2015 Pac-12 Conference football season | |
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Color Text: | white |
League: | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
Sport: | American football |
Pixels: | 110px |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
Tv: | Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks |
Draft: | 2016 NFL Draft |
Draft Link: | 2016 NFL Draft |
Top Pick: | QB Jared Goff, California |
Picked By: | Los Angeles Rams, 1st overall |
Season: | Regular season |
Conf1: | North |
Conf1 Champ: | Stanford Cardinal |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Oregon Ducks |
Conf2: | South |
Conf2 Champ: | USC Trojans Utah Utes |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | UCLA Bruins |
Finals: | Pac-12 Championship |
Finals Link: | 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game |
Finals Champ: | Stanford Cardinal |
Finals Runner-Up: | USC Trojans |
Finals Mvp: | Christian McCaffrey, RB |
Seasonslistnames: | Football |
Prevseason Year: | 2014 |
Nextseason Year: | 2016 |
The 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fifth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season began on September 3, 2015 with a trio of games, Arizona hosting UTSA, Utah hosting Michigan, and Hawaii hosting Colorado. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2015, with ESPN televising the game.
Oregon, the North Division Champions, defeated Arizona, the South Division Champions, 51–13 to claim their second conference title and the chance to play in the College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal game at the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Florida State 59–20, advancing to their second-ever national championship game (the first-ever CFP National Championship Game), where they were defeated by the Ohio Buckeyes, 42–20.
A record nine conference teams played in a post-season bowl game, with six winning. Arizona, the South Division Champion, was also a bowl game loser, losing to Boise State 38–30 in the Fiesta Bowl. Bowl game winners were: Arizona State defeated Duke 36–31 in the Sun Bowl, Stanford defeated Maryland 45–21 in the Foster Farms Bowl, UCLA defeated Kansas State 40–35 in the Alamo Bowl, USC defeated Nebraska 45–42 in the Holiday Bowl, and Utah defeated Colorado State 45–10 in the Las Vegas Bowl.
2015 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:North Division
South Division
2015 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 30–31, 2015.
North Division
South Division
Arizona | 39 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 25 |
Arizona State | 26 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
California | - | 29 | 36 | 34 | 24 |
Colorado | - | 71 | 75 | 69 | 19 |
Oregon | 15 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 22 |
Oregon State | - | 71 | 63 | 60 | 22 |
Stanford | 27 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
UCLA | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 18 |
USC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
Utah | - | 41 | 53 | 45 | 20 |
Washington | 28 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 24 |
Washington State | - | 55 | 38 | 41 | 24 |
There were one coaching change following the 2015 season including Gary Andersen with Oregon State.
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | Pac-12 record |
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Arizona | Rich Rodriguez | 4 | 146–98–2 | 26–14 | 15–12 |
Arizona State | Todd Graham | 4 | 77–41 | 28–12 | 19–8 |
California | Sonny Dykes | 3 | 28–33 | 6–18 | 3–15 |
Colorado | Mike MacIntyre | 3 | 22–39 | 6–18 | 1–17 |
Oregon | Mark Helfrich | 3 | 24–4 | 24–4 | 15–3 |
Oregon State | Gary Andersen | 1 | 49–38 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Stanford | David Shaw | 5 | 42–12 | 42–12 | 28–8 |
UCLA | Jim L. Mora | 4 | 29–11 | 29–11 | 18–9 |
USC | Steve Sarkisian | 2 | 43–33 | 9–4 | 30–24 |
Utah | Kyle Whittingham | 11 | 85–33 | 85–33 | 14–22 |
Washington | Chris Petersen | 2 | 100–18 | 8–6 | 4–5 |
Washington State | Mike Leach | 3 | 96–68 | 12–20 | 7–20 |
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Increase in ranking | |||
Decrease in ranking | |||
Not ranked previous week | |||
Selected for College Football Playoff | |||
Number of first place votes | |||
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
See main article: 2015 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 | Final | ||||
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Arizona Wildcats | AP | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | RV | RV | |||||||||||
C | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
Arizona State Sun Devils | AP | 15 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||
C | 16 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
California Golden Bears | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | |||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 23 | 19 | RV | ||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
Colorado Buffaloes | AP | |||||||||||||||||
C | ||||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
Oregon Ducks | AP | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | 15 | 19 | |||||||
C | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 18 | 16 | 20 | |||||
CFP | Not released | 23 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Oregon State Beavers | AP | |||||||||||||||||
C | ||||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
Stanford Cardinal | AP | 21 | RV | RV | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | ||
C | 21 | RV | 24 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | ||||
CFP | Not released | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
UCLA Bruins | AP | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 18 | RV | 24 | 22 | 18 | RV | 22 | RV | |||
C | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 18 | RV | 25 | 22 | 18 | RV | 23 | RV | ||||
CFP | Not released | 23 | 19 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
USC Trojans | AP | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | RV | 24 | RV | |||
C | 10 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 24 | RV | ||||
CFP | Not released | 24 | 20 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Utah Utes | AP | RV | 24 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 18 | RV | 21 | 17 | ||
C | RV | 25 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 16 | |||
CFP | Not released | 12 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Washington Huskies | AP | |||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||
Washington State Cougars | AP | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | RV | RV | ||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | ||||||||||
CFP | Not released | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Index to colors and formatting | |
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Pac-12 member won | |
Pac-12 member lost | |
Pac-12 teams in bold |
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.
