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2015 Pac-12 Conference football season

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The 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fifth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season began on September 3, 2015 with a trio of games, Arizona hosting UTSA, Utah hosting Michigan, and Hawaii hosting Colorado. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2015, with ESPN televising the game.

2015 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportAmerican football
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
2016 NFL Draft
Top draft pickQB Jared Goff, California
Picked byLos Angeles Rams, 1st overall
Regular season
North championsStanford Cardinal
  North runners-upOregon Ducks
South championsUSC Trojans
Utah Utes
  South runners-upUCLA Bruins
Pac-12 Championship
ChampionsStanford Cardinal
  Runners-upUSC Trojans
Finals MVPChristian McCaffrey, RB
Football seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 3 Stanford x$   8 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 19 Oregon   7 – 2     9 – 4  
Washington State   6 – 3     9 – 4  
California   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Oregon State   0 – 9     2 – 10  
South Division
USC xy   6 – 3     8 – 6  
No. 17 Utah x   6 – 3     10 – 3  
UCLA   5 – 4     8 – 5  
Arizona State   4 – 5     6 – 7  
Arizona   3 – 6     7 – 6  
Colorado   1 – 8     4 – 9  
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season edit

Oregon, the North Division Champions, defeated Arizona, the South Division Champions, 51–13 to claim their second conference title and the chance to play in the College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal game at the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Florida State 59–20, advancing to their second-ever national championship game (the first-ever CFP National Championship Game), where they were defeated by the Ohio Buckeyes, 42–20.

A record nine conference teams played in a post-season bowl game, with six winning. Arizona, the South Division Champion, was also a bowl game loser, losing to Boise State 38–30 in the Fiesta Bowl. Bowl game winners were: Arizona State defeated Duke 36–31 in the Sun Bowl, Stanford defeated Maryland 45–21 in the Foster Farms Bowl, UCLA defeated Kansas State 40–35 in the Alamo Bowl, USC defeated Nebraska 45–42 in the Holiday Bowl, and Utah defeated Colorado State 45–10 in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Pre-season edit

2015 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

Pac-12 Media edit

2015 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 30–31, 2015.

Preseason polls edit

  • Predicted Pac-12 Championship Game Winner: USC (21) was picked to win the Pac-12 Championship over Oregon (17) for the first time since 2012. Others receiving votes were ASU (3), UCLA (2), and Stanford (1).

Recruiting classes edit

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Rivals[2] Scout[3] 24/7[4] Signees
Arizona 39 41 41 42 25
Arizona State 26 20 17 19 22
California - 29 36 34 24
Colorado - 71 75 69 19
Oregon 15 17 21 16 22
Oregon State - 71 63 60 22
Stanford 27 18 25 24 22
UCLA 11 13 9 12 18
USC 3 1 1 2 26
Utah - 41 53 45 20
Washington 28 30 23 27 24
Washington State - 55 38 41 24

Head coaches edit

Coaching changes edit

There were one coaching change following the 2015 season including Gary Andersen with Oregon State.

Coaches edit

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record
Arizona Rich Rodriguez 4 146–98–2 26–14 15–12
Arizona State Todd Graham 4 77–41 28–12 19–8
California Sonny Dykes 3 28–33 6–18 3–15
Colorado Mike MacIntyre 3 22–39 6–18 1–17
Oregon Mark Helfrich 3 24–4 24–4 15–3
Oregon State Gary Andersen 1 49–38 0–0 0–0
Stanford David Shaw 5 42–12 42–12 28–8
UCLA Jim L. Mora 4 29–11 29–11 18–9
USC Steve Sarkisian 2 43–33 9–4 30–24
Utah Kyle Whittingham 11 85–33 85–33 14–22
Washington Chris Petersen 2 100–18 8–6 4–5
Washington State Mike Leach 3 96–68 12–20 7–20

