2017 Pac-12 Conference football season

Summary

The 2017 Pac–12 Conference football season is the seventh for the twelve-team league. The season began on August 26, 2017, and ended with the Pac-12 Championship Game on December 1, 2017 at Levi's Stadium.[1]

2017 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportAmerican football
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family, (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pickQB Sam Darnold, USC
Picked byNew York Jets, 3rd overall
Regular season
Top scorerMyles Gaskin, RB (132 points)
North championsStanford Cardinal
Washington Huskies
  North runners-upWashington State Cougars
South championsUSC Trojans
  South runners-upArizona State Sun Devils
Pac–12 Championship
ChampionsUSC
  Runners-upStanford Cardinal
Finals MVPSam Darnold, QB
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
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  • Conf Overall
    Team   W   L     W   L  
    North Division
    No. 20 Stanford xy   7 2     9 5  
    No. 16 Washington x   7 2     10 3  
    Washington State   6 3     9 4  
    Oregon   4 5     7 6  
    California   2 7     5 7  
    Oregon State   0 9     1 11  
    South Division
    No. 12 USC xy$   8 1     11 3  
    Arizona State   6 3     7 6  
    Arizona   5 4     7 6  
    UCLA   4 5     6 7  
    Utah   3 6     7 6  
    Colorado   2 7     5 7  
    Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
    • $ – Conference champion
    • x – Division champion/co-champions
    • y – Championship game participant
    Rankings from AP Poll

    Previous season edit

    Washington defeated Colorado 41–10 for the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.[2]

    Six teams participated in bowl games. Stanford defeated North Carolina 25–23 in the Sun Bowl.[3] Utah won over Indiana 26–24 at the Foster Farms Bowl.[4] Washington State lost 12–17 to Minnesota in the Holiday Bowl.[5] Colorado lost to Oklahoma State 8–38 in the Alamo Bowl.[6] In the Rose Bowl, USC defeated Penn State 52–49.[7] And in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Round, Washington lost to Alabama by a score of 7–24.[8]

    Pre-season edit

    2017 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

    North Division

    • California – 14 signees
    • Oregon – 24 signees
    • Oregon State – 24 signees
    • Stanford – 14 signees
    • Washington – 18 signees
    • Washington State – 27 signees

    South Division

    • Arizona – 34 signees
    • Arizona State – 19 signees
    • Colorado – 28 signees
    • UCLA – 18 signees
    • USC – 26 signees
    • Utah – 21 signees

    Pac-12 media days edit

    The Pac-12 conducted its annual media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, – The Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA between July 26 and July 27. 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 edit

    The Pac-12 Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls. 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

    • USC – 28
    • Washington – 22
    • Oregon – 1
    • Utah – 1

    References:[9]

    Recruiting classes edit

    Rankings
    Team ESPN[10] Rivals[11] Scout[12] 24/7[13] Signees
    Arizona 39 41 41 42 34
    Arizona State 26 20 17 19 19
    California - 29 36 34 14
    Colorado - 71 75 69 28
    Oregon 15 17 21 16 24
    Oregon State - 71 63 60 24
    Stanford 27 18 25 24 14
    UCLA 11 13 9 12 18
    USC 3 1 1 2 26
    Utah - 41 53 45 18
    Washington 28 30 23 27 21
    Washington State - 55 38 41 27

    Head coaches edit

    Coaching changes edit

    There were two coaching changes following the 2017 season including Justin Wilcox with California and Willie Taggart with Oregon.

