2017 Pac-12 Conference football season


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.

Pre-season

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

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:
Wednesday
Thursday
  • Pac-12 VP of Officiating – David Coleman
  • Utah – Kyle Whittingham, Salesi Uhatafe & Filipo Mokofisi
  • Oregon – Willie Taggart, Justin Herbert & Troy Dye
  • Arizona State – Todd Graham, Kalen Ballage & JoJo Wicker
  • Stanford – David Shaw, Bryce Love & Harrison Phillips
  • Washington State – Mike Leach, Jamal Morrow & Peyton Pelluer
  • USC – Clay Helton, Sam Darnold & Cameron Smith

Preseason Media Polls

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
North Division
  • 1. Washington Huskies
  • 2. Stanford Cardinal
  • 3. Washington State Cougars
  • 4. Oregon Ducks
  • 5. Oregon State Beavers
  • 6. California Golden Bears
South Division
  • 1. USC Trojans
  • 2. Utah Utes
  • 3. UCLA Bruins
  • 4. Colorado Buffaloes
  • 5. Arizona State Sun Devils
  • 6. Arizona Wildcats
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Head coaches

Coaching changes

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

Schedule

All times Pacific time. Pac-12 teams in bold.
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

Regular season

Week 8


Championship game

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.

Pac-12 vs other conferences

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams, Although not all consider [2017 2017 BYU Cougars football team|BYU Cougars football team|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#8 WashingtonRutgersHigh Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJW 30–14
September 2CaliforniaNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NCW 35–30
September 3Texas A&MUCLARose Bowl • Pasadena, CAW 45–44
September 9NebraskaOregonAutzen Stadium • Eugene, ORW 42–35
September 9MinnesotaOregon StateReser Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 14–48
September 9UtahBYULaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UTHoly WarW 19–13
September 16Arizona StateTexas TechSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZL 45–52
September 16Texas#4 USCLA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CAW 27–24
September 16Ole MissCaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CAW 27–16
October 21#11 USC#13 [2017 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, INNotre Dame–USC football rivalryL 14–49
November 25#9 Notre Dame#20 StanfordStanford Stadium • Stanford, CANotre Dame–Stanford football rivalryW 38–20
December 26West VirginiaUtahCotton Bowl • Dallas, TXZaxby's Heart of Dallas BowlW 30–14
December 26Kansas StateUCLAChase Field • Phoenix, AZMotel 6 Cactus BowlL 17–35
December 27PurdueArizonaLevi Stadium • Santa Clara, CAFoster Farms BowlL 35–38
December 28#18 Michigan State#21 Washington StateSDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CAHoliday BowlL 17–42
December 28#13 TCU#15 StanfordAlamodome • San Antonio, TXValero Alamo BowlL 37–39
December 29#24 NC StateArizona StateSun Bowl • El Paso, TXHyundai Sun BowlL 31–52
December 29#5 Ohio State#8 USCAT&T Stadium • Arlington, TXCotton BowlL 7–24
December 30#9 Penn State#12 WashingtonUniversity of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZFiesta BowlL 28–35

Records against other conferences

2017 records against non-conference foes as of :
Regular Season
'''Post Season'''

Postseason

Bowl games

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 ''''''

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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

All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.
First Team
Second Team
Honorable mentions

Pac-12 individual awards

The following individuals won the Pac-12 conference's annual player and coach awards:
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
Pac-12 Coach of the Year
Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Player of the Year
Pac-12 Defensive Freshman Player of the Year
'''Pac-12 Scholar Athlete Player of the Year'''

All-Americans

The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of america, Sporting News, and American Football Coaches Association :
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year :

