2012 Pac-12 Conference football season

2012 Pac-12 Conference football season
2012 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	American football
Duration	August 30, 2012; through January 2013
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ABC, FX, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX, and Pac-12 Networks
2013 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	DE Dion Jordan, Oregon
Picked by	Miami Dolphins, 3rd overall
Regular season
North champions	Stanford Cardinal; Oregon Ducks
North runners-up	Oregon State Beavers
South champions	UCLA Bruins
South runners-up	Arizona State Sun Devils; USC Trojans
Pac-12 Championship
Champions	Stanford Cardinal
Runners-up	UCLA Bruins
Finals MVP	Kevin Hogan (QB)
Football seasons
	← 2011 2013 →

2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%	8	–	1	12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
Washington	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	2	–	7	3	–	9
Washington State	1	–	8	3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x	6	–	3	9	–	5
Arizona State	5	–	4	8	–	5
USC	5	–	4	7	–	6
Arizona	4	–	5	8	–	5
Utah	3	–	6	5	–	7
Colorado	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Pac-12 Conference football season began on August 30, 2012, with Northern Colorado at Utah. The conference's first game was played on September 15 with #2 USC at #21 Stanford, and the final game played was the Pac-12 Championship Game on November 30, 2012. This is the second season for the conference as a 12-team league. Pac-12 champion Stanford was featured in the Rose Bowl, a BCS bowl, when they prevailed 20–14 against Big Ten Champion Wisconsin on January 1, 2013.^[1]

Previous season

The first Pac-12 Championship Game was held on Friday, December 2, 2011. Oregon defeated UCLA to claim their third straight conference title.

Last season, seven teams accepted bowl bids, an improvement from the four in the 2010 season. Oregon Ducks, ending the regular season with a program-second twelve wins and with a #5 BCS ranking, earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin for their first Rose Bowl win in 95 years. Stanford repeated as the conference runner-up, ending the regular season with a program-first eleven wins (their sole loss was to Oregon) and with a #4 BCS ranking, giving them an at-large BCS berth. The Cardinal was defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. Arizona lost to Oklahoma State while Washington defeated by Baylor in non-BCS bowls.

Preseason

2012 Pac-12 Spring Football:

North Division

California - Thu., March 15 to Sat., April 21
Oregon - Tue., April 3 to Sat., April 28
Oregon State - Mon., March 12 to Sat., April 28
Stanford - Mon., Feb. 27 to Sat., April 14
Washington - Mon., April 2 to Sat., April 28
Washington State - Thu., March 22 to Sat., April 21

South Division

Arizona - Mon., March 5 to Sat., April 14
Arizona State - Tue., March 13 to Sat., April 21
Colorado - Sat., March 10 to Sat., April 14
UCLA - Tue., April 3 to Sat., May 5
USC - Tue., March 6 to Sat., April 14
Utah - Wed., March 21 to Sat., April 21

Head coaches

Rich Rodriguez, Arizona – 1st year
Todd Graham, Arizona State – 1st year
Jeff Tedford, California – 6th year
Jon Embree, Colorado – 2nd year
Chip Kelly, Oregon – 4th year
Mike Riley, Oregon State – 11th year
David Shaw, Stanford – 2nd year
Jim L. Mora, UCLA – 1st year
Lane Kiffin, USC – 3rd year
Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 8th year
Steve Sarkisian, Washington – 4th year
Mike Leach, Washington State – 1st year