    Coaches edit

    Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record
    Arizona Rich Rodriguez 6 162–116–2 (.582) 42–32 (.568) 23–28 (.451)
    Arizona State Todd Graham 6 93–59 (.612) 44–30 (.595) 29–22 (.569)
    California Justin Wilcox 1 5–5 (.500) 5–5 (.500) 2–5 (.286)
    Colorado Mike MacIntyre 5 40–57 (.412) 25–36 (.410) 12–31 (.279)
    Oregon Willie Taggart 1 47–50 (.485) 7-5 (.583) 4–5 (.444)
    Oregon State Cory Hall 1 0–6 (.000) 0–6 (.000) 0–6 (.000)
    Stanford David Shaw 7 70–20 (.778) 70–20 (.778) 47–14 (.770)
    UCLA Jim L. Mora 6 45-29 (.608) 45–29 (.608) 27–25 (.519)
    USC Clay Helton 4 24–9 (.727) 24–9 (.727) 18–4 (.818)
    Utah Kyle Whittingham 13 109–54 (.669) 109–54 (.669) 27–33 (.450)
    Washington Chris Petersen 4 127–27 (.825) 35–15 (.700) 22–12 (.647)
    Washington State Mike Leach 6 121–79 (.605) 37–36 (.507) 25–27 (.481)

    Rankings edit

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    Schedule edit

    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 edit

    Week 1 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    August 26 12:00 p.m. Oregon State Colorado State Colorado State StadiumFort Collins, CO CBSSN L 27–58   37,583
    August 26 7:00 p.m. No. 14 Stanford Rice Allianz StadiumSydney, Australia ESPN W 62–7   33,101
    August 31 4:30 p.m. North Dakota Utah Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT P12N W 37–16   45,905
    August 31 7:30 p.m. New Mexico State Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ P12N W 37–31   46,596
    September 1 5:00 p.m. No. 8 Washington Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ FS1 W 30–14   46,093
    September 1 5:00 p.m. Colorado State Colorado Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO P12N W 17–3   73,932
    September 2 9:20 a.m. California North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC ACCN W 35–30   49,500
    September 2 11:00 a.m. Portland State Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR P12N W 35–32   34,737
    September 2 2:15 p.m. Western Michigan No. 4 USC LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA P12N W 49–31   61,125
    September 2 5:15 p.m. Southern Utah Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR P12N W 77–21   52,204
    September 2 7:30 p.m. Montana State No. 24 Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA FS1 W 31–0   30,254
    September 2 8:00 p.m. Northern Arizona Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ P12N W 62–24   43,620
    September 3 4:30 p.m. Texas A&M UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA FOX W 45–44   64,635
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 2 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 9 11:00 a.m. Texas State Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO P12N W 37–3   43,822
    September 9 1:30 p.m. Nebraska Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX W 42–35   58,389
    September 9 2:00 p.m. Weber State California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA P12N W 33–20   36,209
    September 9 2:00 p.m. Hawaii UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N W 56–23   50,444
    September 9 5:00 p.m. Montana No. 7 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA P12N W 63–7   68.491
    September 9 5:00 p.m. No. 14 Stanford No. 6 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX  USC 42–24   77,614
    September 9 7:00 p.m. Minnesota Oregon State Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FS1 L 14–48   35,206
    September 9 7:15 p.m. Utah BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT (Holy War) ESPN2 W 19–13   63,470
    September 9 7:30 p.m. Boise State No. 20 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN W 47–443OT   32,631
    September 9 7:30 p.m. Houston Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPNU L 16–19   43,334
    September 9 8:00 p.m. San Diego State Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N L 20–30   54,336
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 3 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 15 7:15 p.m. Arizona UTEP Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX ESPN W 63–16   22,133
    September 16 9:00 a.m. No. 25 UCLA Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN ABC L 45–48   46,291
    September 16 11:00 a.m. Northern Colorado Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N W 41–21   44,318
    September 16 2:30 p.m. Oregon State No. 21 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N  WSU 52–23   32,487
    September 16 4:00 p.m. Oregon Wyoming War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY CBSSN W 49–13   29,139
    September 16 5:00 p.m. Arizona State Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX FSN L 45–52   58,547
    September 16 5:30 p.m. Texas No. 4 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX W 27–242OT   84,714
    September 16 6:30 p.m. Fresno State No. 6 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 48–16   68,384
    September 16 7:00 p.m. San Jose State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 W 54–16   45,881
    September 16 7:30 p.m. Ole Miss California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN W 27–16   37,125
    September 16 7:30 p.m. No. 19 Stanford San Diego State Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA CBSSN L 17–20   43,040
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 4 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 22 7:30 p.m. No. 23 Utah Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1  UTAH 30–24   36,651
    September 23 12:30 p.m. No. 5 USC California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ABC  USC 30–20   46,747
    September 23 3:00 p.m. Nevada No. 18 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 45–7   30,317
    September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 24 Oregon Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 37–35   50,110
    September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Washington Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FS1  WASH 37–10   47,666
    September 23 7:30 p.m. UCLA Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA ESPN  STAN 58–34   48,042
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    September 23 Oregon State

