2011 Pac-12 Conference football season

The 2011 Pac-12 Conference football season began on September 1, 2011 with Montana State at Utah and UC Davis at Arizona State. The conference's first game was played on September 10 with Utah at USC, and the final game played was the Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday, December 2. Oregon defeated UCLA^[1] to claim their third straight conference title. This is the first season for the conference as a 12-team league. In July 2011, Colorado and Utah joined the conference, at which time the league's name changed from the Pacific-10 Conference.

2011 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	American football
Duration	September 2011 through January 2012
Number of teams	12
2012 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
Picked by	Indianapolis Colts, 1st overall
Regular season
North champions	Oregon Ducks Stanford Cardinal
North runners-up	Washington Huskies
South champions	UCLA Bruins
South runners-up	Utah Utes Arizona State Sun Devils
Pac-12 Championship Game
Champions	Oregon Ducks
Runners-up	UCLA Bruins
Finals MVP	LaMichael James (RB)

2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 7 Stanford x%		8	–	1					11	–	2
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	6					3	–	9
Washington State		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 6 USC †		7	–	2					10	–	2
UCLA xy		5	–	4					6	–	8
Utah		4	–	5					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Colorado		2	–	7					3	–	10
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † – USC ineligible for championship and postseason due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

Seven teams accepted bowl bids, an improvement from four the previous season. The BCS bowls featured Oregon in the Rose Bowl against Big Ten champion Wisconsin and Stanford facing Big 12 champion Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Ducks claimed their first Rose Bowl victory since 1917, while the Cardinal fell to the Cowboys in overtime. Of the non-BCS bowl participants, only Utah won their matchup against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.

Four teams changed head coaches. Arizona head coach Mike Stoops was fired midseason, while UCLA's Rick Neuheisel, Arizona State's Dennis Erickson, and Washington State's Paul Wulff were let go at the end of the season.

Preseason

2011 Pac-12 Spring Football:

North Division California, Tue., March 15 – Sun., April 24 Oregon, Mon., March 28 – Sat., April 30 Oregon State, Mon., March 28 – Sat., April 30 Stanford, Mon., Feb. 21 – Sat., April 9 Washington, Tue., March 29 – Sat., April 30 Washington State, Mon., March 7 – Sat., April 16

South Division Arizona, Mon., March 21 – Sat., April 16 Arizona State, Tue., March 22 – Sat., April 23 Colorado, Fri., March 11 – Sat., April 9 UCLA, Thu., March 31 – Sat., April 23 USC, Tue., March 22 – Sat., April 16 Utah, Tue., March 8 – Sat., April 16

Head coaches

Mike Stoops (first six games)/Tim Kish (last six games), Arizona Dennis Erickson, Arizona State Jeff Tedford, California – 5th year Jon Embree, Colorado – 1st year Chip Kelly, Oregon – 3rd year Mike Riley, Oregon State – 10th year

David Shaw, Stanford – 1st year Rick Neuheisel (regular season and Pac-12 Championship Game – 4th year/Mike Johnson (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl), UCLA Lane Kiffin, USC – 2nd year Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 7th year Steve Sarkisian, Washington – 3rd year Paul Wulff, Washington State – 4th year

• David Shaw took over as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal after Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.
• Mike Stoops was fired as head coach of the Arizona Wildcats on October 10 after starting the season 1–5 (their sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona). Including the previous season, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010 against UCLA. They had then lost their final four games and the Alamo Bowl. Defensive Coordinator Tim Kish was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez was named the new head coach on November 22.^[3]
• Rick Neuheisel was fired as head coach of the UCLA Bruins on November 28, but coached his final game in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game on December 2.^[4] Offensive coordinator Mike Johnson will coach the Bruins in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.^[5] On December 10, 2011, Jim L. Mora was named new head coach of the Bruins.^[6]
• Arizona State announced on November 28 that Dennis Erickson will not return the following year as head coach, but will coach the Sun Devils in their bowl game.^[7] Former Pittsburgh head coach Todd Graham was announced as Erickson's successor on December 14.^[8]
• Paul Wulff was fired as the head coach of the Washington State Cougars on November 29.^[9] He was succeeded by former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach on November 30.^[10]

