2017 Pac-12 Conference football season

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

2017 Pac-12 Conference football season
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), and Pac-12 Networks
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	QB Sam Darnold, USC
Picked by	New York Jets, 3rd overall
Regular season
Top scorer	Myles Gaskin, RB (132 points)
North champions	Stanford Cardinal Washington Huskies
North runners-up	Washington State Cougars
South champions	USC Trojans
South runners-up	Arizona State Sun Devils
Pac–12 Championship
Champions	USC
Runners-up	Stanford Cardinal
Finals MVP	Sam Darnold, QB

2017 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 20 Stanford xy		7	–	2					9	–	5
No. 16 Washington x		7	–	2					10	–	3
Washington State		6	–	3					9	–	4
Oregon		4	–	5					7	–	6
California		2	–	7					5	–	7
Oregon State		0	–	9					1	–	11
South Division
No. 12 USC xy$		8	–	1					11	–	3
Arizona State		6	–	3					7	–	6
Arizona		5	–	4					7	–	6
UCLA		4	–	5					6	–	7
Utah		3	–	6					7	–	6
Colorado		2	–	7					5	–	7
Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season

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

North Division

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

South Division

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

Pac-12 media days

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

Wednesday Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott Washington – Chris Petersen (HC), Jake Browning (QB) & Keishawn Bierria (LB) Arizona – Rich Rodriguez (HC), Jacob Alsadek (OL) & Luca Bruno, (DL) California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Tre Watson (RB) & James Looney (DT) UCLA – Jim Mora (HC), Scott Quessenberry (OT) & Kenny Young (LB) Oregon State – Gary Andersen (HC), Ryan Nall (RB) & Manase Hungalu (LB) Colorado – Mike MacIntyre (HC), Phillip Lindsay (RB) & Derek McCartney (LB)

Thursday Pac-12 VP of Officiating – David Coleman Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Salesi Uhatafe (RG) & Filipo Mokofisi (DT) Oregon – Willie Taggart (HC), Justin Herbert (QB) & Troy Dye (LB) Arizona State – Todd Graham (HC), Kalen Ballage (RB) & JoJo Wicker (DL) Stanford – David Shaw (HC), Bryce Love (RB) & Harrison Phillips (DT) Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Jamal Morrow (RB) & Peyton Pelluer (LB) USC – Clay Helton (HC), Sam Darnold (QB) & Cameron Smith (LB)

Preseason Media Polls

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

Pac-12 Champion Voting

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

North Division 1. Washington Huskies (309 pts., 49 votes) 2. Stanford Cardinal (247 pts., 1 vote) 3. Washington State Cougars (206 pts., 1 vote) 4. Oregon Ducks (163 pts., 1 vote) 5. Oregon State Beavers (101 pts.) 6. California Golden Bears (64 pts.)

South Division 1. USC Trojans (309 pts., 49 votes) 2. Utah Utes (220 pts., 1 vote) 3. UCLA Bruins (209 pts., 1 vote) 4. Colorado Buffaloes (182 pts., 1 vote) 5. Arizona State Sun Devils (109 pts) 6. Arizona Wildcats (61 pts.)

References:^[2]

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[3]	Rivals[4]	Scout[5]	24/7[6]	Signees
Arizona	39	41	41	42	34
Arizona State	26	20	17	19	19
California	-	29	36	34	14
Colorado	-	71	75	69	28
Oregon	15	17	21	16	24
Oregon State	-	71	63	60	24
Stanford	27	18	25	24	14
UCLA	11	13	9	12	18
USC	3	1	1	2	26
Utah	-	41	53	45	18
Washington	28	30	23	27	21
Washington State	-	55	38	41	27

Head coaches

Coaching changes

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

Coaches

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

Rankings

Main article: 2017 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										23	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV							RV	25	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									22
Arizona State Sun Devils	AP
	C									RV
	CFP	Not released
California Golden Bears	AP		RV	RV	RV	RV
	C		RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado Buffaloes	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oregon Ducks	AP	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oregon State Beavers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Stanford Cardinal	AP	14	14	19	RV	RV	RV	23	22	20	18	RV	20	20	14	15	20
	C	14	14	19	RV	RV	RV	25	22	20	18	RV	23	20	15	16	19
	CFP	Not released									21		22	21	12	13
UCLA Bruins	AP	RV	RV	25
	C	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
USC Trojans	AP	4	6	4	5	5	14	13	11	21	17	15	12	11	11	8	12
	C	4	5	4	5	5	15	13	10	21	17	14	10	10	9	7	10
	CFP	Not released									17	11	11	11	10	8
Utah Utes	AP	RV	RV	RV	23	20	20	RV	RV	20
	C	25	23	24	21	19	18	23	RV	23							RV
	CFP	Not released
Washington Huskies	AP	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	12	12	12	9	16	15	13	12	16
	C	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	12	11	11	8	15	14	13	12	15
	CFP	Not released									12	9	18	17	13	11
Washington State Cougars	AP	24	20	21	18	16	11	8	15	15	25	19	15	14	21	21	RV
	C	RV	22	22	18	16	11	9	18	16	RV	20	16	15	22	21	RV
	CFP	Not released									25	19	14	13	18	18