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	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
Arizona	AP		24	24	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
	C		25	25	21	RV					RV			RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released									22			24
Arizona State	AP		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						RV	24	RV	RV				RV
	BCS	Not released
California	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released						RV
	BCS	Not released
Colorado	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Oregon	AP	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	6	5
	C	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	3
	Harris	Not released						2	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	3
	BCS	Not released							3	4	4	3	2	5	5	4
Oregon State	AP		RV	RV	RV	18	14	10	8	7	13	13	15	16	16	15
	C		RV	RV	RV	21	17	14	11	9	13	12	17	17	17	14
	Harris	Not released						12	10	8	13	12	16	15	15	14
	BCS	Not released							8	7	11	11	16	15	15	13
Stanford	AP	21	25	21	9	8	18	17	22	19	15	16	14	11	8	8
	C	18	21	16	11	9	18	17	23	19	15	15	13	11	9	8
	Harris	Not released						16	20	18	14	14	13	11	8	7
	BCS	Not released							20	17	14	14	13	8	8	6
UCLA	AP		22	22	19	RV	25			RV	25	17	17	15	17	17
	C		23	23	19	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	19	16	16	16	19
	Harris	Not released						RV	RV	RV	RV	21	19	16	16	17
	BCS	Not released										18	17	17	16	17
USC	AP	1	2	2	13	13	13	11	11	10	18	21	21	RV	RV	RV
	C	3	2	3	12	13	12	9	9	8	17	22	21	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						10	11	9	16	18	18	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							10	9	17	19	18
Utah	AP	RV	RV		RV
	C	RV	RV		RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Washington	AP	RV	RV				23	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released						RV	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released											25	25
Washington State	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 30	4:15 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	Pac-12 Networks	W 41–0	45,273	[1]
August 30	4:30 p.m.	UCLA	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBS Sports Network	W 49–24	23,107	[2]
August 30	7:15 p.m.	Washington State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 6–30	57,045	[3]
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	Pac-12 Networks	W 63–6	48,658	[4]
August 31	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 21 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Pac-12 Networks	W 20–17	40,577	[5]
September 1†	12:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	Pac-12 Networks
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Nevada	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	Pac-12 Networks	L 31–24	63,186	[6]
September 1	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FX	L 17–22	58,607	[7]
September 1	4:30 p.m.	Hawaii	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	W 49–10	93,607	[8]
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Toledo	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPNU	W 24–17	48,670	[9]
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	No. 5 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	W 57–34	56,144	[10]
September 1	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	Pac-12 Networks	W 21–12	53,742	[11]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time. †Oregon State–Nicholls State game postponed indefinitely due to Hurricane Isaac preventing Nicholls State from traveling.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	5:00 p.m.	Utah	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	ESPN2	L 20–27	25,513	[12]
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	Pac-12 Network	W 50–31	57,745	[13]
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Sacramento State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Pac-12 Network	L 28–30	46,843	[14]
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	Pac-12 Network	W 24–20	33,598	[15]
September 8	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 USC	Syracuse	MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ	ABC	W 42–28	39,507	[16]
September 8	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 Wisconsin	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FX	W 10–7	42,189	[17]
September 8	3:30 p.m.	Fresno State	No. 4 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	Pac-12 Network	W 42–25	55,755	[18]
September 8	4:00 p.m.	Washington	No. 3 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	L 3–41	92,804	[19]
September 8	4:30 p.m.	No. 16 Nebraska	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	FOX	W 36–30	71,530	[20]
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Illinois	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	W 45–14	54,128	[21]
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Duke	No. 25 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Pac-12 Network	W 50–13	44,016	[22]
September 8	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Oklahoma State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Pac-12 Network	W 59–38	45,602	[23]
^#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 14	6:00 p.m.	Washington State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Paradise, NV	ESPN	W 35–27	17,015	[24]
September 15	9:00 a.m.	California	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 35–28	105,232	[25]
September 15	12:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	No. 4 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	Pac-12 Network	W 63–14	57,091	[26]
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Portland State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	FX	W 52–13	54,922	[27]
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Arizona State	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN2	L 20–24	71,004	[28]
September 15	4:30 p.m.	No. 2 USC	No. 21 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX	STAN 21–14	50,360	[29]
September 15	5:00 p.m.	Colorado	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	L 14–69	27,513	[30]
September 15	7:00 p.m.	BYU	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN2	W 24–21	45,653	[31]
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Houston	No. 22 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Pac-12 Network	W 37–6	53,723	[32]
September 15	7:30 p.m.	South Carolina State	No. 24 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Pac-12 Network	W 56–0	43,919	[33]
^#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 22	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 19 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC/ESPN2	ORST 27–20	54,636	[34]
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FX	COL 35–34	31,668	[35]
September 22	3:00 p.m.	California	No. 13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Pac-12 Network	USC 27–9	83,421	[36]
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Utah	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	Pac-12 Network	ASU 37–7	58,107	[37]
