For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Heather Ward ([email protected]) PAC-12 PLAYERSHONORS OF THE WEEK 2018 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS OFFENSE PAC-12 OVERALL Laviska Shenault, WR, COLO NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak In CU’s 33-28 win at Nebraska, Stanford 1-0 1.000 17 3 2-0 1.000 48 13 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 Shenault caught 10 passes for California 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 45 35 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 177 yards and the game win- Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 120 38 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 ning touchdown, a 40-yard re- Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 72 19 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 ception with 1:06 remaining. ... Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 1-1 .000 79 102 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 Rushed twice for 5 yards and a Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 1-1 .000 61 24 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 W 1 touchdown, but picked up key first downs on 4th-&-1 (his TD) SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak and 4th-&-2 ... In two games, Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 65 20 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 he now has 21 receptions (FBS- Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 78 41 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 W 2 leading 10.5 per game) for 388 Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-0 1.000 58 16 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 2 yards, the latter the second- Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-2 .000 41 73 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 2 most receiving yards in back-to- UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-2 .000 38 75 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 2 back games in CU history. USC 0-1 .000 3 17 1-1 .500 46 38 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 1 DEFENSE Chase Hansen, LB, UTAH Finished the game with 12 tack- THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) les (2.0 sacks, 2.5 TFL), an Sat., Sept. 8 Site Local Time/TV interception return for a touch- UC Davis at #9 STANFORD Stanford Stadium (50,424) 11:00 am PT - P12N down and a key fourth-quarter Series: STAN leads, 2-1-0. Last: STAN, 45-0 (2014) (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage) fumble recovery that stopped an NIU drive on first and 10. It was San Jose State at #20 OREGON Autzen Stadium (54,000) 2:00 pm PT - P12N his third career game with 10- Series: ORE leads, 12-6-0. Last: ORE, 58-3 (1998) (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson) plus tackles ... With Utah cling- ing to a 10-6 lead with under New Hampshire at COLORADO Folsom Field (50,183) 3:00 pm MT - P12M 3:00 remaining, Hansen scored Series: First Meeting (Jim Watson, Chad Brown) the final points of the game on a Idaho State at CALIFORNIA Memorial Stadium (62,467) 3:00 pm PT - P12BA 40-yard return of an interception Series: First Meeting (Kate Scott, Lincoln Kennedy) for a touchdown ... One of Han- sen’s two sacks came on NIU’s OREGON STATE at Nevada Mackay Stadium (27,000) 4:00 pm PT - ESPN3 last offensive drive of the game, Series: OSU leads, 3-0-0. Last: OSU, 28-13 (1999) (Trey Bender, Tyoka Jackson) sending the Huskies back 15 yards on a first-and-10. He se- Eastern Washington at WASHINGTON STATE Martin Stadium (32,952) 5:00 pm PT - P12N cured the victory with a 5-yard Series: WSU leads, 3-1-0. Last: Eastern Wash., 45-42 (2016) (Guy Haberman, Ryan Leaf, Cindy Brunson) tackle for loss on fourth down for #22 USC at Texas Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium (100,119) 7:00 pm CT - FOX the Huskies. Series: USC leads, 5-0-0**. Last USC, 27-24 OT (2017) (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft) SPECIAL TEAMS #10 WASHINGTON at UTAH Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) 8:00 pm MT - ESPN Brandon Ruiz, PK, ASU Series: WASH leads, 10-1-0. Last: WASH, 33-30 (2017) (Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay) Connected on all three of his #23 ARIZONA STATE at San Diego State SDCCU Stadium (54,000) 7:30 pm PT - CBSSN field goal attempts (49, 24, 28), Series: ASU leads, 10-1-1. Last: SDSU, 30-20 (2017) (Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, John Schriffen) including the game-winning kick from 28 yards as time ex- Fresno State at UCLA Rose Bowl (80,616) 7:30 pm PT - FS1 pired in ASU’s 16-13 upset of Series: UCLA leads, 6-2-0. Last: Fresno State, 36-31 (2008) (Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis, DeMarco