2016 Pac-12 Conference football season

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2016 Pac-12 Conference football season #004B91 white NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision American football Pac-12 wordmark.svg 12 Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), CBS (bowl game, and Pac-12 Networks 2017 NFL Draft 2017 NFL Draft DE Solomon Thomas, Stanford San Francisco 49ers, 3rd overall Regular season Cameron Van Winkle (123 points) North Washington Huskies Washington State Cougars South Colorado Buffaloes USC Trojans Pac-12 Championship 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Washington Huskies Colorado Buffaloes Taylor Rapp, DB Football 2015 2017 The 2016 Pac-12 Conference football season is the sixth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season began on August 26, 2016, with California vs. Hawaii. The final game was the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 2, 2016, with Fox televising the game. Preseason 2016 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day: North Division California – 25 signees Oregon – 19 signees Oregon State – 24 signees Stanford – 30 signees Washington – 18 signees Washington State – 25 signees South Division Arizona – 22 signees Arizona State – 18 signees Colorado –18 signees UCLA – 27 signees USC – 13 signees Utah – 24 signees Pac-12 Media The Pac-12 conducted its annual media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, – The Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California between July 14 and July 15. 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: Thursday Arizona – Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, Nate Phillips, WR & Sani Fuimaono, DL California – Head Coach Sonny Dykes, Steven Moore, OT & DeVante Wilson, DE Oregon – Head Coach Mark Helfrich, Royce Freeman, RB & Johnny Ragin, LB Washington State – Head Coach Mike Leach, Gabe Marks, WR & Parker Henry, LB Utah – Head Coach Kyle Whittingham, JJ Dielman, OT & Justin Thomas, DB Friday Arizona State – Head Coach Todd Graham, Tim White, WR/KR & Tashon Smallwood, DL Oregon State – Head Coach Gary Andersen, Victor Bolden, WR & Nick Porebski, P UCLA – Head Coach Jim Mora, Conor McDermott, OT & Jayon Brown, LB Stanford – Head Coach David Shaw, Christian McCaffrey, RB & Solomon Thomas, DE Washington – Head Coach Chris Petersen, Darrell Daniels, TE & Kevin King, DB Colorado – Head Coach Mike MacIntyre, Sefo Liufau, QB & Chidobe Awuzie, CB Preseason Media Polls Pac-12 Championship Game Voting North Division Stanford Cardinal (24 pts., 186 votes) Washington Huskies (8 pts., 163 votes) Oregon Ducks (1 pt., 132 votes) Washington State Cougars (112 votes) California Golden Bears (67 votes) Oregon State Beavers (33 votes) South Division UCLA Bruins (19 pts., 180 votes) USC Trojans (12 pts., 173 votes) Utah Utes (2 pts., 127 votes) Arizona Wildcats (87 votes) Arizona State Sun Devils (85 votes) Colorado Buffaloes (63 votes) Predicted Pac-12 Championship Game Winner: Stanford Cardinal (20 points) was picked to win the Pac-12 Championship over UCLA (19) for the first time since 1960. Others receiving votes were Washington, ASU (3), USC (2), Oregon (1) and Utah (2). References:https://pac-12.com/news/2016/7/14/stanford-chosen-win-pac-12-title-preseason-media-poll.aspx Pac-12 Preseason Media Poll July 14, 2016 pac-12.com 2016-07-14 Recruiting classes August 2016 + Rankings Team ESPNhttp://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login https://archive.today/20140328190009/http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login dead March 28, 2014 Football Class Rankings – ESPN ESPN 2015-04-04 Rivalshttps://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/teamrank/2015/all/all Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2015 Team Recruiting Rankings Sports.yahoo.com 2011-04-20 2015-04-04 Scout http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2015 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150313054824/http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2015 2015-03-13 24/7https://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CompositeTeamRankings 2015 Football Recruiting Team Rankings 247sports.com 2015-04-04SigneesArizona 39 41 41 42 25Arizona State 26 20 17 19 22California - 29 36 34 24Colorado - 71 75 69 19Oregon 15 17 21 16 22Oregon State - 71 63 