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, FSN), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+), CBS (bowl game), and Pac-12 Networks
Regular season
Pac–12 Championship
2018 Pac-12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 15 Washington  3 1     5 2  
No. 25 Washington State  2 1     5 1  
No. 12 Oregon  2 1     5 1  
Stanford  2 1     4 2  
California  0 3     3 3  
Oregon State  0 3     1 5  
South Division
USC  3 1     4 2  
Colorado  2 1     5 1  
Utah  2 2     4 2  
Arizona  2 2     3 4  
Arizona State  1 2     3 3  
UCLA  1 2     1 5  
Championship: November 30, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; 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]

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 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 in 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

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15
Final
Arizona
Wildcats
AP RV
C RV
CFP Not released
Arizona State
Sun Devils
AP 23 RV RV RV
C 25 RV RV RV
CFP Not released
California
Golden Bears
AP RV 24 RV
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Colorado
Buffaloes
AP RV RV RV 21 19
C RV RV RV 22 18
CFP Not released
Oregon
Ducks
AP 24 23 20 20 19 18 17
C RV RV 23 19 20 18 17
CFP Not released
Oregon State
Beavers
AP
C
CFP Not released
Stanford
Cardinal
AP 13 10 9 7 7 14 RV
C 13 9 9 7 7 14 24
CFP Not released
UCLA
Bruins
AP
C
CFP Not released
USC
Trojans
AP 15 17 22
C 15 12 21 RV RV
CFP Not released
Utah
Utes
AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Washington
Huskies
AP 6 9 10 10 11 10 7
C 6 11 12 12 11 10 7
CFP Not released
Washington State
Cougars
AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Selected for College Football Playoff
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  Number of first place votes
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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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
August 30 6:00 PM Weber State Utah Rice–Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT P12N W 41–10   45,988
August 31 6:00 PM San Diego State No. 13 Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA FS1 W 31–10   40,913
August 31 6:30 PM Colorado Colorado State Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO CBSSN W 45–13   70,158
September 1 9:00 AM Oregon State No. 5 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC L 31–77   102,169
September 1 12:30 PM No. 6 Washington No. 9 Auburn Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA ABC L 16–21   70,103
September 1 12:30 PM Washington State Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY CBSSN W 41–19   24,131
September 1 1:00 PM North Carolina California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA FOX W 24–17   42,168
September 1 1:00 PM UNLV No. 15 USC LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA P12N W 43–21   58,708
September 1 4:00 PM Cincinnati UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA ESPN L 17–26   54,116
September 1 5:00 PM Bowling Green No. 24 Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR P12N W 58–24   50,112
September 1 7:30 PM UTSA Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ FS1 W 49–7   50,188
September 1 7:45 PM BYU Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ ESPN L 23–28   51,002
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8 9:00 AM Arizona Houston TDECU StadiumHouston, TX ABC/ESPN2 L 18–45   32,534
September 8 10:00 AM UCLA No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK FOX L 21–49   86,402
September 8 11:00 AM Portland State No. 23 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N W 62–14   47,210
September 8 12:30 PM Colorado Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE ABC W 33–28   89,853
September 8 2:00 PM North Dakota No. 9 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA P12N W 45–3   68,093
September 8 4:30 PM Utah Northern Illinois Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL ESPNews W 17–6   16,762
September 8 5:00 PM Southern Utah Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR P12N W 48–25   36,448
September 8 5:30 PM No. 17 USC No. 10 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FOX  STAN 17–3   42,856
September 8 6:45 PM No. 15 Michigan State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN W 16–13   53,599
September 8 7:15 PM California BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT ESPN2 W 21–18   52,602
September 8 8:00 PM San Jose State Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA P12N W 31–0   26,141
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 15 11:00 AM UC Davis No. 9 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA P12N W 30–10   31,772
September 15 2:00 PM San Jose State No. 20 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N W 35–22   50,049
September 15 2:00 PM New Hampshire Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO P12N W 45–14   42,360
September 15 3:00 PM Idaho State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N W 45–23   37,104
September 15 4:00 PM Oregon State Nevada Mackay StadiumReno, NV ESPNU L 35–37   20,462
September 15 5:00 PM Eastern Washington Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 59–24   32,952
September 15 5:00 PM No. 22 USC Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX FOX L 14–37   103,507
September 15 7:00 PM No. 10 Washington Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN  WASH 21–7   47,445
September 15 7:30 PM No. 23 Arizona State San Diego State SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA CBSSN L 21–28   34,641
September 15 7:30 PM Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FS1 L 14–38   60,867
September 15 8:00 PM 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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21 7:30 PM Washington State USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  USC 39–36   52,421
September 22 1:00 PM Arizona Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  ARZ 35–14   33,022
September 22 5:00 PM No. 7 Stanford No. 20 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ABC  STAN 38–31 OT  58,453
September 22 7:30 PM 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.
DateBye Week
September 22CaliforniaColoradoUCLAUtah

