2015 Pac-12 Conference football season

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season #193980 white NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) American football 110px The Conference of Champions 12 Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks 2016 NFL Draft 2016 NFL Draft QB Jared Goff, California Los Angeles Rams, 1st overall Regular season North Stanford Cardinal Oregon Ducks South USC TrojansUtah Utes UCLA Bruins Pac-12 Championship 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Stanford Cardinal USC Trojans Christian McCaffrey, RB Football 2014 2016 The 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fifth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season began on September 3, 2015, with a trio of games, Arizona hosting UTSA, Utah hosting Michigan, and Hawaii hosting Colorado. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2015, with ESPN televising the game. Preseason 2015 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day: North Division California: March 9 – April 18 with 24 signees Oregon: March 31 – May 2 with 22 signees Oregon State: March 3 – April 18 with 22 signees Stanford: February 23 – April 11 with 22 signees Washington: March 30 – April 25 with 24 signees Washington State: March 12 – April 28 with 24 signees South Division Arizona: March 4 – April 10 with 25 signees Arizona State: March 16 – April 10 with 22 signees Colorado: February 13 – March 15 with 19 signees UCLA: March 31 – April 25, 2015 with 18 signees USC: March 3 – April 11 with 24 signees Utah: March 24 – April 25 with 20 signees Pac-12 Media 2015 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 30–31, 2015. Preseason polls North Division Oregon (37), 262 pts Stanford (8), 232 pts California, 174 pts Washington, 129 pts Washington State, 89 pts Oregon State, 60 pts South Division USC (32), 254 pts Arizona State (7), 200 pts UCLA (6), 180 pts Arizona, 155 pts Utah, 105 pts Colorado, 46 pts Predicted Pac-12 Championship Game Winner: USC (21) was picked to win the Pac-12 Championship over Oregon (17) for the first time since 2012. Others receiving votes were ASU (3), UCLA (2), and Stanford (1). Recruiting classes + Rankings Team ESPNhttp://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login https://web.archive.org/web/20120804220112/http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login dead August 4, 2012 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 one coaching change following the 2015 season including Gary Andersen with Oregon State. Coaches Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 recordArizona Rich Rodriguez 4 146–98–2 26–14 15–12Arizona State Todd Graham 4 77–41 28–12 19–8California Sonny Dykes 3 28–33 6–18 3–15Colorado Mike MacIntyre 3 22–39 6–18 1–17Oregon Mark Helfrich 3 24–4 24–4 15–3Oregon State Gary Andersen 1 49–38 0–0 0–0Stanford David Shaw 5 42–12 42–12 28–8UCLA Jim L. Mora 4 29–11 29–11 18–9USC Steve Sarkisian 2 43–33 9–4 30–24Utah Kyle Whittingham 11 85–33 85–33 14–22Washington Chris Petersen 2 100–18 8–6 4–5Washington State Mike Leach 3 96–68 12–20 7–20 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 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings   Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalArizonaWildcats AP 22 22 20 16 RV RV C 22 20 19 16 RV RV RV RV CFP Not released Arizona StateSun Devils AP 15 RV RV RV RV RV C 16 RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released CaliforniaGolden Bears AP RV RV RV RV 24 23 23 20 RV RV C RV RV RV 24 22 23 19 RV CFP Not released ColoradoBuffaloes AP C CFP Not released OregonDucks AP 7 7 12 13 RV RV 23 18 15 19C 5 5 13 13 24 RV RV RV RV 22 18 16 20 CFP Not released 23 17 15 Oregon StateBeavers AP C CFP Not released StanfordCardinal AP 21 RV RV 21 18 16 15 10 8 9 7 15 13 7 3C 21 RV 24 20 18 16 11 8 8 7 15 12 7 3CFP Not released 11 7 11 9 6 UCLABruins AP 13 13 10 9 7 20 18 RV 24 22 18 RV 22 RV C 14 13 12 11 10 20 18 RV 25 22 18 RV 23 RV CFP Not released 23 19 22 USCTrojans AP 8 8 6 19 17 17 RV RV RV RV 22 RV 24 RVC 10 10 7 18 16 17 RV RV RV RV 24 RV 24 RVCFP Not released 24 20 25 UtahUtes AP RV 24 21 18 10 5 4 3 13 13 10 18 RV 21 17C RV 25 21 17 12 7 7 7 14 14 13 18 25 20 16CFP Not released 12 10 13 23 22 WashingtonHuskies AP C RV RV CFP Not released Washington StateCougars AP RV RV RV 24 20 RV RVC RV RV RV RV 23 20 RV RVCFP Not released 20 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 Thursday, September 3 5:30 p.m. Michigan Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FS1 24–17 47,825 w Thursday, September 3 7:00 p.m. 22 UTSA Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ P12N 42–32 51,111 l Thursday, September 3 10:00 p.m. Colorado Hawaii Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI CBSSN 20–28 24,255 w Friday, September 4 5:00 p.m. Weber State Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N 26–7 35,160 l Friday, September 4 7:15 p.m. 23 Washington Boise State Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN 13–16 36,836 l Saturday, September 5 9:00 a.m. 21 Stanford