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For Immediate Release \\ Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 Contacts \\ Jim Thornby ([email protected]) THIS WEEK’S #PAC12FB SCHEDULE 2021 #PAC12FB STANDINGS Date Game Time (Local) TV NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Div Strk Sat., Aug. 28 Hawai’i at UCLA 12:30 p.m. PT ESPN California 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - #11 Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Stanford 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - #20 Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Div Strk #BACKTHEPAC Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - The latest Pac-12 news & information is always available at Pac-12.com #25 Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - or by following along on: Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - • Twitter (@Pac12 & @Pac12Network) UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - • Facebook (Facebook.com/Pac12Conference) #15 USC 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - • Instagram (@Pac12Conference) #24 Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - QUICK HITS HIGH FIVE: The Pac-12 had 5 schools in the AP Preseason Top 25, matching DYNAMIC DEFENSES: Of the 22 players named 1st or 2nd team All-Pac-12 on the SEC & Big Ten for most by conference and 41.7% (5 of 12 schools) are defense in 2002, 15 of them return to the conference in 2021. represented, the highest percentage of any conference. The Pac-12 last had 5 teams in the preseason AP poll in 2019. • OREGON Defensive End Kayvon Thibodeaux returns to Eugene after being named MVP of the 2020 Pac-12 Championship Game. #11 OREGON made the preseason Top 25 for the 4th straight year and are Thibodeaux has been named 1st team AP preseason All-American for ranked in the Top 11 in each of the last 3 years. #15 USC is in the preseason the 2nd straight season. poll for the 60th time, 3rd most of any school. #20 WASHINGTON makes the • All 6 linebackers who were named 1st or 2nd team in 2020 return. preseason Top 25 for the 5th time in the last 6 yeras. For the 3rd straight year, 1st team: Nate Landman (COLORADO), Devin Lloyd (UTAH), Avery #24 UTAH is in the preseason poll while #25 ARIZONA STATE makes it for the Roberts (OREGON STATE). 2nd team: Cameron Goode (CALIFORNIA), first time since 2015. UCLA also received votes. Drake Jackson (USC), Edefuan Ulofoshio (WASHINGTON) POWER-FULL SCHEDULES: Including the 9-game conference schedule and all WELCOME BACK WEST: This offseason, 16 student athletes who attended high non-conference games, the Pac-12 will play 83% of their total games against school in the Pac-12 footprint transferred from another Power 5 conference Power 5 opponents (including Notre Dame) which is the 2nd highest among (including Notre Dame) to a Pac-12 school. the Power 5 conferences. Total Games vs Power 5/ND % HS Town Previous School Current School Big Ten 168 140 83.3 RB Drake Anderson Chandler, AZ Northwestern Arizona Pac-12 144 119 82.6 DB Gunner Maldonado Chandler, AZ Northwestern Arizona Big 12 120 98 81.7 LB Malik Reed Chandler, AZ Wisconsin Arizona ACC 168 135 80.4 DB Isaiah Rutherford Sacramento, CA Notre Dame Arizona SEC 168 127 75.6 DL Matthew Pola Mao Chandler, AZ Kansas St Arizona St • On top of STANFORD & USC’s matchups with Notre Dame, the Pac-12 LB Jack Lamb Temecula, CA Notre Dame Colorado will play 9 games against Power 5 schools. 4 games against the Big Ten QB J.T. Shrout Santa Clarita, CA Tennessee Colorado (Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue), 3 against the SEC (LSU, LB Devin Aupiu Oxnard, CA Notre Dame* UCLA Texas A&M, Vanderbilt) and 2 against the Big 12 (Kansas State, TCU). RB Zach Charbonnet Camarillo, CA Michigan UCLA 5 of the 9 games are on the road with 2 more on neutral fields. LB Jordan Genmark Heath San Diego, CA Notre Dame UCLA LB Ale Kaho Reno, NV Alabama UCLA STAR STUDDED OFFENSE: Of the 25 players named 1st or 2nd team All- WR Jake Smith Scottsdale, AZ Texas USC Pac-12 on offense in 2020, 16 of them return to the conference in 2021. WR Theo Howard Westlake VIllage, CA Oklahoma Utah • COLORADO Running Back Jarek Broussard is the first Pac-12 Offensive WR Giles Jackson Antioch, CA Michigan Washington Player of the year to return to school since 2017 winner Bryce Love LB Jeremiah Martin San Bernardino, CA Texas A&M Washington (STANFORD) returned in 2018. LB Ben Wilson Lake Tapps, WA TCU Washington St • All 3 quarterbacks who were honored in 2020 are returning this season. 