2014 Pac-12 Conference football season

The 2014 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fourth season of college football for the Pac-12 Conference as a 12-team league. The season began on Thursday, August 28, 2014, and the first conference game was on Saturday, September 6, 2014, when USC played at Stanford. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2014, with FOX televising the game. The Oregon Ducks defeated the Arizona Wildcats, 51–13 for the conference championship and went on to play in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks defeated the Florida State Seminoles 59–20 in the semifinal game in the Rose Bowl, but lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 42–20 in the championship game.

2014 Pac-12 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	American football
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ABC, Fox, Fox Sports 1, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and Pac-12 Networks
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	QB Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Picked by	Tennessee Titans, 2nd overall
Regular season
North champions	Oregon Ducks
North runners-up	Stanford Cardinal
South champions	Arizona Wildcats
South runners-up	UCLA Bruins Arizona State Sun Devils
Pac-12 Championship
Champions	Oregon Ducks
Runners-up	Arizona Wildcats
Finals MVP	Marcus Mariota (QB)
Football seasons
← 2013 2015 →

2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^		8	–	1					13	–	2
Stanford		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	6
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		2	–	7					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	7					3	–	9
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 UCLA		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 12 Arizona State		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 20 USC		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 21 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Colorado		0	–	9					2	–	10
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Stanford, the North Division Champions, defeated Arizona State, the South Division Champions, 38–14 to claim their fourteenth conference title and the chance to play in the Rose Bowl again.

A record nine conference teams played in a post-season bowl game, with six teams winning. Stanford was defeated in the Rose Bowl game by Michigan State 24–20 before 95,173 fans. Arizona State, the South Division champions, was also a bowl game loser, losing to Texas Tech 37–23 in the Holiday Bowl. The only other loser in a bowl game was Washington State, losing by a slim margin to Colorado State 48–45.

Bowl game winners were: UCLA defeated Virginia Tech 42-12 in the Hyundai Sun Bowl, Arizona defeated Boston College 42–19 in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl, Oregon defeated Texas 42–7 in the Valero Alamo Bowl, Washington defeated BYU 31–16 in the Fight Hunger Bowl, Oregon State defeated Boise State 38–23 in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, and USC defeated Fresno State 45–20 in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl.

Pre-season

2014 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

North Division California - Feb. 24 – April 26 (22 signees) Oregon - April 1 – May 3 (21 signees) Oregon State - March 31 – May 3 (27 signees) Stanford - Feb. 24 – April 12 (20 signees) Washington - March 4 – April 19 (24 signees) Washington State - March 27 – April 29 (22 signees)

South Division Arizona - March 3 – April 12 (25 signees) Arizona State - March 18 – April 19 (25 signees) Colorado - March 7 – April 12 (22 signees) UCLA - April 1 – April 26 (19 signees) USC - March 11 – April 19 (19 signees) Utah - March 18 – April 19 (19 signees)

Pac-12 Media poll

2014 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, CA on July 23–24, 2014.

North Division 1. Oregon (37) 232 points 2. Stanford (2) 192 3. Washington 142 4. Oregon State 125 5. Washington State 87 6. California 41

South Division 1. UCLA (37) 231 2. USC (1) 181 3. Arizona State (1) 163 4. Arizona 119 5. Utah 82 6. Colorado 43

• Pac-12 Title Game Champion: Oregon (24 votes); Others receiving votes: UCLA (13), Stanford (1), USC (1)

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were two coaching changes following the 2014 season including Steve Sarkisian with USC and Chris Petersen with Washington.

