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Revision as of 19:46, 6 November 2016

2016 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
SportAmerican football
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
Pac-12 Championship
Football seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^   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 x   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
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference football season is the sixth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season will begin on August 26, 2016 with California-Hawaii. The 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game will be held at Levi's Stadium on December 2, 2016, with ESPN televising the game.

Previous season

Stanford defeated USC 41–22 for the 2015 Pac-12 Conference Football Championship.

Ten teams participated in bowl games. Arizona defeated New Mexico 45–37 in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Utah was a winner over BYU at the Roal Purple Las Vegas Bowl. Washington State was a 20-14 winner over Miami in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. In the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl, it was Washington 44 Southern Miss 31. UCLA lost to Nebraska 29-37 in the Foster Farms Bowl. California defeated Air Force 55–36 in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. Wisconsin was a winner over USC 23–21 in the National Funding Holiday Bowl. Stanford defeated Iowa 45–16 in the Rose Bowl Game. Oregon lost to TCU in the Valero Alamo Bowl 41-47. Arizona State lost to West Virginia 42-43 in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl.

Pre-season

2016 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

Pac-12 Media

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

Preseason Media Polls

Pac-12 Championship Game Voting

  • 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

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record
Arizona Rich Rodriguez 5 155–109–2 (.586) 35–25 (.583) 17–22 (.436)
Arizona State Todd Graham 5 88–52 (.629) 39–23 (.629) 25–17 (.610)
California Sonny Dykes 4 40–42 (.488) 18–27 (.400) 9–23 (.281)
Colorado Mike MacIntyre 4 32–50 (.390) 16–29 (.356) 6–26 (.188)
Oregon Mark Helfrich 4 36–13 (.735) 36–13 (.735) 23–9 (.719)
Oregon State Gary Andersen 2 53–53 (.500) 4–15 (.211) 1–12 (.077)
Stanford David Shaw 6 58–17 (.773) 58–17 (.773) 39–12 (.765)
UCLA Jim L. Mora 5 40–21 (.656) 40–21 (.656) 24–17 (.585)
USC Clay Helton 3 11–7 (.611) 11–7 (.611) 9–3 (.750)
Utah Kyle Whittingham 12 102–48 (.680) 102–48 (.680) 24–27 (.458)
Washington Chris Petersen 3 115–24 (.827) 23–12 (.657) 13–10 (.565)
Washington State Mike Leach 5 110–74 (.598) 26–31 (.456) 17–23 (.425)

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		 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
C RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV 23 20 15
CFP Not released 15
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
C 7 5 6 6 6 15 RV RV RV
CFP Not released
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
C 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Utah
Utes 		AP RV RV RV 24 18 24 21 19 17 16 13
C RV RV RV 23 18 24 21 18 16 16 12
CFP Not released 16
Washington
Huskies 		AP 14 8 8 9 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
C 18 11 9 9 9 6 5 5 4 4 4
CFP Not released 5
Washington State
Cougars 		AP RV RV RV RV 25 23
C RV RV RV RV 25 23
CFP Not released 25

