2018 Pac-12 Conference football season

The 2018 Pac-12 Conference football season represented the 40th season of Pac-12 football that took place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 30, 2018 and ended with 2018 Pac-12 Championship Game on November 30 at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Pac-12 is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. The 2018 season was the Pac-12's eighth for the twelve teams divided into two divisions of six each, named North and South.^[1]

2018 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2018 through January 1, 2019
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	OT Andre Dillard, Washington State
Picked by	Philadelphia Eagles, 22nd overall
Regular season
Season MVP	Gardner Minshew, QB, Washington State
Top scorer	Matt Gay, K, Utah Utes (112 points)
North champions	Washington Huskies Washington State
North runners-up	Stanford Cardinal
South champions	Utah Utes
South runners-up	Arizona State Sun Devils
Pac–12 Championship
Champions	Washington Huskies
Runners-up	Utah Utes
Finals MVP	Byron Murphy, CB

2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 13 Washington xy$		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 Washington State x		7	–	2					11	–	2
Stanford		6	–	3					9	–	4
Oregon		5	–	4					9	–	4
California		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		1	–	8					2	–	10
South Division
Utah xy		6	–	3					9	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	4					7	–	6
USC		4	–	5					5	–	7
Arizona		4	–	5					5	–	7
UCLA		3	–	6					3	–	9
Colorado		2	–	7					5	–	7
Championship: Washington 10, Utah 3
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

USC defeated Stanford again 31–28 in a rematch from Week Two in the 2017 season for the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

Nine teams participated in bowl games. Utah defeated West Virginia 30–14 in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Oregon lost to Boise State 28–38 in the Las Vegas Bowl Arizona lost to Purdue 35–38 at the Foster Farms Bowl. Arizona State lost to NC State 31–52 in the Sun Bowl. UCLA lost to Kansas State 17–35 in the Cactus Bowl. Washington State lost to Michigan State 17–41 in the Holiday Bowl. Stanford lost to TCU 37–39 in the Alamo Bowl. USC lost to Ohio State 7–24 in the Cotton Bowl Classic and Washington lost to Penn State by a score of 28–35 in the Fiesta Bowl.

Preseason

2018 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

North Division

• California – 21
• Oregon – 22
• Oregon State – 20
• Stanford – 15
• Washington – 21
• Washington State – 26

South Division

• Arizona – 21
• Arizona State – 21
• Colorado – 21
• UCLA – 28
• USC – 18
• Utah – 20

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[2]	Rivals[3]	Scout & 24/7[4]	Signees
Arizona	63	54	58	21
Arizona State	47	36	36	21
California	50	44	42	22
Colorado	42	51	53	21
Oregon	17	13	13	24
Oregon State	65	67	67	25
Stanford	38	57	39	15
UCLA	19	19	19	27
USC	7	3	4	18
Utah	45	38	34	23
Washington	15	15	14	21
Washington State	44	46	45	27

Pac-12 Media Days

The Pac-12 conducted its annual media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, – The Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA on July 25. 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:

• Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott
• California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Patrick Laird (RB) & Jordan Kunaszyk (LB)
• Stanford – David Shaw (HC), J. J. Arcega-Whiteside (WR) & Alijah Holder (CB)
• Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Kyle Sweet (WR/P) & Jalen Thompson (S)
• Washington – Chris Petersen (HC), Jake Browning (QB) & Jojo McIntosh (DB)
• Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC), Blake Brandel (OL) & Kee Whetzel (LB)
• Oregon – Mario Cristobal (HC), Justin Herbert (QB) & Jalen Jelks (DL)
• Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott (Q&A)
• UCLA – Chip Kelly (HC), Theo Howard (WR) & Josh Woods (LB)
• Colorado – Mike MacIntyre (HC), Rick Gamboa (LB) & Steven Montez (QB)
• Arizona State – Herm Edwards (HC), N'Keal Harry (WR) & Manny Wilkins (QB)
• Arizona – Kevin Sumlin (HC), Khalil Tate (QB) & Colin Schooler (LB)
• Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Chase Hansen (LB) & Lo Falemaka (OL)
• USC – Clay Helton (HC), Cameron Smith (LB) & Porter Gustin (LB)
• Pac-12 VP of Officiating – David Coleman (Q&A on 2018 football playing rule changes)