Coaches

North Division Sonny Dykes, California – 2nd year Mark Helfrich, Oregon – 2nd year Mike Riley, Oregon State – 12th year David Shaw, Stanford – 4th year Chris Petersen, Washington – 1st year Mike Leach, Washington State – 3rd year

South Division Rich Rodriguez, Arizona – 3rd year Todd Graham, Arizona State – 3rd year Mike MacIntyre, Colorado – 2nd year Jim L. Mora, UCLA – 3rd year Steve Sarkisian, USC – 1st year Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 10th year

Rankings

		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

Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Arizona Wildcats	AP		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	10	16	15	14	21	17	15	12	8	12	19
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	13	17	15	15	21	18	13	12	8	11	17
	CFP	Not released									12	19	14	15	11	7	10
Arizona State Sun Devils	AP	19	17	16	15	15	RV	20	17	14	15	11	7	13	13	17	15	12
	C	18	16	14	13	12	24	20	18	14	14	12	8	14	13	18	16	14
	CFP	Not released									14	9	6	13	13	17	15
California Golden Bears	AP							RV
	C							RV
	CFP	Not released
Colorado Buffaloes	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Oregon Ducks	AP	3 (1)	3 (5)	2 (16)	2 (17)	2 (12)	2 (11)	12	9	6	5	5	3	3 (1)	3 (2)	3 (5)	3 (8)	2
	C	4 (1)	4 (2)	4 (6)	3 (6)	4 (3)	4 (7)	11	9	7	6	5	4 (1)	3 (6)	3 (6)	3 (6)	3 (7)	2
	CFP	Not released									5	4	2	2	2	2	2
Oregon State Beavers	AP	RV				RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV
	CFP	Not released
Stanford Cardinal	AP	11	13	15	16	16	16	25	23	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV
	C	11	10	16	15	14	13	22	20	RV	RV	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
UCLA Bruins	AP	7	11	12	12	11	8	18	RV	25	25	18	14	11	9	16	14	10
	C	7	11	12	10	10	9	17	RV	RV	25	18	14	12	10	17	15	10
	CFP	Not released									22	18	11	9	8	15	14
USC Trojans	AP	15	14	9	17	18	18	RV	22	20	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	24	20
	C	15	14	10	21	22	20	RV	25	21	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	21
	CFP	Not released												19		25	24
Utah Utes	AP			RV				24	20	19	18	20	25	20	RV	RV	23	21
	C							RV	23	19	18	22	RV	21	RV	RV	25	20
	CFP	Not released									17	17	23	17	25	23	22
Washington Huskies	AP	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV								RV
	CFP	Not released
Washington State Cougars	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

