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2018 Pac-12 Conference football season

2018 Pac-12 Conference football season

NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Football
August 30, 2018through January 1, 2019
12
Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
OT Andre Dillard, Washington State
Philadelphia Eagles, 22nd overall
Gardner Minshew, QB, Washington State
Matt Gay, K, Utah Utes (112 points)
Washington HuskiesWashington State
Stanford Cardinal
Utah Utes
Arizona State Sun Devils
Washington Huskies
Utah Utes
Byron Murphy, CB

The 2018 Pac-12 Conference football season represented the 40th season of Pac-12 football that took place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 30, 2018 and ended with 2018 Pac-12 Championship Game on November 30 at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Pac-12 was a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. The 2018 season was the Pac-12's eighth for the twelve teams divided into two divisions of six each, named North and South.

2018 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

North Division

California – 21
Oregon – 22
Oregon State – 20
Stanford – 15
Washington – 21
Washington State – 26

South Division

Arizona – 21
Arizona State – 21
Colorado – 21
UCLA – 28
USC – 18
Utah – 20

Team	ESPN	Rivals	Scout & 24/7	Signees
Arizona	63	54	58	21
Arizona State	47	36	36	21
California	50	44	42	22
Colorado	42	51	53	21
Oregon	17	13	13	24
Oregon State	65	67	67	25
Stanford	38	57	39	15
UCLA	19	19	19	27
USC	7	3	4	18
Utah	45	38	34	23
Washington	15	15	14	21
Washington State	44	46	45	27

The Pac-12 conducted its annual media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, – The Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA on July 25. 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 Pac-12 Network. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott
California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Patrick Laird (RB) & Jordan Kunaszyk (LB)
Stanford – David Shaw (HC), J. J. Arcega-Whiteside (WR) & Alijah Holder (CB)
Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Kyle Sweet (WR/P) & Jalen Thompson (S)
Washington – Chris Petersen (HC), Jake Browning (QB) & Jojo McIntosh (DB)
Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC), Blake Brandel (OL) & Kee Whetzel (LB)
Oregon – Mario Cristobal (HC), Justin Herbert (QB) & Jalen Jelks (DL)
Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott (Q&A)
UCLA – Chip Kelly (HC), Theo Howard (WR) & Josh Woods (LB)
Colorado – Mike MacIntyre (HC), Rick Gamboa (LB) & Steven Montez (QB)
Arizona State – Herm Edwards (HC), N'Keal Harry (WR) & Manny Wilkins (QB)
Arizona – Kevin Sumlin (HC), Khalil Tate (QB) & Colin Schooler (LB)
Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Chase Hansen (LB) & Lo Falemaka (OL)
USC – Clay Helton (HC), Cameron Smith (LB) & Porter Gustin (LB)
Pac-12 VP of Officiating – David Coleman (Q&A on 2018 football playing rule changes)

The Pac-12 Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls on July 25, 2018. 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

Washington (37)
USC (2)
Oregon (1)
Stanford (1)
UCLA (1)
First place votes in ()

References:

There were five coaching changes following the 2018 season including Kevin Sumlin with Arizona, Herm Edwards with Arizona State, Mario Cristobal with Oregon, Johnathan Smith with Oregon State & Chip Kelly with UCLA.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school
Kevin Sumlin	1	86–43 (.667)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Herm Edwards	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Justin Wilcox	2	5–7 (.417)	5–7 (.417)	2–7 (.222)
Mike MacIntyre	6	40–59 (.404)	25–38 (.397)	12–33 (.267)
Mario Cristobal	1	27–48 (.360)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)
Jonathan Smith	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
David Shaw	8	73–22 (.768)	73–22 (.768)	49–14 (.778)
Chip Kelly	1	46–7 (.868)	0–0 (–)	33–3 (.917)
Clay Helton	5	27–10 (.730)	27–10 (.730)	20–4 (.833)
Kyle Whittingham	14	111–56 (.665)	111–56 (.665)	28–35 (.444)
Chris Petersen	5	129–29 (.816)	37–17 (.685)	23–13 (.639)
Mike Leach	7	122–81 (.601)	38–38 (.500)	26–28 (.481)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		Selected for College Football Playoff
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