60 22Stanford 27 18 25 24 22UCLA 11 13 9 12 18USC 3 1 1 2 26Utah - 41 53 45 20Washington 28 30 23 27 24Washington State - 55 38 41 24 Head coaches Coaching changes There were no coaching changes following the 2016 season. Coaches Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 recordArizona Rich Rodriguez 5 155–112–2 (155 112 2) 35–28 (35 28) 17–25 (17 25)Arizona State Todd Graham 5 88–53 (88 53) 39–24 (39 24) 25–18 (25 18)California Sonny Dykes 4 40–44 (40 44) 18–29 (18 29) 9–25 (9 25)Colorado Mike MacIntyre 4 34–50 (34 50) 18–29 (18 29) 8–26 (8 26)Oregon Mark Helfrich 4 36–15 (36 15) 36–15 (36 15) 23–11 (23 11)Oregon State Gary Andersen 2 53–56 (53 56) 4–18 (4 18) 1–15 (1 15)Stanford David Shaw 6 61–17 (61 17) 61–17 (61 17) 42–12 (42 12)UCLA Jim L. Mora 5 41–22 (41 22) 41–22 (41 22) 25–18 (25 18)USC Clay Helton 3 13–7 (13 7) 13–7 (13 7) 11–3 (11 3)Utah Kyle Whittingham 12 103–48 (103 48) 103–48 (103 48) 25–27 (25 27)Washington Chris Petersen 3 116–25 (116 25) 24–13 (24 13) 14–11 (14 11)Washington State Mike Leach 5 113–74 (113 74) 29–31 (29 31) 20–23 (20 23) Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season Rankings   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week   Selected for College Football Playoff (Italics)   Number of first place votes т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings   Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 FinalArizonaWildcats AP C RV CFP Not released Arizona StateSun Devils AP RV RV RV RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV 24 RV CFP Not released CaliforniaGolden Bears AP RV RV C RV RV CFP Not released ColoradoBuffaloes AP RV RV RV RV 21 RV RV 23 21 16 12 9 9 11 C RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV 23 20 15 12 9 9 11 CFP Not released 15 12 10 9 8 10 OregonDucks AP 24 24 22 RV C 22 23 21 RV RV CFP Not released Oregon StateBeavers AP C CFP Not released StanfordCardinal AP 8 7 7 7 7 15 RV RV RV RV 17 16 C 7 5 6 6 6 15 RV RV RV RV RV 17 16 CFP Not released 24 24 18 18 UCLABruins AP 16 RV RV RV RV RV C 24 RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released USCTrojans AP 20 RV RV RV RV 15 12 10 9 3C 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 12 11 9 5CFP Not released 20 13 12 11 9 UtahUtes AP RV RV RV 24 18 24 21 19 17 16 13 11 21 RV RV C RV RV RV 23 18 24 21 18 16 16 12 11 20 24 23 CFP Not released 16 15 12 22 20 19 WashingtonHuskies AP 14 8 8 9 10 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 4 4 4C 18 11 9 9 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 5 4 4 4CFP Not released 5 4 6 5 4 4 Washington StateCougars AP RV RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV C RV RV RV RV 25 23 20 23 RV RV CFP Not released 25 23 22 23 Schedule Index to colors and formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 teams in bold All times Mountain time. Pac-12 teams in bold. Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week. Week 1 w Friday, August 26 7:00 pm Hawaii California ANZ Stadium Sydney, Australia ESPN 51–31 61,247 w Thursday, September 1 5:00 pm Southern Utah Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City P12N 24–0 45,945 l Thursday, September 1 6:00 pm Oregon State Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis BTN 23–30 44,582 w Friday, September 2 5:00 pm Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver Rocky Mountain Showdown ESPN 44–7 69,850 w Friday, September 2 6:00 pm Kansas State 8 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California FS1 26–13 46,147 w Saturday, September 3 11:00 am Rutgers 14 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle P12N 48–13 58,640 l Saturday, September 3 12:30 pm 16 UCLA Texas A&M Kyle Field College Station, Texas CBS 24–31 OT 100,443 w Saturday, September 3 2:00 pm UC Davis 24 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon P12N 53–28 53,817 l Saturday, September 3 5:00 pm 20 USC 1 Alabama AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas ABC 6–52 81,359 l Saturday, September 3 5:00 pm Eastern Washington Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington P12N 42–45 32,952 l Saturday, September 3 7:30 pm BYU Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona FS1 16–18 50,528 w Saturday, September 3 7:45 pm Northern Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona P12N 44–13 45,300 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Sept 