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

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, August 28	4:30 PM	Idaho State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 56–14	45,925
Thursday, August 28	7:00 PM	Rutgers	Washington State	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	FS1	L 38–41	30,987
Thursday, August 28	7:30 PM	Weber State	No. 19 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	W 45–14	52,133
Friday, August 29	6:00 PM	Colorado State	Colorado	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FS1	L 17–31	63,363
Friday, August 29	7:30 PM	UNLV	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN	W 58–13	50,103
Saturday, August 30	9:00 AM	No. 7 UCLA	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN	W 28–20	44,749
Saturday, August 30	12:30 PM	California	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC/ESPN2	W 31–24	34,228
Saturday, August 30	1:00 PM	UC Davis	No. 11 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	P12N	W 45–0	49,509
Saturday, August 30	1:00 PM	Portland State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 29–14	40,309
Saturday, August 30	4:30 PM	Fresno State	No. 15 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	W 52–13	76,037
Saturday, August 30	7:30 PM	South Dakota	No. 3 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 62–13	57,388
Saturday, August 30	7:30 PM	No. 25 Washington	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 17–16	36,411
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, September 4	5:00 PM	Arizona	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	FS1	W 26–23	33,472
Friday, September 5	7:30 PM	Washington State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN	L 13–24	26,023
Saturday, September 6	12:00 PM	Sacramento State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 55–14	48,145
Saturday, September 6	12:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 59–52	62,861
Saturday, September 6	12:00 PM	Fresno State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 59–27	45,864
Saturday, September 6	12:00 PM	Colorado	Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, MA	ESPN3	W 41–38	10,227
Saturday, September 6	12:30 PM	No. 14 USC	No. 13 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	ABC	USC 13–10	50,814
Saturday, September 6	3:30 PM	No. 7 Michigan State	No. 3 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FOX	W 46–27	59,456
Saturday, September 6	4:00 PM	No. 17 Arizona State	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	W 58–23	25,742
Saturday, September 6	7:00 PM	Memphis	No. 11 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	P12N	W 42–35	72,098
Saturday, September 6	7:30 PM	Oregon State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 38–30	29,050
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Saturday, September 13	11:00 AM	Wyoming	No. 2 Oregon	Auzten Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	W 48–14	56,533
Saturday, September 13	1:00 PM	Illinois	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	W 44–19	62,325
Saturday, September 13	2:00 PM	Army	No. 15 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	W 35–0	49,680
Saturday, September 13	5:00 PM	No. 9 USC	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC/ESPN2	L 31–37	41,632
Saturday, September 13	5:00 PM	No. 12 UCLA	Texas	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	FOX	W 20–17	60,479
Saturday, September 13	5:00 PM	Portland State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	W 59–21	30,874
Saturday, September 13	7:00 PM	No. 16 Arizona State	Colorado	Folsom Stadium • Boulder, CO	ESPNU	ASU 38–24	38,547
Saturday, September 13	8:00 PM	Nevada	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 35–28	48,504
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Saturday, September 20	11:00 AM	Hawaii	Colorado	Folsom Stadium • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 21–12	39,478
Saturday, September 20	12:30 PM	Utah	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC/ESPN2	W 26–10	103,890
Saturday, September 20	3:00 PM	Georgia State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 45–14	64,608
Saturday, September 20	7:00 PM	California	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	ARIZ 49–45	45,595
Saturday, September 20	7:30 PM	No. 2 Oregon	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	ORE 38–31	32,952
Saturday, September 20	7:30 PM	San Diego State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FOX	W 28–7	41,339
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, September 25	7:00 PM	No. 11 UCLA	No. 15 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	UCLA 62-27	60,876
Saturday, September 27	1:00 PM	Colorado	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	CAL 59–56^OT	39,821
Saturday, September 27	1:15 PM	No. 16 Stanford	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	STAN 20–13	66,512
Saturday, September 27	5:00 PM	Washington State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	WSU 28-27	45,859
Saturday, September 27	7:30 PM	Oregon State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	USC 35-10	74,521
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, October 2	7:30 PM	Arizona	No. 2 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	ARIZ 31-24	56,032
Saturday, October 4	12:30 PM	No. 14 Stanford	No. 9 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 14–17	80,795
Saturday, October 4	1:00 PM	Oregon State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	ORST 36–31	36,415
Saturday, October 4	4:30 PM	Arizona State	No. 16 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	ASU 38–34	70,115
Saturday, October 4	7:30 PM	California	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	CAL 60–59	30,020
Saturday, October 4	7:30 PM	Utah	No. 8 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	UTAH 30–28	74,329
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Friday, October 10	6:00 PM	Washington State	No. 25 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ESPN	STAN 34–17	44,135
Saturday, October 11	12:30 PM	No. 12 Oregon	No. 18 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	ORE 42–30	80,139
Saturday, October 11	3:00 PM	Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	WASH 31–7	44,449
Saturday, October 11	7:30 PM	USC	No. 10 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	USC 28–26	56,754
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, October 16	7:00 PM	No. 20 Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FS1	UTAH 29-23^OT	40,479
Saturday, October 18	12:30 PM	UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC/ESPN2	UCLA 36–34	49,257
Saturday, October 18	3:00 PM	Colorado	No. 22 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	USC 56–28	74,756
Saturday, October 18	5:00 PM	Washington	No. 9 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Oregon–Washington football rivalry)	FS1	ORE 45-20	57,858
Saturday, October 18	7:30 PM	No. 23 Stanford	No. 17 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ESPN	ASU 26-10	59,012
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Friday, October 24	7:00 PM	No. 6 Oregon	California	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	FS1	ORE 59–41	55,575
Saturday, October 25	11:00 AM	No. 25 UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	UCLA 40–37^2OT	37,442
Saturday, October 25	12:30 PM	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ESPN2	STAN 38–14	48,401
Saturday, October 25	3:00 PM	No. 15 Arizona	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	ARIZ 59–37	32,952
Saturday, October 25	7:00 PM	No. 20 USC	No. 19 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	UTAH 24–21	47,619
Saturday, October 25	7:45 PM	No. 14 Arizona State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ESPN	ASU 24–10	64,666
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Saturday, November 1	10:00 AM	Washington	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	WASH 38–23	35,633
Saturday, November 1	1:30 PM	USC	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	USC 44–17	25,012
Saturday, November 1	4:30 PM	Stanford	No. 5 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FOX/FOXD	ORE 45–16	58,974
Saturday, November 1	7:30 PM	California	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	CAL 45–31	42,479
Saturday, November 1	7:30 PM	No. 14 Arizona	No. 25 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	UCLA 17–7	80,246
Saturday, November 1	8:00 PM	No. 18 Utah	No. 15 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FS1	ASU 19–16^OT	53,754
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Saturday, November 8	12:30 PM	No. 8 Notre Dame	No. 11 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 55-31	65,870
Saturday, November 8	1:00 PM	Washington State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	WSU 39-32	44,377
Saturday, November 8	4:00 PM	No. 18 UCLA	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FS1	UCLA 44-30	65,547
Saturday, November 8	5:00 PM	Colorado	No. 21 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	ARIZ 38–20	50,177
Saturday, November 8	7:00 PM	No. 5 Oregon	No. 20 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	ORE 51–27	47,528
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Thursday, November 13	6:00 PM	California	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	USC 38-30	64,615
Saturday, November 15	12:30 PM	Washington	No. 17 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FOX	ARIZ 27-26	47,757
Saturday, November 15	3:00 PM	No. 25 Utah	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N	UTAH 20-17	44,635
Saturday, November 15	7:45 PM	No. 7 Arizona State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ESPN	ORST 35-27	40,525
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Saturday, November 22	10:00 AM	Washington State	No. 13 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	ASU 52-31	51,428
Saturday, November 22	12:30 PM	No. 15 Arizona	No. 20 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	ARIZ 42-10	45,824
Saturday, November 22	1:00 PM	Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	FS1/FOXD	STAN 38-17	56,483
Saturday, November 22	1:30 PM	Colorado	No. 3 Oregon	Auzten Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	ORE 44-10	55,898
Saturday, November 22	5:00 PM	No. 24 USC	No. 11 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	UCLA 38–20	82,431
Saturday, November 22	7:30 PM	Oregon State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	WASH 37–13	65,036
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Friday, November 28	12:30 PM	Stanford	No. 9 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	STAN 31–10	70,658
Friday, November 28	12:30 PM	No. 13 Arizona State	No. 12 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FOX	ARIZ 42–35	56,083
Saturday, November 29	10:00 AM	Utah	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	P12N	UTAH 38–34	39,155
Saturday, November 29	12:30 PM	Notre Dame	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	FOX	W 49–14	79,586
Saturday, November 29	1:30 PM	BYU	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 35–42	47,856
Saturday, November 29	5:00 PM	No. 3 Oregon	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	ABC	ORE 47–19	45,722
Saturday, November 29	7:30 PM	Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FS1	WASH 31–13	32,952
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Championship game

