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, September 8, 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 2-0 1.000 86 38 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2 Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 108 40 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W6* Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 67 44 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W3* Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 76 68 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W5* Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-2 .000 51 65 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 L2/L4* Stanford 0-1 .000 10 13 1-1 .500 55 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut. vs. Div Streak USC 1-0 1.000 13 10 2-0 1.000 65 23 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W3* Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 84 36 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W3* Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 103 37 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2 UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 70 55 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W4* Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 115 41 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2/W3* Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 1-1 .500 58 69 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 W1 * - Streak dating back to last season This Week’s Pac-12 Football Schedule Sat., Sept. 13 Ranking Game Site Time/TV Series/Last Meeting --/-- Wyoming (2-0) Autzen Stadium (54,000) 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET First Meeting 2/4 OREGON (2-0) Eugene, Ore. P12N --/-- Illinois (2-0) Husky Stadium (72,500) 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET Washington leads, 6-4-0 39/32 WASHINGTON (2-0) Seattle, Wash. FOX/FOX Deportes Washington, 34-24 (2013) --/-- Army (1-0) Stanford Stadium (50,000) 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET Stanford leads, 6-5-0 15/16 STANFORD (1-1) Stanford, Calif. P12N Stanford, 34-20 (2013) --/-- Portland State (1-1) Martin Stadium (32,248) 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET Washington State leads, 1-0-0 --/-- WASHINGTON STATE (0-2) Pullman, Wash. P12N Washington State, 48-9 (2008) 9/10 USC (2-0) Alumni Stadium (44,500) 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m ET USC leads 4-0-0 --/-- Boston College (1-1) Chestnut Hill, Mass. ESPN USC, 35-7 (2013) 12/12 UCLA (2-0) AT&T Stadium (80,000) 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET Series tied, 3-3-0 --/-- Texas (1-1) Arlington, Texas FOX/FOX Deportes Texas, 49-20 (2011) 16/14 ARIZONA STATE (2-0) Folsom Field (53,613) 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET Arizona State leads, 5-0-0 --/-- COLORADO (1-1) Boulder, Colo. ESPNU Arizona State, 54-13 (2013) --/-- Nevada (2-0) Arizona Stadium (56,037) 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET Arizona leads, 2-1-1 44/38 ARIZONA (2-0) Tucson, Ariz. P12N Arizona, 49-48 (2012) OPEN DATE --/-- CALIFORNIA (2-0) Next game: Sat., Sept. 20 at Arizona --/t39 OREGON STATE (2-0) Next game: Sat., Sept. 20 vs. San Diego State 43/-- UTAH (2-0) Next game: Sat., Sept. 20 at Michigan Rankings listed (AP/Coaches poll); * - Win later vacated PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK A LOOK AHEAD OFFENSE: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon Sat., Sept. 20 DEFENSE: Leonard Williams, DE, USC Hawai’i at COLORADO SPECIAL TEAMS: Andre Heidari, PK, USC 11 a.m. PT/3 p.m. ET/P12N UTAH at Michigan SAN FRANCISCO - Quarterback Marcus Mariota of OREGON, defensive end Leonard Williams of USC and 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET/ABC and kicker Andre Heidari of USC have been named offensive, defensive and special teams Pac-12 Players of ESPN2 reverse mirror the Week in football. Georgia State at WASHINGTON 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET/P12N Mariota, a junior from Honolulu, Hawai’i, completed 17 of 28 passes for 318 yards and three touchdowns CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA and added nine carries for 42 yards in Oregon’s victory over No. 7 Michigan State. Mariota completed seven 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET/P12N of 12 passes for two TDs in the second half to pull the Ducks from a nine-point defcit to a 46-27 win. In the OREGON at WASHINGTON STATE third quarter Mariota improvised for a remarkable 17-yard fip pass to Royce Freeman on third down to inject 