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2018 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 30, 2018
through January 1, 2019
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pickOT Andre Dillard, Washington State
Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles, 22nd overall
Regular season
Season MVPGardner Minshew, QB, Washington State
Top scorerMatt Gay, K, Utah Utes (112 points)
North championsWashington Huskies
Washington State
  North runners-upStanford Cardinal
South championsUtah Utes
  South runners-upArizona State Sun Devils
Pac–12 Championship
ChampionsWashington Huskies
  Runners-upUtah Utes
Finals MVPByron Murphy, CB
Football seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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

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]

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:

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)
  • 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
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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:

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.

Honorable mentions

Pac-12 individual awards

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

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

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