Further information: Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The championship game will be played on December 5, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.

Week 15 (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Friday, December 5	6:00 PM	No. 8 Arizona	No. 3 Oregon	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, California (Pac-12 Championship Game)	FOX	ORE 51–13	45,618
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Postseason games

Following the 2014 regular season the Pac-12 had all eight of its bowl eligible teams selected to play in a post-season bowl game. The two marque match ups will be the Rose Bowl, in which the Oregon Ducks will face off against the Florida State Seminoles in the semi-finals of the College Football Playoff and the Fiesta Bowl, in which the Arizona Wildcats will face off against Mountain West Conference champions, Boise State. Overall, the Pac-12 will see two bowl games each against the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West Conferences.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Pac-12, often considered to be the second best Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football conference, will not play a bowl game against what many consider to be the best conference, the SEC. The last time that teams from the Pac-12 and SEC met in the post-season was the 2011 BCS National Championship Game when Auburn defeated Oregon for the national championship. The only hope for a Pac-12 v. SEC match-up was for Oregon to win the Rose Bowl, and SEC Conference Champions Alabama to win the Sugar Bowl, in which case both teams would have squared off in the inaugural College Football Championship Game. Because Alabama lost the Sugar Bowl and Oregon won the Rose Bowl, the Ducks played the Big Ten Conference Champion Ohio State Buckeyes in a re-match of the 2010 Rose Bowl.