    Week 5 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    September 29 7:30 p.m. No. 5 USC No. 16 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN  WSU 30–27   33,773
    September 30 1:00 p.m. Arizona State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA P12N  STAN 34–24   44,422
    September 30 5:00 p.m. No. 6 Washington Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  WASH 42–7   37,821
    September 30 7:30 p.m. Colorado UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN2  UCLA 27–23   61,338
    September 30 7:30 p.m. California Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FS1  ORE 45–24   55,707
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    September 30 Arizona Utah

    Week 6 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 7 1:00 p.m. Oregon State No. 14 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N  USC 38–10   60,314
    October 7 5:00 p.m. No. 11 Washington State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX  WSU 33–10   56,653
    October 7 5:00 p.m. Arizona Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  ARZ 45–42   49,976
    October 7 7:15 p.m. Stanford No. 20 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  STAN 23–20   45,991
    October 7 7:45 p.m. California No. 6 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN  WASH 38–7   67,429
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    October 7 Arizona State UCLA

    Week 7 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 13 7:30 p.m. No. 8 Washington State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN  CAL 37–3   26,244
    October 14 1:00 p.m. Colorado Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  COLO 36–33   33,785
    October 14 5:00 p.m. Utah No. 13 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ABC  USC 28–27   72,382
    October 14 6:00 p.m. UCLA Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N  ARZ 47–30   48,380
    October 14 7:45 p.m. No. 5 Washington Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  ASU 13–7   51,234
    October 14 8:00 p.m. Oregon No. 23 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1  STAN 49–7   48,559
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 8 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 21 12:30 p.m. Arizona State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  ASU 30–10   45,863
    October 21 1:00 p.m. Oregon UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N  UCLA 31–14   55,711
    October 21 4:30 p.m. No. 11 USC No. 13 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) NBC L 14–49   77,622
    October 21 5:00 p.m. Arizona California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  ARZ 45–442OT   37,525
    October 21 7:45 p.m. Colorado No. 15 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN  WSU 28–0   31,461
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    October 21 Oregon State Stanford Washington

    Week 9 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    October 26 6:00 p.m. No. 20 Stanford Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR ESPN  STAN 15–14   30,912
    October 28 11:00 a.m. California Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  COLO 44–28   47,216
    October 28 12:30 p.m. UCLA No. 12 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ABC  WASH 44–23   69,847
    October 28 2:45 p.m. Utah Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  ORE 41–20   56,154
    October 28 6:30 p.m. No. 15 Washington State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N  ARZ 58–37   42,822
    October 28 7:45 p.m. No. 21 USC Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  USC 48–17   53,446
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 10 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 3 6:30 p.m. UCLA Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1  UTAH 48–17   45,902
    November 4 12:30 p.m. No. 18 Stanford Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA FOX  WSU 24–21   32,952
    November 4 2:00 p.m. Oregon State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  CAL 37–23   35,440
    November 4 6:00 p.m. Colorado Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 41–30   44,553
    November 4 7:00 p.m. Oregon No. 12 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FS1  WASH 38–3   70,572
    November 4 7:45 p.m. No. 23 Arizona No. 17 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  USC 49–35   70,225
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

