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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 \\ Tuesday, December 2, 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 Oregon 8-1 .889 395 225 11-1 .917 551 279 6-1 5-0 0-0 5-0 W7 Stanford 5-4 .556 214 175 7-5 .583 308 192 4-2 3-3 0-0 4-1 W2 Washington 4-5 .444 236 216 8-5 .615 401 317 4-3 4-2 0-0 3-2 W2 California 3-6 .333 338 397 5-7 .417 459 477 2-5 3-2 0-0 2-3 L3 Oregon State 2-7 .222 213 328 5-7 .417 308 379 3-4 2-3 0-0 0-5 L2 Washington State 2-7 .222 272 377 3-9 .250 382 463 1-6 2-3 0-0 1-4 L2 SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut. vs. Div Streak Arizona 7-2 .777 321 242 10-2 .833 440 306 6-1 4-1 0-0 3-2 W4 Arizona State 6-3 .667 286 264 9-3 .750 444 352 5-1 4-2 0-0 3-2 L1 UCLA 6-3 .667 305 258 9-3 .750 395 330 3-3 5-0 1-0 4-1 L1 USC 6-3 .667 289 221 8-4 .667 421 285 5-1 3-3 0-0 2-3 W1 Utah 5-4 .556 221 263 8-4 .667 362 314 3-3 5-1 0-0 3-2 W1 Colorado 0-9 .000 263 387 2-10 .167 342 468 1-5 1-4 0-1 0-5 L8 PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME No. 7 ARIZONA vs. No. 2 OREGON Friday, December 5 - 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET Levi’s® Stadium - Santa Clara, Calif. FOX No other Conference features two Top 10 teams squaring off this weekend in their championship games. The Arizona Wildcats (10-2, 7-2 Pac-12 South) captured their frst-ever South Division title with its 42-35 Territorial Cup win over Arizona State on the fnal weekend of the regular season. However, they needed assistance from Stanford, and the Cardinal obliged with a win over UCLA to help pave the way for the Wildcats to the South Division title. Oregon (11-1, 8-1 Pac-12 North) had already captured the North Division title several weeks ago, and is set to avenge its lone loss of the season. Television: FOX will televise the Pac-12 Championship Game with Tim Brando, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft calling the action. Series Record: Oregon leads, 24-16. Arizona has won the last two meetings, the Ducks have won 16 of the last 20. This will be the second time the two teams have met outside of either Tucson or Eugene (1961 - Arizona defeated Oregon, 15-6, in Portland). Last Meeting: Arizona knocked off No. 2 Oregon, 31-24, in Eugene back on Thursday, Oct. 2. It was the second straight win over the Ducks by the Wildcats. Arizona Freshman Nick Wilson ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass from quarterback Anu Solomon to help the Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) open the season with fve straight victories for the frst time since 1998. Oregon’s Marcus Mariota threw for 181 yards and a score, but was sacked three times and fumbled once. 2014 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Press Conferences (from Sunday, Nov. 30) OREGON: http://pac-12.com/videos/oregons-rob-mullens-and-mark-helfrich-2014-pac-12-football-championship-game ARIZONA: http://pac-12.com/videos/arizonas-greg-byrne-rich-rodriguez-2014-pac-12-football-championship-game A LOOK AHEAD... The College Football Playoff Committee will release the four-team bracket Sunday, Dec. 7 at 9:45 a.m. PT/12:45 p.m. ET. The teams in the College Football Playoff Hosts Bowls will be revealed Sunday, Dec. 7 at 11:45 a.m. PT/2:45 p.m. ET. Both announcements will be televised by ESPN. A LOOK AHEAD AROUND THE PAC-12... CONTRACTED PAC-12 BOWLS THE CFP COMMITTEE SPEAKS: For the second time in the last three CFP rankings, the Pac-12 has placed six teams in the Top 25. With ARIZONA vaulting up from No. 11 to No. 7 in this week’s rankings, the Pac-12 has now Sat., Dec. 20 had four different teams ranked among the Top 10 over the span of six polls. Royal Purple Las Vegas (vs. MWC) 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET, ABC BOWL ELIGIBLE: For the third straight season, the Pac-12 has eight bowl eligible teams. Sat., Dec. 27 ROAD WARRIORS: The visiting teams are now 33-21 (.611) in league road games. The six teams ranked in this Hyundai Sun (vs. ACC) week’s CFP Top 25 (Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, Arizona State, Utah and USC) have combined overall road record of 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m ET, CBS 26-7 (.788). National University Holiday (vs. Big Ten) TOUCHDOWN PASSES: OREGON’s Marcus Mariota and USC’s Cody Kessler lead the league with 36 touchdown 