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Arizona	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	22	RV	25	22	18	24	23	20	RV	RV
	C	RV	23	18	RV	RV	24	20	25	20	18	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						19	23	20	19	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released								21	19
California	AP				RV
	C		RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Colorado	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Oregon	AP	3	13	12	10	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	4	9	8	6	4
	C	3	14	14	13	11	9	9	8	7	6	6	4	9	7	5	4
	Harris	Not released						9	9	7	6	6	4	9	7	5
	BCS	Not released							10	7	8	7	4	10	9	5
Oregon State	AP
	C	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Stanford	AP	7	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	4	4	3	8	4	4	4	7
	C	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	9	5	4	4	7
	Harris	Not released						7	7	4	4	3	7	4	3	4
	BCS	Not released							8	6	4	4	9	6	4	4
UCLA	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
USC	AP	25	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	21	18	18	10	9	5	6
	C	Ineligible for ranking
	Harris	Not released						Ineligible for ranking
	BCS	Not released							Ineligible for ranking
Utah	AP	RV	RV		RV	RV
	C	RV	RV		RV	RV							RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Washington	AP	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						RV	25	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							25
Washington State	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released

Schedule

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

Week one

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 1	5:00 p.m.	Montana State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 27–10	45,311	[11]
September 1	7:00 p.m.	UC Davis	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FCS	W 48–14	45,671	[12]
September 3	12:30 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 25 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 19–17	68,273	[13]
September 3	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	FSN	L 34–38	31,144	[14]
September 3	1:00 p.m.	Sacramento State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR		L 28–29 OT	41,581	[15]
September 3	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 7 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	CSNBA	W 57–3	47,816	[16]
September 3	2:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 64–21	22,034	[17]
September 3	4:00 p.m.	Fresno State	California	Candlestick Park • San Francisco, CA	CSNCA	W 36–21	31,563	[18]
September 3	4:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	RTNW	W 30–27	58,088	[19]
September 3	5:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon	No. 4 LSU	Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, TX (Cowboys Classic)	ABC	L 27–40	87,711	[20]
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSAZ	W 41–10	51,761	[21]
September 3	7:15 p.m.	Colorado	Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN2	L 17–34	37,001	[22]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Arizona	No. 9 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN	L 14–37	54,654	[23]
September 9	7:30 p.m.	No. 21 Missouri	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	W 37–30 OT	70,236	[24]
September 10	9:00 a.m.	Oregon State	No. 8 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN	L 0–35	80,337	[25]
September 10	12:30 p.m.	California	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FCS	CAL 36–33 OT	49,532	[26]
September 10	12:30 p.m.	Hawaiʻi	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	RTNW	W 40–32	63,252	[27]
September 10	12:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 13 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FX	W 69–20	58,818	[28]
September 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Stanford	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 44–14	24,785	[29]
September 10	2:00 p.m.	UNLV	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 59–7	27,018	[30]
September 10	4:30 p.m.	Utah	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Versus	USC 23–14	73,821	[31]
September 10	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Prime Ticket	W 27–17	42,685	[32]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time. The California vs Colorado game is considered a non-conference game.