5 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Sefo Liufau Colorado Troy Dye Oregon Mitch Wishnowsky UtahReference:Wishnowsky, Liufau, Dye earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/05/wishnowsky-liufau-dye-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20160906043902/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/05/wishnowsky-liufau-dye-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead September 6, 2016 Pac-12 Conference September 5, 2016 Week 2 w Saturday, September 10 11:00 am Utah State USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles P12N 45–7 62,487 w Saturday, September 10 2:00 pm Idaho 8 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle P12N 59–14 60,678 w Saturday, September 10 2:30 pm Idaho State Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado P12N 56–7 39,505 w Saturday, September 10 4:30 pm BYU Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City Fox 20–19 46,915 w Saturday, September 10 5:00 pm UNLV UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California P12N 42–21 63,712 w Saturday, September 10 7:00 pm Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona FS1 68–55 44,511 l Saturday, September 10 7:15 pm Boise State Washington State Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho ESPN2 28–31 36,163 l Saturday, September 10 7:30 pm California San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego CBSSN 40–45 42,473 w Saturday, September 10 7:30 pm Virginia 24 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon ESPN 44–26 53,774 w Saturday, September 10 7:45 pm Grambling State Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona P12N 31–21 45,686 Pacific Time Players of the Week- Sept 12 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Kalen Ballage Arizona State Sunia Tauteoli Utah Adoree' Jackson USCReference:Ballage, Tauteoli, Jackson earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/12/ballage-tauteoli-jackson-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20160913165958/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/12/ballage-tauteoli-jackson-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead September 13, 2016 Pac-12 Conference September 12, 2016 September 13, 2016 Week 3 w Friday, September 16 6:30 pm Arizona State UTSA Alamodome San Antonio ESPN2 32–28 29,035 w Saturday, September 17 11:00 am Idaho Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington P12N 56–6 28,477 l Saturday, September 17 12:30 pm 22 Oregon Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC 32–35 90,414 l Saturday, September 17 1:30 pm Colorado 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan BTN 28–45 110,042 w Saturday, September 17 2:00 pm Idaho State Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon P12N 37–7 38,052 Saturday, September 17 5:00 pm USC 7 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California ABC STAN 27–10 48,763 w Saturday, September 17 5:00 pm Portland State 8 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle P12N 41–3 57,151 w Saturday, September 17 7:15 pm UCLA BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, Utah ESPN2 17–14 62,904 w Saturday, September 17 7:30 pm 11 Texas California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California ESPN 50–43 50,448 w Saturday, September 17 7:30 pm Utah San Jóse State Spartan Stadium San Jose, California CBSSN 34–17 16,041 w Saturday, September 17 7:45 pm Hawaii Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona P12N 47–28 50,116 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Sept 19 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Chad Hansen California Treston Decoud Oregon State Zane Gonzalez Arizona StateReference:Hansen, Decoud, Gonzalez earn weekly Conference honors https://pac-12.com/news/2016/9/19/hansen-decoud-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors.aspx Pac-12 Conference September 19, 2016 September 20, 2016 Week 4 Friday, September 23 6:00 pm USC 24 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City FS1 UTAH 31–27 46,133 l Saturday, September 24 12:30 pm Boise State Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon FS1 24–38 42,846 Saturday, September 24 2:30 pm Colorado Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon P12N COLO 41–38 53,974 Saturday, September 24 5:00 pm 7 Stanford UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ABC STAN 22–13 70,833 Saturday, September 24 7:00 pm California Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona ESPN2 ASU 51–41 49,295 Saturday, September 24 7:30 pm 9 Washington Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona P12N WASH 35–28 OT 48,747 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Sept 26 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Steven Montez Colorado Solomon Thomas Stanford Zane Gonzalez Arizona StateReference:Montez, Thomas, Gonzalez earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/26/montez-thomas-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161002134209/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/09/26/montez-thomas-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead October 2, 2016 Pac-12 Conference September 26, 2016 September 30, 2016 Week 5 Friday September 30 6:00 pm 7 Stanford 10 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle ESPN WASH 44–6 72,027 Saturday, October 1 11:30 am Oregon State Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado P12N COLO 47–6 46,839 Saturday, October 1 3:00 pm 18 Utah California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California P12N CAL 28–23 46,618 Saturday, October 1 5:30 pm Arizona State USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Fox USC 44–21 71,214 Saturday October 1 6:30 pm Oregon Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington P12N WSU 51–33 32,952 Saturday, October 1 7:30 pm Arizona UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena CA ESPN UCLA 45–24 68,013 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Oct 3 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Davis Webb California Psalm Wooching Washington Davis Price ColoradoReference:Webb, Wooching, Price earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/03/webb-wooching-price-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161004164944/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/03/webb-wooching-price-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead October 4, 2016 Pac-12 Conference October 3, 2016 October 8, 2016 Week 6 Saturday, October 8 1:00 pm 21 Colorado USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles P12N USC 21–17 68,302 Saturday, October 8 4:30 pm 5 Washington Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon Fox WASH 70–21 58,842 Saturday, October 8 6:00 pm California Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon P12N OSU 47–44 OT 34,066 Saturday, October 8 7:00 pm Arizona 24 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City FS1 UTAH 36–23 45,917 Saturday, October 8 7:30 pm UCLA Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona ESPN2 ASU 23–20 48,509 Saturday, October 8 7:30 pm Washington State 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California ESPN WSU 42–16 50,424 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Oct 10 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jake Browning Washington Marcus Ball Arizona State Zane Gonzalez Arizona StateReference:Browning, Ball, Gonzalez earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/10/browning-ball-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161011135955/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/10/browning-ball-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead October 11, 2016 Pac-12 Conference October 10, 2016 Week 7 Saturday, October 15 12:30 pm USC Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona Fox USC 48–14 55,463 Saturday, October 15 1:00 pm 21 Utah Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon P12N UTAH 19–14 32,093 w Saturday, October 15 4:30 pm Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana NBC Legends Trophy 17–10 80,795 Saturday, October 15 5:00 pm Arizona State Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado P12N COLO 40–16 48,588 Saturday, October 15 7:30 pm UCLA Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington ESPN WSU 27–21 29,310 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Oct 17 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Phillip Lindsay Colorado Solomon Thomas Stanford Zane Gonzalez Arizona StateReference:Lindsay, Thomas, Gonzalez earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/17/lindsay-thomas-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161019004351/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/17/lindsay-thomas-gonzalez-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead October 19, 2016 Pac-12 Conference October 17, 2016 October 18, 2016 Week 8 Friday, October 21 7:30 pm Oregon California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California ESPN CAL 52–49 2OT 43,048 Saturday, October 22 12:00 pm Colorado Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California P12N COLO 10–5 44,535 Saturday, October 22 1:00 pm 19 Utah UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Fox UTAH 52–45 66,243 Saturday, October 22 3:30 pm Oregon State 5 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle P12N WASH 41–17 65,796 Saturday, October 22 7:00 pm Washington State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona P12N WSU 37-32 50,582 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Oct 24 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Joe Williams Utah Tedric Thompson Colorado Robert Taylor Washington StateReference:Williams, Thompson, Taylor earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/24/williams-thompson-taylor-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161025174458/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/10/24/williams-thompson-taylor-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead October 25, 2016 Pac-12 Conference October 24, 2016 Week 9 Thursday, October 27 7:30 pm California USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles ESPN USC 45–24 61,725 Saturday, October 29 12:30 pm 4 Washington 17 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City FS1 WASH 31–24 47,801 Saturday, October 29 2:00 pm Arizona State Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon P12N ORE 54–35 53,898 Saturday, October 29 7:45 pm Washington State Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon ESPN2 WSU 35–31 37,081 Saturday, October 29 8:00 pm Stanford Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona FS1 STAN 34–10 46,740 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Oct 31 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Justin Herbert Oregon Azeem Victor Washington Dante Pettis WashingtonReference:Herbert, Victor, Pettis earn weekly Conference honors https://pac-12.com/news/2016/10/31/herbert-victor-pettis-earn-weekly-conference-honors.aspx Pac-12 Conference October 31, 2016 November 2, 2016 Week 10 Thursday, November 3 6:00 pm UCLA Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado FS1 COLO 20–10 43,761 Saturday, November 5 12:30 pm Oregon State Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California FS1 STAN 26–15 38,813 Saturday, November 5 1:00 pm Arizona 25 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington P12N WSU 69–7 33,547 Saturday, November 5 4:00 pm Oregon USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles ESPN USC 45–20 74,625 Saturday, November 5 7:30 pm 5 Washington California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California ESPN WASH 66–27 47,756 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Nov 7 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team John Ross III Washington Sidney Jones Washington Isaiah Oliver ColoradoReference:Ross III, Jones IV, Oliver earn weekly Conference honors http://pac-12.com/article/2016/11/07/ross-iii-jones-iv-oliver-earn-weekly-conference-honors https://web.archive.org/web/20161108141820/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/11/07/ross-iii-jones-iv-oliver-earn-weekly-conference-honors dead November 8, 2016 Pac-12 Conference November 7, 2016 November 9, 2016 Week 11 Thursday, November 10 6:30 pm 13 Utah Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona FS1 UTAH 49–26 48,220 Saturday, November 12 1:00 pm Stanford Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon P12N STAN 52–27 53,757 Saturday, November 12 4:30 pm USC 4 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle FOX USC 26–13 72,364 Saturday, November 12 6:00 pm Oregon State UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California P12N UCLA 38–24 64,813 Saturday, November 12 7:00 pm 16 Colorado Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona FS1 COLO 49–24 41,068 Saturday, November 12 7:30 pm California 23 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington ESPN WSU 56–21 30,135 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Nov 