September 22	7:30 p.m.	No. 22 Arizona	No. 3 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	ORE 49–0	58,334	[38]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 27	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Stanford	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	ESPN	WASH 17–13	55,941	[39]
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Arizona State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FX	ASU 27–17	51,634	[40]
September 29	3:00 p.m.	UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	Pac-12 Network	UCLA 42–14	46,893	[41]
September 29	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Oregon State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Pac-12 Network	ORST 38–35	44,153	[42]
September 29	7:30 p.m.	No. 2 Oregon	Washington State	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	ESPN2	ORE 51–26	60,929	[43]
^#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 4	6:00 pm	No. 13 USC	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	USC 38–28	46,037	[44]
October 6	12:00 pm	Arizona	No. 18 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX	STAN 54–48 ^OT	48,204	[45]
October 6	3:00 pm	Washington State	No. 14 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	Pac-12 Network	ORST 19–6	46,579	[46]
October 6	7:00 p.m.	No. 25 UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	Pac-12 Network	CAL 43–17	57,643	[47]
October 6	7:30 pm	No. 23 Washington	No. 2 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Oregon–Washington football rivalry)	ESPN	ORE 52–21	58,792	[48]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 11	6:00 pm	Arizona State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	ASU 51–17	45,161	[49]
October 13	12:00 pm	Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	UCLA 21–14	66,303	[50]
October 13	12:30 pm	No. 10 Oregon State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ABC	W 42–24	63,489	[51]
October 13	12:30 pm	No. 17 Stanford	No. 7 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 13–20	80,975	[52]
October 13	4:00 pm	No. 11 USC	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	FOX	USC 24–14	66,202	[53]
October 13	7:30 pm	California	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	Pac-12 Network	CAL 31–17	27,339	[54]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	6:00 pm	No. 2 Oregon	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	ORE 43–21	71,004	[55]
October 20	12:00 pm	No. 22 Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	FOX	STAN 21–3	61,024	[56]
October 20	3:00 pm	Colorado	No. 11 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Pac-12 Networks	USC 50–6	83,274	[57]
October 20	7:00 pm	Washington	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Pac-12 Networks	ARIZ 52–17	50,148	[58]
October 20	7:30 pm	Utah	No. 8 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ESPN or ESPN2	OSU 21–7	45,769	[59]
^#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 27	12:00 pm	UCLA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FX	UCLA 45–43	55,672	[60]
October 27	12:00 pm	Colorado	No. 2 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	Pac-12 Networks	ORE 70–14	57,521	[61]
October 27	12:30 pm	No. 10 USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ABC/ESPN2	ARIZ 39–36	47,822	[62]
October 27	3:15 pm	Washington State	No. 19 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Pac-12 Networks	STAN 24–17	41,496
October 27	6:45 pm	California	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	Pac-12 Networks	UTAH 49–27	45,017
October 27	7:15 pm	No. 7 Oregon State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	Pac-12 Networks	WASH 20–17	60,842
^#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
November 2	6:00 pm	Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ESPN2	WASH 21–13	42,226
November 3	11:00 am	Stanford	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FX	STAN 48–0	44,138
November 3	12:00 pm	Washington State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	Pac-12 Networks	UTAH 48–6	45,069
November 3	4:00 pm	Oregon	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	ORE 62–51	93,607
November 3	7:30 pm	Arizona State	No. 11 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ESPN or ESPN2	OSU 36–26	45,979
November 3†	7:30 pm	No. 24 Arizona	No. 25 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Pac-12 Networks	UCLA 66–10	81,673
^#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
November 10	10:30 am	Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FX	ARIZ 56–31	51,236
November 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Oregon State	No. 14 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX	STAN 27–23	47,127
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 19 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Pac-12 Networks	USC 38–17	80,154
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ESPN	ORE 59–17	57,672
November 10	7:30 p.m.	#17 UCLA	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN2	UCLA 44–36	28,110
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Utah	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	Pac-12 Networks	WASH 34–15	60,050
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 17	10:30 a.m.	No. 25 Washington	Colorado	Folson Field • Boulder, CO	FX	WASH 38–3	43,148
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Washington State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	Pac-12 Network	ASU 46–7	53,438
November 17	12:05 pm	No. 21 USC	No. 17 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	FOX	UCLA 38–28	83,277
November 17	5:00 p.m.	No. 14 Stanford	No. 1 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	STAN 17–14	58,792
November 17	7:00 p.m.	Arizona	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPNU	ARIZ 34–24	45,031
November 17	7:30 p.m.	California	No. 15 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	Pac-12 Networks	OSU 62–14	43,779
^#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
November 23	12:00 pm	Utah	Colorado	Folson Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	FX	UTAH 42–35
November 23	12:30 pm	Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	WSU 31–28
November 23	7:00 pm	Arizona State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	ESPN	ASU 41–34
November 24	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Oregon	No. 16 Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	Pac-12 Networks	ORE 48–24
November 24	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Stanford	No. 15 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	STAN 35–17	68,228
November 24	5:00 pm	No. 1 Notre Dame	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame – USC rivalry)	ABC	L 22–13
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	5:00 p.m.	#17 UCLA	No. 8 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game)	FOX	STAN 27–24	31,622
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Records against other conferences

Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Opponent Conference	Notes
September 8	#18 Oklahoma State	Arizona	Arizona	Big 12	Arizona scores the most points against OSU since the 2008 edition of the Bedlam Series against Oklahoma.^[2]
September 8	Illinois	Arizona State	Arizona State	Big Ten	Arizona State goes 3–1 against Illinois following a loss the previous season in Champaign.^[3]
September 8	#13 Wisconsin	Oregon State	Oregon State	Big Ten	Oregon State's first win over a ranked opponent since a November 2010 defeat of USC.^[4]
September 8	Washington	#3 LSU	LSU	SEC	Washington fails to score a touchdown for the first time since an October 2010 matchup against Stanford.^[5]
September 8	Duke	#25 Stanford	Stanford	ACC	Stanford goes 3–1 against Duke, with three straight wins, with touchdowns coming on offense, defense, and special teams for the first time since a September 2009 game against San Jose State.^[6]
September 8	#2 USC	Syracuse	USC	Big East	USC quarterback Matt Barkley throws for six touchdown passes, a school record.^[7]
September 8	#16 Nebraska	UCLA	UCLA	Big Ten	UCLA's second win against Nebraska in eight meetings since 1973.^[8]
September 15	California	Ohio State	Ohio State	Big Ten
September 15	Arizona State	Missouri	Missouri	SEC
October 13	#17 Stanford	#7 Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Independent	Stanford's first series loss to Notre Dame since 2008.^[9]
November 24	#1 Notre Dame	USC	Notre Dame	Independent	With the win, Notre Dame completed a perfect 12–0 regular season.