Preseason media polls

The Pac-12 Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls on July 25, 2018. 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

• Washington (37)
• USC (2)
• Oregon (1)
• Stanford (1)
• UCLA (1)

North Division 1. Washington (40) – 249 2. Stanford (1) – 198 3. Oregon (1) – 178 4. California – 108 5. Washington State – 98 6. Oregon State – 45

South Division 1. USC (22) – 225 2. Utah (14) – 209 3. Arizona (3) – 178 4. UCLA (2) – 116 5. Colorado (1) – 80 6. Arizona State – 72

• First place votes in ()

References:^[5]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were five coaching changes following the 2018 season including Kevin Sumlin with Arizona, Herm Edwards with Arizona State, Mario Cristobal with Oregon, Johnathan Smith with Oregon State & Chip Kelly with UCLA.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Pac-12 record
Arizona	Kevin Sumlin	1	86–43 (.667)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Arizona State	Herm Edwards	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
California	Justin Wilcox	2	5–7 (.417)	5–7 (.417)	2–7 (.222)
Colorado	Mike MacIntyre	6	40–59 (.404)	25–38 (.397)	12–33 (.267)
Oregon	Mario Cristobal	1	27–48 (.360)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)
Oregon State	Jonathan Smith	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Stanford	David Shaw	8	73–22 (.768)	73–22 (.768)	49–14 (.778)
UCLA	Chip Kelly	1	46–7 (.868)	0–0 (–)	33–3 (.917)
USC	Clay Helton	5	27–10 (.730)	27–10 (.730)	20–4 (.833)
Utah	Kyle Whittingham	14	111–56 (.665)	111–56 (.665)	28–35 (.444)
Washington	Chris Petersen	5	129–29 (.816)	37–17 (.685)	23–13 (.639)
Washington State	Mike Leach	7	122–81 (.601)	38–38 (.500)	26–28 (.481)

Rankings

Main article: 2018 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	RV
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Arizona State Sun Devils	AP			23	RV	RV	RV						RV
	C			25	RV	RV	RV				RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
California Golden Bears	AP				RV	24	RV				RV
	C				RV	RV	RV								RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado Buffaloes	AP			RV	RV	RV	21	19	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV	22	18	25	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oregon Ducks	AP	24	23	20	20	19	18	17	12	19	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	23	19	20	18	17	11	21	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Oregon State Beavers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Stanford Cardinal	AP	13	10	9	7	7	14	RV	RV	24	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	13	9	9	7	7	14	24	24	23	RV				RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
UCLA Bruins	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
USC Trojans	AP	15	17	22					RV
	C	15	12	21		RV	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Utah Utes	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV		23	16	RV	21	18	17	20	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	24	16	24	19	17	17	19	RV
	CFP	Not released									15		19	17	17	17
Washington Huskies	AP	6	9	10	10т	11	10	7	15	15	RV	20	17	16	10	9	13
	C	6	11	12	12	11	10	7	14	13	19	18	17	16	11	9	13
	CFP	Not released										25	18	16	11	9
Washington State Cougars	AP		RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	25	14	10	10	8	7	12	12	10
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	15	11	9	9	7	13	13	10
	CFP	Not released									8	8	8	8	13	13