Northwestern Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 6–16 36,024 l Saturday, September 5 11:00 a.m. Portland State Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 17–24 24,302 w Saturday, September 5 12:30 p.m. 13 Virginia UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FOX 34–16 68,615 w Saturday, September 5 2:00 p.m. Grambling State California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N 73–14 60,606 l Saturday, September 5 4:00 p.m. 15 Arizona State Texas A&M Reliant Stadium Houston, TX ESPN 17–38 66,308 w Saturday, September 5 5:00 p.m. Eastern Washington 7 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N 61–42 58,128 w Saturday, September 5 8:00 p.m. Arkansas State 8 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA P12N 55–6 79,809 Pacific Time Players of the Week - September 7 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Josh Rosen UCLA Justin Thomas Utah Dante Pettis WashingtonReference:Pac-12 Football Players of the Week announced, Week One https://pac-12.com/article/2015/09/07/pac-12-football-players-week-announced https://web.archive.org/web/20150909215504/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/09/07/pac-12-football-players-week-announced dead September 9, 2015 Pac-12 Conference 2015-09-07 2015-09-07 Week 2 w Friday, September 11 6:00 p.m. Utah State 24 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 24–14 46,011 l Saturday, September 12 9:00 a.m. Oregon State Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ABC 7–35 109,651 w Saturday, September 12 11:00 a.m. Sacramento State Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA P12N 49–0 55,010 w Saturday, September 12 11:00 a.m. UMass Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N 48–14 35,094 w Saturday, September 12 12:30 p.m. Washington State Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ ESPNU 37–34 46,536 w Saturday, September 12 2:00 p.m. San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N 35–7 50,830 w Saturday, September 12 4:00 p.m. 22 Arizona Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, NV CBSSN 44–20 24,355 w Saturday, September 12 5:00 p.m. Idaho 8 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA P12N 59–9 72,422 l Saturday, September 12 5:00 p.m. 7 Oregon 5 Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ABC 28–31 76,526 w Saturday, September 12 7:30 p.m. UCF Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford FS1 31–0 50,420 w Saturday, September 12 7:30 p.m. 13 UCLA UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV CBSSN 37–3 31,262 w Saturday, September 12 8:00 p.m. Cal Poly Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ P12N 35–21 46,500 Pacific Time Players of the Week- September 14 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Luke Falk Washington State Gionni Paul Utah Bralon Addison OregonReference:Pac-12 Football Players of the Week announced, Week Two https://pac-12.com/news/2015/9/14/pac-12-football-players-week-announced-0.aspx Pac-12 Conference 2015-09-14 2015-09-14 Week 3 w Friday, September 18 7:00 p.m. New Mexico Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ P12N 34–10 43,310 w Saturday, September 19 11:00 a.m. Georgia State 12 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N 61–28 56,859 w Saturday, September 19 2:00 p.m. Utah State Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA P12N 31–17 59,464 w Saturday, September 19 4:00 p.m. Colorado Colorado State Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO CBSSN 27–24 OT 76,125 w Saturday, September 19 4:30 p.m. California Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FOX 45–44 91,568 Saturday, September 19 5:00 p.m. Stanford 6 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ABC STAN 41–31 78,306 w Saturday, September 19 5:00 p.m. San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N 35–21 34,573 w Saturday, September 19 5:30 p.m. Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 31–14 31,105 w Saturday, September 19 7:30 p.m. 21 Utah Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA CBSSN 45–24 33,675 w Saturday, September 19 7:30 p.m. 19 BYU 10 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FS1 24–23 67,612 w Saturday, September 19 8:00 p.m. Northern Arizona 20 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ P12N 77–13 51,494 Pacific Time Players of the Week - September 21 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Kevin Hogan Stanford Kenneth Olugbode Colorado Cory Butler-Byrd UtahReference: Week 4 Friday, September 25 7:00 p.m. 21 Stanford Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FS1 STAN 42–24 37,302 w Saturday, September 26 11:00 am Nicholls State Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N 48–0 37,302 Saturday, September 26 3:00 pm California Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA P12N CAL 30–24 61,066 Saturday, September 26 8:00 pm 9 UCLA 16 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ ABC UCLA 56–30 56,004 Saturday, September 26 10:30 pm 18 Utah 13 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR FOX UTAH 