    Week 11 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 10 7:30 p.m. No. 9 Washington Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1  STAN 30–22   44,589
    November 11 1:00 p.m. No. 14 USC Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FOX  USC 38–24   49,337
    November 11 2:30 p.m. No. 19 Washington State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT P12N  WSU 33–25   45,826
    November 11 6:30 p.m. Arizona State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N  UCLA 44–37   53,847
    November 11 7:00 p.m. Oregon State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ESPN2  ARZ 49–28   40,984
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    November 11 California Oregon

    Week 12 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 18 12:00 p.m. Arizona State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  ASU 40–24   36,063
    November 18 4:00 p.m. Arizona Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  ORE 48–28   51,799
    November 18 5:00 p.m. California No. 20 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (119th Big Game/Stanford Axe) FOX  STAN 17–14   51,424
    November 18 5:00 p.m. UCLA No. 12 USC LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) ABC  USC 28–23   82,407
    November 18 7:30 p.m. Utah No. 16 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN  WASH 33–30   65,767
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    November 18 Colorado Washington State

    Week 13 edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    November 24 7:30 p.m. California UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (California–UCLA rivalry) FS1  UCLA 30–27   50,287
    November 25 1:30 p.m. Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup) P12N  ASU 42–30   59,385
    November 25 4:00 p.m. Oregon State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War) ESPN2  ORE 69–10   57,475
    November 25 5:00 pm No. 14 Washington State No. 15 Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup) FOX  WASH 41–14   71,265
    November 25 5:00 p.m. No. 9 Notre Dame No. 20 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy) ABC W 38–20   47,352
    November 25 7:00 p.m. Colorado Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies) FS1  UTAH 34–13   46,022
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
    Date Bye Week
    November 25 USC

    Championship game edit

    The championship game was played on December 1, 2017. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This was the seventh championship game and was also a rematch of the 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, the first rematch in the history of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

    Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game) edit

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    December 1 5:00 p.m. No. 14 Stanford No. 11 USC Levi's StadiumSanta Clara, CA ESPN  USC 31–28   48,031
    #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Pac-12 vs other conferences edit

    Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups edit

    This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC), Although not all consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the Pac-12 considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement. The Pac-12 plays in the non-conference games. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

    Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score
    September 1 #8 Washington Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ W 30–14
    September 2 California North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 35–30
    September 3 Texas A&M UCLA Rose BowlPasadena, CA W 45–44
    September 9 Nebraska Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR W 42–35
    September 9 Minnesota Oregon State Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR L 14–48
    September 9 Utah BYU LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT Holy War W 19–13
    September 16 Arizona State Texas Tech Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 45–52
    September 16 Texas #4 USC LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 27–24 (2OT)
    September 16 Ole Miss California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA W 27–16
    October 21 #11 USC #13 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN Notre Dame–USC football rivalry L 14–49
    November 25 #9 Notre Dame #20 Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry W 38–20
    December 26 West Virginia Utah Cotton BowlDallas, TX Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl W 30–14[14]
    December 26 Kansas State UCLA Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ Motel 6 Cactus Bowl L 17–35[15]
    December 27 Purdue Arizona Levi StadiumSanta Clara, CA Foster Farms Bowl L 35–38[16]
    December 28 #18 Michigan State #21 Washington State SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA Holiday Bowl L 17–42[17]
    December 28 #13 TCU #15 Stanford AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX Valero Alamo Bowl L 37–39[18]
    December 29 #24 NC State Arizona State Sun BowlEl Paso, TX Hyundai Sun Bowl L 31–52[19]
    December 29 #5 Ohio State #8 USC AT&T StadiumArlington, TX Cotton Bowl L 7–24[20]
    December 30 #9 Penn State #12 Washington University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ Fiesta Bowl L 28–35[21]

    Records against other conferences edit

    2017 records against non-conference foes as of (Nov 25, 2017):

