2016 Pac-12 Conference football season

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.

2016 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	American football
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), CBS (bowl game, and Pac-12 Networks
2017 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	DE Solomon Thomas, Stanford
Picked by	San Francisco 49ers, 3rd overall
Regular season
Top scorer	Cameron Van Winkle (123 points)
North champions	Washington Huskies
North runners-up	Washington State Cougars
South champions	Colorado Buffaloes
South runners-up	USC Trojans
Pac-12 Championship
Champions	Washington Huskies
Runners-up	Colorado Buffaloes
Finals MVP	Taylor Rapp, DB

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington xy$^		8	–	1					12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2					8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3					10	–	3
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6					4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado xy		8	–	1					10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7					5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7					4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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 1. Stanford Cardinal (24 pts., 186 votes) 2. Washington Huskies (8 pts., 163 votes) 3. Oregon Ducks (1 pt., 132 votes) 4. Washington State Cougars (112 votes) 5. California Golden Bears (67 votes) 6. Oregon State Beavers (33 votes)

South Division 1. UCLA Bruins (19 pts., 180 votes) 2. USC Trojans (12 pts., 173 votes) 3. Utah Utes (2 pts., 127 votes) 4. Arizona Wildcats (87 votes) 5. Arizona State Sun Devils (85 votes) 6. 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:^[1]

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[2]	Rivals[3]	Scout[4]	24/7[5]	Signees
Arizona	39	41	41	42	25
Arizona State	26	20	17	19	22
California	-	29	36	34	24
Colorado	-	71	75	69	19
Oregon	15	17	21	16	22
Oregon State	-	71	63	60	22
Stanford	27	18	25	24	22
UCLA	11	13	9	12	18
USC	3	1	1	2	26
Utah	-	41	53	45	20
Washington	28	30	23	27	24
Washington 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 record
Arizona	Rich Rodriguez	5	155–112–2 (.580)	35–28 (.556)	17–25 (.405)
Arizona State	Todd Graham	5	88–53 (.624)	39–24 (.619)	25–18 (.581)
California	Sonny Dykes	4	40–44 (.476)	18–29 (.383)	9–25 (.265)
Colorado	Mike MacIntyre	4	34–50 (.405)	18–29 (.383)	8–26 (.235)
Oregon	Mark Helfrich	4	36–15 (.706)	36–15 (.706)	23–11 (.676)
Oregon State	Gary Andersen	2	53–56 (.486)	4–18 (.182)	1–15 (.063)
Stanford	David Shaw	6	61–17 (.782)	61–17 (.782)	42–12 (.778)
UCLA	Jim L. Mora	5	41–22 (.651)	41–22 (.651)	25–18 (.581)
USC	Clay Helton	3	13–7 (.650)	13–7 (.650)	11–3 (.786)
Utah	Kyle Whittingham	12	103–48 (.682)	103–48 (.682)	25–27 (.481)
Washington	Chris Petersen	3	116–25 (.823)	24–13 (.649)	14–11 (.560)
Washington State	Mike Leach	5	113–74 (.604)	29–31 (.483)	20–23 (.465)

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

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	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	Wk 15	Final
Arizona Wildcats	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Arizona State Sun Devils	AP			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV
	CFP	Not released
California Golden Bears	AP				RV		RV
	C				RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado Buffaloes	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
Oregon Ducks	AP	24	24	22	RV
	C	22	23	21	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oregon State Beavers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Stanford Cardinal	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
UCLA Bruins	AP	16	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
USC Trojans	AP	20							RV	RV	RV	RV	15	12	10	9	3
	C	17	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	19	12	11	9	5
	CFP	Not released										20	13	12	11	9
Utah Utes	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
Washington Huskies	AP	14	8	8	9	10	5	5	5	4	4	4	7	6	4	4	4
	C	18	11	9	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	4
	CFP	Not released									5	4	6	5	4	4
Washington State Cougars	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 formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday, August 26	7:00 pm	Hawaii	California	ANZ Stadium • Sydney, Australia	ESPN	W 51–31	61,247
Thursday, September 1	5:00 pm	Southern Utah	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	P12N	W 24–0	45,945
Thursday, September 1	6:00 pm	Oregon State	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis	BTN	L 23–30	44,582
Friday, September 2	5:00 pm	Colorado State	Colorado	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	W 44–7	69,850
Friday, September 2	6:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 8 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California	FS1	W 26–13	46,147
Saturday, September 3	11:00 am	Rutgers	No. 14 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle	P12N	W 48–13	58,640
Saturday, September 3	12:30 pm	No. 16 UCLA	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	CBS	L 24–31 OT	100,443
Saturday, September 3	2:00 pm	UC Davis	No. 24 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon	P12N	W 53–28	53,817
Saturday, September 3	5:00 pm	No. 20 USC	No. 1 Alabama	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas	ABC	L 6–52	81,359
Saturday, September 3	5:00 pm	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington	P12N	L 42–45	32,952
Saturday, September 3	7:30 pm	BYU	Arizona	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, Arizona	FS1	L 16–18	50,528
Saturday, September 3	7:45 pm	Northern Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona	P12N	W 44–13	45,300
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	Utah
Reference:[6]