Week three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 17	10:30 a.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FSN	W 28–14	57,816	[33]
September 17	12:30 p.m.	Missouri State	No. 12 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 56–7	58,847	[34]
September 17	12:30 p.m.	No. 24 Texas	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC/ESPN	L 20–49	54,583	[35]
September 17	12:30 p.m.	Washington	No. 10 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC/ESPN	L 38–51	85,110	[36]
September 17	2:30 p.m.	Presbyterian	California	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA		W 63–12	33,952	[37]
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Washington State	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	The Mtn.	L 24–42	57,286	[38]
September 17	4:00 p.m.	No. 22 Arizona State	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	L 14–17	50,669	[39]
September 17	5:00 p.m.	Syracuse	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	FX	W 38–17	65,873	[40]
September 17	6:15 p.m.	Utah	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN2	W 54–10	63,742	[41]
September 17	7:45 p.m.	No. 6 Stanford	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	STAN 37–10	49,636	[42]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 24	12:30 p.m.	California	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSN	UW 31–23	60,437	[43]
September 24	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 37–17	105,096	[44]
September 24	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FCS	UCLA 27–19	44,352	[45]
September 24	7:15 p.m.	No. 10 Oregon	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	ORE 56–31	56,096	[46]
September 24	7:15 p.m.	No. 23 USC	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	ASU 43–22	61,495	[47]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Arizona	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	USC 48–41	63,707	[48]
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FCS	WSU 31–27	51,928	[49]
October 1	4:00 p.m.	Washington	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	FSN	UW 31–14	45,412	[50]
October 1	7:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 25 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSAZ/FCS	ASU 35–20	57,437	[51]
October 1	7:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 6 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FSN	STAN 45–19	50,360	[52]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 6	6:00 p.m.	California	No. 9 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	ORE 43–15	58,796	[53]
October 8	12:30 p.m.	Arizona	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FCS	ORST 37–27	40,403	[54]
October 8	12:30 p.m.	No. 22 Arizona State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	FSN	ASU 35–14	45,089	[55]
October 8	4:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 7 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Versus	STAN 48–7	50,360	[56]
October 8	7:30 p.m.	Washington State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FSN	UCLA 28–25	64,217	[57]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 13	6:00 p.m.	USC	California	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA	ESPN	USC 30–9	44,043	[58]
October 15	9:00 a.m.	Utah	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	W 26–14	43,719	[59]
October 15	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	RSRM/FCS	UW 52–24	62,147	[60]
October 15	1:00 p.m.	BYU	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FCS/KBYU-TV	L 28–38	42,584	[61]
October 15	4:30 p.m.	No. 7 Stanford	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	Versus	STAN 44–14	30,843	[62]
October 15	7:15 p.m.	No. 18 Arizona State	No. 9 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	ORE 41–27	60,055	[63]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 20	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	ARIZ 48–12	46,565	[64]
October 22	12:30 p.m.	No. 9 Oregon	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FSN	ORE 45–2	52,123	[65]
October 22	4:00 p.m.	Utah	California	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA	KJZZ-TV/CSNBA	CAL 34–10	35,182	[66]
October 22	4:30 p.m.	USC	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame–USC rivalry)	NBC	W 31–17	80,795	[67]
October 22	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 Washington	No. 7 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	STAN 65–21	50,360	[68]
October 22	7:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Washington State	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	FSN	ORST 44–21	49,219	[69]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Washington State	No. 7 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	ORE 43–28	59,126	[70]
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 23 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSAZ/RSRM	ASU 48–14	53,168	[71]
October 29	4:00 p.m.	California	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Prime Ticket	UCLA 31–14	55,604	[72]
October 29	4:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ-TV/RSNW	UTAH 27–8	45,017	[73]
October 29	5:00 p.m.	No. 4 Stanford	No. 20 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	STAN 56–48 3OT	93,607	[74]
October 29	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSN	WASH 42–31	59,825	[75]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 4	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 USC	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	USC 42–17	50,083	[76]
November 5	12:30 p.m.	No. 4 Stanford	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ABC	STAN 38–13	42,835	[77]