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Rankings edit

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Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
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Arizona
Wildcats 		AP 22 22 20 16 RV RV
C 22 20 19 16 RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
Arizona State
Sun Devils 		AP 15 RV RV RV RV RV
C 16 RV RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released
California
Golden Bears 		AP RV RV RV RV 24 23 23 20 RV RV
C RV RV RV 24 22 23 19 RV
CFP Not released
Colorado
Buffaloes 		AP
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CFP Not released
Oregon
Ducks 		AP 7 7 12 13 RV RV 23 18 15 19
C 5 5 13 13 24 RV RV RV RV 22 18 16 20
CFP Not released 23 17 15
Oregon State
Beavers 		AP
C
CFP Not released
Stanford
Cardinal 		AP 21 RV RV 21 18 16 15 10 8 9 7 15 13 7 3
C 21 RV 24 20 18 16 11 8 8 7 15 12 7 3
CFP Not released 11 7 11 9 6
UCLA
Bruins 		AP 13 13 10 9 7 20 18 RV 24 22 18 RV 22 RV
C 14 13 12 11 10 20 18 RV 25 22 18 RV 23 RV
CFP Not released 23 19 22
USC
Trojans 		AP 8 8 6 19 17 17 RV RV RV RV 22 RV 24 RV
C 10 10 7 18 16 17 RV RV RV RV 24 RV 24 RV
CFP Not released 24 20 25
Utah
Utes 		AP RV 24 21 18 10 5 4 3 13 13 10 18 RV 21 17
C RV 25 21 17 12 7 7 7 14 14 13 18 25 20 16
CFP Not released 12 10 13 23 22
Washington
Huskies 		AP
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CFP Not released
Washington State
Cougars 		AP RV RV RV 24 20 RV RV
C RV RV RV RV 23 20 RV RV
CFP Not released 20

Schedule edit

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Mountain time. Pac-12 teams in bold.

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

Week 1 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, September 3 5:30 PM Michigan Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FS1 W 24–17   47,825
Thursday, September 3 7:00 PM UTSA No. 22 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N W 42–32   51,111
Thursday, September 3 10:00 PM Colorado Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI CBSSN L 20–28   24,255
Friday, September 4 5:00 PM Weber State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N W 26–7   35,160
Friday, September 4 7:15 PM Washington No. 23 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN L 13–16   36,836
Saturday, September 5 9:00 AM No. 21 Stanford Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN L 6–16   36,024
Saturday, September 5 11:00 AM Portland State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 17–24   24,302
Saturday, September 5 12:30 PM Virginia No. 13 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FOX W 34–16   68,615
Saturday, September 5 2:00 PM Grambling State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N W 73–14   60,606
Saturday, September 5 4:00 PM No. 15 Arizona State Texas A&M Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN L 17–38   66,308
Saturday, September 5 5:00 PM Eastern Washington No. 7 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N W 61–42   58,128
Saturday, September 5 8:00 PM Arkansas State No. 8 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N W 55–6   79,809
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - September 7

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Josh Rosen UCLA Justin Thomas Utah Dante Pettis Washington
Reference:[5]

Week 2 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, September 11 6:00 PM Utah State No. 24 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 W 24–14   46,011
Saturday, September 12 9:00 AM Oregon State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC L 7–35   109,651
Saturday, September 12 11:00 AM Sacramento State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 49–0   55,010
Saturday, September 12 11:00 AM UMass Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N W 48–14   35,094
Saturday, September 12 12:30 PM Washington State Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ ESPNU W 37–34   46,536
Saturday, September 12 2:00 PM San Diego State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N W 35–7   50,830
Saturday, September 12 4:00 PM No. 22 Arizona Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN W 44–20   24,355
Saturday, September 12 5:00 PM Idaho No. 8 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N W 59–9   72,422
Saturday, September 12 5:00 PM No. 7 Oregon No. 5 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ABC L 28–31   76,526
Saturday, September 12 7:30 PM UCF Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford FS1 W 31–0   50,420
Saturday, September 12 7:30 PM No. 13 UCLA UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV CBSSN W 37–3   31,262
Saturday, September 12 8:00 PM Cal Poly Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N W 35–21   46,500
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week- September 14