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

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

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Weber State	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 41–10	45,988
August 31	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 13 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FS1	W 31–10	40,913
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Colorado	Colorado State	Broncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO	CBSSN	W 45–13	70,158
September 1	9:00 a.m.	Oregon State	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 31–77	102,169
September 1	12:30 p.m.	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 16–21	70,103
September 1	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	W 41–19	24,131
September 1	1:00 p.m.	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FOX	W 24–17	42,168
September 1	1:00 p.m.	UNLV	No. 15 USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	W 43–21	58,708
September 1	4:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	L 17–26	54,116
September 1	5:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	No. 24 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 58–24	50,112
September 1	7:30 p.m.	UTSA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	W 49–7	50,188
September 1	7:45 p.m.	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	L 23–28	51,002
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	9:00 a.m.	Arizona	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ABC	L 18–45	32,534
September 8	10:00 a.m.	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	FOX	L 21–49	86,402
September 8	11:00 a.m.	Portland State	No. 23 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 62–14	47,210
September 8	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 33–28	89,853
September 8	2:00 p.m.	North Dakota	No. 9 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 45–3	68,093
September 8	4:30 p.m.	Utah	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPNews	W 17–6	16,762
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 48–25	36,448
September 8	5:30 p.m.	No. 17 USC	No. 10 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FOX	STAN 17–3	42,856
September 8	6:45 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	W 16–13	53,599
September 8	7:15 p.m.	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 21–18	52,602
September 8	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 31–0	26,141
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	11:00 a.m.	UC Davis	No. 9 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	W 30–10	31,772
September 15	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 35–22	50,049
September 15	2:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 45–14	42,360
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Idaho State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 45–23	37,104
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	L 35–37	20,462
September 15	5:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–24	32,952
September 15	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FOX	L 14–37	103,507
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Washington	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	WASH 21–7	47,445
September 15	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Arizona State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 21–28	34,641
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FS1	L 14–38	60,867
September 15	8:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 62–31	41,493
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Washington State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	USC 39–36	52,421
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Arizona	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	ARZ 35–14	33,022
September 22	5:00 p.m.	No. 7 Stanford	No. 20 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	STAN 38–31 OT	58,453
September 22	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 10 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ESPN	WASH 27–20	71,200
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 22	California	Colorado	UCLA	Utah

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 28	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FS1	COLO 38–16	46,814
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	WSU 28–24	30,088
September 29	4:30 p.m.	No. 7 Stanford	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 17–38	77,622
September 29	5:30 p.m.	No. 20 BYU	No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	W 35–7	70,155
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 52–24	51,447
September 29	7:30 p.m.	USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	USC 24–20	43,573
September 29	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Oregon	No. 24 California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FS1	ORE 42–24	43,448
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 21 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	COLO 28–21	52,681
October 6	4:30 p.m.	No. 10 Washington	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	WASH 31–24	51,123
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Washington State	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	WSU 56–37	34,429
October 6	7:00 p.m.	California	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FS1	ARZ 24–17	44,253
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Utah	No. 14 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ESPN	UTAH 40–21	37,244
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 6	Oregon	USC