14 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Sam Darnold USC Hunter Dimick Utah Kaleb Fossum Washington StateReference:Darnold, Dimick, Fossum earn weekly Conference honors https://pac-12.com/news/2016/11/14/darnold-dimick-fossum-earn-weekly-conference-honors.aspx Pac-12 Conference November 14, 2016 November 14, 2016 Week 12 Saturday, November 19 11:00 am Oregon 11 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City P12N ORE 30–28 46,327 Saturday, November 19 12:30 pm 20 Washington State 12 Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado FOX COLO 38–24 48,658 Saturday, November 19 2:30 pm Stanford California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California 119th Big Game/Stanford Axe P12N STAN 45–31 52,266 Saturday, November 19 4:30 pm Arizona State 7 Washington Husky Stadium Seattle FOX WASH 44–18 65,467 Saturday, November 19 7:30 pm 15 USC UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Victory Bell ESPN USC 36–14 71,137 Saturday, November 19 7:30 pm Arizona Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon P12N OSU 42–17 35,059 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Nov 21 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Sefo Liufau Colorado Nick Fisher Colorado Mitch Wishnowsky UtahReference:Liufau, Fisher, Wishnowsky earn weekly Conference honors https://pac-12.com/news/2016/11/21/liufau-fisher-wishnowsky-earn-weekly-conference-honors.aspx Pac-12 Conference November 21, 2016 November 25, 2016 Week 13 Friday, November 25 12:30 pm 6 Washington 23 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington Apple Cup FS1 WASH 45–17 33,773 Friday, November 25 6:30 pm Arizona State Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona Territorial Cup ESPN ARZ 56–35 50,197 w Saturday, November 26 12:30 pm Notre Dame 13 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Jeweled Shillelagh ABC 45–27 72,402 Saturday, November 26 1:00 pm Oregon Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon Civil War P12N OSU 34–24 44,160 Saturday, November 26 4:00 pm UCLA California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California California–UCLA rivalry ESPN2 CAL 36–10 39,633 Saturday, November 26 4:30 pm 21 Utah 9 Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado Rumble in the Rockies FOX COLO 27–22 52,301 w Saturday, November 26 5:00 pm Rice Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, California P12N 41–17 36,171 Pacific Time Players of the Week – Nov 28 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Ryan Nall Oregon State Tedric Thompson Colorado Adoree’ Jackson USCReference:Nall, Thompson, Jackson earn weekly Conference honors https://pac-12.com/news/2016/11/28/nall-thompson-jackson-earn-weekly-conference-honors.aspx Pac-12 Conference November 28, 2016 December 2, 2016 Championship game 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game The championship game was played on December 2, 2016. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Washington from the North and Colorado from the South. This was the sixth championship game (and the sixth win for the North), with both Washington and Colorado appearing for the first time. Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game) Friday, December 2 6:00 pm 9 Colorado 4 Washington Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California Pac-12 Championship ESPN WASH 41–10 47,118 Pacific Time Pac-12 vs Power Conference matchups This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and BYU) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll): Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score September 1 Oregon State Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis Minnesota 30–23 September 2 Kansas State #8 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California Stanford 26–13 September 3 BYU Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, Arizona Cactus Kickoff Classic BYU 18–16 September 3 #20 USC #1 Alabama AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas Advocare Classic Alabama 52–6 September 3 #16 UCLA Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas Texas A&M 31–24OT September 3 Rutgers #14 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle Washington 48–13 September 10 Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona Arizona State 68–55 September 10 