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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 // PAC-12.COM // 415.580.4200 For Immediate Release \\ Monday, August 25, 2014 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Jon Olivero ([email protected]) 2014 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 OVERALL NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut. vs. Div Streak California 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Stanford 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut. vs. Div Streak Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 USC 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 This Week’s Pac-12 Football Schedule Thurs., Aug. 28 Ranking Game Site Time/TV Series/Last Meeting --/-- Idaho State (0-0) Rice Eccles Stadium (47,017) 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET Utah leads, 6-0-0 --/-- UTAH (0-0) Salt Lake City, Utah P12N Utah, 66-0 (1994) --/-- Rutgers (0-0) CenturyLink Field (67,000) 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET First Meeting --/-- WASHINGTON STATE (0-0) Seattle, Wash. FOX Sports 1 --/-- Weber State (0-0) Sun Devil Stadium (67,704) 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET First Meeting 19/18 ARIZONA STATE (0-0) Tempe, Ariz. P12N Fri., Aug. 29 --/-- COLORADO (0-0) Sports Authority Field at Mile High (67,125) 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m ET Colorado leads 62-21-2 --/-- Colorado State (0-0) Denver, Colo. FOX Sports 1 Colorado, 41-27 (2013) --/-- UNLV (0-0) Arizona Stadium (56,037) 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET Arizona, 2-0-0 --/t50 ARIZONA (0-0) Tucson, Ariz. ESPN Arizona, 58-13 (2013) Sat., Aug. 30 7/7 UCLA (0-0) Scott Stadium (61,500) 9 a.m. PT/12 noon ET First Meeting --/-- Virginia (0-0) Charlottesville, Va. ESPN --/-- CALIFORNIA (0-0) Ryan Field (47,130) 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET Northwestern leads, 2-0-0 t43/44 Northwestern (0-0) Evanston, Ill. ABC/ESPN2 split regional Northwestern, 44-30 (2013) --/-- UC Davis (0-0) Stanford Stadium (50,424) 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET Series tied, 1-1-0 11/11 STANFORD (0-0) Stanford, Calif. P12N UC Davis, 20-17 (2005) --/-- Portland State (0-0) Reser Stadium (45,674) 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET OSU leads, 3-0-0 t41/t46 OREGON STATE (0-0) Corvallis, Ore. P12N OSU, 34-7 (2009) --/-- Fresno State (0-0) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (93,607) 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET USC leads, 2*-1-0 15/15 USC (0-0) Los Angeles, Calif. FOX USC, 45-20 (2013) --/-- South Dakota (0-0) Autzen Stadium (54,000) 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET First Meeting 3/4 OREGON (0-0) Eugene, Ore. P12N 25/25 WASHINGTON (0-0) Aloha Stadium (50,000) 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET Washington leads, 3-1 --/-- Hawai’i (0-0) Honolulu, Hawai’i CBSSN Washington, 40-32 (2011) Rankings listed (AP/Coaches poll); * - Win later vacated AROUND THE PAC-12 A LOOK AHEAD KICK IT OFF: All 12 teams will be in action during the opening week of the season as the Pac-12 kicks off its 99th season. The 2014 season features eight Thursday games and eight Friday contests, including the Thurs., Sept. 4 Pac-12 Championship Game, to go along with the traditional slate of Saturday games. ARIZONA at Texas-San Antonio 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET/FOX Sports 1 THE POLLS: Six Pac-12 teams grace the preseason Top 25 polls. While the Conference had six teams list- ed in the final AP poll of the 2013 season, this marks the first time the league has placed six teams in the Fri., Sept. 5 preseason polls. WASHINGTON STATE at Nevada 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. MT/ESPN/ NON-LEAGUE SLATE/PAC-12 SCHEDULE: The Pac-12’s non-conference schedule of 37 games includes ESPN2 matchups with 10 opponents who are ranked or received votes in the preseason AP and/or USA Today polls. Each Conference team will play a nine-game league schedule that includes five games within its own division and four games in the other division. Teams with the best record in their respective divisions will Sat., Sept. 7 meet in the Pac-12 title game on Friday, Dec. 5 (FOX). This year’s game will be played at Levi’s Stadium in ARIZONA STATE at New Mexico Santa Clara, Calif. 