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Arizona	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	UTAH 42–10	45,862
October 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 7 Washington	No. 17 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC/ESPN2	ORE 30–27 OT	58,691
October 13	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (California–UCLA rivalry)	P12N	UCLA 37–7	45,889
October 13	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Colorado	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FS1	USC 31–20	78,467
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 13	Arizona State	Oregon State	Stanford	Washington State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 18	6:00 p.m.	Stanford	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	STAN 20–13	42,946
October 20	12:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 15 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	WASH 27–13	68,798
October 20	1:00 p.m.	California	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	CAL 49–7	32,390
October 20	4:30 p.m.	No. 12 Oregon	No. 25 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FOX	WSU 34–20	33,152
October 20	5:00 p.m.	USC	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	UTAH 41–28	46,405
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN2	UCLA 31–30	54,686
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 26	7:30 p.m.	No. 23 Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	UTAH 41–10	41,848
October 27	12:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	OSU 41–34 OT	48,050
October 27	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC/ESPN2	ASU 38–35	47,406
October 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FS1	CAL 12–10	39,138
October 27	4:00 p.m.	No. 14 Washington State	No. 24 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	WSU 41–38	39,596
October 27	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Oregon	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	ARZ 44–15	42,845
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 2	7:45 p.m.	Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FS1	ARZ 42–34	43,080
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Utah	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 38–20	46,445
November 3	4:30 p.m.	UCLA	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FOX	ORE 42–21	56,114
November 3	6:00 p.m.	Stanford	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	WASH 27–23	69,690
November 3	7:00 p.m.	USC	Oregon State	Reeser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FS1	USC 38–21	35,187
November 3	7:45 p.m.	California	No. 10 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	WSU 19–13	32,952
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 10	11:00 a.m.	UCLA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 31–28	46,466
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 Washington State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	WSU 31–7	45,587
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Oregon	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	UTAH 32–25	46,275
November 10	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	STAN 48–17	34,671
November 10	7:30 p.m.	California	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	CAL 15–14	56,721
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 10	Arizona	No. 20 Washington

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 17	10:30 a.m.	No. 21 Utah	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	UTAH 30–7	39,360
November 17	12:30 p.m.	USC	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	FOX	UCLA 34–27	57,116
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 17 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	WASH 42–23	66,469
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 8 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	WSU 69–28	22,400
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	ORE 31–29	50,485
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Oregon	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FS1	ORE 55–15	39,776
November 23	5:30 p.m.	No. 16 Washington	No. 7 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	WASH 28–15	32,952
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	P12N	STAN 49–42	38,391
November 24	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FS1	UA 41–40	51,805
November 24	4:00 p.m.	Colorado	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	CAL 33–21	34,457
November 24	5:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 17–24	59,821
November 24	7:00 p.m.	BYU	No. 18 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	FS1	W 35–27	46,017
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

The Stanford–California football game was moved from November 17 to December 1 due to poor air quality from wildfires in the Bay Area.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 1	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (121st Big Game/Stanford Axe)	P12N	STAN 23–13	57,858
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

The championship game was played on Friday November 30, 2018. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North (Washington) and the South (Utah). This was the eighth championship game.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	5:00 p.m.	No. 17 Utah	No. 10 Washington	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FOX	WASH 10–3	35,134
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame 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.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 1	BYU	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona		L 14–48
September 1	Oregon State	No. 5 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio		L 31–77
September 1	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta		L 16–21
September 1	North Carolina	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California		W 24–17
September 8	No. 15 Michigan State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona		W 16–13
September 8	UCLA	No. 6 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		L 21–49
September 8	Colorado	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry	W 33–28
September 8	California	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah		W 21–18
September 15	No. 22 USC	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas		L 14–37
September 29	No. 20 BYU	No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle		W 35–7
September 29	No. 7 Stanford	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana	Legends Trophy	L 17–38
November 24	BYU	No. 18 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	Holy War	W 35–27
November 24	Notre Dame	USC	LA Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles	Jeweled Shillelagh	L 17–24

2018 records against non-conference foes as of November 26, 2018:

Legend
	Pac-12 win
	Pac-12 loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (PST)	Pac-12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl	December 15	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	ABC	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 19 Fresno State	20–31	37,146
Cheez-It Bowl	December 26	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	California	TCU	7–10	33,121
Alamo Bowl	December 28	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 Washington State	No. 25 Iowa State	28–26	60,675
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	11:00 a.m.	Stanford	Pittsburgh	14–13	40,680
Redbox Bowl	December 31	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FOX	12:00 p.m.	Oregon	Michigan State	7–6	30,212
Holiday Bowl	December 31	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	FS1	4:00 p.m.	No. 20 Utah	Northwestern	20–31	47,007
New Year's Six Bowl
Rose Bowl	January 1	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington	No. 5 Ohio State	23–28	91,853

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Pacific Time Zone.