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET, ESPN passes each, followed by CALIFORNIA’s Jared Goff (35), and WASHINGTON STATE’s Connor Halliday (32 in 9 Tues., Dec. 30 games). That group matches the 2011 quartet of USC’s Matt Barkley (39), Stanford’s Andrew Luck (37), Oregon’s Foster Farms (vs. Big Ten) Darren Thomas (33), and Washington’s Keith Price (33), as the most Pac-12 quarterbacks to throw 30 or more 7 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT, ESPN touchdowns in a single season. ARIZONA’s Anu Solomon (27) isn’t far behind in making that fve QBs with 30 or Fri., Jan. 2 more touchdown passes. Valero Alamo (vs. Big 12) IN A RUSH: Seven Pac-12 running backs have rushed for 1,000 or more yards this season - UCLA’s Paul Perkins 3:45 p.m. PT/6:45 p.m. ET, ESPN (1,381), UTAH’s Devontae Booker (1,350), USC’s Javorius Allen (1,337), ARIZONA’s Nick Wilson (1,263), ORE- Cactus (vs. Big 12) GON’s Royce Freeman (1,185). If CALIFORNIA’s Daniel Lasco (1,115 yards) and ARIZONA STATE’s D.J. Foster (1,002). Only the 2011 season saw seven Pac-12 running backs rush for 1,000 yards. 7:15 p.m. ET/10:15 p.m. PT, ESPN GOOD HANDS: A pair of school receiving records were broken as COLORADO junior WR Nelson Spruce had a school-best 106 receptions fro 1,198 yards (99.8 avg) and WASHINGTON STATE senior WR Vince Mayle hauled in PAC-12 VS.: a school-record 106 receptions for a WSU single-season record 1,483 yards (123.6 avg)... USC junior WR Nelson Agholor as 97 receptions for 1,223 yards (101.9 avg). With three more receptions in a potential bowl game, Nelson American ............................................ 1-0 will join Spruce and Mayle with 100 receptions each this season. Prior to this season, there have been only fve Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-1 players with 100 or more receptions in a season in Pac-12 history. Big Sky ............................................... 7-0 Big Ten ............................................... 4-1 SACKS/TACKLES FOR LOSS: Defenses shine on the West Coast. Five Pac-12 teams are ranked among the top Big 12 ................................................. 1-0 11 in the FBS in team sacks. UTAH is the nationally leader at 52 sacks (4.33 avg), with WASHINGTON third (3.83 Conference USA ................................. 1-0 avg), STANFORD tied for sixth (3.33 avg), ARIZONA STATE tied for eighth (3.25 avg) and ARIZONA 11th (3.08 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0 avg)... Pac-12 players rank 1-2-3 in sacks led by Utah’s Nate Orchard (1.46 per game), followed by Washington’s Missouri Valley .................................... 1-0 Hau’oli Kikaha (1.38 avg) and Arizona’s Scooby Wright III (1.17 avg)... When it comes to tackles for loss, the trio Mountain West .................................. 10-2 are among the FBS top fve with Wright III leading the FBS at 27.0 TFL, followed by Kikaha (24.0), while Orchard is tied for ffth (20.0). Southeastern ....................................... 0-0 Sun Belt .............................................. 1-0 Independent ....................................... 3-2 NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS Total-All ..................................31-6 (.838) 2014 AWARD FINALISTS - PAC-12 STUDENT-ATHLETES Total-FBS ................................24-6 (.800) BEDNARIK AWARD - Finalist WALTER CAMP AWARD - Semifnalist The Pac-12 posted has posted a winning re- (Most Outstanding Defensive Player) (Player of the Year) cord outside league for 30 consecutive sea- Scooby Wright III, So., Arizona Marcus Mariota, Jr., Oregon sons . The Pac-12 recorded a 37-9 record Shaq Thompson, Jr., Washington BUTKUS AWARD - Finalist in non-conference action last season, post- Scooby Wright, So., Arizona (Most Outstanding Linebacker) ing the most wins ever outside of conference Eric Kendricks, Sr., UCLA PAUL HORNUNG AWARD - Finalist play. Since 1934, only one other season wit- Hau’oli Kikaha, Sr., Washington (Most Versatile Player) nessed the Conference capture more than 29 Ty Montgomery, Sr., Stanford wins in non-league play - 2002 (32-15) when MAXWELL AWARD - Finalist Shaq Thompson, Jr., Washington the league played an eight game conference (Most Outstanding Player) schedule, allowing an additional 10 non-con- Marcus Mariota, Jr., Oregon BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY - Finalist ference games to be played.