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. The season began on August 29, 2019, and end with the 2019 Pac–12 Championship Game on December 6, 2019, at

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. The Pac-12 is a

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under the

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format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the

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, and the

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, For the 2019 season, the Pac-12 is the ninth for the twelve teams divided into two divisions of six teams each, named North and South. The entire schedule was released on December 4, 2018.

Previous season

The Washington Huskies defeated Utah Utes 10–3 in the

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. Seven teams participated in bowl games. Arizona State lost to

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20–31 in the

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. California lost to TCU 7–10 in the Cheez-It Bowl. Washington State defeated

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28–26 in the

Alamo Bowl The Alamo Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2010 it matches the second choice team from the Pac-12 Conference and the second c ...

. Utah lost to Northwestern 20–31 in the

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. Stanford defeated

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14–13

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. Oregon defeated

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7–6 in the

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. Washington lost to

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by a score of 23–28 in the

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Preseason

2019 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day: North Division *California – 24 *Oregon – 27 *Oregon State – 19 *Stanford – 23 *Washington – 23 *Washington State – 20 South Division *Arizona – 19 *Arizona State – 21 *Colorado – 25 *UCLA – 19 *USC – 25 *Utah – 18

Recruiting classes

Pac-12 Media Days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2019 Pac-12 media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, in

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, on July 24 on the

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. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows: * Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott * Arizona –

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(HC), Khalil Tate (QB) and J. J. Taylor (RB) * Arizona State –

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, Eno Benjamin (RB), Cohal Cabral (C) * California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Evan Weaver (LB), Camryn Bynum (CB) * Colorado –

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(HC), Laviska Shenault (WR), Nate Landman (LB) * Oregon – Mario Cristobal (HC),

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(QB),

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(LB) * Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC),

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(RB), Isaiah Hodgins (WR) * Stanford – David Shaw (HC), K. J. Costello (QB), LB

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(LB) * UCLA –

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(HC),

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(RB),

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(LB) * USC –

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(HC),

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(WR), DE Christian Rector (DE) * Utah –

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(HC), Zack Moss (RB), Bradlee Anae (DE) * Washington –

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(HC), Nick Harris (C),

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(DB) * Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Liam Ryan (OL), Jahad Woods (LB)

Preseason Media polls

The preseason polls will be released on July 24, 2019. 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. For the 2019 poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.

Preseason awards

Preseason All-Pac-12

First Team Second Team

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was only one coaching change following the 2019 season including

with Colorado.

Coaches

Rankings

Schedules

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

Regular season

The regular season began on August 24, 2019, and will end on November 30, 2019.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Pac-12 Championship Game

The Pac-12 Championship Game was played on December 6, 2019 at

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. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North (Oregon) and the South (Utah). This was the ninth championship game.

Pac-12 records vs Other Conferences

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes: Regular Season Post Season

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams ( ACC, Big 10,

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and SEC) that the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference games. 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. All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Pac-12 vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA,

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, Mountain West or

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Pac-12 vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes

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, or UMass.

Pac-12 vs FCS matchups

Postseason

Bowl games

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Pacific Time Zone. Pac-12 teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

*Bowl eligible: Arizona State, California, Oregon, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State *Bowl-ineligible: Arizona, Colorado, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Pac-12 Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Pac-12 Conference football coaches at the end of the season

All-conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors. Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-Pac-12 Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively. Utah leads the Pac-12 with 8 First team and 2 Second team, followed by Washington with 5 First team and 4 Second team, USC with 3 First team and 5 Second team, Arizona State with 5 First team and 1 Second team, Oregon with 2 First team and 3 Second team, Washington State and Stanford with 1 First team and 3 Second team, Colorado and California with 1 First team and 2 Second team, Oregon State with 3 Second team, UCLA with 1 Second team and Arizona receiving none for either team Honorable mentions *ARIZONA: DB Lorenzo Burns, RJr.; OL Cody Creason, RSr.; LB

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, Jr.; RB J. J. Taylor, RJr.;

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, RSr. *ARIZONA STATE: WR Frank Darby, RJr.; DB Jack Jones, RJr.; LB Khaylan Kearse-Thomas, RSr.; DL Jermayne Lole, So.; OL Dohnovan West, Fr.; DB Kobe Williams, Sr. *CALIFORNIA: OL Jake Curhan, Jr.; LB Kuony Deng, Jr.; LB Cameron Goode, Jr.; DB Jaylinn Hawkins, Sr.; DL Zeandae Johnson, Sr. *COLORADO: WR Tony Brown, Sr.; OL

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, Grad.; LB Davion Taylor, Sr. *OREGON: DB Thomas Graham Jr., Jr.; OL Jake Hanson, Sr.; QB

, Sr.; DB Jevon Holland, So.; DB Deommodore Lenoir, Jr.; DL Jordon Scott, Jr.; DL Kayvon Thibodeaux, Fr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, Sr.; RS Mykael Wright, Fr. *OREGON STATE: OL Brandon Kipper, RSo.; QB Jake Luton, RSr.; TE

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, RSr. *STANFORD: DL

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, So.; LB

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, Sr.; OL Foster Sarell, Jr.; RS Connor Wedington, Jr. *UCLA: TE Devin Asiasi, Jr.; LB

, Sr.; DB Darnay Holmes, Jr.; P Wade Lees, Grad., *USC: DB

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, So.; LB John Houston Jr., RSr.; PK Chase McGrath, RSo.; WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, So.; QB Kedon Slovis, Fr.; WR Tyler Vaughns, RJr. *UTAH: DB Terrell Burgess, Sr.; OL

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; DB

Javelin Guidry Javelin Kajireh Guidry (born August 6, 1998) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Utah. Early life At Cedar Park High School in Texas, Guidry won the Texas State 100 Meter Track Championship wit ...

, Jr.; LB Devin Lloyd, So.; OL Simi Moala, RFr.; DL Mika Tafua, So.; OL Orlando Umana, Jr. *WASHINGTON: RB Salvon Ahmed, Jr.; DB Kyler Gordon, RFr.; P Joel Whitford, Sr. *WASHINGTON STATE: RB

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, So.; OL Josh Watson, RJr.; WR

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, Sr.; LB Jahad Woods, RJr.

All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, ''TSN'', and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.2018 Consensus All-America Team
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All-Academic

National award winners

''2019 College Football Award Winners''

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Pac-12 players who were drafted in the

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References

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