Pac-12 team in bold:

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	TV	Time (PST)	Match-up	Pac-12 Team	Score	Opponent	Score
Las Vegas Bowl	Saturday, December 20, 2014	Sam Boyd Stadium	Paradise, Nevada	ABC	12:30 PM	Pac-12 #6 vs. MW #2	Utah (8–4)	45	Colorado State (10–2)	10
Sun Bowl	Saturday, December 27, 2014	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	CBS	11:00 AM	Pac-12 #4 vs. ACC #4	#15 Arizona State (9–3)	36	Duke (9–3)	31
Holiday Bowl	Saturday, December 27, 2014	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	ESPN	5:00 PM	Pac-12 #5 vs. Big Ten #4	#24 USC (8–4)	45	#25 Nebraska (9–3)	42
Foster Farms Bowl	Tuesday, December 30, 2014	Levi's Stadium	Santa Clara, California	ESPN	7:00 PM	Pac-12 #8 vs. Big Ten #6	Stanford (7–5)	45	Maryland (7–5)	21
Fiesta Bowl	Wednesday, December 31, 2014	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	ESPN	4:00 PM	CFP "New Year's 6" Bowl	#12 Arizona (10–3)	30	#21 Boise State (11–2)	38
Rose Bowl	Thursday, January 1, 2015	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	ESPN	2:10 PM	CFP Semifinal	#3 Oregon (12–1)	59	#2 Florida State (13-0)	20
Alamo Bowl	Friday, January 2, 2015	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN	3:45 PM	Pac-12 #3 vs. Big 12 #3	#14 UCLA (9–3)	40	#11 Kansas State (9–3)	35
Cactus Bowl	Friday, January 2, 2015	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe, Arizona	ESPN	7:15 PM	Pac-12 #7 vs. Big 12 #7	Washington (8–5)	22	Oklahoma State (6–6)	30
National Championship	Monday, January 12, 2015	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, Texas	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	CFP National Championship	#3 Oregon (13–1)	20	#5 Ohio State (13-1)	42

Records against other conferences

2014 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 1–1 Big Ten 4–1 Big 12 1–0 Notre Dame 2–1 Power 5 Total 8–3 Other FBS Conferences Record American 1–0 C-USA 1–0 MAC 1–0 Mountain West 10–2 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 1–1 Other FBS Total 15–3 (Including a win over Georgia State, a FBS team from the Sun Belt Conference) FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 8–0 Total Non-Conference Record 31-6

Post Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 2–0 Big Ten 2–1 Big 12 1–1 Power 5 Total 5–2 Other FBS Conferences Record Mountain West 1–1 Total Bowl Record 6–3