Bowl games

The Pac-12 is participating in the following bowls (Pac-12 teams in bold):

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Time (PST)	Team	Score	Team	Score
New Mexico Bowl	December 15	University Stadium	Albuquerque, New Mexico	ESPN	10:00 a.m.	Arizona	49	Nevada	48
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas	December 22	Sam Boyd Stadium	Paradise, Nevada	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	#20 Boise State	28	Washington	26
Holiday Bowl	December 27	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	ESPN	6:45 p.m.	Baylor	49	#17 UCLA	26
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	December 29	AT&T Park	San Francisco, California	ESPN	1:00 p.m.	Arizona State	62	Navy	28
Alamo Bowl	December 29	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN	3:45 p.m.	Texas	31	#15 Oregon State	27
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	CBS	11:00 a.m.	Georgia Tech	21	USC	7
Rose Bowl	January 1	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	ESPN	2:10 p.m.	#8 Stanford	20	Wisconsin	14
Fiesta Bowl	January 3	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	#5 Oregon	35	#7 Kansas State	17

Players of the week

Following each week of games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
9/3/12^[10]	Johnathan Franklin	RB	UCLA	Jake Fischer	LB	ARIZ	Marqise Lee	KR	USC
9/10/12^[11]	Johnathan Franklin	RB	UCLA	D.J. Welch	LB	OSU	John Bonano	K	ARIZ
9/17/12^[12]	Stepfan Taylor	RB	STAN	Ben Gardner	DE	STAN	Tom Hackett	P	UTAH
9/24/12^[13]	Jordan Webb	QB	COLO	Michael Clay	LB	ORE	Keith Kostol	P	OSU
10/1/12^[14]	Sean Mannion	QB	OSU	Will Sutton	DT	ASU	Kyle Dugandzic	P	ARIZ
10/8/12^[15]	Josh Nunes	QB	STAN	Cameron Jackson	DB	CAL	Randall Telfer	TE	USC
10/15/12 ^[16]	Cody Vaz	QB	OSU	Steve Williams	DB	CAL	Rashad Ross	WR/KR	ASU
10/22/12 ^[17]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Chase Thomas	LB	STAN	Richard Morrison	WR/PR	ARIZ
10/29/12	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	Marquis Flowers	LB	ARIZ	Reggie Dunn	WR/KR	UTAH
11/5/12	Kenjon Barner	RB	ORE	Eric Kendricks	LB	UCLA	Reggie Dunn	WR/KR	UTAH
11/12/12	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	ARIZ	Anthony Barr	LB	UCLA	Trevor Romaine	PK	ORE
11/19/12	Zach Ertz	TE	STAN	Eric Kendricks	LB	UCLA	Daniel Zychlinski	P	STAN
11/26/12	Stepfan Taylor	RB	STAN	Brandon Magee	LB	ASU	Andrew Furney	PK	WSU

Position key

Center	C	Cornerback	CB	Defensive back	DB	Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL	Defensive tackle	DT	Guard	G	Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT	Offensive lineman	OL	Linebacker	LB	Long snapper	LS
Punter	P	Placekicker	PK	Punt returner	PR	Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB	Safety	S	Tight end	TE	Wide receiver	WR

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	57,400	48,670	45,602	43,919	44,153	50,148	47,822	51,236		331,550	47,364	82.52%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	71,706	48,658	54,128	58,107	71,004	55,672	53,438	—	—	341,007	56,835	79.26%
California	California Memorial Stadium	62,717	63,186	57,745	51,634	57,643	61,024	42,226	57,672	—	391,130	55,876	89.09%
Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613	46,843	46,893	45,161	44,138	43,148		—	—	225,183	45,237	84.38%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	56,144	55,755	57,091	58,334	58,792	57,521	58,792	—	402,429	57,490	106.46%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674	^A	42,189	46,579	45,769	45,979	43,779		—	224,295	44,859	98.22%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,000	40,577	44,016	50,360				—	—	134,953	44,984	89.97%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	91,136	71,530	53,723	54,636	66,303	81,673	83,277	68,228	—	479,370	68,481	75.14%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	93,607	83,421						—	177,028	88,514	94.56%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,017	45,273	45,653	46,037	45,017	45,069	45,031	—	—	272,080	45,347	100.73%
Washington	CenturyLink Field ^B	67,000	53,742	54,922	55,941	66,202	60,842		—	—	230,807	57,702	86.12%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	35,117	33,598	31,668	60,929^C	27,339	28,110		—	—	153,534	38,384	89.08%

^A Oregon State's home game against Nicholls State was postponed due to Nicholls State's inability to travel due to Hurricane Isaac.
^B Due to reconstruction at Husky Stadium, Washington play their 2012 home games at CenturyLink Field.
^C This was an official Washington State home game played versus Oregon at CenturyLink Field.

Notes

July 24, 2012 – 2012 Media Day at Gibson Amphitheatre.
September 4, 2012 – After Week 1, UCLA is tied for first in sacks with 6.
September 8, 2012 - Three Pac-12 teams upset ranked opponents: Arizona defeats #18 Oklahoma State, Oregon State prevails over #13 Wisconsin, and UCLA holds off #16 Nebraska.
September 9, 2012 - Five Pac-12 teams are ranked in the Top 25: #2 USC, #4 Oregon, #21 Stanford, #22 UCLA, #24 Arizona.
November 3, 2012 – Oregon is the first team to ever score 60 points on USC in 124 years.
November 8, 2012 – USC was reprimanded and fined by the conference for illegally deflated game balls by a student manager during the Oregon game on November 3, 2012.^[18]
November 20, 2012 – Three days after the close of the season, head coach Jeff Tedford was relieved of his duties at California.^[19]

Awards and honors

Doak Walker Award

2nd - Johnathan Franklin, UCLA; 3rd - Kenjon Barner, Oregon

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Maxwell Award

Walter Camp Player of the Year Award

All-Americans

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:^[20]