November 5	3:30 p.m.	Washington State	California	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA	CSNCA/RSNW	CAL 30–7	35,506	[78]
November 5	4:00 p.m.	Utah	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSAZ/FCS	UTAH 34–21	50,839	[79]
November 5	4:30 p.m.	No. 20 Arizona State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Versus	UCLA 29–28	65,438	[80]
November 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FSN	ORE 34–17	69,407	[81]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 12	11:30 a.m.	Arizona	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FCS	COLO 48–29	48,111	[82]
November 12	12:30 p.m.	Washington	No. 18 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FX	USC 40–17	64,756	[83]
November 12	3:30 p.m.	Oregon State	California	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA	CSNCA/RSNW	CAL 23–6	39,602	[84]
November 12	3:30 p.m.	UCLA	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ/Prime Ticket	UTAH 31–6	45,039	[85]
November 12	5:00 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon	No. 3 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	ORE 53–30	50,360	[86]
November 12	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	Versus	WSU 37–27	27,213	[87]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 19	12:30 p.m.	Washington	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	RTNW	ORST 38–21	42,766	[88]
November 19	2:00 p.m.	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	KJZZ/FCS	UTAH 30–27 OT	16,419	[89]
November 19	4:30 p.m.	Colorado	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Versus	UCLA 45–6	57,334	[90]
November 19	5:00 p.m.	No. 18 USC	No. 4 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	USC 38–35	59,933	[91]
November 19	6:30 p.m.	Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSAZ	ARIZ 31–27	72,694	[92]
November 19	7:15 p.m.	California	No. 8 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Big Game)	ESPN	STAN 31–28	50,360	[93]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 25	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies)	FSN	COLO 17–14	45,026	[94]
November 25	7:15 p.m.	California	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	CAL 47–38	52,350	[95]
November 26	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 9 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War)	ABC	ORE 49–21	59,802	[96]
November 26	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		W 49–21	38,819	[97]
November 26	4:30 p.m.	Washington State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	Versus	WASH 38–21	64,559	[98]
November 26	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 Notre Dame	No. 4 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Notre Dame–Stanford rivalry)	ABC	W 28–14	50,360	[99]
November 26	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 10 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	FSN	USC 50–0	93,607	[100]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week fourteen (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 2	5:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 8 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (2011 Pac-12 Football Championship Game)	Fox	ORE 49–31	59,376	[101]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Notes
September 3	Minnesota	#25 USC	USC	USC quarterback Matt Barkley and wide receiver Robert Woods set school records for completions and receptions, respectively.[102]
September 3	#3 Oregon	#4 LSU	LSU	In the Cowboys Classic at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Oregon running back LaMichael James became the school's career rushing leader.[103]
September 8	Arizona	#9 Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	In a rematch of the 2010 Alamo Bowl, Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon extended his NCAA record streak of at least 100 receiving yards for the 14th straight game.[104]
September 9	#21 Missouri	Arizona State	Arizona State	Arizona State ended Missouri's 22 non-conference game winning streak in overtime.[105]
September 10	Oregon State	#8 Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin had its first shutout victory since 2009.[106]
September 10	#6 Stanford	Duke	Stanford	Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck tied Jim Plunkett for the second-most wins in school history.[107]
September 17	#23 Texas	UCLA	Texas	Texas defeated UCLA for the first time since 1971.[108]
September 17	Washington	#11 Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska had its straight non-conference home win.[109]
September 17	#22 Arizona State	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois had its first victory over Arizona State after losing in the two previous meetings.[110]
September 17	Syracuse	USC	USC	In the teams' first meeting since 1990, the Trojans improved their record against the Orange to 3–0.[111]
September 24	Colorado	Ohio State	Ohio State	The teams met for the first time since 1986.[112] Colorado's record road losing streak was extended to 19 games.[113]
October 15	Utah	Pittsburgh	Utah	Utah's record against Pitt improved to 3–0 and their record against the Big East Conference remained undefeated at 9–0.[114]
October 22	USC	Notre Dame	USC	USC had its ninth victory in the ten most recent games of the Notre Dame–USC football rivalry in the first night game at Notre Dame Stadium in 21 years.[115]
November 26	#22 Notre Dame	#4 Stanford	Stanford	Stanford's third consecutive victory in the Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry. Quarterback Andrew Luck set new records for single-season touchdown passes, career touchdown passes, and total offense, and became only the third quarterback to defeat the Irish three straight times.[116]