1st team QB Kedon Slovis returns to USC. On the 2nd team, Dorian THE ZERO EFFECT: Saturday’s Hawai’i-UCLA matchup will be the first time a Thompson-Robinson returns to UCLA while Sam Noyer stayed in the Pac-12 team has hosted a game in Week Zero. The last time a Pac-12 school Pac-12 while transferring from COLORADO to OREGON STATE. played in a Week Zero game was 2019 when Arizona visited Hawai’i. NOTABLE ACTIVE RANKINGS & STREAKS ACTIVE STREAKS FBS, MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES ALLOWING 35 POINTS OR LESS Team Games Dates Washington 75 11/15/2014 - 12/05/2020 San Diego State 34 08/31/2018 - 12/12/2020 Iowa 25 11/10/2018 - 12/12/2020 Cincinnati 16 11/09/2019 - 01/01/2021 Iowa State 16 11/16/2019 - 01/02/2021 Nevada 15 10/26/2019 - 12/22/2020 PAC-12 CAREER PASS YARDS, ACTIVE PLAYERS Pass Yds Player 5,423 Kedon Slovis, USC 5,132 Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA 4,049 Chase Garbers, California 3,644 Jayden Daniels, Arizona State 1,280 Sam Noyer, Oregon State, (all with Colorado) PAC-12 CAREER RUSH YARDS, ACTIVE PLAYERS Average Player 2,523 CJ Verdell, Oregon 1,840 Troy Dye, Oregon 1,503 Vavae Malepeai, USC 1,278 Max Borghi, Washington State 1,127 Alex Fontento, Colorado PAC-12 CAREER RECEIVING YARDS, ACTIVE PLAYERS Average Player 1,656 Renard Bell, Washington State 1,617 Johnny Johnson III, Oregon 1,497 Britain Covey, Utah 1,359 Theo Howard, Utah (1,359 with UCLA, 163 with Oklahoma) 1,273 Trevon Bradford, Oregon State COACHES WINS... BY CONFERENCE WINS ONLY Rank Coach, School (Seasons) W-L-T PCT 1. Terry Donahue, UCLA (1976-95) 98-51-5 .653 2. Don James, WASH (1975-92) 97-38-2 .715 3. Mike Bellotti, ORE (1995-2008) 72-43-0 .626 4. John McKay, USC (1960-75) 70-17-3 .794 5. Howard Jones, USC (1925-40) 65-23-12 .710 6. O.E. Hollingbery, WSU (1926-42) 64-43-10 .590 7. John Robinson, USC (1976-82, 1993-97) 63-23-3 .724 Larry Smith, ARIZ (1980-86) & USC (1987-92) 63-34-4 .644 9. Pete Carroll, USC (2001-2009)^ 62-14-0 .816 David Shaw, STAN (2011-current) 62-25-0 .713 11. Dick Tomey, ARIZ (1987-2000) 60-49-4 .549 12. Mike Riley, OSU (1997-98, 2003-14) 58-63-0 .479 13. Rich Brooks, ORE (1977-94) 56-79-2 .416 14. Bruce Snyder, CAL (1987-91) & ASU (1992-2000) 55-51-4 .518 15. Jim Owens, WASH (1957-74) 54-57-2 .487 16. James Phelan, WASH (1930-41) 51-31-8 .611 17. Jeff Tedford, CAL (2002-12) 50-45-0 .526 Mike Price, WSU (1989-2002) 49-63-0 .438 Lon Stiner, OSU (1933-48) 49-42-13 .534 20. Henry Sanders, UCLA (1949-57) 47-11-1 .805 Tommy Prothro, OSU & UCLA (1955-70) 47-19-3 .703 22. Kyle Whittingham, UTAH (2011-current) 45-41-0 .523 Dennis Erickson, WSU (1987-88) OSU (1999-2002) & ASU (2007-11) 45-46-0 .495 24. Chip Kelly, ORE (2009-12) & UCLA (2018-current) 43-18-0 .705 25. Pappy Waldorf, CAL (1947-56) 40-21-4 .646 BY CONFERENCE PCT. ONLY (Minimum of five years in the Pac-12 and .500 record) Rank Coach, School (Seasons) W-L-T PCT 1. Pete Carroll, USC (2001-2009)^ 62-14-0 .816 2. Henry Sanders, UCLA (1949-57) 47-11-1 .805 3. John McKay, USC (1960-75) 70-17-3 .794 4. Andy Smith, CAL (1916-25) 26-8-2 .750 5. Pop Warner, STAN (1924-32) 31-9-5 .744 6. Clay Helton, USC (2015-present) 36-13-0 .735 7. Jeff Cravath, USC (1942-50) 37-12-5 .731 Jess Hill, USC (1951-56) 28-10-1 .731 9. John Robinson, USC (1976-82, 1993-97) 63-23-3 .724 10. Don James, WASH (1975-92) 97-38-2 .715 11. David Shaw, STAN (2011-current) 62-25-0 .713 12. Howard Jones, USC (1925-40) 65-23-12 .710 13. Chip Kelly, ORE (2009-12) & UCLA (2018-current) 43-18-0 .705 *BOLD indicates active coach in the Pac-12 Conference ^ Nine wins later vacated due to NCAA penalty (revised record: 53-14-0) Pac-12 Football - August 27, 2021 PAC-12 IN THE WEEKLY NATIONAL RANKINGS CFP/AP (media)/USA Today (coaches)* ARIZ ASU CAL COLO ORE OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU Pre nr/nr 25/28 nr/T56 nr/nr 11/12 nr/nr nr/T56 T42/T42 15/14 24/26 20/21 nr/nr AP Top 25 Coaches Top 25 CFP Pac-12 Preseason Aug., 16, 2021 Aug, 10, 2021 First Poll on Nov.