		Increase in ranking
		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

Schedule

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

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

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

Regular season

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 26	12:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 27–58	37,583
August 26	7:00 p.m.	No. 14 Stanford	Rice	Allianz Stadium • Sydney, Australia	ESPN	W 62–7	33,101
August 31	4:30 p.m.	North Dakota	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 37–16	45,905
August 31	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	W 37–31	46,596
September 1	5:00 p.m.	No. 8 Washington	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	FS1	W 30–14	46,093
September 1	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Colorado	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO	P12N	W 17–3	73,932
September 2	9:20 a.m.	California	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 35–30	49,500
September 2	11:00 a.m.	Portland State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 35–32	34,737
September 2	2:15 p.m.	Western Michigan	No. 4 USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	W 49–31	61,125
September 2	5:15 p.m.	Southern Utah	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 77–21	52,204
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Montana State	No. 24 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FS1	W 31–0	30,254
September 2	8:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 62–24	43,620
September 3	4:30 p.m.	Texas A&M	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	W 45–44	64,635
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

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

Week 3

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

Week 4

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

Date	Bye Week
September 23	Oregon State

Week 5

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

Date	Bye Week
September 30	Arizona	Utah

Week 6

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

Date	Bye Week
October 7	Arizona State	UCLA

Week 7

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

Week 8

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

Date	Bye Week
October 21	Oregon State	Stanford	Washington

Week 9

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

Week 10

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

Week 11

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

Date	Bye Week
November 11	California	Oregon

Week 12

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

Date	Bye Week
November 18	Colorado	Washington State

Week 13

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

Date	Bye Week
November 25	USC

Championship game

Further information: 2017 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	5:00 p.m.	No. 14 Stanford	No. 11 USC	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	ESPN	USC 31–28	48,031
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Pac-12 vs other conferences

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

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

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 1	#8 Washington	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		W 30–14
September 2	California	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		W 35–30
September 3	Texas A&M	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA		W 45–44
September 9	Nebraska	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 42–35
September 9	Minnesota	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR		L 14–48
September 9	Utah	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	Holy War	W 19–13
September 16	Arizona State	Texas Tech	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 45–52
September 16	Texas	#4 USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 27–24 (2OT)
September 16	Ole Miss	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 27–16
October 21	#11 USC	#13 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	Notre Dame–USC football rivalry	L 14–49
November 25	#9 Notre Dame	#20 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry	W 38–20
December 26	West Virginia	Utah	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	W 30–14[7]
December 26	Kansas State	UCLA	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	Motel 6 Cactus Bowl	L 17–35[8]
December 27	Purdue	Arizona	Levi Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	Foster Farms Bowl	L 35–38[9]
December 28	#18 Michigan State	#21 Washington State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	Holiday Bowl	L 17–42[10]
December 28	#13 TCU	#15 Stanford	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	Valero Alamo Bowl	L 37–39[11]
December 29	#24 NC State	Arizona State	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	Hyundai Sun Bowl	L 31–52[12]
December 29	#5 Ohio State	#8 USC	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	Cotton Bowl	L 7–24[13]
December 30	#9 Penn State	#12 Washington	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ	Fiesta Bowl	L 28–35[14]

Records against other conferences

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

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 2–1 Big 12 1–1 BYU/Notre Dame 2–1 SEC 2–0 Power 5 Total 8–3 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–2 C-USA 2–0 Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 1–0 Mountain West 7–3 Sun Belt 2–0 Other FBS Total 12–5 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 8–0 Total Non-Conference Record 28–8

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–1 Big Ten 0–4 Big 12 1–2 Power 5 Total[15] 1–7 Other FBS Conferences Record Mountain West 0–1 Other FBS Total 0–1 Total Bowl Record[16] 1–8

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Pac-12 win
	Pac-12 loss

See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (PST)	Pac-12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl	December 16	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	ABC	12:30 p.m.	Oregon	#25 Boise State	L 28–38[17]	36,432[18]
Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	December 26	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	ESPN	10:00 a.m.	Utah	West Virginia	W 30–14[19]	20,507[20]
Motel 6 Cactus Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Kansas State	L 17–35[21]	32,859[22]
Foster Farms Bowl	December 27	Levi Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FOX	5:30 p.m.	Arizona	Purdue	L 35–38[23]	28,436[24]
Holiday Bowl	December 28	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1	6:00 p.m.	#18 Washington State	#16 Michigan State	L 17–42[25]	47,092[26]
Valero Alamo Bowl	December 28	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	#13 Stanford	#15 TCU	L 37–39[27]	57,653[28]
Hyundai Sun Bowl	December 29	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	12:00 p.m.	Arizona State	#24 NC State	L 31–52[29]	39,897[30]
New Year's Six Bowls
Cotton Bowl	December 29	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	#8 USC	#5 Ohio State	L 7–24[31]	67,510[32]
Fiesta Bowl	December 30	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ	ESPN	1:00 p.m.	#12 Washington	#9 Penn State	L 28–35[33]	61,842[34]

