For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Nov. 20, 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 Joshua Kelley, RB, UCLA NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Ran for a USC-UCLA rivalry Washington State 7-1 .875 314 206 10-1 .909 445 249 6-0 4-1 0-0 4-0 W 7 best 289 yards on 40 carries Washington 6-2 .750 212 152 8-3 .727 308 183 6-0 2-2 0-1 2-2 W 2 (7.2 avg.) and 2 TDs to lead the Stanford 4-3 .571 205 172 6-4 .600 283 230 4-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 W 1 Bruins to 34-27 victory. It was Oregon 4-4 .500 236 249 7-4 .636 391 309 6-1 1-3 0-0 2-2 W 1 the third-most rushing yards California 3-4 .429 137 153 6-4 .600 227 211 3-2 3-2 0-0 2-2 W 1 in UCLA history. In the fourth Oregon State 1-7 .125 184 354 2-9 .182 298 493 1-4 1-5 0-0 0-4 L 3 quarter alone, Kelley ran for 104 yards on 12 carries and a TD SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak which put the Bruins in the lead Utah 6-3 667 277 188 8-3 .727 335 204 4-1 4-2 0-0 4-1 W 2 for good at 28-27. During the Arizona State 4-4 .500 242 213 6-5 .545 328 261 5-1 1-4 0-0 3-1 L 1 game, he went over the 1,000- Arizona 4-4 .500 233 246 5-6 .455 336 350 4-2 1-4 0-0 1-3 L 1 yard mark for the season. Kelley USC 4-5 .444 239 242 5-6 .455 296 300 3-2 2-4 0-0 2-3 L 2 ripped off the two longest runs UCLA 3-5 .375 201 247 3-8 .273 253 360 2-4 1-4 0-0 2-3 W 1 of his career (61 and 55 yards). Colorado 2-6 .250 181 239 5-6 .455 304 294 3-3 1-3 1-0 2-3 L 6 He finished with 289 of UCLA’s total of 479 yards of total offense in the contest and produced 11 THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) first downs with his runs. Sat., Nov. 23 Site Local Time/TV DEFENSE OREGON at OREGON STATE Reser Stadium (43,154) 1:00 p.m. PT - FS1 Jahad Woods, LB, WSU Series: ORE leads, 64-47-10. Last: ORE, 69-10 (2017) (Chris Myers, Evan Moore) Collected a team-best 11 tackles WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE Martin Stadium (32,952) 5:30 p.m. PT - FOX (8 solo) in WSU’s 69-28 win over Series: WASH leads, 72-32-6. Last: WASH, 41-14 (2017) (Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman) Arizona. Woods added a forced fumble and fumble recovery. Sat., Nov. 24 Site Local Time/TV Late in the 2nd quarter Woods STANFORD at UCLA Rose Bowl (80,616) 11:30 a.m. MT - P12N ended an Arizona drive and on Series: UCLA leads, 45-41-3. Last: STAN, 58-34 (2017) (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage) third and goal from the WSU 3, ARIZONA STATE at ARIZONA Arizona Stadium (55,675) 12:30 p.m. PT - FOX Woods forced a fumble, recov- Series: ARIZ leads, 49-41-1. Last: ASU, 42-30 (2017) (Chris Vosters, Petros Papadakis) ered by WSU in the end zone, ending the Wildcat threat. Early COLORADO at CALIFORNIA Memorial Coliseum (62,467) 4:30 p.m. PT - P12N in the 4th quarter, WSU forced Series: COLO leads, 5-4-0. Last: COLO, 44-28 (2017) (Roxy Bernstein, Ryan Leaf, Cindy Brunson) a fumble on the punt return, Notre Dame at USC Martin Stadium (32,952) 7:30 p.m. PT - ESPN recovered by Woods, setting Series: ND leads, 47-36-6*. Last: ND, 49-14 (2017) (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor) up a 22-yard scoring drive that BYU at UTAH Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) 7:30 p.m. PT - FS1 pushed WSU’s lead to 62-28. Series: UTAH leads, 60-34-4. Last: UTAH, 19-13 (2017) (Guy Haberman, Evan Moore) SPECIAL TEAMS * CFP Rankings. ** - Not including two wins vacated due to NCAA penalty. Matt Gay, PK, UTAH Gay broke the Utah school re- QUICK HITS cord for consecutive field goals with makes of 51, 33 and 31 • DIVISION RACES FOR THE PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME yards for 21 consecutive field Pac-12 North: It comes down to the Apple Cup as WASHINGTON STATE and WASHINGTON hook up in Pullman to goals before missing from 56 determine who represents the North in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. yards in the fourth quarter Pac-12 South: Utah punched its ticket to the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Utes defeated Colorado, 30-7, on Sat- against Colorado. His 33-yard urday afternoon, then awaited the outcome of the Arizona State-Oregon game Satruday night. Arizona State controlled field goal in the 3rd quarter gave its