		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

Schedules

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 30	6:00 p.m.	Weber State	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 41–10	45,988
August 31	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 13 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FS1	W 31–10	40,913
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Broncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO	CBSSN	W 45–13	70,158
September 1	9:00 a.m.	Oregon State	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 31–77	102,169
September 1	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 16–21	70,103
September 1	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	W 41–19	24,131
September 1	1:00 p.m.	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FOX	W 24–17	42,168
September 1	1:00 p.m.	UNLV	No. 15 USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	W 43–21	58,708
September 1	4:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	L 17–26	54,116
September 1	5:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	No. 24 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 58–24	50,112
September 1	7:30 p.m.	UTSA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 49–7	50,188
September 1	7:45 p.m.	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	L 23–28	51,002
#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 8	9:00 a.m.	Arizona	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ABC	L 18–45	32,534
September 8	10:00 a.m.	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	L 21–49	86,402
September 8	11:00 a.m.	Portland State	No. 23 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 62–14	47,210
September 8	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 33–28	89,853
September 8	2:00 p.m.	North Dakota	No. 9 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 45–3	68,093
September 8	4:30 p.m.	Utah	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPNews	W 17–6	16,762
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 48–25	36,448
September 8	5:30 p.m.	No. 17 USC	No. 10 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX	STAN 17–3	42,856
September 8	6:45 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	W 16–13	53,599
September 8	7:15 p.m.	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 21–18	52,602
September 8	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–0	26,141
#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	11:00 a.m.	UC Davis	No. 9 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	W 30–10	31,772
September 15	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 35–22	50,049
September 15	2:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 45–14	42,360
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Idaho State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 45–23	37,104
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	L 35–37	20,462
September 15	5:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–24	32,952
September 15	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	L 14–37	103,507
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Washington	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	WASH 21–7	47,445
September 15	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Arizona State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 21–28	34,641
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FS1	L 14–38	60,867
September 15	8:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 62–31	41,493
#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 21	7:30 p.m.	Washington State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	USC 39–36	52,421
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Arizona	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	ARZ 35–14	33,022
September 22	5:00 p.m.	No. 7 Stanford	No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	STAN 38–31 OT	58,453
September 22	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 10 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ESPN	WASH 27–20	71,200
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 22	California	Colorado	UCLA	Utah

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FS1	COLO 38–16	46,814
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	WSU 28–24	30,088
September 29	4:30 p.m.	No. 7 Stanford	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 17–38	77,622
September 29	5:30 p.m.	No. 20 BYU	No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	W 35–7	70,155
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 52–24	51,447
September 29	7:30 p.m.	USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	USC 24–20	43,573
September 29	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Oregon	No. 24 California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FS1	ORE 42–24	43,448
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 21 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	COLO 28–21	52,681
October 6	4:30 p.m.	No. 10 Washington	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	WASH 31–24	51,123
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Washington State	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	WSU 56–37	34,429
October 6	7:00 p.m.	California	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FS1	ARZ 24–17	44,253
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Utah	No. 14 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ESPN	UTAH 40–21	37,244
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 6	Oregon	USC

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Arizona	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	UTAH 42–10	45,862
October 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 7 Washington	No. 17 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC/ESPN2	ORE 30–27 OT	58,691
October 13	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (California–UCLA rivalry)	P12N	UCLA 37–7	45,889
October 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Colorado	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FS1	USC 31–20	78,467
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 13	Arizona State	Oregon State	Stanford	Washington State

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	6:00 p.m.	Stanford	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	STAN 20–13	42,946
October 20	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 15 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	WASH 27–13	68,798
October 20	1:00 p.m.	California	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	CAL 49–7	32,390
October 20	4:30 p.m.	No. 12 Oregon	No. 25 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FOX	WSU 34–20	33,152
October 20	5:00 p.m.	USC	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	UTAH 41–28	46,405
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN2	UCLA 31–30	54,686
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	UTAH 41–10	41,848
October 27	12:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	OSU 41–34 OT	48,050
October 27	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC/ESPN2	ASU 38–35	47,406
October 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FS1	CAL 12–10	39,138
October 27	4:00 p.m.	No. 14 Washington State	No. 24 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	WSU 41–38	39,596
October 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Oregon	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	ARZ 44–15	42,845
#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 2	7:45 p.m.	Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FS1	ARZ 42–34	43,080
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Utah	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 38–20	46,445
November 3	4:30 p.m.	UCLA	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FOX	ORE 42–21	56,114
November 3	6:00 p.m.	Stanford	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	WASH 27–23	69,690
November 3	7:00 p.m.	USC	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FS1	USC 38–21	35,187
November 3	7:45 p.m.	California	No. 10 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	WSU 19–13	32,952
#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	11:00 a.m.	UCLA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 31–28	46,466
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 Washington State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	WSU 31–7	45,587
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Oregon	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	UTAH 32–25	46,275
November 10	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	STAN 48–17	34,671
November 10	7:30 p.m.	California	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	CAL 15–14	56,721
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 10	Arizona	No. 20 Washington