All-Pac-12 teams

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Offensive Player of the Year: Marqise Lee, WR, USC
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE, Arizona State
Offensive Freshman of the Year: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
Defensive Freshman of the Year: Leonard Williams, DE, USC
Coach of the Year: David Shaw, Stanford

Offense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
QB	Marcus Mariota	Fr.	Oregon	Matt Scott	Sr.	Arizona
RB	Kenjon Barner	Sr.	Oregon	Johnathan Franklin	Sr.	UCLA
RB	Ka'Deem Carey	So.	Arizona	Stepfan Taylor	Sr.	Stanford
WR	Marqise Lee	So.	USC	Austin Hill	So.	Arizona
WR	Markus Wheaton	Sr.	Oregon St.	Robert Woods	Jr.	USC
TE	Zach Ertz	Sr.	Stanford	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	So.	Washington
OL	Hroniss Grasu	So.	Oregon	David Bakhtiari	Jr.	Colorado
OL	Khaled Holmes	Sr.	USC	Sam Brenner	Sr.	Utah
OL	Brian Schwenke	Sr.	California	Jeff Baca	Sr.	UCLA
OL	Xavier Su'a-Filo	So.	UCLA	Kevin Danser	Sr.	Stanford
OL	David Yankey	Jr.	Stanford	Sam Schwartzstein	Sr.	Stanford

Defense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
DL	Scott Crichton	So.	Oregon St.	Henry Anderson	Jr.	Stanford
DL	Dion Jordan	Sr.	Oregon	Morgan Breslin	Jr.	USC
DL	Star Lotulelei	Sr.	Utah	Ben Gardner	Sr.	Stanford
DL	Will Sutton	Jr.	Arizona St.	Datone Jones	Sr.	UCLA
LB	Anthony Barr	Jr.	UCLA	Kiko Alonso	Sr.	Oregon
LB	Trent Murphy	Sr.	Stanford	Michael Clay	Sr.	Oregon
LB	Chase Thomas	Sr.	Stanford	Brandon Magee	Sr.	Arizona St.
DB	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	So.	Oregon	Deone Bucannon	Jr.	Washington St.
DB	Jordan Poyer	Sr.	Oregon St.	Alden Darby	Jr.	Arizona St.
DB	Ed Reynolds	Jr.	Stanford	T. J. McDonald	Sr.	USC
DB	Desmond Trufant	Sr.	Washington	Nickell Robey	Jr.	USC

Specialists:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
PK	Vince D'Amato	Jr.	California	Andrew Furney	Jr.	Washington St.
P	Jeff Locke	Sr.	UCLA	Josh Hubner	Sr.	Arizona St.
RS	Reggie Dunn	Sr.	Utah	Marqise Lee	So.	USC
ST	Jordan Jenkins	Sr.	Oregon St.	David Allen	Sr.	UCLA

All-Academic

First team^[22]

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Connor Wood	Colorado	So.	3.55	Finance
RB	Jared Baker	Arizona	RS Fr.	3.56	Undeclared
RB	Patrick Skov	Stanford	So.	3.41	Undeclared
WR	Andrei Lintz	Washington State	RS Sr.	3.72	Sport Management
WR	Luke Matthews	Utah (2)	Sr.	3.69	Mass Communication
TE	Koa Ka'ai	Oregon	RS Fr.	3.94	History
OL	Chris Adcock	California	So.	3.57	Business Administration
OL	Jake Brendel	UCLA	RS Fr.	3.60	Math/Applied Science
OL	Khaled Holmes	USC	Sr.	3.31	Communication
OL	Tevita Stevens	Utah (2)	Sr.	3.54	Spanish
OL	Matt Summers-Gavin	California	Sr.	3.27	Political Science
DL	Henry Anderson	Stanford	Jr.	3.43	Political Science
DL	Nate Bonsu	Colorado	Jr.	3.42	International Affairs
DL	Will Pericak	Colorado (2)	RS Sr.	3.45	Accounting
DL	Danny Shelton	Washington	So.	3.47	Anthropology
LB	Dave Fagergren	Utah	Sr.	3.51	Business
LB	Jake Fischer	Arizona (2)	Jr.	3.32	Marketing
LB	Brandon Johnson	Arizona State	RS Jr.	3.44	Sociology
DB	Brian Blechen	Utah	Jr.	3.18	Sociology
DB	Jordan Richards	Stanford	So.	3.34	Undeclared
DB	Eric Rowe	Utah	So.	3.54	Undeclared
DB	Jared Tevis	Arizona	So.	3.25	Finance
PK	John Bonano	Arizona (3)	Sr.	3.93	Physiology
P	Jeff Locke	UCLA (3)	RS Sr.	3.70	Economics
ST	Justin Gorman	Colorado	RS So.	3.61	Finance
Notes:		(2) Two-time, (3) Three-time