Players of the week and honors

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
		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 1)		Cody Kessler	QB	USC		Eric Kendricks	LB	UCLA		Kaelin Clay	WR	Utah
Week 2 (Sept. 8)		Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon		Leonard Williams	DE	USC		Andre Heidari	PK	USC
Week 3 (Sept. 15)		Jerry Neuheisel	QB	UCLA		Shaq Thompson	LB	Washington		Ishmael Adams	DB	UCLA
Week 4 (Sept. 22)		Cayleb Jones	WR	Arizona		Gionni Paul	LB	Utah		Andy Phillips	K	Utah
Week 5 (Sept. 29)		Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA		Peter Kalambayi	LB	Stanford		Ishmael Adams 2nd	DB	UCLA
Week 6 (Oct. 6)		Connor Halliday	QB	WSU		Nate Orchard	DE	Utah		Trevor Davis	WR	California
Week 7 (Oct. 13)		Javorius Allen	RB	USC		Shaq Thompson 2nd	LB	Washington		Ty Montgomery	WR	Stanford
Week 8 (Oct. 20)		Cody Kessler 2nd	QB	USC		Damarious Randall	S	Arizona State		Andy Phillips 2nd	K	Utah
Week 9 (Oct. 27)		Marcus Mariota 2nd	QB	Oregon		Scooby Wright III	LB	Arizona		Adoreé Jackson	CB	USC
Week 10 (Nov. 3)		Marcus Mariota 3rd	QB	Oregon		Scooby Wright III 2nd	LB	Arizona		Zane Gonzalez	CB	Arizona State
Week 11 (Nov. 10)		Luke Falk	QB	WSU		Lloyd Carrington	CB	ASU		Ka’imi Fairbairn	K	UCLA
Week 13 (Nov. 24)		Nick Wilson	RB	Arizona		Eric Kendricks 2nd	LB	UCLA		Drew Riggleman	P	Arizona
Week 14 (Dec. 1)		Cody Kessler 3rd	QB	USC		Scooby Wright III 3rd	LB	Arizona		Tom Hackett	P	Utah
Week 15 (Dec. 8)

Position key

Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB		Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		Guard	G		Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB		Long snapper	LS
Punter	P		Placekicker	PK		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Awards and honors

Butkus Award

• Linebacker Eric Kendricks, UCLA

Bronko Nagurski Trophy

• Scooby Wright III, Arizona

Lombardi Award

• Scooby Wright III, Arizona

Chuck Bednarik Award

• Scooby Wright, Arizona

Doak Walker Award

Lott IMPACT Trophy

• Eric Kendricks, UCLA

Maxwell Award

• Marcus Mariota, Oregon

Walter Camp Player of the Year Award

• Marcus Mariota, Oregon

Pac-12 Morris Trophy (top lineman)

All-Americans

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

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:^[1]

All-Conference teams

^[2]

• Offensive Player of the Year: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
• Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Scooby Wright III, LB, Arizona
• Offensive Freshman of the Year: Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon
• Defensive Freshman of the Year: Adoree Jackson, CB, USC
• Coach of the Year: Rich Rodriguez, Arizona

Offense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
QB	Marcus Mariota (3)	Jr.	Oregon	Brett Hundley	Jr.	UCLA
RB	Javorius Allen	Jr.	USC	D. J. Foster	Jr.	Arizona State
RB	Devontae Booker	Jr.	Utah	Royce Freeman	Fr.	Oregon
WR	Nelson Agholor	Jr.	USC	Vince Mayle	Jr.	Washington State
WR	Jaelen Strong	Jr.	Arizona State	Nelson Spruce	Jr.	Colorado
TE	Pharaoh Brown	Jr.	Oregon	Austin Hooper	So.	Stanford
OL	Jamil Douglas	Sr.	Arizona State	Jake Brendel	Jr.	UCLA
OL	Jake Fisher	Sr.	Oregon	Steven Gurrola	Sr.	Arizona
OL	Hroniss Grasu (3)	Sr.	Oregon	Nick Kelly	Jr.	Arizona State
OL	Andrus Peat	Jr.	Stanford	Kyle Murphy	Jr.	Stanford
OL	Max Tuerk	Jr.	USC	Jeremiah Poutasi	Jr.	Utah

Defense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
DL	Henry Anderson	Sr.	Stanford	DeForest Buckner	Jr.	Oregon
DL	Nate Orchard	Sr.	Utah	Kenny Clark	So.	UCLA
DL	Danny Shelton	Sr.	Washington	Owamagbe Odighizuwa	Sr.	UCLA
DL	Leonard Williams (2)	Jr.	USC	Dylan Wynn	Sr.	Oregon State
LB	Hau'oli Kikaha	Sr.	Washington	Myles Jack	So.	UCLA
LB	Shaq Thompson	Jr.	Washington	Eric Kendricks	Sr.	UCLA
LB	Scooby Wright III	So.	Arizona	A.J. Tarpley	Sr.	Stanford
DB	Ishmael Adams	So.	UCLA	Erick Dargan	Sr.	Oregon
DB	Su'a Cravens	So.	USC	Troy Hill	Sr.	Oregon
DB	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (3)	Sr.	Oregon	Anthony Jefferson	Sr.	UCLA
DB	Damarious Randall	Sr.	Arizona State	Fabian Moreau	Jr.	UCLA
DB	Jordan Richards	Sr.	Stanford	Steven Nelson	Sr.	Oregon State