Players of the Week - September 7
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Josh Rosen | UCLA | Justin Thomas | Utah | Dante Pettis | Washington | |||||||
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Players of the Week- September 14
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Luke Falk | Washington State | Gionni Paul | Utah | Bralon Addison | Oregon | |||||||
Reference:[6] |
Players of the Week - September 21
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Kevin Hogan | Stanford | Kenneth Olugbode | Colorado | Cory Butler-Byrd | Utah | |||||||
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Players of the Week - September 28
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Travis Wilson | Utah | Kyle Kragen | California | Tom Hackett | Utah | |||||||
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Players of the Week - October 5
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Mike Bercovici | Arizona State | Stefan McClure | California | Matt Haack | Arizona State | |||||||
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Players of the Week - October 12
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Devontae Booker | Utah | Travis Feeney | Washington | Tom Hackett | Utah | |||||||
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Players of the Week - October 19
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Christian McCaffrey | Stanford | Shalom Luani | Washington State | Tim White | Arizona State | |||||||
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Players of the Week - October 26
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Luke Falk | Washington State | Cameron Smith | USC | Ka'imi Fairbairn | UCLA | |||||||
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Players of the Week - November 2
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Vernon Adams | Oregon | Travis Feeney | Washington | Charles Nelson | Oregon | |||||||
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Players of the Week - November 9
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Luke Falk | Washington State | Gionni Paul | Utah | Raymond Hudson | California | |||||||
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Players of the Week - November 16
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Jared Goff | California | Antonio Longino | Arizona State | Casey Skowron | Arizona | |||||||
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Players of the Week - November 23
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Vernon Adams, Jr. | Oregon | Antonio Longino | Arizona State | Christian McCaffrey | Stanford | |||||||
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Players of the Week - November 28
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||||
Jared Goff | California | Iman Marshall | USC | Conrad Ukropina | Stanford | |||||||
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The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This was the fifth championship game (and the fifth win for the North), with Stanford appearing for the third time (and winning for the third time) and USC appearing for the first time.
Pac-12 team is bolded.
Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | TV | Time (PST) | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Score | |
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New Mexico Bowl | Saturday, December 19, 2015 | University Stadium | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ESPN | 12:00 PM | Arizona | 45 | New Mexico | 37 | |
Las Vegas Bowl | Saturday, December 19, 2015 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, Nevada | ABC | 1:30 PM |
| 35 | BYU | 28 | |
Sun Bowl | Saturday, December 26, 2015 | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | CBS | 11:00 AM | Washington State | 20 | Miami (FL) | 14 | |
Heart of Dallas Bowl | Saturday, December 26, 2015 | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, Texas | ESPN | 11:20 AM | Washington | 44 | Southern Miss | 31 | |
Foster Farms Bowl | Monday, December 28, 2015 | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara, California | ESPN | 6:15 PM | Nebraska | 37 | UCLA | 29 | |
Armed Forces Bowl | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas | ESPN | 11:00 AM | California | 55 | Air Force | 36 | |
Holiday Bowl | Wednesday, December 30, 2015 | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, California | ESPN | 7:30 PM |
| 23 | USC | 21 | |
Rose Bowl | Friday, January 1, 2016 | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | ESPN | 2:10 PM |
| 45 |
| 16 | |
Alamo Bowl | Saturday, January 2, 2016 | Alamodome | San Antonio, Texas | ESPN | 3:45 PM |
| 47 |
| 413OT | |
Cactus Bowl | Saturday, January 2, 2016 | Chase Field | Phoenix, Arizona | ESPN | 8:15 PM | West Virginia | 43 | Arizona State | 42 |