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Saturday, September 10	11:00 am	Utah State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	P12N	W 45–7	62,487
Saturday, September 10	2:00 pm	Idaho	No. 8 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle	P12N	W 59–14	60,678
Saturday, September 10	2:30 pm	Idaho State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	P12N	W 56–7	39,505
Saturday, September 10	4:30 pm	BYU	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	Fox	W 20–19	46,915
Saturday, September 10	5:00 pm	UNLV	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	P12N	W 42–21	63,712
Saturday, September 10	7:00 pm	Texas Tech	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona	FS1	W 68–55	44,511
Saturday, September 10	7:15 pm	Boise State	Washington State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho	ESPN2	L 28–31	36,163
Saturday, September 10	7:30 pm	California	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego	CBSSN	L 40–45	42,473
Saturday, September 10	7:30 pm	Virginia	No. 24 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon	ESPN	W 44–26	53,774
Saturday, September 10	7:45 pm	Grambling State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona	P12N	W 31–21	45,686
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	USC
Reference:[7]

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday, September 16	6:30 pm	Arizona State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio	ESPN2	W 32–28	29,035
Saturday, September 17	11:00 am	Idaho	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington	P12N	W 56–6	28,477
Saturday, September 17	12:30 pm	No. 22 Oregon	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	L 32–35	90,414
Saturday, September 17	1:30 pm	Colorado	No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	BTN	L 28–45	110,042
Saturday, September 17	2:00 pm	Idaho State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon	P12N	W 37–7	38,052
Saturday, September 17	5:00 pm	USC	No. 7 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California	ABC	STAN 27–10	48,763
Saturday, September 17	5:00 pm	Portland State	No. 8 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle	P12N	W 41–3	57,151
Saturday, September 17	7:15 pm	UCLA	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	ESPN2	W 17–14	62,904
Saturday, September 17	7:30 pm	No. 11 Texas	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California	ESPN	W 50–43	50,448
Saturday, September 17	7:30 pm	Utah	San Jóse State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California	CBSSN	W 34–17	16,041
Saturday, September 17	7:45 pm	Hawaii	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona	P12N	W 47–28	50,116
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[8]

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday, September 23	6:00 pm	USC	No. 24 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	FS1	UTAH 31–27	46,133
Saturday, September 24	12:30 pm	Boise State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon	FS1	L 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	No. 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	No. 9 Washington	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona	P12N	WASH 35–28 OT	48,747
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[9]

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday September 30	6:00 pm	No. 7 Stanford	No. 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	No. 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
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	Colorado
Reference:[10]

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Saturday, October 8	1:00 pm	No. 21 Colorado	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	P12N	USC 21–17	68,302
Saturday, October 8	4:30 pm	No. 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	No. 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	No. 15 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California	ESPN	WSU 42–16	50,424
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[11]

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Saturday, October 15	12:30 pm	USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona	Fox	USC 48–14	55,463
Saturday, October 15	1:00 pm	No. 21 Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon	P12N	UTAH 19–14	32,093
Saturday, October 15	4:30 pm	Stanford	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana (Legends Trophy)	NBC	W 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
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[12]

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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	No. 19 Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	Fox	UTAH 52–45	66,243
Saturday, October 22	3:30 pm	Oregon State	No. 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
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[13]

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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	No. 4 Washington	No. 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
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	Washington
Reference:[14]

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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	No. 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	No. 5 Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California	ESPN	WASH 66–27	47,756
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	Colorado
Reference:[15]

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Thursday, November 10	6:30 pm	No. 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	No. 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	No. 16 Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona	FS1	COLO 49–24	41,068
Saturday, November 12	7:30 pm	California	No. 23 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington	ESPN	WSU 56–21	30,135
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 State
Reference:[16]

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Saturday, November 19	11:00 am	Oregon	No. 11 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	P12N	ORE 30–28	46,327
Saturday, November 19	12:30 pm	No. 20 Washington State	No. 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	No. 7 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle	FOX	WASH 44–18	65,467
Saturday, November 19	7:30 pm	No. 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
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	Utah
Reference:[17]

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday, November 25	12:30 pm	No. 6 Washington	No. 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
Saturday, November 26	12:30 pm	Notre Dame	No. 13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	W 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	No. 21 Utah	No. 9 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado (Rumble in the Rockies)	FOX	COLO 27–22	52,301
Saturday, November 26	5:00 pm	Rice	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California	P12N	W 41–17	36,171
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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	USC
Reference:[18]