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 17	10:30 a.m.	No. 21 Utah	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	UTAH 30–7	39,360
November 17	12:30 p.m.	USC	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	FOX	UCLA 34–27	57,116
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 17 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	WASH 42–23	66,469
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 8 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	WSU 69–28	22,400
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	ORE 31–29	50,485
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Oregon	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FS1	ORE 55–15	39,776
November 23	5:30 p.m.	No. 16 Washington	No. 7 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	WASH 28–15	32,952
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	P12N	STAN 49–42	38,391
November 24	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FS1	UA 41–40	51,805
November 24	4:00 p.m.	Colorado	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	CAL 33–21	34,457
November 24	5:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 17–24	59,821
November 24	7:00 p.m.	BYU	No. 18 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	FS1	W 35–27	46,017
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 14

The Stanford–California football game was moved from November 17 to December 1 due to poor air quality from wildfires in the Bay Area.^[6]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (121st Big Game/Stanford Axe)	P12N	STAN 23–13	57,858
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Pac-12 Championship Game

Further information: 2018 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The championship game was played on Friday November 30, 2018. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North (Washington) and the South (Utah). This was the eighth championship game.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	5:00 p.m.	No. 17 Utah	No. 10 Washington	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FOX	WASH 10–3	35,134
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific 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) that the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference games. Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Pac-12 considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement.^{[citation needed]} All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 1	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona		L 14–48
September 1	Oregon State	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio		L 31–77
September 1	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta		L 16–21
September 1	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California		W 24–17
September 8	No. 15 Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona		W 16–13
September 8	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		L 21–49
September 8	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry	W 33–28
September 8	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 21–18
September 15	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas		L 14–37
September 29	No. 20 BYU	No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle		W 35–7
September 29	No. 7 Stanford	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana	Legends Trophy	L 17–38
November 24	BYU	No. 18 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	Holy War	W 35–27
November 24	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	Jeweled Shillelagh	L 17–24

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of November 26, 2018:

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 2–1 Big 12 0–2 BYU/Notre Dame 3–3 SEC 0–1 Power 5 Total 6–7 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–2 C-USA 1–0 Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 2–0 Mountain West 6–3 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 9–5 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 9–0 Total Non-Conference Record 24–12

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 1–0 Big Ten 1–2 Big 12 1–1 Power 5 Total 3–3 Other FBS Conferences Record Mountain West 0–1 Other FBS Total 0–1 Total Bowl Record 3–4

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Pac-12 win
	Pac-12 loss

See also: 2018–19 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (PST)	Pac-12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl	December 15	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	ABC	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 19 Fresno State	20–31	37,146
Cheez-It Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	California	TCU	7–10	33,121
Alamo Bowl	December 28	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 Washington State	No. 25 Iowa State	28–26	60,675
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	11:00 a.m.	Stanford	Pittsburgh	14–13	40,680
Redbox Bowl	December 31	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FOX	12:00 p.m.	Oregon	Michigan State	7–6	30,212
Holiday Bowl	December 31	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1	4:00 p.m.	No. 20 Utah	Northwestern	20–31	47,007
New Year's Six Bowl
Rose Bowl	January 1	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington	No. 5 Ohio State	23–28	91,853

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

Selection of teams:

• Bowl-eligible: Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State
• Bowl-ineligible: Arizona, Colorado, Oregon State, UCLA, USC

