For Immediate Release \\ Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Kasey Carlson ([email protected]) 2016 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS CALIFORNIA PAC-12 OVERALL KICKS OFF THE NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak SEASON IN 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 AUSTRALIA Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 California will meet Hawai’i in Stanford 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 the frst college football game to Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 be played in Sydney and the frst Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 in Australia since 1987 when BYU defeated Colorado State, SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak 30-26 in Melbourne. 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 Coming off its centennial cel- Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ebration during the 2015-16 UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 season, the Pac-12 will now USC 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 enter its 101st season looking to duplicate similar achievements Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 gained last season... • A record 10 teams participat- THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ed in postseason bowl games following the 2015 season. Sat., Aug. 27 (Fri., Aug. 26 in U.S.) Site Local Time/TV • A Heisman runner-up in Hawai’i (0-0) vs. CALIFORNIA (0-0) Sydney, Australia, ANZ Stadium (83,500) 12 noon AEST STANFORD’s Christian Mc- Series: Tied, 2-2-0. Last: Hawai’i, 21-7 (1994) (Aug. 26, 7 p.m. PT) ESPN Caffrey, who rushed for 2,019 yards and broke the FBS re- Thur., Sept. 1 Site Local Time/TV cord for all-purpose yards with Southern Utah (0-0) at UTAH (0-0) Rice Eccles Stadium (45,807) 6 p.m. MT 3,864 yards ... WASHINGTON Series: First Meeting PAC12 STATE quarterback Luke Falk OREGON STATE (0-0) at Minnesota (0-0) TCF Bank Stadium (52,525) 8 p.m. CT returns after leading the FBS Series: Minnesota leads, 2-1-0. Last: Minnesota 42-12 (1981) BTN with 380.5 passing yards per game. Fri., Sept. 2 Site Local Time/TV • Nine different Pac-12 teams Colorado State (0-0) vs. COLORADO (0-0) Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium (67,125) 6 p.m. MT were ranked in the Top 25 Series: COLO leads, 63-22-2. Last: COLO, 27-24 OT (2015) ESPN at one point during the 2015 Kansas State (0-0) at 8/7 STANFORD (0-0) Stanford Stadium (50,000) 6 p.m. PT season, with fve different Series: First Meeting FS1/FOX Deportes teams ranked in the AP Top 10 at some point during the Sat., Sept. 3 Site Local Time/TV season. Rutgers (0-0) at 14/18 WASHINGTON (0-0) Husky Stadium (70,083) 11 a.m. PT Pac-12 football ties to Austra- Series: First Meeting PAC12 lia... While former UTAH punter 16/24 UCLA (0-0) at Texas A&M (0-0) Kyle Field (102,577) 2:30 p.m. CT Tom Hackett (Melbourne) con- Series: Tied, 2-2-0. Last: UCLA, 29-23 (1998 Cotton Bowl) CBS cluded his college career as a two-time recipient of the Ray UC Davis (0-0) at 24/22 OREGON (0-0) Autzen Stadium (54,000) 2 p.m. PT Guy Award honoring the nation’s Series: First Meeting PAC12 top punter, additional Aussie punters have found a spot on 20/17 USC (0-0) vs. 1/1 Alabama (0-0) Dallas, AT&T Stadium (80,000) 7 p.m. CT a Pac-12 roster. Checking the Series: Alabama leads, 5-2-0. Last: Alabama, 24-3 (1985) ABC 2016 Pac-12 squads, you’ll Eastern Washington (0-0) at WASHINGTON STATE (0-0) Martin Stadium (32,925) 5 p.m. PT fnd: ARIZONA STATE’s Mi- Series: WSU leads, 3-0-0. Last: WSU, 24-20 (2012) PAC12 chael Sleep-Dalton (Geelong, Victoria), OREGON STATE’s BYU (0-0) vs. ARIZONA (0-0) Glendale, Ariz., Univ. of Phoenix Stadium (63,400) 7:30 p.m. PT Nick Porebski (Melbourne), Series: ARIZ leads, 11-9-1. Last: BYU, 20-7 (2007) FS1 USC’s Chris Tilbey (Melbourne), Northern Arizona (0-0) at ARIZONA STATE (0-0) Sun Devil Stadium (56,232) 7:45 p.m. PT Utah’s Mitch Wishnowsky (Gos- Series: ASU leads 21-14-4. Last: ASU, 63-6 (2012) PAC12 nells, Western Australia). Rankings listed (AP/Coaches poll) PAC-12 NOTEBOOK A LOOK AHEAD KICK IT OFF: The Pac-12 kicks off its 101st season. The 2016 season features non-conference games in one foreign country (Australia) and six different states outside the Pac-12 footprint (Idaho, Indiana, Michi- Sat., Sept. 10 gan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas). The home schedules feature four Thursday games and eight Friday Utah State at USC contests, to go along with the traditional slate of Saturday games. 