Bowl games

Pac-12 teams played in the following bowl games.^[117] Pac-12 teams are bolded.

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Time (PST)	Team	Score	Team	Score
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas	December 22	Sam Boyd Stadium	Whitney, Nevada	ESPN	5:00 p.m.	#8 Boise State	56	Arizona State	24
Holiday Bowl	December 28	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	ESPN	5:00 p.m.	Texas	21	California	10
Alamo Bowl	December 29	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	#15 Baylor	67	Washington	56
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	CBS	11:00 a.m.	Utah	30	Georgia Tech	27 (OT)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	December 31	AT&T Park	San Francisco, California	ESPN	12:30 p.m.	Illinois	20	UCLA	14
Rose Bowl	January 2	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	#6 Oregon	45	#9 Wisconsin	38
Fiesta Bowl	January 2	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	#3 Oklahoma State	41	#4 Stanford	38 (OT)

Players of the week

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

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
9/5/11[118]	Robert Woods	WR	USC	Desmond Trufant	CB	UW	Erik Folk	PK	UW
9/12/11[119]	Paul Richardson	WR	COLO	Cort Dennison	LB	UW	Everrette Thompson	DT	UW
9/19/11[120]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Trevor Reilly	DE	UTAH	Brendan Bigelow	KR	CAL
9/26/11[121]	LaMichael James	RB	ORE	Shelly Lyons	LB	ASU	Jordan Poyer	PR/KR	ORST
10/3/11[122]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Alex Hoffman-Ellis	LB	WSU	Jamal Miles	PR/KR	ASU
10/10/11[123]	LaMichael James	RB	ORE	Lance Mitchell	S	ORST	Clayton York	FB	ORST
10/17/11[124]	Andrew Luck	QB	STAN	Derrick Shelby	DE	UTAH	Coleman Petersen	PK	UTAH
10/24/11[125]	Sean Mannion	QB	ORST	Scott Crichton	DE	ORST	John Bonano	PK	ARIZ
10/31/11[126]	Chris Polk	RB	UW	Tevin McDonald	S	UCLA	Eric Whitaker	PK	STAN
11/7/11[127]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Eddie Pleasant	DB	ORE	Sean Sellwood	P	UTAH
11/14/11[128]	Connor Halliday	QB	WSU	Travis Sandersfeld	DB	COLO	Marqise Lee	KR/WR	USC
11/21/11[129]	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	Hayes Pullard	LB	USC	Coleman Petersen	PK	UTAH
11/28/11[130]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Jon Major	LB	COLO	Giorgio Tavecchio	PK	CAL

Position key

Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB		Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		Guard	G		Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB		Long snapper	LS
Punter	P		Placekicker	PK		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	57,803	51,761[21]	49,636[42]	56,096[46]	46,565[64]	50,839[79]	38,819[97]	—	—	293,716	48,953	84.69%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	73,379	45,671[12]	70,236[24]	61,495[47]	57,437[51]	53,168[71]	72,694[92]	52,350[95]	—	413,051	59,007	80.41%
California	AT&T ParkA	41,915	33,952[37]	44,043[58]	35,182[66]	35,506[78]	39,602[84]	—	—	—	188,285	37,657	89.85%
Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613	49,532[26]	51,928[49]	52,123[65]	50,083[76]	48,111[82]	—	—	—	251,777	50,355	93.92%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	58,818[28]	58,847[34]	58,796[53]	60,055[63]	59,126[70]	59,933[91]	59,802[96]	59,376[101]	474,753	59,344	109.90%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674	41,581[15]	44,352[45]	40,403[54]	42,584[61]	42,835[77]	42,766[88]	—	—	254,521	42,420	92.88%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,000	47,816[16]	50,360[52]	50,360[56]	50,360[68]	50,360[86]	50,360[93]	50,360[99]	—	349,976	49,997	99.99%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	91,136	42,685[32]	54,583[35]	64,217[57]	55,604[72]	65,438[80]	57,334[90]	—	—	339,861	56,644	62.15%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	68,273[13]	73,821[31]	65,873[40]	63,707[48]	93,607[74]	64,756[83]	93,607[100]	—	523,644	74,806	79.91%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,017	45,311[11]	45,412[50]	45,089[55]	45,017[73]	45,039[85]	45,026[94]	—	—	270,894	45,149	100.29%
Washington	Husky Stadium	72,500	58,088[19]	63,252[27]	60,437[43]	62,147[60]	59,825[75]	69,407[81]	64,559[98]B	—	437,715	62,531	87.19%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	35,117	22,034[17]	27,018[30]	30,843[62]	49,219[69]C	27,213[87]	16,419[89]	—	—	172,746	28,791	71.21%