BYU Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City Holy War Utah 20–19 September 10 Virginia #24 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon Oregon 44–26 September 17 UCLA BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah UCLA 17–14 October 15 Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry Stanford 17–10 November 26 Notre Dame USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles Notre Dame–USC football rivalry USC 45–27 Records against other conferences 2016 records against non-conference foes: Regular Season Power 5 ConferencesRecordACC1–0Big Ten1–3Big 123–0SEC0–2Notre Dame2–0Power 5 Total7–5Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican0–0C-USA2–0MAC0–0Mountain West6–3Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)2–1Sun Belt2–0Other FBS Total12–4FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision7–1Total Non-Conference Record26–10 Post Season Power Conferences 5RecordACC1–0Big Ten2–1Big 120–1SEC0–1Power 5 Total3–3Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican0–0C–USA0–0Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)0–0MAC0–0Mountain West0–0Sun Belt0-0Other FBS Total0–0Total Bowl Record3–3 Postseason Bowl games Legend Pac-12 win Pac-12 loss 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionPac-12 teamOpponentScoreAttendance Sun Bowl December 30 Sun Bowl Stadium · El Paso, Texas CBS No. 18 Stanford North Carolina W 25–23 42,166 Foster Farms Bowl December 28 Levi's Stadium · Santa Clara, California Fox No. 19 Utah Indiana W 26–24 27,608 Holiday Bowl December 27 Qualcomm Stadium . San Diego, California ESPN Washington State Minnesota L 12–17 48,704 Alamo Bowl December 29 Alamodome · San Antonio, Texas ESPN No. 10 Colorado No. 12 Oklahoma State L 8–38 59,815New Year's Six Bowls Rose Bowl (New Year Six) January 2 Rose Bowl · Pasadena, California ESPN No. 9 USC No. 5 Penn State W 52–49 95,128College Football Playoff bowl games Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 Georgia Dome • Atlanta ESPN No. 4 Washington No. 1 Alabama L 7–24 79,996 * Rankings based on CFP rankings, Pac-12 team is bolded Selection of teams: Bowl eligible: Colorado, Stanford, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State Bowl-ineligible: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA All-Pac-12 Individual Awards The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards: 2016 Pac-12 Men's Football Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of The YearJake Browning, WashingtonCoach of the YearMike MacIntyre, ColoradoDefensive Player of The YearAdoree' Jackson, USCOffensive Freshman of The YearSam Darnold, USCDefensive Freshman of The YearTaylor Rapp, Washington All-Conference teams The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.Pac-12 ConferenceNov 29, 2016 https://pac-12.com/news/2016/11/29/pac-12-football-awards-and-all-conference-team-announced.aspx Football Awards And All-Conference Team Announced November 29, 2016 Pac-12 2016-11-30 Offense: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolQB Jake Browning So. Washington Luke Falk Jr. Washington StateRB Myles Gaskin So Washington Ronald Jones II So. USCRB Christian McCaffrey Jr. Stanford Phillip Lindsay Jr. ColoradoWR Gabe Marks Sr. Washington State Chad Hansen Jr. CaliforniaWR John Ross Jr. Washington JuJu Smith-Schuster Jr. USCTE Pharaoh Brown Sr. Oregon Nate Iese Sr. UCLAOL Trey Adams So. Washington Isaac Asiata Sr. UtahOL Zach Banner Sr. USC Sean Harlow Sr. Oregon StateOL Garett Bolles Jr. Utah Jeromy Irwin Jr. ColoradoOL Jake Eldrenkamp Sr. Washington Damien Mama Jr. USCOL Scott Quessenberry Jr. UCLA Conor McDermott Jr. UCLAOL Chad Wheeler Sr. USC Coleman Shelton Jr. Washington Defense: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolDL Hunter Dimick Sr. Utah Hercules Mata'afa So. Washington StateDL Takkarist McKinley Sr. UCLA Stevie Tu'ikolovatu Sr. USCDL Elijah Qualls Jr. Washington Vita Vea So. WashingtonDL Solomon Thomas Jr. Stanford JoJo Wicker So. Arizona StateLB Jayon Brown Sr. UCLA Keishawn Bierria Jr. WashingtonLB Jimmie Gilbert Sr. Colorado Koron Crump Jr. Arizona StateLB Azeem Victor Jr. Washington Cameron Smith So. USCLB Kenny Young Jr. UCLADB Budda Baker Jr. Washington Chidobe Awuzie Sr. ColoradoDB Adoree' Jackson Jr. USC Tedric Thompson Sr. ColoradoDB Sidney Jones Jr. Washington Marcus Williams Jr. UtahDB Shalom Luani