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

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

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

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special teams
		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2) [35]		Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA		Devante Downs	LB	California		Jake Olson	LS	USC
Week 2 (Sept. 9) [36]		Sam Darnold	QB	USC		Peyton Pelluer	LB	Washington State		Dante Pettis	WR/PR	Washington
Week 3 (Sept. 16) [37]		Luke Falk	QB	Washington State		Devante Downs (2)	LB	California		Dante Pettis (2)	WR/PR	Washington
Week 4 (Sept. 23) [38]		Bryce Love	RB	Stanford		Jack Jones	CB	USC		Brandon Ruiz	PK	ASU
Week 5 (Sept. 30) [39]		Bryce Love (2)	RB	Stanford		Jahad Woods	LB	Washington State		Erik Powell	PK	Washington State
Week 6 (Oct. 7)[40]		Khalil Tate	QB	Arizona		Justin Reid	DB	Stanford		Erik Powell (2)	PK	Washington State
Week 7 (Oct. 14) [41]		Khalil Tate (2)	QB	Arizona		Jordan Kunaszyk	LB	California		Mitch Wishnowsky	P	Utah
Week 8 (Oct. 21) [42]		Khalil Tate (3)	QB	Arizona		Colin Schooler	LB	Arizona		Brandon Ruiz (2)	PK	ASU
Week 9 (Oct. 28) [43]		Khalil Tate (4)	QB	Arizona		Harrison Phillips	DL	Stanford		Lucas Havrisik	PK	Arizona
Week 10 (Nov. 4) [44]		Luke Falk (2)	QB	Washington State		Manase Hungalu	LB	Oregon State		Dante Pettis (3)	WR/PR	Washington
Week 11 (Nov. 11) [45]		Bryce Love (3)	RB	Stanford		Hercules Mata'afa	DL	Washington State		Erik Powell (3)	K	Washington State
Week 12 (Nov. 18) [46]		Jake Browning	QB	Washington		Troy Dye	LB	Oregon		Michael Pittman Jr.	WR/PR	USC
Week 13 (Nov. 25)[47]		Myles Gaskin	RB	Washington		Kenny Young	LB	UCLA		Jake Bailey	P	Stanford

All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.^[48]

First Team Position Player Class Team First Team Offense QB Sam Darnold RSo. USC RB Ronald Jones II Jr. USC Bryce Love Jr. Stanford WR N'Keal Harry So. Arizona State Dante Pettis Sr. Washington TE Dalton Schultz Sr. Stanford OL Tyrell Crosby Sr. Oregon Nate Herbig So. Stanford Kaleb McGary Jr. Washington Cody O'Connell RSr. Washington State Coleman Shelton Sr. Washington First Team Defense DL Rasheem Green Jr. USC Hercules Mata'afa RJr. Washington State Harrison Phillips Sr. Stanford Vita Vea Jr. Washington LB Uchenna Nwosu Sr. USC Cameron Smith Jr. USC Kenny Young Sr. UCLA DB Isaiah Oliver Jr. Colorado Taylor Rapp So. Washington Justin Reid Jr. Stanford Marvell Tell Jr. USC First Team Special Teams PK Matt Gay Jr. Utah P Mitch Wishnowsky Jr. Utah RT Dante Pettis Sr. Washington ST Brenden Schooler So. Oregon Michael Pittman Jr. So. USC

Second Team Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense QB Josh Rosen Jr. UCLA RB Royce Freeman Sr. Oregon Myles Gaskin Jr. Washington WR Deontay Burnett Jr. USC Darren Carrington II Sr. Utah TE Will Dissly Sr. Washington OL David Bright RSr. Stanford Toa Lobendahn RJr. USC Cole Madison RSr. Washington State Kolton Miller RJr. UCLA Salesi Uhatafe Sr. Utah Second Team Defense DL Greg Gaines Jr. Washington Jalen Jelks RJr. Oregon Christian Rector RSo. USC JoJo Wicker Jr. Arizona State LB Keishawn Bierria Sr. Washington Ben Burr-Kirven Jr. Washington Troy Dye So. Oregon DB Julian Blackmon So. Utah Chase Lucas RFr. Arizona State Jojo McIntosh Jr. Washington Quenton Meeks Jr. Stanford Jalen Thompson So. Washington State Jaleel Wadood Sr. UCLA Second Team Special Teams PK Erik Powell RSr. Washington State P Jake Bailey Jr. Stanford RT Boobie Hobbs Sr. Utah ST Matt Lopes RSr. USC

Honorable mentions

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

Pac-12 individual awards

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

Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Bryce Love, Stanford Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Vita Vea, Washington Pac-12 Coach of the Year David Shaw, Stanford

Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Player of the Year J. J. Taylor, Arizona and Walker Little, Stanford Pac-12 Defensive Freshman Player of the Year Colin Schooler, Arizona Pac-12 Scholar Athlete Player of the Year Matt Anderson, California

All-Americans

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

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

All-Academic

^[49] First team

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

Second team

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

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

National award winners

• Bryce Love

Doak Walker Award

Home game attendance

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

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Attendance for neutral site games:

• August 27 - Stanford vs. Rice, 33,101
• September 1 – Colorado vs. Colorado State, 73,932