^A Due to reconstruction at California Memorial Stadium, California played their 2011 home games in AT&T Park in San Francisco, California.^[131]
^B Washington official home game played versus Washington State in Seattle, WA at CenturyLink Field (capacity 67,000) as renovation began on Husky Stadium.^[132]
^C This was an official Washington State home game played versus Oregon State at CenturyLink Field.^[133]

Notes

• May 26, 2011 – The NCAA upheld all findings and penalties against USC in their infractions case on former players Reggie Bush and O. J. Mayo. The USC football team will not participate in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game or a bowl game.^[134]
• July 18, 2011 – USC running back Marc Tyler was suspended for the season opener against Minnesota for making inappropriate comments to the media.^[135]
• July 27, 2011 – Media Day in Los Angeles.
• November 30, 2011 - Stanford defensive assistant Chester McGlockton, who had been on the coaching staff for the past two seasons, died suddenly in his sleep.^[136]
• November 30, 2011 - The NCAA granted UCLA a waiver to still be bowl-eligible in the event of a loss in the Pac-12 title game to finish at 6-7.^[137] UCLA subsequently accepted a bid to participate in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.^[5]
• December 5, 2011 - Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris was dismissed from the team for violating team rules. He had already been suspended from the team indefinitely following a traffic stop on October 24 and only played in six games during the season.^[138]
• December 10, 2011 - Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck becomes the fourth player to be a runner up for the Heisman Trophy in consecutive seasons and the first since Arkansas running back Darren McFadden in 2006 and 2007.^[139] In 2010, the award was won by Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and this year it was won by Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. This was the third year in a row that Stanford has had a runner-up for the Heisman (running back Toby Gerhart was the runner up in 2009).
• December 31, 2011 - Washington fires defensive coordinator Nick Holt, linebackers coach Mike Cox, and safeties coach Jeff Mills after the Huskies give up the most yards in school history in a 67-56 loss to Baylor in the Alamo Bowl.^[140]
• January 2, 2012 - Oregon defeats Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl for their first Rose Bowl victory since 1917, setting a record for most total points scored with 83.^[141] Stanford falls to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl in overtime, giving the Cowboys their first BCS bowl victory.^[142]

Awards and honors

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

Maxwell Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

Walter Camp Player of the Year Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

All-Americans

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

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:^[143]

• OL David DeCastro, Stanford
• QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
• AP LaMichael James, Oregon

All-Pac-12 teams

• Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
• Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Mychal Kendricks, LB, California
• Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year: Marqise Lee, WR, USC and De'Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
• Defensive Freshman of the Year: Dion Bailey, LB, USC
• Coach of the Year: David Shaw, Stanford

First Team:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
Offense				Defense				Specialists
QB	Andrew Luck	Jr.	Stanford	DL	Dion Jordan	Jr.	Oregon	PK	Andre Heidari	Fr.	USC
RB	LaMichael James	Jr.	Oregon	DL	Star Lotulelei	Jr.	Utah	P	Bryan Anger	Sr.	California
RB	Chris Polk	Jr.	Washington	DL	Nick Perry	Jr.	USC	RS	De'Anthony Thomas	Fr.	Oregon
WR	Keenan Allen	So.	California	DL	Derrick Shelby	Sr.	Utah	ST	Rhett Ellison	Sr.	USC
WR	Robert Woods	So.	USC	LB	Josh Kaddu	Sr.	Oregon
TE	Coby Fleener	Sr.	Stanford	LB	Mychal Kendricks	Sr.	California
OL	Tony Bergstrom	Sr.	Utah	LB	Chase Thomas	Jr.	Stanford
OL	David DeCastro	Jr.	Stanford	DB	Delano Howell	Sr.	Stanford
OL	Matt Kalil	Jr.	USC	DB	T. J. McDonald	Jr.	USC
OL	Jonathan Martin	Jr.	Stanford	DB	Eddie Pleasant	Sr.	Oregon
OL	Mitchell Schwartz	Sr.	California	DB	Nickell Robey	So.	USC

ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)

^[144]

All-Academic

First team^[145]