Selection of teams:

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

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

Week		Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Week 1 (Sept. 4)	J. J. Arcega-Whiteside	WR	Nate Landman	ILB	Chase McGrath	PK
Week 2 (Sept. 10)	Laviska Shenault	WR	Chase Hansen	LB	Brandon Ruiz	PK
Week 3 (Sept. 17)	Gardner Minshew	QB	Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Travell Harris	WR/KR
Week 4 (Sept. 24)	J. J. Taylor	RB	Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Jay Tufele	DL
Week 5 (Oct. 1)	Eno Benjamin	RB	Ugo Amadi	S	Marvell Tell	S
Week 6 (Oct. 8)	Laviska Shenault	WR	Jaylon Johnson	DB	Matt Gay	K
Week 7 (Oct. 15)	C. J. Verdell	RB	Keisean Lucier-South	LB	Mitch Wishnowsky	P
Week 8 (Oct. 22)	Tyler Huntley	QB	Chase Hansen	LB	Matt Gay	PK
Week 9 (Oct. 29)	Jake Luton	QB	Evan Weaver	LB	N'Keal Harry	WR
Week 10 (Nov. 4)	N'Keal Harry	WR	Merlin Robertson	LB	Ugochukwu Amadi	S
Week 11 (Nov. 10)	Colby Parkinson	TE	Luc Bequette	DE	Matt Gay	PK
Week 12 (Nov. 19)	Joshua Kelley	RB	Jahad Woods	LB	Matt Gay	PK
Week 13 (Nov. 26)	Myles Gaskin	RB	Ashtyn Davis	S	Steven Coutts	P

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 9 First team and 4 Second team, followed by Washington with 5 First team and 3 Second team, Stanford at 2 First team and 6 Second team, Oregon at 2 First team and 3 Second team, Washington Stateand Arizona State both with 2 First team and 2 Second team, UCLA with 1 First team and 1 Second team, Arizona, Colorado and California all with 1 First team, USC with 5 Second team, and Oregon State receiving none for either team.

Honorable mentions

ARIZONA: DL P. J. Johnson, RJr.; WR Shawn Poindexter, Sr.; Thomas Reid III, WR, RSo.; LB Colin Schooler, So.
ARIZONA STATE: OL Quinn Bailey, RSr.; DB Aashari Crosswell, Fr.; OL Casey Tucker, Grad.; DL Renell Wren, RSr.
CALIFORNIA: DE Luc Bequette, RJr.; DB Camryn Bynum, RSo.; P Steven Coutts, RJr.; RS Ashtyn Davis, RJr.
COLORADO: LB Rick Gamboa, Sr.; DL Mustafa Johnson, So.; LB Nate Landman, So.; RB Travon McMillian, Sr.; OL Will Sherman, Fr.; DB Evan Worthington, Sr.
OREGON: DB Ugo Amadi, Sr.; OL Jake Hanson, Jr.; OLB Justin Hollins, Sr.; DL Jordon Scott, So.; OL Penei Sewell, Fr.; OL Calvin Throckmorton, Jr.
OREGON STATE: AP/ST Andre Bodden, RJr.; WR Trevon Bradford, Jr.; WR Isaiah Hodgins, So.; RB Jermar Jefferson, Fr.
STANFORD: DB Alijah Holder, RSr.; RB Bryce Love, Sr.; LB Bobby Okereke, Sr.; TE Colby Parkinson, So.; DL Jovon Swann, Jr.
UCLA: P Stefan Flintoft, RSr.; DB Darnay Holmes, So.; WR Theo Howard, Jr.; RB Joshua Kelley, RJr.; PK JJ Molson, Jr.
USC: DB Ajene Harris, Sr.; OL Toa Lobendahn, RSr.; WR Michael Pittman Jr., Jr.; DB Marvell Tell, Sr.; RS Tyler Vaughns, RSo.
UTAH: DB Corrion Ballard, Sr.; LB Cody Barton, Sr.; OL Lo Falemaka, Sr.; DB Javelin Guidry, So.
WASHINGTON: QB Jake Browning, Sr.; DL Jaylen Johnson, Sr.; DB Jojo McIntosh, Sr.; TE Drew Sample, RSr.
WASHINGTON STATE: P Oscar Draguicevich, RSo.; RS Travell Harris, RFr.; OL Frederick Mauigoa, Jr.; LB Peyton Pelluer, Grad.; DB Jalen Thompson, Jr.; RB James Williams, RJr.; AP/ST Kainoa Wilson, RJr.; LB Jahad Woods, RSo

