2017 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The 2017 Pac-12 [Football Championship Game] was played on December 1, 2017 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California to determine the champion of the Pac-12 Conference in football for the football season|2017 season]. It was the seventh football championship game in Pac-12 Conference history. The game featured the South Division champion USC Trojans against the North Division co-champion Stanford Cardinal, a rematch of the 2015 [Pac-12 Football Championship Game|2015 championship] and the first rematch in the game's history. USC defeated Stanford by a score of 31–28, becoming the first South Division member to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.
The game was televised nationally by ESPN.

History

This was the seventh playing of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Stanford, making its fourth appearance, won the 2012, 2013 and 2015 Pac-12 titles.

Teams

Stanford">2017 Stanford Cardinal football team">Stanford (North)

Stanford went into the game having won 7 of their last 10 meetings with USC.

USC">2017 USC Trojans football team">USC (South)

USC clinched their second Pac-12 Championship game berth in three years after beating Colorado 38–24.