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Andrew Luck	Stanford	RS Jr.	3.48	Architectural Design
RB	Malcolm Jones	UCLA	So.	3.20	Undeclared
RB	John Tyndall	California	Sr.	3.17	Interdisciplinary Studies/Peace & Conflict Studies
WR	Jared Karstetter	Washington State	Sr.	3.61	Zoology
WR	Luke Matthews	Utah	Jr.	3.66	Mass Communication
TE	David Paulson	Oregon	Gr.	3.67	Business
OL	Mark Asper	Oregon	Gr.	3.77	Educational Leadership
OL	Mark Brazinski	California	So.	3.68	Business Administration and Media Studies
OL	Mitchell Schwartz	California	Sr.	3.24	American Studies
OL	Tevita Stevens	Utah	Jr.	3.52	Spanish
OL	Carson York	Oregon	Jr.	3.75	Journalism and Communications
DL	Kevin Frahm	Oregon State	Sr.	3.30	Political Science
DL	Ernest Owusu	California	Sr.	3.31	Political Economy
DL	Will Pericak	Colorado	Jr.	3.43	Business-Finance
DL	Derrick Shelby	Utah	Sr.	3.25	Sociology
LB	Brent Etiz	Stanford	So.	3.52	Economics
LB	Paul Vassallo	Arizona	Sr.	3.48	Pre-Public Health
LB	J.J. Williams	Utah	Sr.	3.42	Economics
DB	Cameron Collins	Oregon State	Sr.	3.48	Business-Finance
DB	Kyle McCartney	Washington State	RS Jr.	3.80	Entrepreneurship
DB	Travis Sandersfeld	Colorado	RS Sr.	3.38	Business-Finance
DB	Greg Walker	Washington	Jr.	3.41	Biology
PK	John Bonano	Arizona	Sr.	3.90	Physiology
P	Sean Sellwood	Utah	Jr.	3.78	Exercise and Sport Science
ST	Brendan Lopez	Washington	Sr.	3.64	Neurobiology

2012 NFL draft

Round	Overall pick	NFL team	Player	Position	College
1	1	Indianapolis Colts	Andrew Luck	Quarterback	Stanford
1	4	Minnesota Vikings	Matt Kalil	Offensive tackle	USC
1	24	Pittsburgh Steelers	David DeCastro	Guard	Stanford
1	28	Green Bay Packers	Nick Perry	Linebacker	USC
2	34	Indianapolis Colts	Coby Fleener	Tight end	Stanford
2	37	Cleveland Browns	Mitchell Schwartz	Offensive tackle	California
2	42	Miami Dolphins	Jonathan Martin	Offensive tackle	Stanford
2	46	Philadelphia Eagles	Mychal Kendricks	Linebacker	California
2	57	Denver Broncos	Brock Osweiler	Quarterback	Arizona State
2	61	San Francisco 49ers	LaMichael James	Running back	Oregon
3	70	Jacksonville Jaguars	Bryan Anger	Punter	California
3	79	Chicago Bears	Brandon Hardin	Safety	Oregon State
3	88	Philadelphia Eagles	Nick Foles	Quarterback	Arizona
3	95	Oakland Raiders	Tony Bergstrom	Offensive guard	Utah
4	101	Denver Broncos	Omar Bolden	Cornerback	Arizona State
4	109	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alameda Ta'amu	Defensive tackle	Washington
4	128	Minnesota Vikings	Rhett Ellison	Fullback	USC
5	151	Arizona Cardinals	Senio Kelemete	Offensive guard	Washington
5	155	Miami Dolphins	Josh Kaddu	Linebacker	Oregon
5	160	Cleveland Browns	Ryan Miller	Offensive guard	Colorado
5	166	Cincinnati Bengals	Marvin Jones	Wide receiver	California
5	168	Oakland Raiders	Juron Criner	Wide receiver	Arizona
6	178	Buffalo Bills	Mark Asper	Offensive guard	Oregon
7	216	Carolina Panthers	D. J. Campbell	Safety	California
7	219	Minnesota Vikings	Trevor Guyton	Defensive end	California
7	231	Pittsburgh Steelers	Toney Clemons	Wide receiver	Colorado
7	240	Pittsburgh Steelers	David Paulson	Tight end	Oregon
7	245	Cleveland Browns	Trevin Wade	Cornerback	Arizona