The following individuals won the Pac-12 conference's annual player and coach awards:

The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2018 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):

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

First team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA
QB	Justin Herbert	RSJr.	4.06	Biology
RB	Patrick Laird	RSSr.	3.58	Business Administration; Political Science
RB	Nick Ralston	RSJr.	4.00	MBA & Finance (Graduate School)
WR	Britain Covey	Sophomore	3.85	Business
WR	Timmy Hernandez	Senior	3.66	Mechanical Engineering
TE	Bryce Wolma	Sophomore	4.00	Pre-Business
OL	Brian Chaffin	Senior	3.65	Science, Technology and Society
OL	Drew Dalman	Sophomore	3.65	Undeclared
OL	Michael Saffell	Sophomore	3.54	Undeclared
OL	Calvin Throckmorton	RSJr.	3.84	Human Physiology
OL	Nick Wilson	Senior	3.623	Mechanical Engineering
DL	Taylor Comfort	RSSr.	3.33	Criminal Justice and Psychology
DL	Nick Heninger	RSSo.	3.73	Business Administration
DL	Dylan Jackson	Senior	3.30	Political Science
DL	Levi Onwuzurike	RSo.	3.36	Pre-Major (Arts & Science)
LB	Tevis Bartlett	Senior	3.70	Education, Community & Organizations
LB	Ben Burr-Kirven	Junior	3.69	Comparative Literature (Cinema Studies)
LB	Casey Toohill	Senior	3.67	Political Science
DB	Jaylon Johnson	Sophomore	3.62	Business
DB	Elijah Molden	Sophomore	3.66	Pre-Major (Arts & Science)
DB	Taylor Rapp	Sophomore	3.61	Business Administration (Finance)
DB	Noah Williams	Sophomore	3.84	Undeclared
PK	Josh Pollack	Graduate	3.67	Accounting
P	Steven Coutts	RSJr.	3.62	Education (Master's)
ST	Richard McNitzky	Junior	3.872	Political Science