11 a.m. PT/PAC12 Idaho at WASHINGTON THE POLLS: For the fourth consecutive year, the Pac-12 places at least fve teams in the preseason Top 25 polls. 2 p.m. PT/PAC12 Idaho State at COLORADO NON-LEAGUE SLATE/PAC-12 SCHEDULE: The Pac-12 posted a 35-12 record in non-conference play in 3:30 p.m. MT/PACMT 2015 and is 72-21 in non-league action over the last two seasons. The Pac-12 will look for the same success BYU at UTAH in 2016 as non-conference schedules include 18 opponents that participated in a bowl game last season. In 5:30 p.m. MT/FOX all, 11 Pac-12 teams will face a team that appeared in a bowl game last season with USC facing three such UNLV at UCLA opponents. FBS opponents that dot the Pac-12 schedules combined to go 190-169 (.529) last season.. Each Conference team will play a nine-game league schedule that includes fve games within its own division 5 p.m. PT/PAC12 and four games in the other division. Teams with the best record in their respective divisions will meet in the Texas Tech at ARIZONA STATE Pac-12 title game on Friday, Dec. 2 (FOX) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 7 p.m. PT/FS1, FOX Deportes WASHINGTON STATE at Boise State THE RETURNEES: A total of 169 starters, who started at least half of his team’s games or a majority of games at a specifc position, return to Pac-12 football squads in 2016. That’s out of a possible 288 (includ- 7:15 p.m. PT/ESPN2 ing placekickers and punters) for an average of 14.0 starters returning per team. COLORADO returns the CALIFORNIA at San Diego State most with 20 starters, followed by WASHINGTON and WASHINGTON STATE each with 16 returning starters. 7:30 p.m. PT/CBSSN ARIZONA STATE, OREGON, STANFORD and CALIFORNIA return the fewest starters with 12... Take note, Virginia at OREGON Stanford had the fewest returning starters (11) last season and ended up capturing the Pac-12 champion- 7:30 p.m. PT/ESPN ship. Here are the numbers: Grambling State at ARIZONA THE HEADLINERS: Among those 169 returning starters are a number of headliners, including a total of 14 7:45 p.m. PT/PAC12 frst-team and nine second-team All-Pac-12 performers. PAC-12 VS.: Look for Pac-12 teams to once again posess explosive offenses as nine league teams averaged 400 yards or more in total offense, while 10 teams averaged 30 or more points per game. High-profle playmakers Atlantic Coast ...............................0-0 will be key in continuing the Pac-12’s success on offense. Returning all-conference performers include American .....................................0-0 WASHINGTON STATE quarterback Luke Falk (380.5 passing yards/game, 38 TDs), STANFORD running back Christian McCaffrey (FBS record 3,864 all-purpose yard/276.0 pergame), OREGON running back Big East .......................................0-0 Royce Freeman (141.2 rushing yards/game, 17 TDs), WASHINGTON STATE wide reciever Gabe Marks Big Sky ........................................0-0 (104 receptions, 91.7 yards/game, 15 TDs) and USC wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (89 receptions, Big Ten ........................................0-0 103.9 yards/game, 10 TDs) ... Defenses will look to fy to ball with strong pass rushers and run stoppers in Big 12 ..........................................0-0 returning All-Conference perfomers Lowell Lotulelei of UTAH and Deon Hollins of UCLA, as well as USC’s Conference USA ..........................0-0 Cameron Smith, the Defensive Freshman of the Year. The Pac-12 will be loaded in defending the deep threat Great West ...................................0-0 with a total of 39 starters returning to roam the secondary.