2016 Pac-12 Conference football season

2016 Pac-12 Conference football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport American football
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) Fox Sports Media Group (FOX, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
Pac-12 Championship
2016 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
California   0 0         0 0  
Oregon   0 0         0 0  
Oregon State   0 0         0 0  
Stanford   0 0         0 0  
Washington   0 0         0 0  
Washington State   0 0         0 0  
South Division
Arizona   0 0         0 0  
Arizona State   0 0         0 0  
Colorado   0 0         0 0  
UCLA   0 0         0 0  
USC   0 0         0 0  
Utah   0 0         0 0  
Championship: December 2, 2016
  • $ 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 27, 2016 with a trio of games, TBA. The final game will be the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 2, 2016, with ESPN televising the game.

Pre-season

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

North Division

South Division

Pac-12 Media

2016 Pac-12 Media Day will be held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 28–29, 2016.

Preseason polls

North Division

South Division

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Rivals[2] Scout[3] 24/7[4] 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 5 146–98–2 26–14 15–12
Arizona State Todd Graham 5 77–41 28–12 19–8
California Sonny Dykes 4 28–33 6–18 3–15
Colorado Mike MacIntyre 4 22–39 6–18 1–17
Oregon Mark Helfrich 4 24–4 24–4 15–3
Oregon State Gary Andersen 2 49–38 0–0 0–0
Stanford David Shaw 6 42–12 42–12 28–8
UCLA Jim L. Mora 5 29–11 29–11 18–9
USC Clay Helton 3 43–33 9–4 30–24
Utah Kyle Whittingham 12 85–33 85–33 14–22
Washington Chris Petersen 3 100–18 8–6 4–5
Washington State Mike Leach 5 96–68 12–20 7–20

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
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
  Pre Wk
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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14
Final
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

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
Saturday, August, 27 TBA Hawaii California ANZ StadiumSydney, Australia TBA     TBD
Thursday, September 1 TBA Southern Utah Utah Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Thursday, September 1 TBA Oregon State Minnesota TCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN TBA     TBD
Friday, September 2 TBA Colorado State Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO TBA     TBD
Friday, September 2 TBA Kansas State Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA BYU Arizona University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA Northern Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA USC Alabama AT&T StadiumArlington, TX TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA UCLA Texas A&M Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA UC Davis Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR TBA     TBA
Saturday, September 3 TBA Rutgers Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 3 TBA Eastern Washington Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

[5]

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, September 10 TBA Grambling State Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBD Utah State USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBD UNLV UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA Idaho State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA BYU Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA Virginia Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA Idaho Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 10 TBA California San Diego State Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

[6]

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, September 17 TBA Hawaii Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA USC Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Arizona State UTSA AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA UCLA BYU Lavell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Coloardo Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Utah San Jóse State Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA TBA     TBD
Satuday, September 17 TBA Oregon Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Idaho State Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Portland State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Idaho Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 17 TBA Texas California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, September 23 TBA USC Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 24 TBA Washington Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 24 TBA California Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 24 TBA Stanford UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 24 TBA Colorado Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, September 24 TBA Boise State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday September 30 TBA Stanford Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 1 TBA Arizona UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 1 TBA Arizona State USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 1 TBA Oregon State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 1 TBA Utah California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday October 1 TBA Oregon Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, October 8 TBA Arizona Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 8 TBA UCLA Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 8 TBA Colorado USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 8 TBA Washington Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 8 TBA California Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 8 TBA Washington State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, October 15 TBA USC Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 15 TBD Arizona State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 15 TBA UCLA Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA TBD     TBD
Saturday, October 15 TBA Utah Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 15 TBA Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN NBC     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, October 21 TBA Oregon California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 22 TBA Utah UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 22 TBA Colorado Stanford Stanford Satdium • Stanford, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 22 TBA Oregon State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, October 27 TBD California USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 29 TBD Stanford Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 29 TBA Washington Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT TBA     TBD
Saturday, October 29 TBD Washington State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR TBD     TBD
Saturday, October 29 TBD Arizona State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR TBA     TBD
#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
Reference:

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, November 3 TBA UCLA Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 5 TBA Arizona Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 5 TBA Oregon State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 5 TBA Oregon USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA TBA     TBD
#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
Saturday, November 12 TBA Utah Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 12 TBA Colorado Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 12 TBA USC Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 12 TBA Oregon State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 12 TBA Stanford Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR TBA     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
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 California Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA 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
Friday, November 25 TBD Washington Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup) TBA     TBD
Friday, November 25 TBD Arizona State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ TBA     TBD
Saturday, November 26 TBD Utah Coloardo 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 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

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
December 2 Levi's StadiumSanta 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, Independents and SEC) 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 StadiumMinneapolis, MN
September 2 Kansas State Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA
September 3 BYU Arizona University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ
September 3 USC Alabama AT&T StadiumArlington, TX Cowboys Classic
September 3 UCLA Texas A&M Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX
September 3 Rutgers Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA
September 10 Texas Tech Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ
September 10 BYU Utah Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT
September 10 Virginia Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR
October 15 Stanford Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN
November 26 Notre Dame USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA

Records against other conferences

2016 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences Record
ACC 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
SEC 0–0
Notre Dame 0–0
Power 5 Total 0–0
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 0–0
C-USA 0–0
MAC 0–0
Mountain West 0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 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

Post Season

Power Conferences 5 Record
ACC 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 5 Total 0–0
Other FBS Conferences Record
American 0–0
C–USA 0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0
MAC 0–0
Mountain West 0–0
Sun Belt 0-0
Other FBS Total 0–0
Total Bowl Record 0–0

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
 Pac-12 win
 Pac-12 loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) Pac-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
New Mexico Bowl University Stadium · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium · Whitney, Nevada
Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium · El Paso, Texas
Foster Farms Bowl Levi's Stadium · Santa Clara, California
Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium . San Diego, California
Alamo Bowl Alamodome · San Antonio, Texas
Cactus Bowl Chase Field · Phoenix, Arizona
New Year's Six Bowls
Rose Bowl (New Year Six) Rose Bowl · Pasadena, California
College Football Playoff bowl games
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Semifinal) December 31 University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ
CFP National Championship January 9 Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL

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

Selection of teams

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 51,111 51,494 56,004 52,987 47,847 48,912 308,355 51,393 91.72%
Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 64,248 46,500 43,310 61,904 44,157 56,534 51,695 64,885 368,985 52,712 82.04%
California California Memorial Stadium 62,467 60,606 50,830 42,042 52,060 41,874 247,412 49,482 79.21%
Colorado Folsom Field 53,613 35,094 37,302 46,222 39,666 40,142 198,426 39,685 74.02%
Oregon Autzen Stadium 54,000 58,128 56,859 57,145 57,775 56,604 59,094 345,605 57,601 106.67%
Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 35,160 34,573 37,302 36,977 38,074 34,390 216,476 36,079 78.99%
Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,424 50,420 46,628 50,464 50,424 48,633 51,424 2997,993 49,666 98.50%
UCLA Rose Bowl 91,136 68,615 67,612 80,113 57,046 51,508 76,255 401,149 66,858 73.36%
USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 79,809 72,422 78,306 63,623 73,435 76,309 443,904 73,984 79.04%
Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium 45,807 47,825 46,011 47,798 46,192 45,853 46,230 279,909 46,652 101.84%
Washington Husky Stadium 70,083 55,010 59,464 61,066 69,285 50,667 61,420 356,912 59,485 84.88%
Washington State Martin Stadium 32,952 24,302 31,105 32,952 30,012 32,952 25,121 176,444 29,407 89.24%

^A Game played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
^B Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA.
Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

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