The 2019 Pac-12 Conference football season was the 41st season of Pac–12 football taking place during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 29, 2019, and end with the 2019 Pac–12 Championship Game on December 6, 2019, 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, Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference. For the 2019 season, the Pac-12 was the ninth for the twelve teams divided into two divisions of six teams each, named North and South. The entire schedule was released on December 4, 2018.
Preseason 2019 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:
North Division California – 24 Oregon – 27 Oregon State – 19 Stanford – 23 Washington – 23 Washington State – 20
South Division Arizona – 19 Arizona State – 21 Colorado – 25 UCLA – 19 USC – 25 Utah – 18
Recruiting classes + Rankings Team ESPN Rivals Scout & 24/7SigneesArizona57575619Arizona State26373121California46384224Colorado48454425Oregon67527Oregon State64676819Stanford20232123UCLA53444119USC19192025Utah59464518Washington15161623Washington State60636520
Pac-12 Media Days The Pac-12 will conduct its 2019 Pac-12 media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, in Hollywood, California, on July 24 on the Pac-12 Network.
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Pac-12 Commissioner – Larry Scott Arizona – Kevin Sumlin (HC), Khalil Tate (QB) and J. J. Taylor (RB) Arizona State – Herm Edwards, Eno Benjamin (RB), Cohl Cabral (C) California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Evan Weaver (LB), Camryn Bynum (CB) Colorado – Mel Tucker (HC), Laviska Shenault (WR), Nate Landman (LB) Oregon – Mario Cristobal (HC), Justin Herbert (QB), Troy Dye (LB) Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC), Jermar Jefferson (RB), Isaiah Hodgins (WR) Stanford – David Shaw (HC), K. J. Costello (QB), LB Casey Toohill (LB) UCLA – Chip Kelly (HC), Joshua Kelley (RB), Krys Barnes (LB) USC – Clay Helton (HC), Michael Pittman Jr. (WR), DE Christian Rector (DE) Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Zack Moss (RB), Bradlee Anae (DE) Washington – Chris Petersen (HC), Nick Harris (C), Myles Bryant (DB) Washington State – Mike Leach (HC), Liam Ryan (OL), Jahad Woods (LB)
Preseason Media polls The preseason polls will be released on July 24, 2019. 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. For the 2019 poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.
+North 1 Oregon 190 (17) 2 Washington 189 (17) 3 Stanford 129 4 Washington State 108 (1) 5 California 81 6 Oregon State 38 +South 1 Utah 206 (33) 2 USC 167 (2) 3 Arizona State 118 4 UCLA 118 5 Arizona 85 6 Colorado 46 Media poll (Pac-12 Championship) 1 Utah 12 2 Oregon 11 3 Washington 9 4 USC 2 5 Washington State 1
Preseason awards
Preseason All-Pac-12
First Team Position Player Class Team First Team Offense QB Justin Herbert Sr. Oregon RB Eno Benjamin Jr. Arizona State Zack Moss Sr. Utah WR Michael Pittman Jr. Sr. USC Laviska Shenault Jr. Colorado TE Colby Parkinson Jr. Stanford OL Nick Harris Sr. Washington Trey Adams RSSr. Washington (2) Shane Lemieux RSr. Oregon (2) Calvin Throckmorton RSSr. Oregon (3) Walker Little Jr. Stanford (2) First Team Defense DL Bradlee Anae Sr. Utah (2) Leki Fotu Sr. Utah (3) Mustafa Johnson So. Colorado (2) Jay Tufele RSSo. USC LB Troy Dye Sr. Oregon (4) Colin Schooler Jr. Arizona Evan Weaver Sr. California DB Paulson Adebo RSo. Stanford (3) Julian Blackmon Sr. Utah (4) Myles Bryant Sr. Washington (4) Jaylon Johnson Jr. Utah (5) First Team Special Teams PK Jet Toner Sr. Stanford (4) P Oscar Draguicevich III RSJr. Washington State RT J. J. Taylor RSJr. Arizona (2)
Second Team Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense QB Anthony Gordon Sr. Washington State RB Jermar Jefferson So. Oregon State J. J. Taylor RSJr. Arizona WR Isaiah Hodgins Jr. Oregon State (2) Amon-Ra St. Brown So. USC TE Hunter Bryant Jr. Washington OLCohl Cabral Sr. Arizona State Gus Lavaka Sr. Oregon State (3) Darrin Paulo Sr. Utah Penei Sewell So. Oregon Abraham Lucas RSSo. Washington State Second Team Defense DL Luc Bequette RSSr. California John Penisini Sr. Utah (2) Christian Rector RSSr. USC (2) Jordon Scott Jr. Oregon (2) LB Nate Landman Jr. Colorado Merlin Robertson So. Arizona State (2) Jahad Woods RSJr. Washington State (2) DB Camryn Bynum RSJr. California (2) Ashtyn Davis RSSr. California (3) Thomas Graham Jr. Jr. Oregon (3) Darnay Holmes Jr. UCLA Second Team Special Teams PK Brandon Ruiz Jr. Arizona State (3) P Steven Coutts RSSr. California (4) RT Britain Covey Jr. Utah (3)
Head coaches
Coaching changes There was only one coaching change following the 2019 season including Mel Tucker with Colorado.
