The 2013 Pac-12 Conference football season began on August 29, 2013 with

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. The conference's first game was played on September 7, 2013 with

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winning over

, and the final game was the

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on December 7, 2013. This is the third season for the conference as a 12-team league. The

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had the Pac-12 as the best conference in the nation top to bottom in the final rating of the season.

Previous season

The Second Pac-12 Championship Game was held on Friday, November 20, 2012.

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, the North Division Champions, defeated

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, the South Division Champions, to claim their thirteenth conference title. The Stanford Cardinal ended the regular season with an 11–2 record which earned the team a berth in the

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, where they defeated

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for their first Rose Bowl win since

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won eleven games and lost to Stanford and earned an at-large BCS berth. The Ducks defeated the

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co-champion

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in the

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beat

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and

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beat

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while

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was defeated by

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was defeated by Baylor,

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was defeated by

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, and

was defeated by

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in non-BCS bowls. The Pac-12 went 4–4 in all bowls, with a 2–0 mark in BCS bowls and 2–4 in non-BCS bowls.

Preseason

2013 Pac-12 Spring Football: North Division * California – Mon., Feb 25 to Sat., March 23 * Oregon – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 27 * Oregon State – Mon., March 13 to Fri., April 26 * Stanford – Mon., Feb. 25 to Sat., April 13 * Washington – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 20 * Washington State – Thu., March 21 to Sat., April 20 South Division * Arizona – Mon., March 4 to Sat., April 13 * Arizona State – Tue., March 19 to Thu., April 18 * Colorado – Thu., March 7 to Tue., April 16 * UCLA – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 27 * USC – Tue., March 5 to Sat., April 13 * Utah – Tue., March 19 to Sat., April 20 * July 26, 2013 – 2013 Media Day was held at

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* August 1, 2013 – Washington State started the Pac-12 pre-season practices

Head coaches

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, Arizona – 2nd year *

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, Arizona State – 2nd year *

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, California – 1st year *

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, Colorado – 1st year * Mark Helfrich, Oregon – 1st year * Mike Riley, Oregon State – 12th year * David Shaw, Stanford – 3rd year * Jim L. Mora, UCLA – 2nd year *

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, USC – 4th year,

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– Interim *

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, Utah – 9th year *

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, Washington – 5th year * Mike Leach, Washington State – 2nd year

Rankings

Schedule

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

Week 15 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Bowl games

Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups

Players of the week

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

Position key

Home game attendance

Sellout Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
Pac-12 Championship Game

Awards and honors

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Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Pac-12

Morris Trophy Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast C ...

(top lineman) *

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, UCLA; Will Sutton, ASU

All-Americans

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (

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) AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:

All-Pac-12 teams

*Offensive Player of the Year: Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona *Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE, Arizona State *Offensive Freshman of the Year:

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, RB, UCLA *Defensive Freshman of the Year: Myles Jack, LB, UCLA *Coach of the Year: Todd Graham, Arizona State Offense: Defense: Specialists:

All-Academic

First team

Drafted Players

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Notes

* March 4, 2013 – Oregon State introduced a new logo and uniformsErik Siemers
Gallery: The new-look, Nike-designed OSU Beavers
''Portland Business Journal'', March 4, 2013

References

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