62–20 57,145 Saturday, September 26 11:30 pm 19 USC Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ ESPN USC 42–14 61,904 Pacific Time Players of the Week - September 28 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Travis Wilson Utah Kyle Kragen California Tom Hackett UtahReference: Week 5 Saturday, October 3 1:00 p.m. Washington State 24 California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N CAL 34–28 42,042 Saturday, October 3 4:30 p.m. Arizona State 7 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FOX ASU 38–23 80,113 Saturday, October 3 7:00 p.m. Oregon Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO ESPN ORE 41–24 46,222 Saturday, October 3 7:30 p.m. Arizona 18 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA P12N STAN 55–17 46,628 Pacific Time Players of the Week - October 5 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Mike Bercovici Arizona State Stefan McClure California Matt Haack Arizona StateReference: Week 6 Thursday, October 8 6:00 p.m. Washington 17 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ESPN WASH 17–12 63,623 Saturday, October 10 1:00 p.m. Oregon State Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ FS1 ARZ 44–7 52,987 Saturday, October 10 3:00 p.m. Washington State Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N WSU 45–38 2OT 57,775 Saturday, October 10 7:00 p.m. 23 California 5 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN UTAH 30–24 47,798 Saturday, October 10 7:00 p.m. Colorado Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ P12N ASU 48–23 44,157 Pacific Time Players of the Week - October 12 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Devontae Booker Utah Travis Feeney Washington Tom Hackett UtahReference: Week 7 Thursday, October 15 7:30 p.m. 18 UCLA 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA ESPN STAN 56–35 50,464 Saturday, October 17 1:00 p.m. Oregon State Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N WSU 52–31 32,952 l Saturday, October 17 4:30 p.m. USC 14 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN Jeweled Shillelagh NBC 31–41 80,795 Saturday, October 17 6:00 p.m. Arizona Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO FS1 ARZ 38–31 39,666 Saturday, October 17 7:00 p.m. Arizona State 4 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN UTAH 34–18 46,192 Saturday, October 17 7:30 p.m. Oregon Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA ESPN2 ORE 26–20 69,285 Pacific Time Players of the Week - October 19 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Christian McCaffrey Stanford Shalom Luani Washington State Tim White Arizona StateReference: Week 8 Thursday, October 22 6:00 p.m. 20 California UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ESPN UCLA 40–24 57,046 Saturday, October 24 1:00 p.m. Washington State Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ P12N WSU 45–42 47,847 Saturday, October 24 4:30 p.m. 3 Utah USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA FOX USC 42–24 73,435 Saturday, October 24 7:30 p.m. Colorado Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N COL 17–13 36,977 Saturday, October 24 7:30 p.m. Washington 10 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA ESPN STAN 31–14 50,424 Pacific Time Players of the Week - October 26 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Luke Falk Washington State Cameron Smith USC Kaʻimi Fairbairn UCLAReference: Week 9 Thursday, October 29 7:30 p.m. Oregon Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ ESPN ORE 61–55 3OT 56,534 Saturday, October 31 12:00 p.m. Colorado 24 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA P12N UCLA 35–31 51,508 Saturday, October 31 12:00 p.m. USC California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA FOX USC 27–21 52,060 Saturday, October 31 4:00 p.m. Oregon State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N UTAH 27–12 45,853 Saturday, October 31 7:30 p.m. 8 Stanford Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN STAN 30–28 30,012 Saturday, October 31 8:00 p.m. Arizona Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA FS1 WASH 49–3 56,749 Pacific Time Players of the Week - November 2 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Vernon Adams Oregon Travis Feeney Washington Charles Nelson OregonReference: Week 10 Saturday, November 7 10:00 a.m. 9 Stanford Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO P12N STAN 42–10 40,142 Saturday, November 7 12:30 p.m. Arizona State Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FS1 WSU 38–24 32,952 Saturday, November 7 1:30 p.m. 22 UCLA Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N UCLA 41–0 38,074 Saturday, November 7 4:30 p.m. 13 Utah Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA FOX UTAH 34–23 61,420 Saturday, November 7 7:30 p.m. Arizona USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ESPN USC 38–30 76,309 Saturday, November 7 7:30 p.m. California Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR ESPN2 ORE 44–28 56,604 Pacific Time Players of the Week - November 9 