Specialists:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
PK	Andy Phillips	So.	Utah	Zane Gonzalez	So.	Arizona State
P	Tom Hackett (2)	Jr.	Utah	Drew Riggleman	Jr.	Arizona
RS	Kaelin Clay	Sr.	Utah	Ty Montgomery	Sr.	Stanford
AP	Shaq Thompson	Jr.	Arizona State	Charles Nelson	Fr.	Oregon
AP				JuJu Smith	Fr.	USC

All-Academic

First team^[3]

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major

Home game attendance

During the 2014 season the members of the Pac-12 Conference saw nearly four million spectators attend football games at their home stadiums. UCLA led the conference with 459,901 total spectators attending the six games held at the Rose Bowl, taking the title back from cross-town rivals USC.^[4] Despite selling out their stadium in half of their games, Washington State recorded the lowest overall attendance with 184,762 total spectators attending the six games held at Martin Stadium.^[5]

Oregon and Utah both continued their respective sellout streaks as well as their statuses as the only two programs in the conference and in their respective divisions to sell out each game or record a total season average of over 100% capacity. The Ducks led the conference in sellout percentage for the fourth consecutive year,^[6] filling Autzen Stadium to an average of 106% capacity throughout the season. The only teams aside from the Ducks and the Utes to achieve sellout attendance for a game were the Arizona Wildcats and the Stanford Cardinal in their losses to USC, and the Washington State Cougars, in their losses to eventual division champions Arizona and Oregon and hated rivals Washington in the Apple Cup.

When it came to conference rivalry games played at home, the advantage was nearly split, at 4–3^[7] (.571) with the higher-ranked team coming out on top in each case.

No Pac-12 team achieved a perfect record in their home stadium this year; the teams with the best home records were the division champions Arizona and Oregon, both going 6–1 (.857), followed by Arizona State and USC both of whom also suffered just one loss but playing one less overall game, posting records of 5–1 (.833). The single loss suffered at home by Arizona was delivered by USC; Oregon's sole defeat came from Arizona, as did the single home defeat of Arizona State, who was the only team to beat USC in the LA Coliseum.

California and Oregon faced off in a game at the newly built Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the San Francisco 49ers as well as the new home of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game at least until the 2016 season.^[8] The game was officially considered a home game for Cal because of the stadium's proximity to the Golden Bears' home base at Berkeley,^[9] however due to the proximity to the Ducks's home of Eugene^[10] and the large number of Oregon alumni who live in the Bay Area, the stadium was seen as a neutral location.^[11]

Washington State continued their practice of hosting a "home game" at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, home of the Seattle Seahawks, in order to attract audiences that would exceed the capacity of Martin Stadium. Unlike the match-up between Oregon and California, CenturyLink Field provided a home-field environment that helped the Cougars establish and maintain an early lead over Rutgers, however, going into the fourth quarter leading 31–24, the Scarlet Knights rallied in the fourth quarter by scoring 17 points to Washington State's 7, going on to win the game 41–38.^[12]

As for non-conference opponents in Pac-12 arenas, several marque programs were defeated including the defending Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions, Michigan State, who lost to the Ducks in Autzen Stadium, along with two wins over Notre Dame, who were defeated in Sun Devil Stadium and the LA Coliseum. All in all, the Pac-12 went 23–2 (.920) in non-conference home match ups, with the sole losses coming from Rutgers^[13] and BYU.^[14]

The conference participated in two non-conference neutral site games and split their record at 1–1 (.500). UCLA defeated Texas at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in the Advocare Cowboys Showdown. AT&T Stadium is located in Arlington, Texas, a three-hour drive from the Longhorns campus in Austin. The other neutral-site game was the Rocky Mountain Showdown played at Mile High Stadium, home of the Denver Broncos, in Denver, Colorado^[15] in which Colorado lost to their in-state rivals Colorado State.