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Significance | Score | |
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September 3 | Utah | UTAH W 24–17 | ||||
September 5 | Arizona State | TAMU L 17–38 | ||||
September 5 | Stanford | NW L 6–16 | ||||
September 5 | UCLA | UCLA W 34–16 | ||||
September 12 | Oregon State | Michigan | MICH L 7–35 | |||
September 12 | Washington State | WSU W 37–34 | ||||
September 12 | Oregon | MSU L 28–31 | ||||
September 19 | California | CAL W 45–44 |
2015 records against non-conference foes:
Regular Season
Power 5 Conferences | Record | |
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ACC | 1–0 | |
Big Ten | 2–3 | |
Big 12 | 1–0 | |
SEC | 0–1 | |
Notre Dame | 1–1 | |
Power 5 Total | 5–5 | |
Other FBS Conferences | Record | |
American | 1–0 | |
C-USA | 1–0 | |
MAC | 1–0 | |
Mountain West | 11–2 | |
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 1–0 | |
Sun Belt | 3-0 | |
Other FBS Total | 18–2 | |
FCS Opponents | Record | |
Football Championship Subdivision | 7–1 | |
Total Non-Conference Record | 30–8 |
Post Season
Power Conferences 5 | Record | |
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ACC | 1–0 | |
Big Ten | 1–2 | |
Big 12 | 0–2 | |
Power 5 Total | 2–4 | |
Other FBS Conferences | Record | |
C–USA | 1–0 | |
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 1–0 | |
Mountain West | 2–0 | |
Other FBS Total | 4–0 | |
Total Bowl Record | 6–4 |
AP College Football Player of the Year
The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2015 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):[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)
The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:[13]
The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.[14]
Offense:
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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QB | So. | Sr. | Stanford | ||||
QB | Jr. | ||||||
RB | So. | Sr. | Utah | ||||
RB | So. | Jr. | UCLA | ||||
WR | Jr. | Jr. | Oregon | ||||
WR | Jr. | So. | Oregon | ||||
WR | So. | Sr. | Colorado | ||||
TE | Jr. | Jr. | UCLA | ||||
OL | Jr. | Sr. | UCLA | ||||
OL | Sr. | Jr. | Utah | ||||
OL | Sr. | Jr. | UCLA | ||||
OL | Sr. | Sr. | Arizona State | ||||
OL | Sr. | Jr. | USC | ||||
Defense:
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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DL | Sr. | Sr. | Washington State | ||||
DL | Jr. | Sr. | USC | ||||
DL | So. | Sr. | Washington | ||||
DL | Sr. | Sr. | Washington State | ||||
DL | Sr. | ||||||
LB | Jr. | Sr. | Washington | ||||
LB | Sr. | Jr. | UCLA | ||||
LB | Sr. | Sr. | Utah | ||||
DB | So. | Jr. | Colorado | ||||
DB | So. | Jr. | UCLA | ||||
DB | So. | Sr. | Stanford | ||||
DB | So. | So. | UCLA | ||||
Specialists:
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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PK | So. | Sr. | UCLA | ||||
P | Sr. | Sr. | Arizona | ||||
RS | So. | So. | USC | ||||
AP/ST | So. | Sr. | USC | ||||
First team
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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Arizona | Arizona Stadium | 56,029 | 51,111 | 51,494 | 56,004 | 52,987 | 47,847 | 48,912 | — | 308,355 | 51,393 | 91.72% |
Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium | 64,248 | 46,500 | 43,310 | 61,904 | 44,157 | 56,534 | 51,695 | 64,885 | 368,985 | 52,712 | 82.04% |
California | California Memorial Stadium | 62,467 | 60,606 | 50,830 | 42,042 | 52,060 | 41,874 | — | 247,412 | 49,482 | 79.21% | |
Colorado | Folsom Field | 53,613 | 35,094 | 37,302 | 46,222 | 39,666 | 40,142 | — | 198,426 | 39,685 | 74.02% | |
Oregon | Autzen Stadium | 54,000 | 58,128 | 56,859 | 57,145 | 57,775 | 56,604 | 59,094 | 345,605 | 57,601 | 106.67% | |
Oregon State | Reser Stadium | 45,674 | 35,160 | 34,573 | 37,302 | 36,977 | 38,074 | 34,390 | — | 216,476 | 36,079 | 78.99% |
Stanford | Stanford Stadium | 50,424 | 50,420 | 46,628 | 50,464 | 50,424 | 48,633 | 51,424 | 297,993 | 49,666 | 98.50% | |
UCLA | Rose Bowl | 91,136 | 68,615 | 67,612 | 80,113 | 57,046 | 51,508 | 76,255 | — | 401,149 | 66,858 | 73.36% |
USC | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 93,607 | 79,809 | 72,422 | 78,306 | 63,623 | 73,435 | 76,309 | 443,904 | 73,984 | 79.04% | |
Utah | Rice-Eccles Stadium | 45,807 | 47,825 | 46,011 | 47,798 | 46,192 | 45,853 | 46,230 | 279,909 | 46,652 | 101.84% | |
Washington | Husky Stadium | 70,083 | 55,010 | 59,464 | 61,066 | 69,285 | 50,667 | 61,420 | 356,912 | 59,485 | 84.88% | |
Washington State | Martin Stadium | 32,952 | 24,302 | 31,105 | 32,952 | 30,012 | 32,952 | 25,121 | — | 176,444 | 29,407 | 89.24% |
Game played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA.
Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High