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Luke Falk Washington State Gionni Paul Utah Bralon Addison Oregon
Reference:[6]

Week 3 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, September 18 7:00 PM New Mexico Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N W 34–10   43,310
Saturday, September 19 11:00 AM Georgia State No. 12 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N W 61–28   56,859
Saturday, September 19 2:00 PM Utah State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N W 31–17   59,464
Saturday, September 19 4:00 PM Colorado Colorado State Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO CBSSN W 27–24 OT  76,125
Saturday, September 19 4:30 PM California Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX W 45–44   91,568
Saturday, September 19 5:00 PM Stanford No. 6 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ABC  STAN 41–31   78,306
Saturday, September 19 5:00 PM San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N W 35–21   34,573
Saturday, September 19 5:30 PM Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N W 31–14   31,105
Saturday, September 19 7:30 PM No. 21 Utah Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA CBSSN W 45–24   33,675
Saturday, September 19 7:30 PM No. 19 BYU No. 10 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FS1 W 24–23   67,612
Saturday, September 19 8:00 PM Northern Arizona No. 20 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N W 77–13   51,494
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - September 21

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kevin Hogan Stanford Kenneth Olugbode Colorado Cory Butler-Byrd Utah
Reference:

Week 4 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, September 25 7:00 PM No. 21 Stanford Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR FS1  STAN 42–24   37,302
Saturday, September 26 11:00 am Nicholls State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N W 48–0   37,302
Saturday, September 26 3:00 pm California Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA P12N  CAL 30–24   61,066
Saturday, September 26 8:00 pm No. 9 UCLA No. 16 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ ABC  UCLA 56–30   56,004
Saturday, September 26 10:30 pm No. 18 Utah No. 13 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR FOX  UTAH 62–20   57,145
Saturday, September 26 11:30 pm No. 19 USC Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  USC 42–14   61,904
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - September 28

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Travis Wilson Utah Kyle Kragen California Tom Hackett Utah
Reference:

Week 5 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, October 3 1:00 PM Washington State No. 24 California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  CAL 34–28   42,042
Saturday, October 3 4:30 PM Arizona State No. 7 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FOX  ASU 38–23   80,113
Saturday, October 3 7:00 PM Oregon Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO ESPN  ORE 41–24   46,222
Saturday, October 3 7:30 PM Arizona No. 18 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA P12N  STAN 55–17   46,628
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - October 5

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Mike Bercovici Arizona State Stefan McClure California Matt Haack Arizona State
Reference:

Week 6 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, October 8 6:00 PM Washington No. 17 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  WASH 17–12   63,623
Saturday, October 10 1:00 PM Oregon State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1  ARZ 44–7   52,987
Saturday, October 10 3:00 PM Washington State Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N  WSU 45–38 2OT   57,775
Saturday, October 10 7:00 PM No. 23 California No. 5 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN  UTAH 30–24   47,798
Saturday, October 10 7:00 PM Colorado Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 48–23   44,157
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - October 12

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Devontae Booker Utah Travis Feeney Washington Tom Hackett Utah
Reference:

Week 7 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, October 15 7:30 PM No. 18 UCLA No. 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA ESPN  STAN 56–35   50,464
Saturday, October 17 1:00 PM Oregon State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N  WSU 52–31   32,952
Saturday, October 17 4:30 PM USC No. 14 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) NBC L 31–41   80,795
Saturday, October 17 6:00 PM Arizona Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FS1  ARZ 38–31   39,666
Saturday, October 17 7:00 PM Arizona State No. 4 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN  UTAH 34–18   46,192
Saturday, October 17 7:30 PM Oregon Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ESPN2  ORE 26–20   69,285
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - October 19