    Postseason edit

    Bowl games edit

    Legend
      Pac-12 win
      Pac-12 loss
    Bowl game Date Site Television Time (PST) Pac-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
    Las Vegas Bowl December 16 Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV ABC 12:30 p.m. Oregon #25 Boise State L 28–38[24] 36,432[25]
    Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl December 26 Cotton BowlDallas, TX ESPN 10:00 a.m. Utah West Virginia W 30–14[26] 20,507[27]
    Motel 6 Cactus Bowl December 26 Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ ESPN 6:00 p.m. UCLA Kansas State L 17–35[28] 32,859[29]
    Foster Farms Bowl December 27 Levi StadiumSanta Clara, CA FOX 5:30 p.m. Arizona Purdue L 35–38[30] 28,436[31]
    Holiday Bowl December 28 SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA FS1 6:00 p.m. #18 Washington State #16 Michigan State L 17–42[32] 47,092[33]
    Valero Alamo Bowl December 28 AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX ESPN 6:00 p.m. #13 Stanford #15 TCU L 37–39[34] 57,653[35]
    Hyundai Sun Bowl December 29 Sun BowlEl Paso, TX CBS 12:00 p.m. Arizona State #24 NC State L 31–52[36] 39,897[37]
    New Year's Six Bowls
    Cotton Bowl December 29 AT&T StadiumArlington, TX ESPN 5:30 p.m. #8 USC #5 Ohio State L 7–24[38] 67,510[39]
    Fiesta Bowl December 30 University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ ESPN 1:00 p.m. #12 Washington #9 Penn State L 28–35[40] 61,842[41]

    Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Pacific Time Zone.

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

    Selection of teams: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State (9)

    Awards and honors edit

    Player of the week honors edit

    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. 2) [42] Josh Rosen QB UCLA Devante Downs LB California Jake Olson LS USC
    Week 2 (Sept. 9) [43] Sam Darnold QB USC Peyton Pelluer LB Washington State Dante Pettis WR/PR Washington
    Week 3 (Sept. 16) [44] Luke Falk QB Washington State Devante Downs (2) LB California Dante Pettis (2) WR/PR Washington
    Week 4 (Sept. 23) [45] Bryce Love RB Stanford Jack Jones CB USC Brandon Ruiz PK ASU
    Week 5 (Sept. 30) [46] Bryce Love (2) RB Stanford Jahad Woods LB Washington State Erik Powell PK Washington State
    Week 6 (Oct. 7)[47] Khalil Tate QB Arizona Justin Reid DB Stanford Erik Powell (2) PK Washington State
    Week 7 (Oct. 14) [48] Khalil Tate (2) QB Arizona Jordan Kunaszyk LB California Mitch Wishnowsky P Utah
    Week 8 (Oct. 21) [49] Khalil Tate (3) QB Arizona Colin Schooler LB Arizona Brandon Ruiz (2) PK ASU
    Week 9 (Oct. 28) [50] Khalil Tate (4) QB Arizona Harrison Phillips DL Stanford Lucas Havrisik PK Arizona
    Week 10 (Nov. 4) [51] Luke Falk (2) QB Washington State Manase Hungalu LB Oregon State Dante Pettis (3) WR/PR Washington
    Week 11 (Nov. 11) [52] Bryce Love (3) RB Stanford Hercules Mata'afa DL Washington State Erik Powell (3) K Washington State
    Week 12 (Nov. 18) [53] Jake Browning QB Washington Troy Dye LB Oregon Michael Pittman Jr. WR/PR USC
    Week 13 (Nov. 25)[54] Myles Gaskin RB Washington Kenny Young LB UCLA Jake Bailey P Stanford

    All-Conference teams edit

    The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.[55]

    Honorable mentions

    Pac-12 individual awards edit

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

    All-Americans edit

    The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2017 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 edit