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. 4)[7]		J. J. Arcega-Whiteside	WR	Stanford		Nate Landman	ILB	Colorado		Chase McGrath	PK	USC
Week 2 (Sept. 10)[8]		Laviska Shenault	WR	Colorado		Chase Hansen	LB	Utah		Brandon Ruiz	PK	Arizona State
Week 3 (Sept. 17)[9]		Gardner Minshew	QB	Washington State		Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Washington		Travell Harris	WR/KR	Washington State
Week 4 (Sept. 24)[10]		J. J. Taylor	RB	Arizona		Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Washington		Jay Tufele	DL	USC
Week 5 (Oct. 1)[11]		Eno Benjamin	RB	Arizona State		Ugo Amadi	S	Oregon		Marvell Tell	S	USC
Week 6 (Oct. 8)[12]		Laviska Shenault	WR	Colorado		Jaylon Johnson	DB	Utah		Matt Gay	K	Utah
Week 7 (Oct. 15)[13]		C. J. Verdell	RB	Oregon		Keisean Lucier-South	LB	UCLA		Mitch Wishnowsky	P	Utah
Week 8 (Oct. 22) [14]		Tyler Huntley	QB	Utah		Chase Hansen	LB	Utah		Matt Gay	PK	Utah
Week 9 (Oct. 29)[15]		Jake Luton	QB	Oregon State		Evan Weaver	LB	California		N'Keal Harry	WR	Arizona State
Week 10 (Nov. 4)[16]		N'Keal Harry	WR	Arizona State		Merlin Robertson	LB	Arizona State		Ugochukwu Amadi	S	Oregon
Week 11 (Nov. 10)[17]		Colby Parkinson	TE	Stanford		Luc Bequette	DE	California		Matt Gay	PK	Utah
Week 12 (Nov. 19)[18]		Joshua Kelley	RB	UCLA		Jahad Woods	LB	Washington State		Matt Gay	PK	Utah
Week 13 (Nov. 26)[19]		Myles Gaskin	RB	Washington		Ashtyn Davis	S	California		Steven Coutts	P	California

All-conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors. Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-Pac-12 Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively. Utah leads the Pac-12 with 9 First team and 4 Second team, followed by Washington with 5 First team and 3 Second team, Stanford at 2 First team and 6 Second team, Oregon at 2 First team and 3 Second team, Washington Stateand Arizona State both with 2 First team and 2 Second team, UCLA with 1 First team and 1 Second team, Arizona, Colorado and California all with 1 First team, USC with 5 Second team, and Oregon State receiving none for either team.

First-team Position Player Class Team First Team Offense QB Gardner Minshew Sr. Washington State RB Eno Benjamin So. Arizona State J. J. Taylor RSo. Arizona WR N'Keal Harry Jr. Arizona State (2) Laviska Shenault So. Colorado TE Caleb Wilson RJr. UCLA OL Jordan Agasiva Sr. Utah Jackson Barton Sr. Utah (2) Andre Dillard RSr. Washington State (2) Nick Harris Jr. Washington Walker Little So. Stanford Kaleb McGary RSr. Washington (2) First Team Defense DL Bradlee Anae Jr. Utah (3) Leki Fotu Jr. Utah (4) Greg Gaines RSr. Washington (2) Jalen Jelks Sr. Oregon LB Ben Burr-Kirven Sr. Washington (3) Chase Hansen Sr. Utah (5) Jordan Kunaszyk RSr. California DB Paulson Adebo RFr. Stanford (2) Jaylon Johnson So. Utah (6) Byron Murphy RSo. Washington (4) Taylor Rapp RJr. Washington (5) First Team Special Teams PK Matt Gay Sr. Utah (7) P Mitch Wishnowsky Sr. Utah (8) RT Britain Covey So. Utah (9) ST Brenden Schooler Jr. Oregon (2)