Week 5

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28 6:00 PM UCLA Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FS1  COLO 38–16   46,814
September 29 3:30 PM Utah Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N  WSU 28–24   30,088
September 29 4:30 PM No. 7 Stanford No. 8 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Legends Trophy) NBC L 17–38   77,622
September 29 5:30 PM No. 20 BYU No. 11 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FOX W 35–7   70,155
September 29 7:00 PM Oregon State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 52–24   51,447
September 29 7:30 PM USC Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN2  USC 24–20   43,573
September 29 7:30 PM 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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 6 1:00 PM Arizona State No. 21 Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  COLO 28–21   52,681
October 6 4:30 PM No. 10 Washington UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FOX  WASH 31–24   51,123
October 6 6:00 PM Washington State Oregon State Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  WSU 56–37   34,429
October 6 7:00 PM California Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1  ARZ 24–17   44,253
October 6 7:30 PM 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.
DateBye Week
October 6OregonUSC

Week 7

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 12 7:00 PM Arizona Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN  UTAH 42–10   45,862
October 13 12:30 PM No. 7 Washington No. 17 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ABC/ESPN2  ORE 30–27 OT  58,691
October 13 4:00 PM UCLA California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (California–UCLA rivalry) P12N  UCLA 37–7   45,889
October 13 7:30 PM 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.
DateBye Week
October 13Arizona StateOregon StateStanfordWashington State

Week 8

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 18 6:00 PM Stanford Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN      
October 20 12:30 PM Colorado Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FOX      
October 20 1:00 PM California Oregon State Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N      
October 20 4:30 PM Oregon Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA FOX      
October 20 5:00 PM USC Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT P12N      
October 20 7:30 PM Arizona UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN2      
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 2 7:30 PM Colorado Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1      
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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.
DateBye Week
November 10ArizonaWashington

Week 12

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
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

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 23 1:00 PM Oregon Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War) FS1      
November 23 5:30 PM Washington Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup) FOX      
November 24 TBD Arizona State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)      
November 24 TBD Notre Dame USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)      
November 24 TBD Stanford UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA      
November 24 TBD BYU Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)      
November 24 TBD Colorado California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA      
#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)

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 30 TBD TBD TBD Levi's StadiumSanta Clara, CA 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.

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScore
September 1 BYU Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona L 14–48
September 1 Oregon State No. 5 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, Ohio L 31–77
September 1 No. 6 Washington No. 9 Auburn Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta L 16–21
September 1 North Carolina California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California W 24–17
September 8 No. 15 Michigan State Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, Arizona W 16–13
September 8 UCLA No. 6 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, Oklahoma L 21–49
September 8 Colorado Nebraska Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry W 33–28
September 8 California BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, Utah W 21–18
September 15 No. 22 USC Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, Texas L 14–37
September 29 No. 20 BYU No. 11 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle W 35–7
September 29 No. 7 Stanford No. 8 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, Indiana Legends Trophy L 17–38
November 24 BYU Utah Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City Holy War
November 24 Notre Dame USC LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles Jeweled Shillelagh

Records against other conferences

2018 records against non-conference foes as of Oct. 1, 2018:

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