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Luke Falk Washington State Gionni Paul Utah Raymond Hudson CaliforniaReference: Week 11 Friday, November 13 6:00 p.m. USC Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO ESPN2 USC 27–24 37,905 Saturday, November 14 12:00 p.m. Washington Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ P12N ASU 27–17 51,695 Saturday, November 14 4:30 p.m. Oregon 7 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA FOX ORE 38–36 48,633 Saturday, November 14 7:00 p.m. 10 Utah Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ FS1 ARI 37–30 2OT 48,912 Saturday, November 14 7:30 p.m. Oregon State California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N CAL 54–24 41,874 Saturday, November 14 7:45 p.m. Washington State 18 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ESPN WSU 31–27 76,255 Pacific Time Players of the Week - November 16 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jared Goff California Antonio Longino Arizona State Casey Skowron ArizonaReference: Week 12 Saturday, November 21 12:30 p.m. UCLA 18 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT FOX UCLA 17–9 46,230 Saturday, November 21 12:30 p.m. Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Territorial Cup FS1 ASU 52–37 64,885 Saturday, November 21 12:30 p.m. 22 USC 23 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR ESPN ORE 48–28 59,094 Saturday, November 21 3:00 p.m. Washington Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N WASH 52–7 34,390 Saturday, November 21 7:30 p.m. California 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA Big Game ESPN STAN 35–22 51,424 Saturday, November 21 7:45 p.m. Colorado 24 Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN2 WSU 27–3 25,121 Pacific Time Players of the Week - November 23 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Vernon Adams Jr. Oregon Antonio Longino Arizona State Christian McCaffrey StanfordReference: Week 13 Friday, November 27 12:30 p.m. 20 Washington State Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA Apple Cup FOX WASH 45–10 70,438 Friday, November 27 1:00 p.m. Oregon State 18 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR Civil War FS1 ORE 52–42 57,814 Saturday, November 28 11:30 a.m. Colorado Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Rumble in the Rockies P12N UTAH 20–14 45,823 Saturday, November 28 12:30 p.m. 22 UCLA USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA Victory Bell ABC/ESPN2 USC 40–21 83,602 w Saturday, November 28 4:30 p.m. 4 Notre Dame 13 Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA Legends Trophy FOX 38–36 51,424 Saturday, November 28 7:00 p.m. Arizona State California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA FS1 CAL 48–46 45,385 Pacific Time Players of the Week - November 28 Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jared Goff California Iman Marshall USC Conrad Ukropina StanfordReference: Championship game 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This was the fifth championship game (and the fifth win for the North), with Stanford appearing for the third time (and winning for the third time) and USC appearing for the first time. Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game) December 5 4:45 p.m. 24 USC 7 Stanford Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA Pac-12 Championship ESPN STAN 41–22 58,476 Pacific Time Bowl games Pac-12 team is bolded. Bowl Game Date Stadium City TV Time (PST) Winning team Score Losing team Score New Mexico Bowl Saturday, December 19, 2015 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN 12:00 p.m. Arizona 45 New Mexico 37 Las Vegas Bowl Saturday, December 19, 2015 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada ABC 1:30 p.m. #20 Utah 35 BYU 28 Sun Bowl Saturday, December 26, 2015 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas CBS 11:00 a.m. Washington State 20 Miami (FL) 14 Heart of Dallas Bowl Saturday, December 26, 2015 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas ESPN 11:20 a.m. Washington 44 Southern Miss 31 Foster Farms Bowl Monday, December 28, 2015 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California ESPN 6:15 p.m. Nebraska 37 UCLA 29 Armed Forces Bowl Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas ESPN 11:00 a.m. California 55 Air Force 36 Holiday Bowl Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California ESPN 7:30 p.m. #23 Wisconsin 23 USC 21 Rose Bowl Friday, January 1, 2016 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ESPN 2:10 p.m. #5 Stanford 45 #6 Iowa 16 Alamo Bowl Saturday, January 2, 2016 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas ESPN 3:45 p.m. #11 TCU 47 #15 Oregon 413OT Cactus Bowl Saturday, January 2, 2016 Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona ESPN 8:15 p.m. West Virginia 43 Arizona State 42 Pac-12 vs Power Conference matchups This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll): Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score September 3 Michigan Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH