The 2013 Pac-12 Conference football season began on August 29, 2013 with USC at Hawaii. The conference's first game was played on September 7, 2013 with Washington State winning over USC, and the final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game on December 7, 2013. This is the third season for the conference as a 12-team league. The Sagarin Ratings had the Pac-12 as the best conference in the nation top to bottom in the final rating of the season.
Preseason 2013 Pac-12 Spring Football:
North Division California – Mon., Feb 25 to Sat., March 23 Oregon – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 27 Oregon State – Mon., March 13 to Fri., April 26 Stanford – Mon., Feb. 25 to Sat., April 13 Washington – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 20 Washington State – Thu., March 21 to Sat., April 20
South Division Arizona – Mon., March 4 to Sat., April 13 Arizona State – Tue., March 19 to Thu., April 18 Colorado – Thu., March 7 to Tue., April 16 UCLA – Tue., April 2 to Sat., April 27 USC – Tue., March 5 to Sat., April 13 Utah – Tue., March 19 to Sat., April 20
July 26, 2013 – 2013 Media Day was held at Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California August 1, 2013 – Washington State started the Pac-12 pre-season practices
Head coaches
Rich Rodriguez, Arizona – 2nd year Todd Graham, Arizona State – 2nd year Sonny Dykes, California – 1st year Mike MacIntyre, Colorado – 1st year Mark Helfrich, Oregon – 1st year Mike Riley, Oregon State – 12th year
David Shaw, Stanford – 3rd year Jim L. Mora, UCLA – 2nd year Lane Kiffin, USC – 4th year, Ed Orgeron – Interim Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 9th year Steve Sarkisian, Washington – 5th year Mike Leach, Washington State – 2nd year
Rankings + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Schedule http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/52501/2013-pac-12-schedule|2013 Pac-12 Schedule Index to colors and formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 teams in bold
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Bowl games Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionTime (PST)Match-upTeamScoreTeamScoreNew Mexico BowlDecember 21University StadiumAlbuquerque, New MexicoESPN11:00 a.m.Washington State vs. Colorado StateColorado State48Washington State45Las Vegas BowlDecember 21Sam Boyd StadiumParadise, NevadaABC12:30 p.m.USC vs. #21 Fresno StateUSC45#21 Fresno State20Hawaii BowlDecember 24Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HawaiiESPN5:00 p.m.Oregon State vs. Boise StateOregon State38Boise State23Fight Hunger BowlDecember 27AT&T ParkSan Francisco, CaliforniaESPN6:30 p.m.Washington vs. BYUWashington31BYU16Alamo BowlDecember 30AlamodomeSan AntonioESPN3:45 p.m.#10 Oregon vs. Texas#10 Oregon30Texas7Holiday BowlDecember 30Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CaliforniaESPN7:15 p.m.#16 Arizona State vs. Texas TechTexas Tech37#14 Arizona State23Independence BowlDecember 31Independence StadiumShreveport, LouisianaESPN9:30 a.m.Arizona vs. Boston CollegeArizona42Boston College19Sun BowlDecember 31Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TexasCBS11:00 a.m.#17 UCLA vs. Virginia Tech#17 UCLA42Virginia Tech12Rose BowlJanuary 1Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaESPN2:10 p.m.#5 Stanford vs. #4 Michigan State#4 Michigan State 24 #5 Stanford 20
Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups
Date Visitor Home Winning team OpponentConference NotesAugust 31 Washington State Auburn Auburn SEC August 31 #22 Northwestern California Northwestern Big Ten September 7 #2 Oregon Virginia Oregon ACC September 14 #16 UCLA #23 Nebraska UCLA Big Ten September 14 Boston College USC USC ACC September 14 Tennessee #2 Oregon Oregon SEC September 14 #19 Washington Illinois Washington Big Ten September 14 #4 Ohio State California Ohio State Big Ten September 14 #20 Wisconsin Arizona State Arizona State Big Ten October 5 #22 Arizona State Notre Dame Notre Dame Independent October 19 USC Notre Dame Notre Dame Independent November 30 #25 Notre Dame #8 Stanford Stanford Independent December 30 #10 Oregon Texas Oregon Big 12 Alamo BowlDecember 30 #16 Arizona State Texas Tech Texas Tech Big 12 Holiday BowlDecember 31 Arizona Boston College Arizona ACC Independence BowlDecember 31 #17 UCLA Virginia Tech UCLA ACC Sun Bowl January 1 #5 Stanford #4 Michigan State Michigan State Big Ten Rose Bowl
Conference Record ACC 4–0 Big 12 1–1 Big Ten 3–3 SEC 1–1
Players of the week