Sr. Washington State Ahkello Witherspoon Sr. Colorado Specialists: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolPK Zane Gonzalez Sr. Arizona State Andy Phillips Sr. UtahP Mitch Wishnowsky So. Utah Matt Haack Sr. ASURS Adoree' Jackson Jr. USC Dante Pettis Jr. WashingtonST Ryan Moeller Jr. Colorado (AP/ST) Tony Brooks-James So. Oregon Honorable Mentions ARIZONA: AP/ST Samajie Grant Sr.; WR Nate Phillips Sr.; WR Trey Griffey, Sr. ARIZONA STATE: WR N'Keal Harry, Fr.; LB Viliami (Laiu) Moeakiola Sr. CALIFORNIA: PK Matt Anderson Jr.; DL James Looney, Jr.; OL Steven Moore Sr.; RB Khalfani Muhammad, Sr.; QB Davis Webb, Sr. COLORADO: WR Bryce Bobo Jr.; DL, Jordan Carrell, Sr.; WR Shay Fields, Jr.; OL Alex Kelley Sr.; OL Gerrad Kough Jr.; QB Sefo Liufau, Sr.; LB Kenneth Olugbode Sr.; WR Devin Ross Jr.; DL Josh Tupou Sr. OREGON: LB Troy Dye, Fr.; RB Royce Freeman, Jr.; OL Jake Hanson, Fr.; TE Johnny Mundt Sr.; RS Charles Nelson Jr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, Fr.; K Matt Wogan Sr. OREGON STATE: DB Xavier Crawford, Fr.; DB Treston Decoud, Sr.; OL Gus Lavaka Fr.; RB Ryan Nall, So. STANFORD: LB Joey Alfieri Jr.; P Jake Bailey, So.; DB Dallas Lloyd Sr.; RB Bryce Love, So.; RS Christian McCaffrey, Jr.; DB Quenton Meeks, So.; LB Kevin Palma Sr.; Harrison Phillips, Jr.; DB Justin Reid, So.; TE Dalton Schultz, Jr.; ST Brandon Simmons Jr.; PK Conrad Ukropina Sr. UCLA: WR Darren Andrews Jr.; DB Randall Goforth, Sr.; Fabian Moreau, Sr.; DL Eddie Vanderdoes, Jr.; DB Jaleel Wadood Jr. USC: QB Sam Darnold, RSFr.; DL Rasheem Green, So.; DL Porter Gustin, So.; DB Chris Hawkins Jr.; LB Michael Hutchings Sr.; TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe, RSFr.; DB Iman Marshall, So.; Leon McQuay III, Sr.; WR Darreus Rogers Sr. UTAH: DB Chase Hansen, So.; DL Lowell Lotulelei Jr.; DL Filipo Mokofisi Jr.; DL Pasoni Tasini Sr.; DL Pita Taumoepenu, Sr.; RB Joe Williams, Sr. WASHINGTON: TE Darrell Daniels Sr.; DL Greg Gaines, So.; DB Kevin King, Sr.; TE Drew Sample, So.; LB Psalm Wooching, Sr. WASHINGTON STATE: WR River Cracraft, Sr.; OL Cole Madison, Jr.; RB Jamal Morrow Jr.; OL Cody O'Connell, Jr.; LB Peyton Pelluer Jr.; OL Riley Sorenson Sr. All-Americans The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2016 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): Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus First Team All-Americans Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus Second Team All-AmericansWRJohn Ross Washington AP, FWAA Position Player School Selector Unanimous Consensus Third Team All-Americans Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA) All-Academic First team Pos.NameSchoolYr. GPAMajor Individual awards Home game attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Total Average% of CapacityArizonaArizona Stadium 56,029 45,686 50,116 48,747 55,463† 46,740 41,068 50,197 338,017 48,288 86.18% Arizona StateSun Devil Stadium 56,232 45,300 44,511 49,295 48,509 50,582† 48,220 — 286,417 47,736 84.89%CaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium 62,467 50,448 46,618 43,048 47,756 52,266† 39,633 — 279,769 46,628 74.64% ColoradoFolsom Field 50,183 39,505 46,839 48,588 43,761 48,658 52,301† — 279,652 46,609 92.88% OregonAutzen Stadium 54,000 53,817 53,774 53,974 58,842† 53,898 53,757 — 328,062 54,677 101.25% Oregon StateReser Stadium 45,674 38,052 42,846 34,066 32,093 37,081 35,059 44,160† 263,357 37,622 82.37% StanfordStanford Stadium 50,424 46,147 48,763 50,424† 44,535 38,813 36,171 — 265,033 44,172 87.60% UCLARose Bowl 92,542 63,712 70,833 68,013 66,243 64,813 71,137† — 404,751 67,458 72.89% USCLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 62,487 71,214 68,302 61,725 74,625† 72,402 — 338,353 67,670 72.29% UtahRice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 45,945 46,915 46,133 45,917 47,801† 46,327 — 279,038 46,506 101.53% WashingtonHusky Stadium 70,083 58,640 60,678 57,151 72,027 65,796 72,362† 65,467 452,121 64,588 92.16% Washington StateMartin Stadium 32,952 32,952 28,477 32,952 29,310 33,547 30,135 33,773† 187,373 31,228 94.77% Bold – Exceed capacity †Season High Attendance for neutral site games: August 26 – Cal vs. Hawaii, 61,247 September 2 – Colorado vs. Colorado State, 69,850 September 3 – Arizona vs. BYU, 50,528 September 3 – USC vs Alabama, 81,359 December 2 – Colorado vs Washington, 47,118 References 30em