Murray) then-No. 15 Michigan State ... Scored ASU’s first points of the Southern Utah at ARIZONA Arizona Stadium (55,675) 8:00 pm PT - P12N game with a 49-yard field goal Series: First Meeting (JB Long, Jeremy Bloom, Sam Peszek) to cut MSU’s lead to 6-3 in the third quarter. Hit his second * AP Rankings field goal (24 yards) early in the ** - Not including one loss vacated due to NCAA penalty fourth quarter to get ASU within a touchdown, 13-6, of the Spar- tans. 2018 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 0-1 THE RANKINGS: Five Pac-12 teams are ranked in both the AP and Coaches polls. STANFORD (9/9), WASHINGTON (10/12), OREGON (20/23), USC (22/21) and ARIZONA STATE (23/25) ... The Sun Devils Atlantic Coast .................................... 1-0 appear in the Top 25 for the first time since the 2015 preseason poll (No. 15) ...WASHINGTON has now ap- Big Sky ............................................. 3-0 peared in the AP Top 25 for 35 consecutive ranking periods ... UTAH is the top team among others receiving Big Ten ............................................. 2-1 votes in the AP poll, and is 27th in the Coaches poll. Big 12 ............................................... 0-1 Colonial ............................................. 0-0 REMAINING PERFECT: There are 53 FBS teams that are a perfect 2-0. Seven of those teams are from the Pac-12. Only the 14-team SEC and Big Ten have more teams with nine and eight, respectively, sitting at 2-0. CUSA ................................................ 1-1 Mid-American ................................... 2-0 IT’S EARLY, BUT...: Just two weeks into the season and the Pac-12 finds several players and teams among Mountain West .................................. 5-0 the FBS leaders in various statistical categories: Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 Completions per game: Gardner Minshew II, Washington State (36.0) Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 Receptions per game: Laviska Shenault, Colorado (10.5) FBS Independent .............................. 1-1 Receiving yards per game: Laviska Shenault, Colorado (194.0) FCS Independent .............................. 1-0 Interceptions per game: Jaylinn Hawkins, California (1.5) Total-All ................................ 16-6 (.727) Rushing defense: Arizona State (32.5 yards allowed/game) Passing defense: Utah (68.0 yards allowed/game) Total-FBS .............................. 12-6 (.667) Total defense: Utah (143.5 yards allowed/game) The Pac-12 has posted a winning record Punt returns: Oregon State (46.0 per return) against foes outside league for 34 consec- PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR: Pac-12 wide receivers are grabbing the headlines early into the 2018 utive seasons ... The Pac-12 has a 146-56 season. Six receivers are averaging better than 100 receiving yards per game, while 12 different players (.732) record in non-conference play over have hauled in 10 or more receptions this season ... Receivers have garnered the season’s first two Pac-12 the last four-plus seasons. Offensive Player of Week honors, while just two receivers claimed those same honors over the previous three seasons combined. In fact, Pac-12 receivers collected back-to-back Conference honors just three times since 1983 (2011 - Robert Woods, USC and Paul Richardson, COLO; 2007 - Mark Bradford, STAN and Yvenson Bernard, OSU; 2001 - Reggie Williams, WASH and Bobby Wade, ARIZ). NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE GOING THE EXTRA YARD: The CFP Extra Yard for Teachers (#CFPExtraYard) campaign kicks off as teach- ers will be recognized during games over the next two weekends. The mission of Extra Yard for Teachers is to elevate the teaching profession by inspiring and empowering teachers. Fri., Sept. 21 WASHINGTON STATE at USC, 7:30 a.m. PT NFL OPENING DAY ROSTERS: The Pac-12 had 211 former players listed on NFL Opening Day active ESPN rosters (see page 7 for complete list, which includes players on practice squads). The Pac-12 led all confer- ences with seven former quarterbacks getting the start on opening day - Arizona - Nick Foles (Eagles); Cali- Sat., Sept. 22 fornia - Aaron Rodgers (Packers), Jared Goff (Rams); Oregon - Marcus Mariota (Titans); Stanford - Andrew ARIZONA at OREGON STATE, 1:00 pm PT Luck (Colts); USC - Sam Darnold (Jets); Utah - Alex Smith (Redskins). P12N STANFORD at OREGON, 5:00 pm PT PAC-12 HEADLINERS: Among 177 returning starters are a number of headliners, including a total of 10 ESPN first-team and 12 second-team All-Pac-12 performers. Nine of the 12 squads return at least six starters on ARIZONA STATE at WASHINGTON, 7:30 pm PT offense, and seven squads return at least six starters on defense ..