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET/CBSN USC at STANFORD RETURNING SIGNAL-CALLERS: Ten returning starters line up behind center led by two-time All-Pac-12 first team selectionMarcus Mariota (league-best 167.7 passing efficiency/31 TDs). He’s tossed 63 TDs 3:30 p.m. PT/6:30 p.m. ET/FOX over two seasons and will have a chance to become the first Pac-12 QB to earn first-team league honors Memphis at UCLA three times. Only three seniors among the returning starters - Arizona State’s Taylor Kelly (303.1 ypg total 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET/P12N offense/28 TDs), Oregon State’s Sean Mannion (358.6 passing ypg/37 TDs), and Washington State’s Connor COLORADO at UMass (3) Halliday (353.6 passing ypg/34 TDs). Mannion and Halliday posted the top two season passing totals in 12 noon PT/3 p.m. ET/ESPN3 Pac-12 history with 4,662 and 4,597 passing yards respectively; Mariotta and Kelly set school single-season Fresno State at UTAH records with 4,380 and 4,243 total yards respectively. Mannion needs just 1,839 passing yards to set the 12 noon PT/3 p.m. ET/P12N Pac-12 career record. UCLA’s versatile Brett Hundley (152.9 passing efficiency/293.8 ypg total offense/24 Michigan State at OREGON TDs) has steadily climbed the school’s charts, moving up to third in total offense with 7,914 yards and 53 TD passes over the past two seasons 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET/ABC OREGON STATE at Hawai’i TOP RUSHER/TOP RECEIVER: The league loses its top four rushers from last season, including NFL Draft 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET/CBSSN picks Arizona’s Ka’Deem Carey (1,885 yards), Washington’s Bishop Sankey (1,869 yards), Stanford’s Tyler Eastern Washington at WASHINGTON Gaffney (1,709 yards). However, Pac-12 ground attacks will feature the young legs of Oregon junior Byron 12 noon PT/3 p.m. ET/P12N Marshall (1,038 yards), USC juniors Tre Madden (703 yards) and Javorius Allen (785 yards/14 TDs), Ore- Sacramento State at CALIFORNIA gon sophomore Thomas Tyner 711 yards) and Colorado sophomore Michael Adkins II (535 yards). Sim- ilar to the league’s rushing attack, the Pac-12 loses its top three receivers from last season - Oregon State’s 12 noon PT/3 p.m. ET/P12N Brandin Cooks (1,730 yds/16 TDs), Colorado’s Paul Richardson (1,343 yds/10 TDs) and Oregon’s Josh Huff (1,140 yds/12 TDs) have moved on to the NFL. Looking to establish themselves as the go-to receiver are PAC-12 VS.: Utah senior Dres Anderson (1,002 yds/7 TDs), Arizona State sophomore Jaelen Strong (1,122 yds/7 TDs), Stanford senior Tyler Montgomery (958 yds/10 TDs), California’s Chris Harper (852 yds/5 TDs) and Bryce Atlantic Coast ...............................0-0 Treggs (751 yds), USC’s Nelson Agholor (918 yds/6 TDs) and Washington State’s Gabe Marks (807 yds/7 American .....................................0-0 TDs). Arizona junior Austin Hill redshirted last season following a knee injury, but is ready to post similar Big East .......................................0-0 numbers achieved in 2012 - 81 rec/1,364 yds/11 TDs. Big Sky ........................................0-0 THE TRENCHES: Oregon center Hroniss Grasu looks to guide a veteran Duck offensive line that helped Big Ten ........................................0-0 lead the Pac-12 in total offense with 565.0 ypg and rushing offense with 273.5 ypg. Arizona, which was Big 12 ..........................................0-0 second in the league in rushing at 264.9 ypg, returns four of its five offensive linemen, including tackleMick - Conference USA ..........................0-0 ey Baucus who has started all 38 games in his career.