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 9/2/13 Paul Richardson WR COLO Tre’Mayne Bondurant S ARIZ Vincenzo D’Amato PK CAL 9/9/13 De'Anthony Thomas RB ORE Damante Horton CB WSU Jake Smith PKARIZ 9/16/13 Sean MannionQBOSU Anthony BarrLBUCLATrevor RomainePKOSU9/23/13 Travis WilsonQBUtahSteven NelsonCBOSU Kris AlbaradoPUSC9/30/13Sean MannionQBOSUAlden DarbySafetyASUBralon AddisonWR/PRORE10/7/13Marcus MariotaQBORETrent MurphyLBSTAN Ty MontgomeryWR/KRSTAN10/14/13Marcus MariotaQBORERashaad ReynoldsCBOSUAndy PhillipsKUTAH10/21/13Ka'Deem CareyRBARIZ Jordan RichardsSSTAN Zane GonzalezKASU10/28/13B.J. DenkerQBARIZ Trent MurphyLBSTAN Travis CoonsP/KWASH11/4/13Taylor KellyQBASUJosh ShawCBUSC Jayon BrownLBUCLA11/11/13Myles JackLB/RBUCLAShayne SkovLBSTANNelson AgholorWR/PRUSC11/18/13 Cody KesslerQBUSC Robert NelsonCBASU Andre HeidariPKUSC11/25/13 Ka'Deem CareyRBARIZ Chris YoungLBARIZIshmael AdamsDBUCLA12/2/13Josh HuffWRORE Damarious RandallSASU Zane Gonzalez PKASU
Position key CenterCCornerbackCBDefensive backDBDefensive endDEDefensive linemanDLDefensive tackleDTGuardGKickoff returnerKROffensive tackleOTOffensive linemanOLLinebackerLBLong snapperLSPunterPPlacekickerPKPunt returnerPRQuarterbackQBRunning backRBSafetySTight endTEWide receiverWR
Home game attendance
TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Total Average% of CapacityArizonaArizona Stadium57,400 53,79341,66150,87151,53142,080239,93647,98783.60%Arizona StateSun Devil Stadium71,70655,74366,15564,98750,10460,05762,38672,54269,535 359,43259,90583.54%CaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium62,71758,81643,59462,46744,68244,67141,87449,199345,30349,32978.65%ColoradoFolsom Field53,61335,16845,94436,73038,67938,25236,005230,77838,46371.74%OregonAutzen Stadium54,000 57,76957,89556,98756,94959,20656,48158,330403,61757,659106.78%Oregon StateReser Stadium45,674 41,64938,17944,27944,51945,379214,00542,801 93.71%StanfordStanford Stadium50,36050,42450,42450,42451,42451,54550,42450,537355,20250,743100.76%UCLARose Bowl91,13660,56258,26384,27280,37768,10670,131421,71170,285 77.12%USCLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum93,60777,82362,00663,48264,21564,71593,60786,037425,84870,975 75.82%UtahRice-Eccles Stadium45,01745,23745,05345,22145,27245,37245,183271,33845,223 100.46%WashingtonHusky Stadium70,13871,96367,09365,81571,83366,32866,599409,63168,27297.34%Washington StateMartin Stadium32,76031,12731,52140,095 31,95520,617155,22028,805 87.93%
Sellout Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Pac-12 Championship Game
Awards and honors Doak Walker Award
Maxwell Award
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award
Pac-12 Morris Trophy (top lineman) Xavier Su'a-Filo, UCLA; Will Sutton, ASU
All-Americans Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)
AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:
All-Pac-12 teams
Offensive Player of the Year: Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE, Arizona State Offensive Freshman of the Year: Myles Jack, RB, UCLA Defensive Freshman of the Year: Myles Jack, LB, UCLA Coach of the Year: Todd Graham, Arizona State
Offense: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamQB Marcus Mariota (2) So. Oregon Taylor Kelly Jr. Arizona StateRB Ka'Deem Carey (2) Jr. Arizona Tyler Gaffney Sr. StanfordRB Bishop Sankey Jr. Washington Marion Grice Sr. Arizona StateWR Brandin Cooks Jr. Oregon State Ty Montgomery Jr. StanfordWR Paul Richardson Jr. Colorado Jaelen Strong So. Arizona StateTE Chris Coyle Sr. Arizona State Austin Seferian-Jenkins Jr. WashingtonOL Evan Finkenberg Sr. Arizona State Jamil Douglas Jr. Arizona StateOL Hroniss Grasu Jr. Oregon Cameron Fleming Sr. StanfordOL Marcus Martin Jr. USC Andrus Peat So. StanfordOL Xavier Su'a-Filo (2) Jr. UCLA Isaac Seumalo So. Oregon StateOL David Yankey (2) Sr. Stanford Khalil Wilkes Sr. Stanford
Defense: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamDL Ben Gardner Sr. Stanford Scott Crichton Jr. Oregon StateDL Trevor Reilly Sr. Utah Taylor Hart Sr. OregonDL Will Sutton Sr. Arizona State Devon Kennard Sr. USCDL Leonard Williams So. USC Hau'oli Kikaha Jr. WashingtonLB Anthony Barr (2) Sr. UCLA Tenny Palepoi Sr. UtahLB Trent Murphy (2) Sr. Stanford Myles Jack Fr. UCLALB Shayne Skov Sr. Stanford Hayes Pullard Jr. USCLB Chris Young Sr. Arizona StateDB Deone Bucannon Sr. Washington State Dion Bailey Jr. USCDB Alden Darby Sr. Arizona State Osahon Irabor Sr. Arizona StateDB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu Jr. Oregon Marcus Peters So. WashingtonDB Robert Nelson Sr. Arizona State Rashaad Reynolds Sr. Oregon StateDB Ed Reynolds (2) Sr. Stanford
Specialists: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamPK Zane Gonzalez Fr. Arizona State Vincenzo D'Amato Sr. CaliforniaP Tom Hackett So. Utah Travis Coons Sr. WashingtonRS Ty Montgomery Jr. Stanford Nelson Agholor So. USCST Soma Vainuk So. USC Erick Dargan Jr. OregonST Joe Hemschoot Sr. StanfordST Ryan Hofmeister Jr. UCLA
All-Academic First teamPac-12 names football all-academic teams, Pac-12 Conference, November 26, 2013