Second team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA
QB	Rhett Rodriguez	Sophomore	4.00	Pre-Business
RB	Salvon Ahmed	Sophomore	3.39	Pre-Social Science
RB	Clay Markoff	RSSo.	3.76	Undeclared
WR	John Gardner	Senior	3.55	Economics
WR	Kyle Williams	Junior	3.50	Biomedical Engineering
TE	Drew Sample	Senior	3.40	Communication
OL	Jesse Burkett	Graduate	3.49	Japanese; Symbolic Systems
OL	Jake Curhan	RSSo.	3.41	Undeclared
OL	Devery Hamilton	Junior	3.41	Undeclared
OL	Jaxson Kirkland	RSFr.	3.42	Pre-Social Science
OL	Dylan Powell	Junior	3.50	Communication
DL	Gary Baker	RSJr.	3.23	General Social Science
DL	Nick Begg	RSSr.	3.20	Public Relations
DL	Karson Block	RSJr.	3.21	Social Sciences
DL	Greg Gaines	Senior	3.23	Communication
LB	Sean Barton	Senior	3.48	International Relations
LB	Odua Isibor	RSFr.	3.48	Undeclared
LB	Peyton Pelluer	RSSr.	3.48	Masters in Teaching
DB	Frank Buncom	Junior	3.29	Human Biology
DB	Terrell Burgess	Junior	3.19	Kinesiology
DB	Quentin Lake	Sophomore	3.39	Undeclared
DB	Chacho Ulloa	Junior	3.43	Accounting
PK	Jet Toner	Junior	3.57	Science, Technology and Society
P	Mitch Wishnowsky	Senior	3.53	Kinesiology and Physical Education Teaching
ST	Connor Haller	Sophomore	3.73	Pre-Business

Honorable mentions: ARIZ: Cody Creason, Jake Glatting, Jamie Nunley; ASU: Eno Benjamin, Cody French, Jordan Hoyt, Malik Lawal, Josh Pokraka, John Riley, Brandon Ruiz, Michael Sleep-Dalton; CAL: Siulagisipai Fuimaono, Chase Garbers, Ryan Gibson, Chris Landgrebe, Malik McMorris, Chinedu Udeogu, Ricky Walker III; COLO: Lucas Cooper, Josh Goldin, Aaron Haigler, Tim Lynott, Nico Magri, Davis Price, Colby Pursell, Carson Wells; ORE: Brady Aiello, Kaulana Apelu, Jake Breeland, Brady Breeze, Braxton Burmeister, Jacob Capra, Drayton Carlberg, Jake Hanson, Hunter Kampmoyer, Shane Lemieux, Blake Maimone, Sampson Niu; OSU: B. J. Baylor, Conor Blount, Andre Bodden, Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Isaiah Dunn, Keegan Firth, Champ Flemings, Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Isaiah Hodgins, Sumner Houston, Drew Kell, Connor Kelsey, Luke Leonnig, Jeffrey Manning Jr., Trent Moore, Mason Moran, Artavis Pierce, Daniel Rodriguez, Kolby Taylor, Moku Watson; STAN: Joey Alfieri, Malik Antoine, Jake Bailey, Treyjohn Butler, K. J. Costello, Obi Eboh, Tucker Fisk, Jordan Fox, Scooter Harrington, Henry Hattis, Nate Herbig, Stuart Head, Houston Heimuli, Alijah Holder, Trenton Irwin, Thunder Keck, Walker Little, Bryce Love, Alameen Murphy, Colby Parkinson, Andrew Pryts, Gabe Reid, Cameron Scarlett, Kaden Smith, Trevor Speights, Jovan Swann, Dayln Wade-Perry, Reagan Williams; UCLA: Michael Alves, Johnny Den Bleyker, Ethan Fernea, Stefan Flintoft, Dymond Lee, Christian Pabico, Adarius Pickett, Shea Pitts, Jay Shaw, Jayce Smalley, Caleb Wilson; USC: Jordan Austin, Reid Budrovich, Erik Krommenhoek, Wyatt Schmidt; UTAH: Jordan Agasiva, Marquise Blair, Nick Ford, Javelin Guidry, Tyler Huntley, Jake Jackson, Josh Nurse, Darrin Paulo, John Penisini, Hauati Pututau, Jason Shelley, Demari Simpkins, Mika Tafua, Mason Woodward; WASH: Andre Baccellia, Jake Browning, A.J. Carty, Nick Harris, Peyton Henry, Jared Hilbers, Ty Jones, Jordan Miller, Cade Otton, Race Porter, Henry Roberts, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Jusstis Warren, Joel Whitford; WSU: Brandon Arconado, Tristan Brock, Jack Crane, Cole Dubots, Travell Harris, Liam Ryan, Trey Tinsley.

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