Second-team Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense QB K. J. Costello Jr. Stanford RB Myles Gaskin Sr. Washington Zack Moss Jr. Utah WR J. J. Arcega-Whiteside Sr. Stanford (2) Dillon Mitchell Jr. Oregon TE Kaden Smith Jr. Stanford (3) OL Cohl Cabral Jr. Arizona State Chuma Edoga Sr. USC Nate Herbig Jr. Stanford (4) Shane Lemieux Jr. Oregon (2) Abraham Lucas RFr. Washington State Second Team Defense DL Porter Gustin Sr. USC (2) John Penisini Jr. Utah (2) Logan Tago Sr. Washington State (2) Jay Tufele RFr. USC (3) LB Troy Dye Jr. Oregon (3) Cameron Smith Sr. USC (4) Evan Weaver Jr. California DB Julian Blackmon Jr. Utah (3) Marquise Blair Sr. Utah (4) Myles Bryant Jr. Washington (2) Iman Marshall Sr. USC (5) Adarius Pickett RSr. UCLA Second Team Special Teams PK Jet Toner Jr. Stanford (5) P Jake Bailey Sr. Stanford (6) RT N'Keal Harry Jr. Arizona State (2) ST Elijah Molden So. Washington (3)

Honorable mentions

• ARIZONA: DL P. J. Johnson, RJr.; WR Shawn Poindexter, Sr.; Thomas Reid III, WR, RSo.; LB Colin Schooler, So.
• ARIZONA STATE: OL Quinn Bailey, RSr.; DB Aashari Crosswell, Fr.; OL Casey Tucker, Grad.; DL Renell Wren, RSr.
• CALIFORNIA: DE Luc Bequette, RJr.; DB Camryn Bynum, RSo.; P Steven Coutts, RJr.; RS Ashtyn Davis, RJr.
• COLORADO: LB Rick Gamboa, Sr.; DL Mustafa Johnson, So.; LB Nate Landman, So.; RB Travon McMillian, Sr.; OL Will Sherman, Fr.; DB Evan Worthington, Sr.
• OREGON: DB Ugo Amadi, Sr.; OL Jake Hanson, Jr.; OLB Justin Hollins, Sr.; DL Jordon Scott, So.; OL Penei Sewell, Fr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, Jr.
• OREGON STATE: AP/ST Andre Bodden, RJr.; WR Trevon Bradford, Jr.; WR Isaiah Hodgins, So.; RB Jermar Jefferson, Fr.
• STANFORD: DB Alijah Holder, RSr.; RB Bryce Love, Sr.; LB Bobby Okereke, Sr.; TE Colby Parkinson, So.; DL Jovon Swann, Jr.
• UCLA: P Stefan Flintoft, RSr.; DB Darnay Holmes, So.; WR Theo Howard, Jr.; RB Joshua Kelley, RJr.; PK JJ Molson, Jr.
• USC: DB Ajene Harris, Sr.; OL Toa Lobendahn, RSr.; WR Michael Pittman Jr., Jr.; DB Marvell Tell, Sr.; RS Tyler Vaughns, RSo.
• UTAH: DB Corrion Ballard, Sr.; LB Cody Barton, Sr.; OL Lo Falemaka, Sr.; DB Javelin Guidry, So.
• WASHINGTON: QB Jake Browning, Sr.; DL Jaylen Johnson, Sr.; DB Jojo McIntosh, Sr.; TE Drew Sample, RSr.
• WASHINGTON STATE: P Oscar Draguicevich, RSo.; RS Travell Harris, RFr.; OL Frederick Mauigoa, Jr.; LB Peyton Pelluer, Grad.; DB Jalen Thompson, Jr.; RB James Williams, RJr.; AP/ST Kainoa Wilson, RJr.; LB Jahad Woods, RSo

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 QB Gardner Minshew, Washington State Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year LB Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington Pac-12 Coach of the Year Mike Leach, Washington State

Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Player of the Year RB Jermar Jefferson, Oregon State Pac-12 Defensive Freshman Player of the Year LB Merlin Robertson, Arizona State Pac-12 Scholar Athlete Player of the Year LB Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington

All-Americans

The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2018 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

