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2023 Pac-12 Conference football season

2023 Pac-12 Conference football season

Sports season


The 2023 Pac-12 Conference football season was the 45th and final season of Pac-12 football taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 26, 2023, and ended with the 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game on December 1, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

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The Pac-12 is 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.

The 2023 season was the second since the conference expanded to 12 teams in 2011 in which Pac-12 teams are not split into divisions. It was the final season with Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, and Washington who will be leaving to join the Big 12 (Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah), ACC (California and Stanford) and Big Ten (Oregon, UCLA, USC & Washington) following the 2023–24 academic year.[1][2][3][4]

On August 27, Arizona State announced a self imposed 2023 bowl game ban due to recruiting violations from the 2020 season.[5]

Previous season

The Utah Utes defeated the USC Trojans 47–24 in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

Seven teams participated in bowl games, finishing with a record of 3–4. Oregon State defeated Florida 30–3 in the Las Vegas Bowl. Washington State lost to Fresno State 29–6 in the Los Angeles Bowl. Oregon defeated North Carolina 28–27 in the Holiday Bowl. Washington defeated Texas 27–20 in the Alamo Bowl. UCLA lost to Pitt 37–35 in the Sun Bowl. USC lost to Tulane 46–45 in the Cotton Bowl. Utah lost to Penn State 35–21 in the Rose Bowl.

Preseason

2023 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

  • Arizona – 22
  • Arizona State – 17
  • California – 10
  • Colorado – 18
  • Oregon – 27
  • Oregon State – 18
  • Stanford – 16
  • UCLA – 14
  • USC – 20
  • Utah – 20
  • Washington – 20
  • Washington State – 22

Recruiting classes

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Pac-12 Media Days

The Pac-12 conducted its 2023 Pac-12 media day on July 21, 2023, at Resorts World Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV.[10]

The teams, representatives and times(PST) in respective order were as follows:

  • Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff 8 a.m.
  • Executive Associate Commissioner of Football Operations – Merton Hanks 8:20 a.m.
  • Utah Athletic Director and Chair of the Pac-12 Athletics Directors Committee – Mark Harlan 8:20 a.m.
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† Coach Deion Sanders was not in attendance due to a medical issue, Colorado Defensive Coordinator Charles Kelly attended instead.[11]

Preseason Media polls

The preseason polls was released on July 20, 2023. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. Only nine 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.[12]

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Preseason awards

All−American Teams

Sources: [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

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Individual awards

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Preseason All Pac-12

Sources:[46]

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All Pac–12 Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was three coaching changes before the 2023 season. On November 27, 2022, Arizona State hired Kenny Dillingham as the 26th head coach in team history.[47] On December 3, 2022, Colorado hired Deion Sanders as the 28th head coach in team history[48] On December 11, 2022, Stanford hired Troy Taylor as the 35th head coach in program history.[49] On November 25, following a loss to in-state rival Oregon and before their bowl game appearance, Johnathan Smith accepted the head coaching position at Michigan State, he finished his career at Oregon State with a record of 34–35.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2023 season

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  • Jonathan Smith coached the first twelve games as head coach at Oregon State in 2023, going 8–4. He finished his career at Oregon State with a 34–35 record.

Rankings

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Schedules

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All times Pacific time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 9. Rankings from Week 10 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

Regular season

The regular season began on August 26, 2023, and ended on December 1, 2023.[50]

Week 0

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Week 5

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Week 6

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Week 7

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Pac-12 Championship Game

The Pac-12 Championship Game, its thirteenth and final championship game, was played on December 1, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Starting in 2022, the conference had no divisions, and the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage faced off in the championship game.

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Postseason

Bowl games

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The Pac-12 will have annually seven appearances in the following bowls: Rose Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Pac-12 team if champion is in the playoffs), LA Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Sun Bowl. The Pac-12 teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Pac-12 champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking. On August 27, Arizona State announced a self imposed 2023 bowl game ban due to recruiting violations from the 2020 season, making them ineligible for post season play.[51]

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Rankings are from CFB Rankings. All times Pacific Time Zone. Pac-12 teams shown in bold.
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Selection of teams

  • Bowl eligible (8): Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington
  • Bowl-ineligible (4): Arizona State, Colorado, Stanford, Washington State

Head to head matchups

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[52]

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Updated with the results of all games through the 2023 season.

Pac-12 records vs Other Conferences

2023–2024 records against non-conference foes:

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Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against Power Five conference teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC, plus independent Notre Dame (an ACC member in non-football sports). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

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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.

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Pac-12 vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

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Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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Totals per school

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Pac-12 individual awards

In November 2023, the Pac-12 Conference released their Pac-12 Conference football individual awards and All-Conference Honors at the end of their final season.[66]

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All-conference teams

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.

Source:[67]

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  • RS = Return specialist
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  • ‡ Three-time first team selection

Honorable mentions

All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.[68][69]

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National Awards

2023 College Football Award Winners

Home game attendance

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    NFL draft

    The NFL draft will be held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit, MI. The Following list includes all Pac–12 Players in the draft.

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