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2015 Pac 12 Conference football season

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Sport
  
American football

North runners-up
  
Oregon Ducks

Dates
  
3 Sep 2015 – 5 Dec 2015

Number of teams
  
12

North champions
  
Stanford Cardinal

South champions
  
USC Trojans

Location
  
United States of America

League
  
NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)

TV partner(s)
  
Fox Sports Media Group (FOX, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks

Champion
  
Stanford Cardinal football

Similar
  
2016 Pac‑12 Conferen, 2015 NCAA Division I, 2016 Sun Belt Conferen, Football at the 2012 Summer, 2015 Mountain West Con

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.

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Previous season

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.

Pre-season

2015 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

Pac-12 Media

2015 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 30–31, 2015.

Preseason polls

  • Predicted Pac-12 Championship Game Winner: USC (21) was picked to win the Pac-12 Championship over Oregon (17) for the first time since 2012. Others receiving votes were ASU (3), UCLA (2), and Stanford (1).

    • Head coaches

    Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

    Schedule

    All times Mountain time. Pac-12 teams in bold.

    Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.

    Week 1

    Players of the Week - Sept 7

    Week 2

    Players of the Week- Sept 14

    Week 3

    Players of the Week - Sept 21

    Week 4

    Players of the Week - Sept 28

    Week 5

    Players of the Week - Oct 5

    Week 6

    Players of the Week - Oct 12

    Week 7

    Players of the Week - Oct 19

    Week 8

    Players of the Week - Oct 26

    Week 9

    Players of the Week - Nov 2

    Week 10

    Players of the Week - Nov 9

    Week 11

    Players of the Week - Nov 16

    Week 12

    Players of the Week - Nov 23

    Week 13

    Players of the Week - Nov 28

    Championship game

    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.

    Bowl games

    Pac-12 team is bolded.

    Pac-12 vs Power Conference matchups

    This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and SEC) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

    Records against other conferences

    2015 records against non-conference foes:

    Awards and honors

    AP College Football Player of the Year

  • Christian McCaffrey, Stanford

    • Lou Groza Award

  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, UCLA

    • All-Americans

    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):

    First team
  • Joshua Garnett, OL, Stanford (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA)
  • Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (SN, AFCA)
  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (WCFF, AP, FWAA, AFCA)
  • Tom Hackett, P, Utah (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA)
  • Christian McCaffrey, All-purpose, Stanford (AP)
  • Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (FWAA)
    • Second team
  • Tyler Johnstone, OL, Oregon (FWAA)
  • Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (WCFF)
  • Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (FWAA)
  • JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC (AP, FWAA, SN)
  • DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon (AP, FWAA)
  • Ka'imi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (SN)
  • Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (WCFF)
  • Dante Pettis, PR, Washington (SN)
    • Third team
  • Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (AP)
  • Austin Hooper TE, Stanford (AP)
  • Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA (AP)
  • Su'a Cravens, LB, USC (AP)
  • Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford (AP)
  • Aidan Schneider, K, Oregon (AP)

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

    Conference awards

    The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
  • Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: DeForest Buckner, Oregon
  • Offensive Freshman of the Year: Josh Rosen, UCLA
  • Defensive Freshman of the Year: Cameron Smith, USC
  • Coach of the Year: Mike Leach, Washington State; David Shaw, Stanford

    • All-Conference teams

    The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.

    Offense:

    Defense:

    Specialists:

    All-Academic

    First team

    Home game attendance

    ^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

    References

    2015 Pac-12 Conference football season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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