions: ARIZ: Leon Branden, Jamie Nunley, Josh Pollack, Khalil Tate; ASU: Mitchell Fraboni, Tommy Hudson, Connor Humphreys, Malik Lawal, Alex Losoya, A.J. McCollum, Michael Sleep-Dalton, Tashon Smallwood, Kyle Williams; CAL: Jordan Kunaszyk, Demetris Robertson, Gabe Siemieniec, Russ Ude; COLO: Lucas Cooper, George Frazier, Aaron Haigler, Michael Mathewes; ORE: Taylor Alie, Kaulana Apelu, Gary Baker, Brady Breeze, Jacob Breeland, Doug Brenner, Jacob Capra, Drayton Carlberg, Jake Hanson, Shane Lemieux, Malik Lovette, Cam McCormick; OSU: Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Summer Houston, Andrzejh Hughes-Murray, Nous Keobounnam, Trent Moore, Artavis Pierce, Nick Porebski, Tuli Wily-Matagi; STAN: Joey Alfieri, Malik Antoine, Jake Bailey, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, David Bright, Keller Chryst, K. J. Costello, Obi Eboh, Ben Edwards, Scooter Harrington, Nate Herbig, Trenton Irwin, Peter Kalambayi, Quenton Meeks, Alameen Murphy, Kevin Palma, Kaden Smith, Donald Stewart, Jet Toner, Jay Tyler, Mike Tyler; UCLA: Michael Alves, Johnny Den Bleyker, Giovanni Gentosi, Theo Howard, Nate Meadors, Marcus Moore, Christian Pabico, Josh Rosen, Jordan Wilson, Alex Whittingham, Kenny Young; USC: Jordan Austin, Wyatt Schmidt; UTAH: Julian Blackmon, Devonta’e Henry-Cole, Hayes Hicken, Casey Hughes, Tyler Huntley, Jake Jackson, Troy Williams; WASH: A.J. Carty, Sean Constantine, Will Dissly, Coleman Shelton, Nick Harris, Drew Sample, Vita Vea, Tristan Vizcaino; WSU: Nick Begg, Tristan Brock, Kyle Celli, Taylor Comfort, Isaac Dotson, Luke Falk, Dezmon Patmon, Trey Tinsley.

National award winners

Doak Walker Award

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona Arizona Stadium 55,675 43,620 43,334 36,651 48,380† 42,822 40,984 257,629 42,938 77.12%
Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 57,078 46,596 54,336 50,110 51,234 53,446 44,553 59,385† 359,660 51,380 90.02%
California California Memorial Stadium 62,467 36,209 37,125 46,747† 26,244 37,525 35,440 219,290 36,548 58.51%
Colorado Folsom Field 50,183 43,822 44,318 47,666 49,976† 47,216 49,337 282,335 47,056 93.77%
Oregon Autzen Stadium 54,000 52,204 58,389† 55,707 56,653 56,154 51,799 57,475 388,381 55,483 102.75%
Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 34,737 35,206 37,821† 33,785 30,912 36,063 208,524 34,754 76.09%
Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,424 48,042 44,422 48,559 44,589 51,424† 47,352 284,388 47,398 94.00%
UCLA Rose Bowl 92,542 64,635† 50,444 61,338 55,711 53,847 50,287 336,262 56,044 60.56%
USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 61,125 77,614 84,714† 60,314 72,382 70,225 82,407 508,781 72,683 77.65%
Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 45,905 45,881 45,991 45,863 45,902 45,826 46,022† 321,390 45,913 100.23%
Washington Husky Stadium 70,083 68,491 68,384 67,429 69,847 70,572 65,767 71,265† 481,755 68,822 98.20%
Washington State Martin Stadium 32,952 30,254 32,631 32,487 30,317 33,773† 31,461 32,952 223,875 31,982 97.06%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Attendance for neutral site games:

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