^[20] First team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Justin Herbert	Oregon	RSJr.	4.06	Biology
RB	Patrick Laird	California	RSSr.	3.58	Business Administration; Political Science
RB	Nick Ralston	Arizona State	RSJr.	4.00	MBA & Finance (Graduate School)
WR	Britain Covey	Utah	Sophomore	3.85	Business
WR	Timmy Hernandez	Oregon State	Senior	3.66	Mechanical Engineering
TE	Bryce Wolma	Arizona	Sophomore	4.00	Pre-Business
OL	Brian Chaffin	Stanford	Senior	3.65	Science, Technology and Society
OL	Drew Dalman	Stanford	Sophomore	3.65	Undeclared
OL	Michael Saffell	California	Sophomore	3.54	Undeclared
OL	Calvin Throckmorton	Oregon	RSJr.	3.84	Human Physiology
OL	Nick Wilson	Stanford	Senior	3.623	Mechanical Engineering
DL	Taylor Comfort	Washington State	RSSr.	3.33	Criminal Justice and Psychology
DL	Nick Heninger	Utah	RSSo.	3.73	Business Administration
DL	Dylan Jackson	Stanford	Senior	3.30	Political Science
DL	Levi Onwuzurike	Washington	RSo.	3.36	Pre-Major (Arts & Science)
LB	Tevis Bartlett	Washington	Senior	3.70	Education, Community & Organizations
LB	Ben Burr-Kirven	Washington	Junior	3.69	Comparative Literature (Cinema Studies)
LB	Casey Toohill	Stanford	Senior	3.67	Political Science
DB	Jaylon Johnson	Utah	Sophomore	3.62	Business
DB	Elijah Molden	Washington	Sophomore	3.66	Pre-Major (Arts & Science)
DB	Taylor Rapp	Washington	Sophomore	3.61	Business Administration (Finance)
DB	Noah Williams	Stanford	Sophomore	3.84	Undeclared
PK	Josh Pollack	Arizona	Graduate	3.67	Accounting
P	Steven Coutts	California	RSJr.	3.62	Education (Master's)
ST	Richard McNitzky	Stanford	Junior	3.872	Political Science

Second team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Rhett Rodriguez	Arizona	Sophomore	4.00	Pre-Business
RB	Salvon Ahmed	Washington	Sophomore	3.39	Pre-Social Science
RB	Clay Markoff	Washington	RSSo.	3.76	Undeclared
WR	John Gardner	Washington	Senior	3.55	Economics
WR	Kyle Williams	Arizona State	Junior	3.50	Biomedical Engineering
TE	Drew Sample	Washington	Senior	3.40	Communication
OL	Jesse Burkett	Stanford	Graduate	3.49	Japanese; Symbolic Systems
OL	Jake Curhan	California	RSSo.	3.41	Undeclared
OL	Devery Hamilton	Stanford	Junior	3.41	Undeclared
OL	Jaxson Kirkland	Washington	RSFr.	3.42	Pre-Social Science
OL	Dylan Powell	Stanford	Junior	3.50	Communication
DL	Gary Baker	Oregon	RSJr.	3.23	General Social Science
DL	Nick Begg	Washington State	RSSr.	3.20	Public Relations
DL	Karson Block	Washington State	RSJr.	3.21	Social Sciences
DL	Greg Gaines	Washington	Senior	3.23	Communication
LB	Sean Barton	Stanford	Senior	3.48	International Relations
LB	Odua Isibor	UCLA	RSFr.	3.48	Undeclared
LB	Peyton Pelluer	Washington State	RSSr.	3.48	Masters in Teaching
DB	Frank Buncom	Stanford	Junior	3.29	Human Biology
DB	Terrell Burgess	Utah	Junior	3.19	Kinesiology
DB	Quentin Lake	UCLA	Sophomore	3.39	Undeclared
DB	Chacho Ulloa	Arizona	Junior	3.43	Accounting
PK	Jet Toner	Stanford	Junior	3.57	Science, Technology and Society
P	Mitch Wishnowsky	Utah	Senior	3.53	Kinesiology and Physical Education Teaching
ST	Connor Haller	Utah	Sophomore	3.73	Pre-Business

