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2018 Pac-12 Conference football season
2018 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2018; through January 2019
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), CBS (bowl game), and Pac-12 Networks
Regular season
Pac-12 Championship Game
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2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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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

The 2018 Pac-12 Conference football season represents the 40th season of Pac-12 football taking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 30, 2018 and will end 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. For the 2018 season, the Pac-12 is the eighth for the twelve teams divided into two divisions of six each, named North and South.^[1]

Background

Previous season

USC defeated Stanford again 31–28 in a rematch from Week Two in 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	53	58	21
Arizona State	47	71	36	21
California	48	42	43	21
Colorado	40	50	51	21
Oregon	17	15	16	22
Oregon State	-	75	69	20
Stanford	39	62	39	15
UCLA	25	16	18	28
USC	11	6	4	18
Utah	45	36	38	20
Washington	15	14	13	21
Washington State	44	44	45	26

Pac-12 Media Days

Preseason media polls

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

		Pre
Arizona Wildcats	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Arizona State Sun Devils	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

California Golden Bears	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Colorado Buffaloes	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Oregon Ducks	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Oregon State Beavers	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Stanford Cardinal	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

UCLA Bruins	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

USC Trojans	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Utah Utes	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Washington Huskies	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Washington State Cougars	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

		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
August 30	6:00 PM	Weber State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N
August 31	6:00 PM	San Diego State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FS1
August 31	6:30 PM	Colorado	Colorado State	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO	CBSSN
September 1	9:00 AM	Oregon State	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC
September 1	12:30 PM	Washington	Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ABC
September 1	12:30 PM	Washington State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN
September 1	1:00 PM	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FOX
September 1	1:00 PM	UNLV	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
September 1	4:00 PM	Cincinnati	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN
September 1	5:00 PM	Bowling Green	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N
September 1	7:30 PM	UTSA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1
September 1	7:45 PM	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 8	9:00 AM	Arizona	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ABC/ESPN2
September 8	10:00 AM	UCLA	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX
September 8	11:00 AM	Portland State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N
September 8	12:30 PM	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC
September 8	2:00 PM	North Dakota	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
September 8	4:30 PM	Utah	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPNews
September 8	5:00 PM	Southern Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N
September 8	5:30 PM	USC	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX
September 8	7:15 PM	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2/ESPNU
September 8	7:45 PM	Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN
September 8	8:00 PM	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 15	11:00 AM	UC Davis	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
September 15	2:00 PM	San Jose State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N
September 15	2:00 PM	New Hampshire	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N
September 15	3:00 PM	Idaho State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N
September 15	4:00 PM	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN3
September 15	5:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N
September 15	5:00 PM	USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX
September 15	7:00 PM	Washington	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN
September 15	7:30 PM	Arizona State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN
September 15	7:30 PM	Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FS1
September 15	8:00 PM	Southern Utah	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 21	7:30 PM	Washington State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN
September 22		Arizona	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
September 22		Arizona State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 22		Stanford	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^#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
September 28	6:00 PM	UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FS1
September 29	4:30 PM	Stanford	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC
September 29	TBD	USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
September 29	TBD	Oregon State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
September 29	TBD	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
September 29	TBD	Oregon	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
September 29	TBD	BYU	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 6	TBD	California	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
October 6	TBD	Arizona State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
October 6	TBD	Washington	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
October 6	TBD	Utah	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
October 6	TBD	Washington State	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
^#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
October 12	7:00 PM	Arizona	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN
October 13	TBD	Colorado	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
October 13	TBD	UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Rivalry)
October 13	TBD	Washington	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
^#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
October 18	6:00 PM	Stanford	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN
October 20	TBD	Arizona	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
October 20	TBD	USC	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
October 20	TBD	Colorado	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 20	TBD	Oregon	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
October 20	TBD	California	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 26	7:30 PM	Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN
October 27	TBD	Oregon	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
October 27	TBD	Arizona State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
October 27	TBD	Oregon State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
October 27	TBD	Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
October 27	TBD	Washington State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 2	7:30 PM	Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
November 3	TBD	Utah	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
November 3	TBD	USC	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
November 3	TBD	UCLA	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 3	TBD	Stanford	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
November 3	TBD	California	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 10	TBD	UCLA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
November 10	TBD	California	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
November 10	TBD	Washington State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
November 10	TBD	Oregon	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
November 10	TBD	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 10	Arizona	Washington

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 17	TBD	Arizona	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
November 17	TBD	Arizona State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 17	TBD	USC	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)
November 17	TBD	Utah	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)
November 17	TBD	Oregon State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
November 17	TBD	Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (120th Big Game/Stanford Axe)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 23	TBD	Oregon	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon (Civil War)
November 23	TBD	Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington (Apple Cup)
November 24	TBD	Arizona State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup)
November 24	TBD	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles (Jeweled Shillelagh)
November 24	TBD	Stanford	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California
November 24	TBD	BYU	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City (Holy War)
November 24	TBD	Colorado	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Championship Game

The championship game will played on Friday November 30, 2018. It will feature the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North and the South. This will be the eighth championship game.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	TBD	TBD	TBD	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, California	Fox
^#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), 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. 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
September 1	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona
September 1	Oregon State	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio
September 1	Washington	Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta
September 1	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California
September 8	Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona
September 8	UCLA	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma
September 8	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
September 8	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah
September 15	USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas
September 29	BYU	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle
September 29	Stanford	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana	Legends Trophy
November 24	BYU	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	Holy War
November 24	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	Jeweled Shillelagh

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of:

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
BYU/Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0

Total Non-Conference Record	0–0

Postseason

Bowl games

Awards and Honors

Player of the week honors

All conference teams

All-Americans

All-Academic

National award winners

Home game attendance

References

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