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET/ESPN momentum into a team that capped its next three drives with scores. San Diego State at OREGON STATE 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET/FOX Sports Williams, a junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., a 2013 All-American frst teamer whose playing status against 1/FOX Deportes No. 13 Stanford was in doubt because of a sprained ankle he suffered in practice this past Tuesday, started and played most of the game. He had a game-high 11 tackles with a sack that came on the Cardinal’s fnal LAST WEEK’S RESULTS drive of the game, which preserved the Trojans’ 13-10 victory. Thurs., Sept. 4 ARIZONA 26, UTSA 23 Heidari, a senior from Bakersfeld, Calif., nailed a career-long 53-yard feld goal (tied for the third longest in Fri., Sept. 5 USC history) with 2:30 to play to give USC a 13-10 win at No. 13 Stanford. It was the second consecutive Nevada 24, WASHINGTON STATE 13 year that USC defeated the Cardinal on a Heidari feld goal. Heidari made a 47-yarder last year with 19 seconds to go. Against the Cardinal on Saturday, he also hit an earlier 25-yard feld goal and a PAT, plus he Sat., Sept. 6 had a touchback on one of his four kickoffs. ARIZONA STATE 58, New Mexico 23 CALIFORNIA 55, Sacramento State 14 Also nominated: Offensive Player of the Week - Nick Wilson, QB, ARIZ; D.J. Foster, RB, ASU; Jared Goff, COLORADO 41, UMass 38 QB, CAL; Nelson Spruce, WR, COLO; Terron Ward, RB, OSU; Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA; Javorius Allen, RB, OREGON 46, Michigan State 27 USC; Travis Wilson, QB, UTAH. Defensive Player of the Week - Jared Tevis, S, ARIZ; Laiu Moeakiola, LB, OREGON STATE 38, Hawai’i 30 ASU; Joe Walker, LB, ORE; Michael Doctor, LB, OSU; Eric Kendricks, LB, UCLA; Hunter Dimick, DE, UTAH, USC 13, STANFORD 10 Danny Shelton, NT, WASH. Special Teams Player of the Week - Casey Skowron, PK, ARIZ; Bryce McGovern, UCLA 42, Memphis 35 ST, CAL; Will Oliver, PK, COLO, Ishmael Adams, DB, UCLA; Tom Hackett, P, UTAH. UTAH 59, Fresno State 27 WASHINGTON 59, Eastern Washington 52 PAC-12 VS.: AROUND THE PAC-12... Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-0 Perfect on Saturday... The Pac-12 remained perfect on Saturday in non-conference action, going 15-0 American ............................................ 1-0 through the frst two Saturdays of the season…The Pac-12 has outscored its non-conference opponents by Big East .............................................. 0-0 collective margin of 915-529 (average score 41.6-24.0)…USC looks to continue the Pac-12’s impressive Big Sky ............................................... 6-0 record in the eastern time zone when it travels to Boston College. Since 2010, the Pac-12 is 10-3 in the Big Ten ............................................... 2-1 eastern time zone. Big 12 ................................................. 0-0 Conference USA ................................. 1-0 Pac-12 Offenses Grounded?... While the reputation for Pac-12 offenses is to air it out, the league’s rushing Great West .......................................... 0-0 attack has been prominent in the early going this season. Six teams are averaging better than 200 yards Mid-American ..................................... 1-0 rushing per game, led by ARIZONA STATE’s 345.0 average and 10 rushing TDs. ASU’s ground game was Missouri Valley .................................... 1-0 bolstered by Junior D.J. Foster’s 216 rushing yards in Saturday’s win at New Mexico. Foster leads the league, Mountain West .................................... 6-2 averaging 181.5 yards per game. Despite the departure of the Pac-12’s leading rusher in Ka’Deem Carey Southeastern ....................................... 0-0 (157.1 ypg), ARIZONA is second in the league with 288.0 yards per game. Southern ............................................. 0-0 Western Athletic .................................. 0-0 QBs at the Next Level... While the Pac-12 has eight quarterbacks on the Davey O’Brien preseason watch Independent ....................................... 0-0 list, there were eight quarterbacks from Pac-12 members who received the starting nod on opening day in Total-All ..................................19-3 (.864) the NFL. That’s the most among all other conferences. Following the Pac-12’s eight starters, the Big Ten Total-FBS ................................13-3 (.813) and SEC each had fve, followed by the ACC (4) and Big 12 (3). In total, the Pac-12 has 13 signal-callers in the NFL. Only the ACC (17) and SEC (14) have more quarterbacks in the NFL.