    [56] First team

    Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
    QB Justin Herbert Oregon Sophomore 4.08 Biology
    RB Patrick Laird California RSJr. 3.51 Business Administration; Political Science
    RB Nick Ralston Arizona State (2) RSSo. 4.00 Finance
    WR John Gardner Washington RSJr. 3.54 Mathematics
    WR Timmy Hernandez Oregon State Junior 3.74 Mechanical Engineering
    TE Harrison Handley Utah Senior 3.63 Educational Leadership and Policy
    OL Christian Boettcher Arizona Senior 3.60 Biochemistry
    OL Johnny Capra Utah Sophomore 3.96 Communication
    OL Isaac Miller Colorado RSSo. 3.77 Integrative Physiology & Psychology
    OL Calvin Throckmorton Oregon (2) RSSo. 3.76 Human Physiology
    OL Nick Wilson Stanford (2) Junior 3.62 Mechanical Engineering
    DL Nick Heninger Utah RSFr. 3.93 Undeclared/Pre-Dentistry
    DL Dylan Jackson Stanford (2) Junior 3.30 Political Science
    DL Harrison Phillips Stanford (2) Senior 3.34 Science, Technology and Society; Sociology
    DL Pita Tonga Utah RSFr. 3.56 Undeclared
    LB Tevis Bartlett Washington (2) Junior 3.65 Education, Community & Organizations
    LB Ben Burr-Kirven Washington (2) Junior 3.58 Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Studies
    LB Derek McCartney Colorado Gr. 3.71 Integrative Physiology
    DB Terrell Burgess Utah Sophomore 3.59 Undeclared
    DB Malcolm Holland Arizona (2) Sophomore 3.44 Pre-Business
    DB Taylor Rapp Washington Sophomore 3.66 Business
    DB Luke Rubenzer California Senior 3.24 Business Administration
    PK Van Soderberg Washington RSFr. 3.91 Pre-Engineering
    P Mitch Wishnowsky Utah Junior 3.40 Kinesiology Teaching
    ST Richard McNitzky Stanford Sophomore 3.88 Undeclared

    Second team

    Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
    QB Jake Browning Washington Junior 3.37 Business (Finances)
    RB Ryan Nall Oregon State RSJr. 3.41 Speech Communication
    RB Cameron Scarlett Stanford Junior 3.30 Science, Technology and Technology
    WR Brandon Arconado Washington State RSSo. 3.38 Undeclared
    WR Demari Simpkins Utah Sophomore 3.23 Communication
    TE Dalton Schultz Stanford Senior 3.43 Science, Technology and Society
    OL Jesse Burkett Stanford (2) Senior 3.50 Japanese; Symbolic Systems
    OL Jake Curhan California RSFr. 3.51 Undeclared
    OL Devery Hamilton Stanford Sophomore 3.47 Undeclared
    OL Darrin Paulo Utah So. 3.44 Economics
    OL Luke Wattenberg Washington RSFr. 3.36 Pre-Engineering
    DL Greg Gaines Washington (2) Junior 3.25 Extended Pre-Major
    DL Tony Mekari California RSSr. 3.24 Legal Studies
    DL Levi Onwuzurike Washington RSFr. 3.36 Pre-Arts & Sciences
    DL Jovan Swann Stanford Sophomore 3.25 Undeclared
    LB Peyton Pelluer Washington State (2) RSSr. 3.36 Humanities
    LB Casey Toohill Stanford (2) Junior 3.68 Political Science
    LB Josh Woods UCLA Junior 3.33 Sociology
    DB Frank Buncom Stanford (2) Sophomore 3.23 Human Biology
    DB Treyjohn Butler Stanford Sophomore 3.31 Undeclared
    DB Alijah Holder Stanford Senior 3.19 Science, Technology and Society
    DB Justin Reid Stanford Junior 3.15 Management Science and Engineering
    PK Matt Anderson California (2) GR. 3.56 Cultural Sport in Education
    P Jake Glatting Arizona RSJr. 3.45 Industrial Engineering
    ST Connor Haller Utah RSFr. 3.86 Pre-Business