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, UT P12N W 24–0   45,945
Thursday, September 1 6:00 pm Oregon State Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 23–30   44,582
Friday, September 2 5:00 pm Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO ESPN W 44–7   69,850
Friday, September 2 6:00 pm Kansas State No. 8 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1 W 26–13   46,147
Saturday, September 3 11:00 am Rutgers No. 14 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 48–13   58,640
Saturday, September 3 12:30 pm No. 16 UCLA Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX CBS L 24–31 OT  100,443
Saturday, September 3 2:00 pm UC Davis No. 24 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N W 53–28   53,817
Saturday, September 3 5:00 pm No. 20 USC No. 1 Alabama AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX ABC L 6–52   81,359
Saturday, September 3 5:00 pm Eastern Washington Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 42–45   32,952
Saturday, September 3 7:30 pm BYU Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ FS1 L 16–18   50,528
Saturday, September 3 7:45 pm Northern Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ 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, CA P12N W 45–7   62,487
Saturday, September 10 2:00 pm Idaho No. 8 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 59–14   60,678
Saturday, September 10 2:30 pm Idaho State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N W 56–7   39,505
Saturday, September 10 4:30 pm BYU Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT Fox W 20–19   46,915
Saturday, September 10 5:00 pm UNLV UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N W 42–21   63,712
Saturday, September 10 7:00 pm Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ FS1 W 68–55   44,511
Saturday, September 10 7:15 pm Boise State Washington State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 L 28–31   36,163
Saturday, September 10 7:30 pm California San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN L 40–45   42,473
Saturday, September 10 7:30 pm Virginia No. 24 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ESPN W 44–26   53,774
Saturday, September 10 7:45 pm Grambling State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ 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, TX ESPN2 W 32–28   29,035
Saturday, September 17 11:00 am Idaho Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 56–6   28,477
Saturday, September 17 12:30 pm No. 22 Oregon Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ABC L 32–35   90,414
Saturday, September 17 1:30 pm Colorado No. 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI BTN L 28–45   110,042
Saturday, September 17 2:00 pm Idaho State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N W 37–7   38,052
Saturday, September 17 5:00 pm USC No. 7 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA ABC  STAN 27–10   48,763
Saturday, September 17 5:00 pm Portland State No. 8 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 41–3   57,151
Saturday, September 17 7:15 pm UCLA BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN2 W 17–14   62,904
Saturday, September 17 7:30 pm No. 11 Texas California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN W 50–43   50,448
Saturday, September 17 7:30 pm Utah San Jóse State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN W 34–17   16,041
Saturday, September 17 7:45 pm Hawaii Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ 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, UT FS1  UTAH 31–27   46,133
Saturday, September 24 12:30 pm Boise State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N L 24–38   42,846
Saturday, September 24 2:30 pm Colorado Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  COLO 41–38   53,974
Saturday, September 24 5:00 pm No. 7 Stanford UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ABC  STAN 22–13   70,833
Saturday, September 24 7:00 pm California Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN2  ASU 51–41   49,295
Saturday, September 24 7:30 pm No. 9 Washington Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ 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, WA ESPN  WASH 44–6   72,027
Saturday, October 1 11:30 am Oregon State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  COLO 47–6   46,839
Saturday, October 1 3:00 pm No. 18 Utah California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  CAL 28–23   46,618
Saturday, October 1 5:30 pm Arizona State USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA Fox  USC 44–21   71,214
Saturday October 1 6:30 pm Oregon Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA 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, CA P12N  USC 21–17   68,302
Saturday, October 8 4:30 pm No. 5 Washington Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR Fox  WASH 70–21   58,842
Saturday, October 8 6:00 pm California Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  OSU 47–44 OT  34,066
Saturday, October 8 7:00 pm Arizona No. 24 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  UTAH 36–23   45,917
Saturday, October 8 7:30 pm UCLA Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN2  ASU 23–20   48,509
Saturday, October 8 7:30 pm Washington State No. 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA 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, AZ Fox  USC 48–14   55,463
Saturday, October 15 1:00 pm No. 21 Utah Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  UTAH 19–14   32,093
Saturday, October 15 4:30 pm Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy) NBC W 17–10   80,795
Saturday, October 15 5:00 pm Arizona State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  COLO 40–16   48,588
Saturday, October 15 7:30 pm UCLA Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA 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, CA ESPN  CAL 52–49 2OT   43,048
Saturday, October 22 12:00 pm Colorado Stanford Stanford Satdium • Stanford, CA P12N  COLO 10–5   44,535
Saturday, October 22 1:00 pm No. 19 Utah UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA Fox  UTAH 52–45   66,243
Saturday, October 22 3:30 pm Oregon State No. 5 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N  WASH 41–17   65,796
Saturday, October 22 7:00 pm Washington State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ 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, CA ESPN  USC 45–24   61,725
Saturday, October 29 12:30 pm No. 4 Washington No. 17 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  WASH 31–24   47,801
Saturday, October 29 2:00 pm Arizona State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  ORE 54–35   53,898
Saturday, October 29 7:45 pm Washington State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR ESPN2  WSU 35–31   37,081
Saturday, October 29 8:00 pm Stanford Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ 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, CO FS1  COLO 20–10   43,761
Saturday, November 5 12:30 pm Oregon State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1  STAN 26–15   38,813
Saturday, November 5 1:00 pm Arizona No. 25 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N  WSU 69–7   33,547
Saturday, November 5 4:00 pm Oregon USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  USC 45–20   74,625
Saturday, November 5 7:30 pm No. 5 Washington California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA 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
Reference:

Week 11

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
Thursday, November 10 6:30 pm Utah Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ FS1     TBD
Saturday, November 12 1:00 pm Stanford Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N     TBD
Saturday, November 12 4:30 pm USC Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FOX     TBD
Saturday, November 12 6:00 pm Oregon State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N     TBD
Saturday, November 12 7:00 pm Colorado Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1     TBD
Saturday, November 12 7:30 pm California Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 12