2013 NFL draft

Round	Overall pick	NFL team	Player	Position	College
1	3	Miami Dolphins	Dion Jordan	Defensive end	Oregon
1	14	Carolina Panthers	Star Lotulelei	Defensive tackle	Utah
1	20	Chicago Bears	Kyle Long	Guard	Oregon
1	22	Atlanta Falcons	Desmond Trufant	Cornerback	Washington
1	26	Green Bay Packers	Datone Jones	Defensive end	UCLA
2	35	Philadelphia Eagles	Zach Ertz	Tight end	Stanford
2	41	Buffalo Bills	Robert Woods	Wide receiver	USC
2	46	Buffalo Bills	Kiko Alonso	Linebacker	Oregon
3	71	St. Louis Rams	T. J. McDonald	Safety	USC
3	76	San Diego Chargers	Keenan Allen	Wide receiver	California
3	79	Pittsburgh Stealers	Markus Wheaton	Wide receiver	Oregon State
4	98	Philadelphia Eagles	Matt Barkley	Quarterback	USC
4	107	Tennessee Titans	Brian Schwenke	Center	California
4	109	Green Bay Packers	David Bakhtiari	Offensive tackle	Colorado
4	121	Indianapolis Colts	Khaled Holmes	Center	USC
4	125	Green Bay Packers	Johnathan Franklin	Runningback	UCLA
4	133	Atlanta Falcons	Levine Toilolo	Tight end	Stanford
5	140	Arizona Cardinals	Stepfan Taylor	Runningback	Stanford
5	145	San Diego Chargers	Steve Williams	Cornerback	California
5	155	Minnesota Vikings	Jeff Locke	Punter	UCLA
6	172	Oakland Raiders	Nick Kasa	Tight end	Colorado
6	182	Carolina Panthers	Kenjon Barner	Runningback	Oregon
6	192	Indianapolis Colts	John Boyett	Safety	Oregon
6	196	Minnesota Vikings	Jeff Baca	Guard	UCLA
7	212	Philadelphia Eagles	Joe Kruger	Defensive end	Utah
7	218	Philadelphia Eagles	Jordan Poyer	Cornerback	Oregon State
7	236	Chicago Bears	Marquess Wilson	Wide receiver	Washington State
7	247	Baltimore Ravens	Marc Anthony	Cornerback	California

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[2] "Postgame Notes vs Arizona - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[3] "NOTES: Arizona State 45, Illinois 14 - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[4] "Oregon State-Wisconsin Post-Game Notes - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[5] "UW Can't Hold That Tiger, Falls 41-3 - University of Washington Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Barkley Leads No. 2 USC Past Syracuse, 42-29 - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[8] "Hundley Leads UCLA Past No. 17 Nebraska, 36-30 - UCLA Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[9] "No. 17 Stanford Falls Inches Short, Loses 20-13 to No. 7 Notre Dame in OT - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on December 26, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[10] "UCLA's Franklin, UA's Fischer and USC's Lee named Pac-12 Football Players of the Week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.

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[12] "Stanford's Taylor, Stanford's Gardner and Utah's Hackett named Pac-12 players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

[13] "CU's Webb, Oregon's Clay, OSU's Kostol named Pac-12 players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

[14] "Mannion, Sutton and Dugandzic named Pac-12 players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.

[15] "Nunes, Jackson, Telfer named Pac-12 football players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

[16] "Vaz, Williams and Ross named Pac-12 football players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

[17] "USC's Barkley, Stanford's Thomas and Arizona's Morrison named Pac-12 football players of the week". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.

[18] Chris Dufresne, USC football needs air pumped back into the program, Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2012

[19] Jeff Tedford Relieved of Duties as Football Coach, CalBears.com, November 20, 2012

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