    Honorable mentions: ARIZ: Leon Branden, Jamie Nunley, Josh Pollack, Khalil Tate; ASU: Mitchell Fraboni, Tommy Hudson, Connor Humphreys, Malik Lawal, Alex Losoya, A.J. McCollum, Michael Sleep-Dalton, Tashon Smallwood, Kyle Williams; CAL: Jordan Kunaszyk, Demetris Robertson, Gabe Siemieniec, Russ Ude; COLO: Lucas Cooper, George Frazier, Aaron Haigler, Michael Mathewes; ORE: Taylor Alie, Kaulana Apelu, Gary Baker, Brady Breeze, Jacob Breeland, Doug Brenner, Jacob Capra, Drayton Carlberg, Jake Hanson, Shane Lemieux, Malik Lovette, Cam McCormick; OSU: Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Summer Houston, Andrzejh Hughes-Murray, Nous Keobounnam, Trent Moore, Artavis Pierce, Nick Porebski, Tuli Wily-Matagi; STAN: Joey Alfieri, Malik Antoine, Jake Bailey, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, David Bright, Keller Chryst, K. J. Costello, Obi Eboh, Ben Edwards, Scooter Harrington, Nate Herbig, Trenton Irwin, Peter Kalambayi, Quenton Meeks, Alameen Murphy, Kevin Palma, Kaden Smith, Donald Stewart, Jet Toner, Jay Tyler, Mike Tyler; UCLA: Michael Alves, Johnny Den Bleyker, Giovanni Gentosi, Theo Howard, Nate Meadors, Marcus Moore, Christian Pabico, Josh Rosen, Jordan Wilson, Alex Whittingham, Kenny Young; USC: Jordan Austin, Wyatt Schmidt; UTAH: Julian Blackmon, Devonta’e Henry-Cole, Hayes Hicken, Casey Hughes, Tyler Huntley, Jake Jackson, Troy Williams; WASH: A.J. Carty, Sean Constantine, Will Dissly, Coleman Shelton, Nick Harris, Drew Sample, Vita Vea, Tristan Vizcaino; WSU: Nick Begg, Tristan Brock, Kyle Celli, Taylor Comfort, Isaac Dotson, Luke Falk, Dezmon Patmon, Trey Tinsley.

    National award winners edit

    Doak Walker Award

    Home game attendance edit

    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 43,620 43,334 36,651 48,380† 42,822 40,984 257,629 42,938 77.12%
    Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 57,078 46,596 54,336 50,110 51,234 53,446 44,553 59,385† 359,660 51,380 90.02%
    California California Memorial Stadium 62,467 36,209 37,125 46,747† 26,244 37,525 35,440 219,290 36,548 58.51%
    Colorado Folsom Field 50,183 43,822 44,318 47,666 49,976† 47,216 49,337 282,335 47,056 93.77%
    Oregon Autzen Stadium 54,000 52,204 58,389† 55,707 56,653 56,154 51,799 57,475 388,381 55,483 102.75%
    Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 34,737 35,206 37,821† 33,785 30,912 36,063 208,524 34,754 76.09%
    Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,424 48,042 44,422 48,559 44,589 51,424† 47,352 284,388 47,398 94.00%
    UCLA Rose Bowl 92,542 64,635† 50,444 61,338 55,711 53,847 50,287 336,262 56,044 60.56%
    USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 61,125 77,614 84,714† 60,314 72,382 70,225 82,407 508,781 72,683 77.65%
    Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 45,905 45,881 45,991 45,863 45,902 45,826 46,022† 321,390 45,913 100.23%
    Washington Husky Stadium 70,083 68,491 68,384 67,429 69,847 70,572 65,767 71,265† 481,755 68,822 98.20%
    Washington State Martin Stadium 32,952 30,254 32,631 32,487 30,317 33,773† 31,461 32,952 223,875 31,982 97.06%

    Bold – Exceed capacity
    †Season High

    Attendance for neutral site games:

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