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
Saturday, November 19 TBD USC UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Colisuem • Los Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 19 TBD Arizona State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 19 TBD Oregon Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 19 TBD Arizona Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 19 TBD Stanford California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (119th Big Game/Stanford Axe) TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 19 TBD Washington State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 13

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
Friday, November 25 TBD Washington Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup) TBA     TBD
Friday, November 25 7:30 pm MST Arizona State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD Utah Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies) TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD UCLA California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD Notre Dame USC Los Angeles Memorial Colisuem • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame–USC football rivalry) TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD Oregon Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD Rice Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1     TBD
#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
Reference:

Championship game

Further information: 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The championship game will played on December 2, 2016.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
December 2 6:00 pm Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship) ESPN     TBD
#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 independent Notre Dame) 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, MN Minnesota 30–23
September 2 Kansas State #8 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA Stanford 26–13
September 3 BYU Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ Cactus Kickoff Classic BYU 18–16
September 3 #20 USC #1 Alabama AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX Advocare Classic Alabama 52–6
September 3 #16 UCLA Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX Texas A&M 31–24OT
September 3 Rutgers #14 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA Washington 48–13
September 10 Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ Arizona State 68–55
September 10 BYU Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT Holy War Utah 20–19
September 10 Virginia #24 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR Oregon 44–26
September 17 UCLA BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT UCLA 17–14
October 15 Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry Stanford 17–10
November 26 Notre Dame USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA Notre Dame–USC football rivalry

Records against other conferences

2016 records against non-conference foes:

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
  Pac-12 win
  Pac-12 loss
See also: 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) Pac-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
New Mexico Bowl December 17 University Stadium · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Las Vegas Bowl December 17 Sam Boyd Stadium · Whitney, Nevada ABC
Sun Bowl December 30 Sun Bowl Stadium · El Paso, Texas CBS
Foster Farms Bowl December 28 Levi's Stadium · Santa Clara, California Fox
Holiday Bowl December 27 Qualcomm Stadium . San Diego, California ESPN
Alamo Bowl 12/29/2016 Alamodome · San Antonio, Texas ESPN
Cactus Bowl 12/27/2016 Chase Field · Phoenix, Arizona ESPN
New Year's Six Bowls
Rose Bowl (New Year Six) 1/2/2017 Rose Bowl · Pasadena, California ESPN
College Football Playoff bowl games
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ
CFP National Championship January 9 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL

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

Selection of teams

  • Bowl eligible:
  • Bowl-ineligible:

All-Pac-12 awards and teams

Coaches

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
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of The Year
Offensive Freshman of The Year
Defensive Freshman of The Year

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.

2016 Pac-12 Men's Football All-Conference Teams
Offensive (First/Second team) Defensive (First/Second team) Specialists (First/Second team)
† - denotes unanimous selection

^ - indicates that there was a tie in the voting

Awards and honors

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

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 55,463 200,012 50,003 89.24%
Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 56,232 45,300 44,511 49,295 48,509 — 187,615 46,904 83.41%
California California Memorial Stadium 62,467 50,448 46,618 — 97,066 48,533 77.69%
Colorado Folsom Field 50,183 39,505 46,839 48,588 — 134,932 44,977 89.62%
Oregon Autzen Stadium 54,000 53,817 53,774 53,974 58,842 — 220,407 55,102 102.04%
Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 38,052 42,846 34,066 32,093 — 147,057 36,764 80.49%
Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,424 46,147 48,763 50,424 — 145,334 48,445 96.07%
UCLA Rose Bowl 92,542 63,712 70,833 68,013 66,243 — 134,545 67,273 72.69%
USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 62,487 71,214 68,302 61,725 — 263,728 65,932 70.43%
Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium 45,807 45,945 46,915 46,133 45,917 — 184,910 46,228 100.92%
Washington Husky Stadium 70,083 58,640 60,678 57,151 72,027 — 248,496 62,124 88.64%
Washington State Martin Stadium 32,952 32,952 28,477 32,952 29,310 — 123,691 30,923 93.84%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Attendance for neutral site games:

  • September 2 – Colorado vs. Colorado State, 69,850
  • September 3 – Arizona vs. BYU, 50,528
  • September 3 – USC vs Alabama, 81,359

References

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