own destiny entering the final two weekends, but Oregon dashed the Sun Devil hopes with a 31-29 victory. That win Utah its first lead of the game at was enough to push the Utes into their first-ever Pac-12 Football Championship Game. 10-7. His 51-yarder in the 4th • Pac-12 Football Championship Game Media Credentials: Media interested in covering the Pac-12 Football Champi- quarter extended his school re- onship Game may apply for credentials at www.sportssystems.com/pac12football. Deadline is Nov. 25, 5 p.m. PT. cord for 50-plus yard field goals to seven. Gay scored 12 points • College Football Award Finalists: WASHINGTON STATE QB Gardner Minshew II has been named a finalist for the in Utah’s 30-7 win against the Davey O’Brien Award, STANFORD TE Kaden Smith has been named a finalist for the John Mackey Award, while UTAH Buffs. P Mitch Wishnowsky has been tabbed a finalist for the Ray Guy Award. 2018 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 0-1 THE RANKINGS: Three Pac-12 teams are ranked in the AP poll and the Coaches poll. WASHINGTON STATE (7/7) is ranked in the Top 10 for the 32nd time in the history of the AP poll, and is joined by WASH- Atlantic Coast .................................... 1-0 INGTON (16/16) and UTAH (18/17). Big Sky ............................................. 7-0 Big Ten ............................................. 2-1 BIG GAME POSTPONED: Due to extremely poor air quality from the tragic fires in Northern California, the Big 12 ............................................... 0-2 Big Game between Stanford and California was postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, December 1 at 12 Colonial ............................................. 1-0 noon PT (P12N). It’s the first conference game that’s been postponed since the Arizona State-UCLA game that was cancelled on Sept. 15, 2001 following the tragedies of 9/11. CUSA ................................................ 1-1 Mid-American ................................... 2-0 STREAKING: WASHINGTON is riding a 14-game home winning streak, tied with Clemson for the second Mountain West .................................. 6-3 longest active streak in the FBS (Alabama’s 24-game streak leads the FBS). WASHINGTON STATE is tied for Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 fourth as its riding a 13-game home winning streak of its own. Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 SEVEN IN A ROW: During Washington State’s seven-game winning streak, QB Gardner Minshew II is 251- FBS Independent .............................. 2-2 for-361 (.695) for 2,778 yards (396.9 ypg) and 25 TDs ... Minshew has been well protected during the last FCS Independent .............................. 1-0 seven games, getting sacked just six times in 361 pass attempts ... 10 different Cougars have caught at least Total-All .............................. 23-11 (.676) 15 passes over the last seven games, while five different players caught at least 25 passes ... During the Total-FBS ............................ 14-11 (.560) seven-game streak, Minshew’s 2,778 passing yards are more than 85 FBS teams have thrown for all season. PAC-12 RUNNING BACKS PACE FBS RUSHING LEADERS: The Pac-12 has five running backs listed The Pac-12 has posted a winning record among the FBS top nine in rushing yards per game. against foes outside league for 34 consec- utive seasons ... The Pac-12 has a 153-61 4. Eno Benjamin, ASU (131.3 yards per game) 5. Zack Moss, UTAH (121.3 ypg) (.715) record in non-conference play over 7. Jermar Jefferson, OSU (119.6 ypg) the last four-plus seasons. 8. Joshua Kelley, UCLA (118.8 ypg) 9. J.J. Taylor, ARIZ (117.3 ypg) NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE TAKING A STAND: WASHINGTON LB Ben Burr-Kirven leads all Pac-12 players with 10 or more tackles in a game nine times this season. He has compiled a league-best 145 tackles to date for a 13.2 tackles per game Mon., Nov. 26 (2nd in the FBS). Here’s list of those defensive stalwarts with the most games having double-digit tackles: Pac-12 FCG Teleconference, TBD 9 Ben Burr-Kirven, WASH South Division Head Coach 7 Evan Weaver, CAL North Division Head Coach 6 Jordan Kunaszyk, CAL; Nate Landman; COLO; Troy Dye, ORE; Adarius Pickett, UCLA 5 Colin Schooler, ARIZ Fri., Nov.