Championship game

Further information: 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)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
Friday, December 2	6:00 pm	No. 9 Colorado	No. 4 Washington	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, California (Pac-12 Championship)	ESPN	WASH 41–10	47,118
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in 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 Conferences Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 1–3 Big 12 3–0 SEC 0–2 Notre Dame 2–0 Power 5 Total 7–5 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C-USA 2–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 6–3 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 2–1 Sun Belt 2–0 Other FBS Total 12–4 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 7–1 Total Non-Conference Record 26–10

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 2–1 Big 12 0–1 SEC 0–1 Power 5 Total 3–3 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0-0 Other FBS Total 0–0 Total Bowl Record 3–3

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Pac-12 win
	Pac-12 loss

See also: 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Pac-12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
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	59,815
New 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	95,128
College 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 Year	Jake Browning, Washington
Coach of the Year	Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Defensive Player of The Year	Adoree' Jackson, USC
Offensive Freshman of The Year	Sam Darnold, USC
Defensive Freshman of The Year	Taylor Rapp, Washington

All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.^[19]

Offense:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
QB	Jake Browning	So.	Washington	Luke Falk	Jr.	Washington State
RB	Myles Gaskin	So	Washington	Ronald Jones II	So.	USC
RB	Christian McCaffrey	Jr.	Stanford	Phillip Lindsay	Jr.	Colorado
WR	Gabe Marks	Sr.	Washington State	Chad Hansen	Jr.	California
WR	John Ross	Jr.	Washington	JuJu Smith-Schuster	Jr.	USC
TE	Pharaoh Brown	Sr.	Oregon	Nate Iese	Sr.	UCLA
OL	Trey Adams	So.	Washington	Isaac Asiata	Sr.	Utah
OL	Zach Banner	Sr.	USC	Sean Harlow	Sr.	Oregon State
OL	Garett Bolles	Jr.	Utah	Jeromy Irwin	Jr.	Colorado
OL	Jake Eldrenkamp	Sr.	Washington	Damien Mama	Jr.	USC
OL	Scott Quessenberry	Jr.	UCLA	Conor McDermott	Jr.	UCLA
OL	Chad Wheeler	Sr.	USC	Coleman Shelton	Jr.	Washington

Defense:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
DL	Hunter Dimick	Sr.	Utah	Hercules Mata'afa	So.	Washington State
DL	Takkarist McKinley	Sr.	UCLA	Stevie Tu'ikolovatu	Sr.	USC
DL	Elijah Qualls	Jr.	Washington	Vita Vea	So.	Washington
DL	Solomon Thomas	Jr.	Stanford	JoJo Wicker	So.	Arizona State
LB	Jayon Brown	Sr.	UCLA	Keishawn Bierria	Jr.	Washington
LB	Jimmie Gilbert	Sr.	Colorado	Koron Crump	Jr.	Arizona State
LB	Azeem Victor	Jr.	Washington	Cameron Smith	So.	USC
LB				Kenny Young	Jr.	UCLA
DB	Budda Baker	Jr.	Washington	Chidobe Awuzie	Sr.	Colorado
DB	Adoree' Jackson	Jr.	USC	Tedric Thompson	Sr.	Colorado
DB	Sidney Jones	Jr.	Washington	Marcus Williams	Jr.	Utah
DB	Shalom Luani	Sr.	Washington State	Ahkello Witherspoon	Sr.	Colorado

Specialists:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
PK	Zane Gonzalez	Sr.	Arizona State	Andy Phillips	Sr.	Utah
P	Mitch Wishnowsky	So.	Utah	Matt Haack	Sr.	ASU
RS	Adoree' Jackson	Jr.	USC	Dante Pettis	Jr.	Washington
ST	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):

First team

Second team

Third team

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

All-Academic

First team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major

Individual awards

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	56,029	45,686	50,116	48,747	55,463†	46,740	41,068	50,197	338,017	48,288	86.18%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	56,232	45,300	44,511	49,295	48,509	50,582†	48,220	—	286,417	47,736	84.89%
California	California Memorial Stadium	62,467	50,448	46,618	43,048	47,756	52,266†	39,633	—	279,769	46,628	74.64%
Colorado	Folsom Field	50,183	39,505	46,839	48,588	43,761	48,658	52,301†	—	279,652	46,609	92.88%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	53,817	53,774	53,974	58,842†	53,898	53,757	—	328,062	54,677	101.25%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674	38,052	42,846	34,066	32,093	37,081	35,059	44,160†	263,357	37,622	82.37%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,424	46,147	48,763	50,424†	44,535	38,813	36,171	—	265,033	44,172	87.60%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	92,542	63,712	70,833	68,013	66,243	64,813	71,137†	—	404,751	67,458	72.89%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	62,487	71,214	68,302	61,725	74,625†	72,402	—	338,353	67,670	72.29%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,807	45,945	46,915	46,133	45,917	47,801†	46,327	—	279,038	46,506	101.53%
Washington	Husky Stadium	70,083	58,640	60,678	57,151	72,027	65,796	72,362†	65,467	452,121	64,588	92.16%
Washington State	Martin 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