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		50,103	48,504	45,595	56,754†	50,177	47,757	56,083		354,973	50,710	90.51%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	67,704		52,133	60,876	59,012	53,754	65,870†	51,428	—		343,073	57,179	84.45%
California	California Memorial Stadium	62,467		48,145	39,821	44,449	49,257	55,575^A	56,483†	47,856		286,011	47,669	76.31%
Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613		38,547	39,478†	36,415	37,442	35,633	39,155	—		226,670	37,778	70.46%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000		57,388	59,456†	56,533	56,032	57,858	58,974	55,898		402,139	57,448	106.39%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674		40,309	41,339	40,479	42,479	44,377	40,525	45,722†		295,230	42,176	92.34%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,424		49,509	50,814†	49,680	44,135	48,401	44,635	—		287,174	47,862	94.92%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	80,816		72,098	74,329	80,139	80,246	82,431†	70,658	—		459,901	76,650	94.84%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607		76,037	74,521	70,115	74,756	64,615	79,586†	—		439,630	73,272	78.28%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,807		45,925	45,864	45,859	47,619†	47,528	45,824	—		278,619	46,437	101.37%
Washington	Husky Stadium	70,138		62,861	62,325	64,608	66,512	64,666	65,547†	65,036		451,555	64, 508	91.97%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	32,740		30,927^B	30,874	32,952†	30,020	32,952†	25,012	32,952†		184,762	30,794	94.06%

^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

• February 5, 2014 – National Signing Day, first day when high school students can sign a NLI with colleges
• September 8, 2014 – USC football coach Steve Sarkisian and AD Pat Haden were reprimanded by Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott for attempting "to influence the officiating, and ultimately the outcome of a contest" during the September 6 game with Stanford. Haden was fined $25,000.^[16]
• October 4, 2014 – USC football team damaged the wall of the Omni Los Angeles hotel. They also put a hole in the visitors’ locker room at Arizona Stadium when the team played there on October 11, 2014.^[17]
• October 4, 2014 - Washington State's Connor Halliday sets single game FBS passing record of 734 yards in loss against California.^[18]

References

1. . American Football Coaches Association. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011.
2. "All-Pac-12 Conference Football Team" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. November 26, 2012. from the original on December 2, 2013.
3. Pac-12 names football all-academic teams 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-12 Conference, November 26, 2013
4. The only other Pac-12 team with a stadium that exceeds 90,000 capacity
5. Even if one counts the attendance at the CenturyLink game in total attendance, WSU still comes in last.
6. The Ducks lead the Pac-10 conference in sellout percentage dating back to the 1998 season, however as Colorado and Utah were not members of the conference during those years, only Pac-12 seasons are referenced
7. 1 - #11 Arizona over #13 Arizona State; 2 - #9 Oregon over Washington; 3 - #3 Oregon over Oregon State; 4 - Stanford over Cal; 5 - #9 UCLA over #19 USC; 6 - Utah over Colorado and 7 - Washington over Washington State
8. "Pac-12 announces deal to host Football Championship Game at Levi's Stadium". Pac-12 Conference. May 15, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
9. 40 miles
10. 466 miles, the closest Pac-12 opponent outside of the Pacific Northwest
11. "Marcus Mariota throws 5 TDs as Oregon trumps Cal in 100-point affair". ESPN. October 24, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
12. "Rutgers rallies in 4th to beat Cougars 41-38". ESPN. August 28, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
13. Defeated Washington State at CenturyLink Field
14. Defeated California at California Memorial Stadium
15. Less than one hour from either campus
16. Gary Klein, USC's Pat Haden fined $25,000 for 'inappropriate' sideline conduct, Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2014
17. Scott Wolf, Hotel damaged by USC day of Arizona State game, Los Angeles Daily News, October 14, 2014
18. Kyle Bonagura, Connor Halliday sets passing record, ESPN.com, October 5, 2014