Honorable mentions: ARIZ: Cody Creason, Jake Glatting, Jamie Nunley; ASU: Eno Benjamin, Cody French, Jordan Hoyt, Malik Lawal, Josh Pokraka, John Riley, Brandon Ruiz, Michael Sleep-Dalton; CAL: Siulagisipai Fuimaono, Chase Garbers, Ryan Gibson, Chris Landgrebe, Malik McMorris, Chinedu Udeogu, Ricky Walker III; COLO: Lucas Cooper, Josh Goldin, Aaron Haigler, Tim Lynott, Nico Magri, Davis Price, Colby Pursell, Carson Wells; ORE: Brady Aiello, Kaulana Apelu, Jake Breeland, Brady Breeze, Braxton Burmeister, Jacob Capra, Drayton Carlberg, Jake Hanson, Hunter Kampmoyer, Shane Lemieux, Blake Maimone, Sampson Niu; OSU: B. J. Baylor, Conor Blount, Andre Bodden, Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Isaiah Dunn, Keegan Firth, Champ Flemings, Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Isaiah Hodgins, Sumner Houston, Drew Kell, Connor Kelsey, Luke Leonnig, Jeffrey Manning Jr., Trent Moore, Mason Moran, Artavis Pierce, Daniel Rodriguez, Kolby Taylor, Moku Watson; STAN: Joey Alfieri, Malik Antoine, Jake Bailey, Treyjohn Butler, K. J. Costello, Obi Eboh, Tucker Fisk, Jordan Fox, Scooter Harrington, Henry Hattis, Nate Herbig, Stuart Head, Houston Heimuli, Alijah Holder, Trenton Irwin, Thunder Keck, Walker Little, Bryce Love, Alameen Murphy, Colby Parkinson, Andrew Pryts, Gabe Reid, Cameron Scarlett, Kaden Smith, Trevor Speights, Jovan Swann, Dayln Wade-Perry, Reagan Williams; UCLA: Michael Alves, Johnny Den Bleyker, Ethan Fernea, Stefan Flintoft, Dymond Lee, Christian Pabico, Adarius Pickett, Shea Pitts, Jay Shaw, Jayce Smalley, Caleb Wilson; USC: Jordan Austin, Reid Budrovich, Erik Krommenhoek, Wyatt Schmidt; UTAH: Jordan Agasiva, Marquise Blair, Nick Ford, Javelin Guidry, Tyler Huntley, Jake Jackson, Josh Nurse, Darrin Paulo, John Penisini, Hauati Pututau, Jason Shelley, Demari Simpkins, Mika Tafua, Mason Woodward; WASH: Andre Baccellia, Jake Browning, A.J. Carty, Nick Harris, Peyton Henry, Jared Hilbers, Ty Jones, Jordan Miller, Cade Otton, Race Porter, Henry Roberts, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Jusstis Warren, Joel Whitford; WSU: Brandon Arconado, Tristan Brock, Jack Crane, Cole Dubots, Travell Harris, Liam Ryan, Trey Tinsley.

National award winners

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	51,002	41,493	43,573	44,253	42,845	43,080	51,805†	318,051	45,436	81.61%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	57,078	50,188	53,599†	51,447	42,946	46,445	46,466	—	291,091	48,515	85.00%
California	California Memorial Stadium	62,467	42,168	37,104	43,448	45,889	39,138	34,457	57,858†	300,062	42,866	68.62%
Colorado	Folsom Field	50,183	42,360	46,814	52,681†	48,050	45,587	39,360	—	274,852	45,809	91.28%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	50,112	47,210	50,049	58,453	58,691†	56,114	50,485	371,114	53,016	98.18%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	43,363	36,448	33,022	34,429	32,390	35,187	39,776	—	211,252	35,209	81.20%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,424	40,913	42,856†	31,772	37,244	39,596	34,671	—	227,052	37,842	75.05%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	92,542	54,116	60,867†	51,123	54,686	41,848	57,116	38,391	358,147	51,164	55.29%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	58,708	52,421	78,467†	47,406	56,721	59,821	—	353,544	58,924	62.95%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,807	45,988	47,445†	45,862	46,405	46,275	46,017	—	277,992	46,332	101.15%
Washington	Husky Stadium	70,083	68,093	71,200†	70,155	68,798	69,690	66,469	—	414,405	69,068	98.55%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	32,952	26,141	32,952	30,088	33,152†	32,952	22,400	32,952	210,637	30,091	91.31%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High