Coaches Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac–12 recordArizona Kevin Sumlin 2 95–51 9–8 6–5Arizona State Herm Edwards 2 11–7 11–7 6–5California Justin Wilcox 3 16–14 16–14 7–13Colorado Mel Tucker 1 0–0 0–0 0–0Oregon Mario Cristobal 2 39–53 12–6 6–4Oregon State Jonathan Smith 2 3–13 3–13 1–9Stanford David Shaw 9 84–29 84–29 56–18UCLA Chip Kelly 2 50–20 4–13 4–7USC Clay Helton 6 35–19 35–19 25–11Utah Kyle Whittingham 15 124–62 124–62 35–38Washington Chris Petersen 6 143–34 51–22 31–16Washington State Mike Leach 8 136–86 52–42 33–32
Rankings
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Schedules Index to colors and formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 teams in bold All times Pacific time. Pac-12 teams in bold.
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.
Regular season The regular season began on August 24, 2019, and will end on November 30, 2019.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Date Bye Week September 21 Arizona Oregon State
Week 5
Date Bye Week September 28 Colorado No. 13 Oregon
Week 6
Date Bye Week October 5 No. 20 Arizona State USC No. 17 Utah Washington State
Week 7
Date Bye Week October 12 California Stanford UCLA
Week 8
Week 9
Date Bye Week October 26 Oregon State Washington
Week 10
Date Bye Week November 2 Arizona State California Stanford Washington State
Week 11
Date Bye Week November 9 Arizona No. 7 Oregon UCLA No. 8 Utah
Week 12
Date Bye Week November 16 Colorado Washington
Week 13
Week 14
Date Bye Week November 30 USC
Pac-12 Championship Game
The Pac-12 Championship Game was played on December 6, 2019 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North (Oregon) and the South (Utah). This was the ninth championship game.
Pac-12 records vs Other Conferences 2019–2020 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Power 5 ConferencesRecordACC0–0Big Ten3–0Big 121–2BYU/Notre Dame2–3SEC1–1Power 5 Total7–6Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican1–2C-USA1–0Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)1–0MAC2–0Mountain West4–4Sun Belt0–0Other FBS Total9–6FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision8–0Total Non-Conference Record24–11
Post Season
Power Conferences 5RecordACC1–0Big Ten1–1Big 121–1BYU/Notre Dame0-0SEC0–0Power 5 Total3–2Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican0–0C–USA0–0Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)0–0MAC0–0Mountain West1–1Sun Belt0-0Other FBS Total1–1Total Bowl Record4–3
Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups 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 August 29No. 14 UtahBYULaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UtahHoly WarW 30–12 August 30Oklahoma StateOregon StateReser Stadium • Corvallis, OregonL 36–52 August 31No. 16 AuburnNo. 11 OregonAT&T Stadium • Arlington, TexasL 21–27 August 31NorthwesternNo. 25 StanfordStanford Stadium • Stanford, CaliforniaW 17–7 September 7No. 25 NebraskaColoradoFolsom Field • Boulder, ColoradoColorado–Nebraska football rivalryW 34–31OT September 14Arizona StateNo. 18 Michigan StateSpartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 10–7 September 14No. 5 OklahomaUCLARose Bowl • Pasadena, California L 14–48 September 14Texas TechArizonaArizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 28–14 September 14No. 24 USCBYULaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UtahL 27–30OT September 21No. 23 CaliforniaOle MissVaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 28–20 September 21 No. 22 WashingtonBYULaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah W 45–19 October 12USC No. 9 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana Jeweled Shillelagh L 27–30 November 30 No. 16 Notre Dame StanfordStanford Stadium • Stanford, California Legends Trophy L 24–45
Pac-12 vs Group of Five matchups The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 24 Mountain West Arizona HawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 38–45 August 29 American UCLA CincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 14–24 August 29 MAC Kent State Arizona StateSun Devils Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 30–7 August 30 Mountain West Colorado Colorado StateBroncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO W 52–31 August 31 Mountain West Fresno State USCUnited Airlines Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 31–23 September 7 MAC Northern Illinois No. 14 UtahRice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 35–17 September 7 Mountain West San Diego State UCLARose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L 14–23 September 7 Mountain West Nevada No. 16 OregonAutzen Stadium • Eugene, OR W 77–6 September 7 Mountain West Oregon State HawaiiAloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 28–31 September 13 American No. 20 Washington State HoustonNRG Stadium • Houston, TX W 31-24 September 14 Mountain West Air Force ColoradoFolsom Field • Boulder, CO L 23–30OT September 14 American Stanford No. 17 UCFSpectrum Stadium • Orlando, FL L 27–45 September 14 C-USA North Texas CaliforniaCalifornia Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 23–17 September 14 Mountain West Hawaii No. 23 WashingtonHusky Stadium • Seattle, WAW 52–20
Pac-12 vs FBS independents matchups The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.
Date Visitor Home Site Score August 31 New Mexico State No. 23 Washington StateMartin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 58–7
Pac-12 vs FCS matchups