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Christian McCaffrey Stanford Shalom Luani Washington State Tim White Arizona State
Reference:

Week 8 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, October 22 6:00 PM No. 20 California UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN  UCLA 40–24   57,046
Saturday, October 24 1:00 PM Washington State Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N  WSU 45–42   47,847
Saturday, October 24 4:30 PM No. 3 Utah USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FOX  USC 42–24   73,435
Saturday, October 24 7:30 PM Colorado Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  COL 17–13   36,977
Saturday, October 24 7:30 PM Washington No. 10 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA ESPN  STAN 31–14   50,424
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - October 26

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Luke Falk Washington State Cameron Smith USC Ka'imi Fairbairn UCLA
Reference:

Week 9 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Thursday, October 29 7:30 PM Oregon Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN  ORE 61–55 3OT   56,534
Saturday, October 31 12:00 PM Colorado No. 24 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA P12N  UCLA 35–31   51,508
Saturday, October 31 12:00 PM USC California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA FOX  USC 27–21   52,060
Saturday, October 31 4:00 PM Oregon State Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT P12N  UTAH 27–12   45,853
Saturday, October 31 7:30 PM No. 8 Stanford Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN  STAN 30–28   30,012
Saturday, October 31 8:00 PM Arizona Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FS1  WASH 49–3   56,749
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - November 2

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Vernon Adams Oregon Travis Feeney Washington Charles Nelson Oregon
Reference:

Week 10 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, November 7 10:00 AM No. 9 Stanford Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO P12N  STAN 42–10   40,142
Saturday, November 7 12:30 PM Arizona State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA FS1  WSU 38–24   32,952
Saturday, November 7 1:30 PM No. 22 UCLA Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  UCLA 41–0   38,074
Saturday, November 7 4:30 PM No. 13 Utah Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FOX  UTAH 34–23   61,420
Saturday, November 7 7:30 PM Arizona USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ESPN  USC 38–30   76,309
Saturday, November 7 7:30 PM California Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ESPN2  ORE 44–28   56,604
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - November 9

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Luke Falk Washington State Gionni Paul Utah Raymond Hudson California
Reference:

Week 11 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, November 13 6:00 PM USC Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO ESPN2  USC 27–24   37,905
Saturday, November 14 12:00 PM Washington Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ P12N  ASU 27–17   51,695
Saturday, November 14 4:30 PM Oregon No. 7 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FOX  ORE 38–36   48,633
Saturday, November 14 7:00 PM No. 10 Utah Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ FS1  ARI 37–30 2OT  48,912
Saturday, November 14 7:30 PM Oregon State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA P12N  CAL 54–24   41,874
Saturday, November 14 7:45 PM Washington State No. 18 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN  WSU 31–27   76,255
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - November 16

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Jared Goff California Antonio Longino Arizona State Casey Skowron Arizona
Reference:

Week 12 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Saturday, November 21 12:30 PM UCLA No. 18 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT FOX  UCLA 17–9   46,230
Saturday, November 21 12:30 PM Arizona Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup) FS1  ASU 52–37   64,885
Saturday, November 21 12:30 PM No. 22 USC No. 23 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR ESPN  ORE 48–28   59,094
Saturday, November 21 3:00 PM Washington Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR P12N  WASH 52–7   34,390
Saturday, November 21 7:30 PM California No. 15 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Big Game) ESPN  STAN 35–22   51,424
Saturday, November 21 7:45 PM Colorado No. 24 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA ESPN2  WSU 27–3   25,121
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - November 23

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Vernon Adams, Jr. Oregon Antonio Longino Arizona State Christian McCaffrey Stanford
Reference:

Week 13 edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
Friday, November 27 12:30 PM No. 20 Washington State Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup) FOX  WASH 45–10   70,438
Friday, November 27 1:00 PM Oregon State No. 18 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War) FS1  ORE 52–42   57,814
Saturday, November 28 11:30 AM Colorado Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Rumble in the Rockies) P12N  UTAH 20–14   45,823
Saturday, November 28 12:30 PM No. 22 UCLA USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) ABC/ESPN2  USC 40–21   83,602
Saturday, November 28 4:30 PM No. 4 Notre Dame No. 13 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy) FOX W 38–36   51,424
Saturday, November 28 7:00 PM Arizona State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA FS1  CAL 48–46   45,385
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Players of the Week - November 28

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Jared Goff California Iman Marshall USC Conrad Ukropina Stanford
Reference:

Championship game edit

Further information: 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This was the fifth championship game (and the fifth win for the North), with Stanford appearing for the third time (and winning for the third time) and USC appearing for the first time.

Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game) edit

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 5 4:45 PM No. 24 USC No. 7 Stanford Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA (Pac-12 Championship) ESPN  STAN 41–22   58,476
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Bowl games edit

Pac-12 team is bolded.

Bowl Game Date Stadium City TV Time (PST) Winning Team Score Losing Team Score
New Mexico Bowl Saturday, December 19, 2015 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN 12:00 PM Arizona 45 New Mexico 37
Las Vegas Bowl Saturday, December 19, 2015 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada ABC 1:30 PM #20 Utah 35 BYU 28
Sun Bowl Saturday, December 26, 2015 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas CBS 11:00 AM Washington State 20 Miami (FL) 14
Heart of Dallas Bowl Saturday, December 26, 2015 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas ESPN 11:20 AM Washington 44 Southern Miss 31
Foster Farms Bowl Monday, December 28, 2015 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California ESPN 6:15 PM Nebraska 37 UCLA 29
Armed Forces Bowl Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas ESPN 11:00 AM California 55 Air Force 36
Holiday Bowl Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California ESPN 7:30 PM #23 Wisconsin 23 USC 21
Rose Bowl Friday, January 1, 2016 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ESPN 2:10 PM #5 Stanford 45 #6 Iowa 16
Alamo Bowl Saturday, January 2, 2016 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas ESPN 3:45 PM #11 TCU 47 #15 Oregon 413OT
Cactus Bowl Saturday, January 2, 2016 Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona ESPN 8:15 PM West Virginia 43 Arizona State 42

Pac-12 vs Power Conference matchups edit

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score
September 3 Michigan Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH W 24–17
September 5 Arizona State Texas A&M NRG Stadium • Houston, TX Texas Kickoff TAMU L 17–38
September 5 Stanford Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL NW L 6–16
September 5 Virginia UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA UCLA W 34–16
September 12 Oregon State Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI MICH L 7–35
September 12 Washington State Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ WSU W 37–34
September 12 Oregon Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI MSU L 28–31
September 19 California Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX CAL W 45–44

Records against other conferences edit

2015 records against non-conference foes:

Awards and honors edit

AP College Football Player of the Year

Lou Groza Award

All-Americans edit

The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2015 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA):[8][9][10][11][12]

First team
Second team
  • Tyler Johnstone, OL, Oregon (FWAA)
  • Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (WCFF)
  • Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (FWAA)
  • JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC (AP, FWAA, SN)
  • DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon (AP, FWAA)
  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (SN)
  • Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (WCFF)
  • Dante Pettis, PR, Washington (SN)
Third team
  • Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (AP)
  • Austin Hooper TE, Stanford (AP)
  • Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA (AP)
  • Su'a Cravens, LB, USC (AP)
  • Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford (AP)
  • Aidan Schneider, K, Oregon (AP)

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

Conference awards edit

The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:[13]

All-Conference teams edit

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.[14]

Offense:

First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
QB Luke Falk So. Washington State Kevin Hogan Sr. Stanford
QB Jared Goff Jr. California N/A N/A N/A
RB Royce Freeman So. Oregon Devontae Booker Sr. Utah
RB Christian McCaffrey So. Stanford Paul Perkins Jr. UCLA
WR Kenny Lawler Jr. California Bralon Addison Jr. Oregon
WR Gabe Marks Jr. Washington State Darren Carrington So. Oregon
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster So. USC Nelson Spruce Sr. Colorado
TE Austin Hooper Jr. Stanford Thomas Duarte Jr. UCLA
OL Zach Banner Jr. USC Jake Brendel Sr. UCLA
OL Joe Dahl Sr. Washington State J. J. Dielman Jr. Utah
OL Joshua Garnett Sr. Stanford Conor McDermott Jr. UCLA
OL Tyler Johnstone Sr. Oregon Christian Westerman Sr. Arizona State
OL Kyle Murphy Sr. Stanford Chad Wheeler Jr. USC

Defense:

First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
DL DeForest Buckner Sr. Oregon Darryl Paulo Sr. Washington State
DL Kenny Clark Jr. UCLA Delvon Simmons Sr. USC
DL Lowell Lotulelei So. Utah Taniela Tupou Sr. Washington
DL Aziz Shittu Sr. Stanford Destiny Vaeao Sr. Washington State
DL Antwaun Woods Sr. USC N/A N/A N/A
LB Su'a Cravens Jr. USC Travis Feeney Sr. Washington
LB Blake Martinez Sr. Stanford Deon Hollins Jr. UCLA
LB Gionni Paul Sr. Utah Jared Norris Sr. Utah
DB Budda Baker So. Washington Chidobe Awuzie Jr. Colorado
DB Adoree’ Jackson So. USC Randall Goforth Jr. UCLA
DB Sidney Jones So. Washington Ronnie Harris Sr. Stanford
DB Marcus Williams So. Utah Jaleel Wadood So. UCLA

Specialists:

First Team
Second Team
Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
PK Aidan Schneider So. Oregon Ka'imi Fairbairn Sr. UCLA
P Tom Hackett Sr. Utah Drew Riggleman Sr. Arizona
RS Christian McCaffrey So. Stanford Adoree’ Jackson So. USC
AP/ST Charles Nelson So. Oregon Soma Vainuku Sr. USC

All-Academic edit

First team

Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major

Home game attendance edit

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona Arizona Stadium 56,029 51,111 51,494 56,004 52,987 47,847 48,912 — 308,355 51,393 91.72%
Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium 64,248 46,500 43,310 61,904 44,157 56,534 51,695 64,885 368,985 52,712 82.04%
California California Memorial Stadium 62,467 60,606 50,830 42,042 52,060 41,874 — 247,412 49,482 79.21%
Colorado Folsom Field 53,613 35,094 37,302 46,222 39,666 40,142 — 198,426 39,685 74.02%
Oregon Autzen Stadium 54,000 58,128 56,859 57,145 57,775 56,604 59,094 345,605 57,601 106.67%
Oregon State Reser Stadium 45,674 35,160 34,573 37,302 36,977 38,074 34,390 — 216,476 36,079 78.99%
Stanford Stanford Stadium 50,424 50,420 46,628 50,464 50,424 48,633 51,424 297,993 49,666 98.50%
UCLA Rose Bowl 91,136 68,615 67,612 80,113 57,046 51,508 76,255 — 401,149 66,858 73.36%
USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 79,809 72,422 78,306 63,623 73,435 76,309 443,904 73,984 79.04%
Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 47,825 46,011 47,798 46,192 45,853 46,230 279,909 46,652 101.84%
Washington Husky Stadium 70,083 55,010 59,464 61,066 69,285 50,667 61,420 356,912 59,485 84.88%
Washington State Martin Stadium 32,952 24,302 31,105 32,952 30,012 32,952 25,121 — 176,444 29,407 89.24%

^A Game played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
^B Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA.
 Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

Notes edit

  • October 12, 2015 – USC terminated Steve Sarkisian as its head football coach[15][16]
  • October 30, 2015 – USC Athletic Director Pat Haden resigned from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee
  • November 30, 2015 – Clay Helton was named USC's permanent head coach.

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