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

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on December 1, 2017 at

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Previous season

Washington defeated Colorado 41–10 for the

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. Six teams participated in bowl games. Stanford defeated

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25–23 in the

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. Utah won over

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26–24 at the

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. Washington State lost 12–17 to

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in the

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. Colorado lost to

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8–38 in the

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. In the

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, USC defeated

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52–49. And in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Round, Washington lost to

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by a score of 7–24.

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

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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

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. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows: Wednesday * Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott * Washington – Chris Petersen (HC), Jake Browning (QB) & Keishawn Bierria (LB) * Arizona – Rich Rodriguez (HC), Jacob Alsadek (OL) & Luca Bruno, (DL) * California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Tre Watson (RB) & James Looney (DT) * UCLA – Jim Mora (HC), Scott Quessenberry (OT) & Kenny Young (LB) * Oregon State – Gary Andersen (HC), Ryan Nall (RB) & Manase Hungalu (LB) * Colorado – Mike MacIntyre (HC), Phillip Lindsay (RB) & Derek McCartney (LB) Thursday * Pac-12 VP of Officiating – David Coleman * Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Salesi Uhatafe (RG) & Filipo Mokofisi (DT) * Oregon – Willie Taggart (HC), Justin Herbert (QB) & Troy Dye (LB) * Arizona State – Todd Graham (HC), Kalen Ballage (RB) & JoJo Wicker (DL) * Stanford – David Shaw (HC), Bryce Love (RB) & Harrison Phillips (DT) * Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Jamal Morrow (RB) & Peyton Pelluer (LB) * USC – Clay Helton (HC), Sam Darnold (QB) & Cameron Smith (LB)

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 (309 pts., 49 votes) * 2. Stanford Cardinal (247 pts., 1 vote) * 3. Washington State Cougars (206 pts., 1 vote) * 4. Oregon Ducks (163 pts., 1 vote) * 5. Oregon State Beavers (101 pts.) * 6. California Golden Bears (64 pts.) South Division * 1. USC Trojans (309 pts., 49 votes) * 2. Utah Utes (220 pts., 1 vote) * 3. UCLA Bruins (209 pts., 1 vote) * 4. Colorado Buffaloes (182 pts., 1 vote) * 5. Arizona State Sun Devils (109 pts) * 6. Arizona Wildcats (61 pts.) References:

Recruiting classes

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were two coaching changes following the 2017 season including Justin Wilcox with

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and

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with

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Coaches

Rankings

Schedule

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

Regular season

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

Championship game

The championship game was played on December 1, 2017. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division,

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from the North and

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from the South. This was the seventh championship game and was also a rematch of the

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, the first rematch in the history of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Pac-12 vs other conferences

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

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

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, 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.

Records against other conferences

2017 records against non-conference foes as of (Nov 25, 2017): 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 (9)

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 *ARIZONA: OL Jacob Alsadek, RSr.; RS Shun Brown, Jr.; OL Nate Eldridge, So.; LB Colin Schooler, Fr.; QB

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, So.; RB Nick Wilson, Sr. *ARIZONA STATE: DB Chad Adams, Sr..; LB DJ Calhoun, Sr.; OL Sam Jones, RJr.; RB Demario Richard, Sr.; LB Christian Sam, Jr.; DL Tashon Smallwood, Sr.; QB

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, Jr. *CALIFORNIA: LB

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, Sr.; RB Patrick Laird, Jr.; DL James Looney, Sr.; OL Patrick Mekari, Jr. *COLORADO: LB Rick Gamboa, Jr.; OL Jeromy Irwin, Sr.; RB

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, Sr.; QB Steven Montez, So.; DB Evan Worthington, Jr. *OREGON: DB Ugo Amadi, Jr.; TE Jake Breeland, RSo.; OL Jake Hanson, RSo.; DB Arrion Springs, Sr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, So. *OREGON STATE: LB Manase Hungalu, RSr.; DB David Morris, Fr. *STANFORD: OL Jesse Burkett, Sr.; OL A.T. Hall, Sr.; OL

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, Fr.; LB Bobby Okereke, Sr.; RS Cameron Scarlett, Jr.; AP/ST Brandon Simmons, Sr.; PK Jet Toner, So.; WR J. J. Arcega-Whiteside, Jr. *UCLA: WR Darren Andrews, RSr.; WR

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, RJr.; OL Scott Quessenberry, RSr.; OL Najee Toran, Sr.; DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, Sr. *USC: OL Chris Brown, RJr.; TB Stephen Carr, Fr.; DL Josh Fatu, Sr.; DB Chris Hawkins, RSr.; DB Iman Marshall, Jr.; WR Steven Mitchell Jr., RSr.; TE Tyler Petite, Jr.; DL Brandon Pili, Fr.; TB Tyler Vaughns, RFr. *UTAH: OL Lo Falemaka, Sr.; LB Kavika Luafatasaga, Sr.; DL Lowell Lotulelei, Sr.; DL Filipo Mokofisi, Sr. *WASHINGTON: TB Salvon Ahmed, Fr.; LB Tevis Bartlett, Jr.; QB

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, Jr.; DB Myles Bryant, So.; OL Nick Harris, So. *WASHINGTON STATE: OL

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, RJr.; QB

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, RSr.; LB Frankie Luvu, Sr.; RB Jamal Morrow, RSr.

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 :

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Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year :

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Pac-12 Coach of the Year : David Shaw, Stanford Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Player of the Year :

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and

, Stanford Pac-12 Defensive Freshman Player of the Year :Colin Schooler, Arizona Pac-12 Scholar Athlete Player of the Year :Matt Anderson,

All-Americans

The following Pac-12 players were named to the

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by the

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(WCFF),

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(AP), Football Writers Association of america (FWAA), ''

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'' (SN), and

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(AFCA): Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (

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All-Academic

First team Second team 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,

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, 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 Keller Joseph Chryst (born November 17, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee and Stanford. Early years Chryst attended Weddington High School in Weddington, North Carolina for his freshman yea ...

, 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,

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, 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

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Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High Attendance for neutral site games: *August 27 -

vs.

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, 33,101 *September 1 – Colorado vs.

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, 73,932

References

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