W 24–17 September 5 Arizona State Texas A&M NRG Stadium • Houston, TX Texas Kickoff TAMU L 17–38 September 5 Stanford Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL NW L 6–16 September 5 Virginia UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA UCLA W 34–16 September 12 Oregon State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI MICH L 7–35 September 12 Washington State Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ WSU W 37–34 September 12 Oregon Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI MSU L 28–31 September 19 California Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX CAL W 45–44 Records against other conferences 2015 records against non-conference foes: Regular Season Power 5 ConferencesRecordACC1–0Big Ten2–3Big 121–0SEC0–1Notre Dame1–1Power 5 Total5–5Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican1–0C-USA1–0MAC1–0Mountain West11–2Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)1–0Sun Belt3-0Other FBS Total18–2FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision7–1Total Non-Conference Record30–8 Post Season Power Conferences 5RecordACC1–0Big Ten1–2Big 120–2Power 5 Total2–4Other FBS ConferencesRecordC–USA1–0Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)1–0Mountain West2–0Other FBS Total4–0Total Bowl Record6–4 Awards and honors AP College Football Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey, Stanford Lou Groza Award Kaʻimi Fairbairn, UCLAFairbairn Wins Groza; Named Camp All-A https://web.archive.org/web/20151215045410/http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210576887 2015-12-15 , UCLABruins.com, December 10, 2015 All-Americans The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2015 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):Carbone Al 126th Walter Camp All-America Teams Announced December 10, 2015 Walter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/126th-walter-camp-all-america-teams-announced/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151211041255/http://waltercamp.org/126th-walter-camp-all-america-teams-announced/ December 11, 2015 liveHaney Travis Heisman winner Henry leads selections for Associated Press All-America Team December 13, 2015 ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/122688/heisman-winner-henry-leads-selections-for-associated-press-all-america-team https://web.archive.org/web/20151215042159/http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/122688/heisman-winner-henry-leads-selections-for-associated-press-all-america-team December 15, 2015 live 2015 AUTONATION FWAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM UNVEILED December 14, 2015 Football Writers Association of America http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/allamerica151214.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151216171158/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/allamerica151214.html December 16, 2015 live McGuire Kevin Sporting News All-American Team headlined by Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey December 15, 2015 College Football Talk http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/15/sporting-news-all-american-team-headlined-by-derrick-henry-christian-mccaffrey/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160115083051/http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/15/sporting-news-all-american-team-headlined-by-derrick-henry-christian-mccaffrey/ January 15, 2016 live AFCA Announces 2015 FBS Coaches' All-America Team American Football Coaches Association https://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=2721 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081909/http://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=2721 December 22, 2015 dead First team Joshua Garnett, OL, Stanford (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA) Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (SN, AFCA) Kaʻimi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (WCFF, AP, FWAA, AFCA) Tom Hackett, P, Utah (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA) Christian McCaffrey, All-purpose, Stanford (AP) Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (FWAA) Second team Tyler Johnstone, OL, Oregon (FWAA) Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (WCFF) Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (FWAA) JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC (AP, FWAA, SN) DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon (AP, FWAA) Kaʻimi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (SN) Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (WCFF) Dante Pettis, PR, Washington (SN) Third team Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (AP) Austin Hooper TE, Stanford (AP) Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA (AP) Su'a Cravens, LB, USC (AP) Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford (AP) Aidan Schneider, K, Oregon (AP) Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA) Conference awards The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:Pac-12 announces football players and co-coaches of the year December 1, 2015 Pac-12 Conference http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-announces-football-players-and-co-coaches-year https://web.archive.org/web/20151202070453/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-announces-football-players-and-co-coaches-year December 2, 2015 dead Offensive Player of the Year: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: DeForest Buckner, Oregon Offensive Freshman of the Year: Josh Rosen, UCLA Defensive Freshman of the Year: Cameron Smith, USC Coach of the Year: Mike Leach, Washington State; David Shaw, Stanford All-Conference teams The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.Pac-12 football all-Conference team announced December 1, 2015 Pac-12 Conference https://pac-12.com/news/2015/12/1/pac-12-football-all-conference-team-announced.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20151202070503/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-football-all-conference-team-announced December 2, 2015 live Offense: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolQB Luke Falk So. Washington State Kevin Hogan Sr. StanfordQB Jared Goff Jr. California RB Royce Freeman So. Oregon Devontae Booker Sr. UtahRB Christian McCaffrey So. Stanford Paul Perkins Jr. UCLAWR Kenny Lawler Jr. California Bralon Addison Jr. OregonWR Gabe Marks Jr. Washington State Darren Carrington So. OregonWR JuJu Smith-Schuster So. USC Nelson Spruce Sr. ColoradoTE Austin Hooper Jr. Stanford Thomas Duarte Jr. UCLAOL Zach Banner Jr. USC Jake Brendel Sr. UCLAOL Joe Dahl Sr. Washington State J. J. Dielman Jr. UtahOL Joshua Garnett Sr. Stanford Conor McDermott Jr. UCLAOL Tyler Johnstone Sr. Oregon Christian Westerman Sr. Arizona StateOL Kyle Murphy Sr. Stanford Chad Wheeler Jr. USC Defense: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolDL DeForest Buckner Sr. Oregon Darryl Paulo Sr. Washington StateDL Kenny Clark Jr. UCLA Delvon Simmons Sr. USCDL Lowell Lotulelei So. Utah Taniela Tupou Sr. WashingtonDL Aziz Shittu Sr. Stanford Destiny Vaeao Sr. Washington StateDL Antwaun Woods Sr. USC LB Su'a Cravens Jr. USC Travis Feeney Sr. WashingtonLB Blake Martinez Sr. Stanford Deon Hollins Jr. UCLALB Gionni Paul Sr. Utah Jared Norris Sr. UtahDB Budda Baker So. Washington Chidobe Awuzie Jr. ColoradoDB Adoree’ Jackson So. USC Randall Goforth Jr. UCLADB Sidney Jones So. Washington Ronnie Harris Sr. StanfordDB Marcus Williams So. Utah Jaleel Wadood So. UCLA Specialists: First Team Second TeamPos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.SchoolPK Aidan Schneider So. Oregon Kaʻimi Fairbairn Sr. UCLAP Tom Hackett Sr. Utah Drew Riggleman Sr. ArizonaRS Christian McCaffrey So. Stanford Adoree’ Jackson So. USCAP/ST Charles Nelson So. Oregon Soma Vainuku Sr. USC All-Academic First team Pos.NameSchoolYr. GPAMajor Home game attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Total Average% of CapacityArizonaArizona Stadium 56,029 51,111 51,494 56,004 52,987 47,847 48,912 — 308,355 51,393 91.72%Arizona StateSun Devil Stadium 64,248 46,500 43,310 61,904 44,157 56,534 51,695 64,885 368,985 52,712 82.04%CaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium 62,467 60,606 50,830 42,042 52,060 41,874 — 247,412 49,482 79.21%ColoradoFolsom Field 53,613 35,094 37,302 46,222 39,666 40,142 — 198,426 39,685 74.02%OregonAutzen Stadium 54,000 58,128 56,859 57,145 57,775 56,604 59,094 345,605 57,601 106.67%Oregon StateReser Stadium 45,674 35,160 34,573 37,302 36,977 38,074 34,390 — 216,476 36,079 78.99%StanfordStanford Stadium 50,424 50,420 46,628 50,464 50,424 48,633 51,424 297,993 49,666 98.50%UCLARose Bowl 91,136 68,615 67,612 80,113 57,046 51,508 76,255 — 401,149 66,858 73.36%USCLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 79,809 72,422 78,306 63,623 73,435 76,309 443,904 73,984 79.04%UtahRice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 47,825 46,011 47,798 46,192 45,853 46,230 279,909 46,652 101.84%WashingtonHusky Stadium 70,083 55,010 59,464 61,066 69,285 50,667 61,420 356,912 59,485 84.88%Washington StateMartin Stadium 32,952 24,302 31,105 32,952 30,012 32,952 25,121 — 176,444 29,407 89.24% A A Game played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. B B Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA. Bold – Exceed capacity †Season High Notes October 12, 2015 – USC terminated Steve Sarkisian as its head football coach USC coach Sarkisian taking indefinite leave SI.com October 12, 2015 2015-10-12 https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/10/11/usc-trojans-steve-sarkisian-leave-absence-alcohol-treatment Gary Klein Lindsey Thiry USC places Coach Steve Sarkisian on leave; Clay Helton interim coach https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-usc-steve-sarkisian-on-leave-20151011-story.html Los Angeles Times October 11, 2015 October 11, 2015 October 30, 2015 – USC Athletic Director Pat Haden resigned from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee November 30, 2015 – Clay Helton was named USC's permanent head coach. References 2