All-Academic

First team
Pos.NameSchoolYr.GPAMajor
QBJustin HerbertOregonSophomore4.08Biology
RBPatrick LairdCaliforniaRSJr.3.51Business Administration; Political Science
RBNick RalstonArizona State RSSo.4.00Finance
WRJohn GardnerWashingtonRSJr.3.54Mathematics
WRTimmy HernandezOregon StateJunior3.74Mechanical Engineering
TEHarrison HandleyUtahSenior3.63Educational Leadership and Policy
OLChristian BoettcherArizonaSenior3.60Biochemistry
OLJohnny CapraUtahSophomore3.96Communication
OLIsaac MillerColoradoRSSo.3.77Integrative Physiology & Psychology
OLCalvin ThrockmortonOregon RSSo.3.76Human Physiology
OLNick WilsonStanford Junior3.62Mechanical Engineering
DLNick HeningerUtahRSFr.3.93Undeclared/Pre-Dentistry
DLDylan JacksonStanford Junior3.30Political Science
DLHarrison PhillipsStanford Senior3.34Science, Technology and Society; Sociology
DLPita TongaUtahRSFr.3.56Undeclared
LBTevis BartlettWashington Junior3.65Education, Community & Organizations
LBBen Burr-KirvenWashington Junior3.58Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Studies
LBDerek McCartneyColoradoGr.3.71Integrative Physiology
DBTerrell BurgessUtahSophomore3.59Undeclared
DBMalcolm HollandArizona Sophomore3.44Pre-Business
DBTaylor RappWashingtonSophomore3.66Business
DBLuke RubenzerCaliforniaSenior3.24Business Administration
PKVan SoderbergWashingtonRSFr.3.91Pre-Engineering
PMitch WishnowskyUtahJunior3.40Kinesiology Teaching
STRichard McNitzkyStanfordSophomore3.88Undeclared

Second team
Pos.NameSchoolYr.GPAMajor
QBJake BrowningWashingtonJunior3.37Business
RBRyan NallOregon StateRSJr.3.41Speech Communication
RBCameron ScarlettStanfordJunior3.30Science, Technology and Technology
WRBrandon ArconadoWashington StateRSSo.3.38Undeclared
WRDemari SimpkinsUtahSophomore3.23Communication
TEDalton SchultzStanfordSenior3.43Science, Technology and Society
OLJesse BurkettStanford Senior3.50Japanese; Symbolic Systems
OLJake CurhanCaliforniaRSFr.3.51Undeclared
OLDevery HamiltonStanfordSophomore3.47Undeclared
OLDarrin PauloUtahSo.3.44Economics
OLLuke WattenbergWashingtonRSFr.3.36Pre-Engineering
DLGreg GainesWashington Junior3.25Extended Pre-Major
DLTony MekariCaliforniaRSSr.3.24Legal Studies
DLLevi OnwuzurikeWashingtonRSFr.3.36Pre-Arts & Sciences
DLJovan SwannStanfordSophomore3.25Undeclared
LBPeyton PelluerWashington State RSSr.3.36Humanities
LBCasey ToohillStanford Junior3.68Political Science
LBJosh WoodsUCLAJunior3.33Sociology
DBFrank BuncomStanford Sophomore3.23Human Biology
DBTreyjohn ButlerStanfordSophomore3.31Undeclared
DBAlijah HolderStanfordSenior3.19Science, Technology and Society
DBJustin ReidStanfordJunior3.15Management Science and Engineering
PKMatt AndersonCalifornia GR.3.56Cultural Sport in Education
PJake GlattingArizonaRSJr.3.45Industrial Engineering
STConnor HallerUtahRSFr.3.86Pre-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

Home game attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7TotalAverage% of Capacity
ArizonaArizona Stadium55,67543,62043,33436,65148,380†42,82240,984—257,62942,93877.12%
Arizona StateSun Devil Stadium57,07846,59654,33650,11051,23453,44644,55359,385†359,66051,38090.02%
CaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium62,46736,20937,12546,747†26,24437,52535,440—219,29036,54858.51%
ColoradoFolsom Field50,18343,82244,31847,66649,976†47,21649,337—282,33547,05693.77%
OregonAutzen Stadium54,00052,20458,389†55,70756,65356,15451,79957,475388,38155,483102.75%
Oregon StateReser Stadium45,67434,73735,20637,821†33,78530,91236,063—208,52434,75476.09%
StanfordStanford Stadium50,42448,04244,42248,55944,58951,424†47,352—284,38847,39894.00%
UCLARose Bowl92,54264,635†50,44461,33855,71153,84750,287—336,26256,04460.56%
USCLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum93,60761,12577,61484,714†60,31472,38270,22582,407508,78172,68377.65%
UtahRice-Eccles Stadium45,80745,90545,88145,99145,86345,90245,82646,022†321,39045,913100.23%
WashingtonHusky Stadium70,08368,49168,38467,42969,84770,57265,76771,265†481,75568,82298.20%
Washington StateMartin Stadium32,95230,25432,63132,48730,31733,773†31,46132,952223,87531,98297.06%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
Attendance for neutral site games: