The 2014 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fourth season of college football for the Pac-12 Conference as a 12-team league. The season began on Thursday, August 28, 2014, and the first conference game was on Saturday, September 6, 2014, when USC played at Stanford. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2014, with FOX televising the game. The Oregon Ducks defeated the Arizona Wildcats, 51–13 for the conference championship and went on to play in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks defeated the Florida State Seminoles 59–20 in the semifinal game in the Rose Bowl, but lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 42–20 in the championship game.
Preseason
2014 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:
North Division California - Feb. 24 – April 26 (22 signees) Oregon - April 1 – May 3 (21 signees) Oregon State - March 31 – May 3 (27 signees) Stanford - Feb. 24 – April 12 (20 signees) Washington - March 4 – April 19 (24 signees) Washington State - March 27 – April 29 (22 signees)
South Division Arizona - March 3 – April 12 (25 signees) Arizona State - March 18 – April 19 (25 signees) Colorado - March 7 – April 12 (22 signees) UCLA - April 1 – April 26 (19 signees) USC - March 11 – April 19 (19 signees) Utah - March 18 – April 19 (19 signees)
Pac-12 Media poll 2014 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, CA on July 23–24, 2014.
North Division Oregon (37) 232 points Stanford (2) 192 Washington 142 Oregon State 125 Washington State 87 California 41
South Division
UCLA (37) 231 USC (1) 181 Arizona State (1) 163 Arizona 119 Utah 82 Colorado 43
Pac-12 Title Game Champion: Oregon (24 votes); Others receiving votes: UCLA (13), Stanford (1), USC (1)
Head coaches
Coaching changes There were two coaching changes following the 2014 season including Steve Sarkisian with USC and Chris Petersen with Washington.
Coaches
North Division Sonny Dykes, California – 2nd year Mark Helfrich, Oregon – 2nd year Mike Riley, Oregon State – 12th year David Shaw, Stanford – 4th year Chris Petersen, Washington – 1st year Mike Leach, Washington State – 3rd year
South Division Rich Rodriguez, Arizona – 3rd year Todd Graham, Arizona State – 3rd year Mike MacIntyre, Colorado – 2nd year Jim L. Mora, UCLA – 3rd year Steve Sarkisian, USC – 1st year Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 10th year
Rankings Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week Selected for College Football Playoff Number of first place votes Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
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Schedule Index to colors and formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 teams in bold
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Championship game
The championship game will be played on December 5, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.
Week 15 (Pac-12 Championship Game)
Postseason games Following the 2014 regular season the Pac-12 had all eight of its bowl eligible teams selected to play in a post-season bowl game. The two marque match ups will be the Rose Bowl, in which the Oregon Ducks will face off against the Florida State Seminoles in the semi-finals of the College Football Playoff and the Fiesta Bowl, in which the Arizona Wildcats will face off against Mountain West Conference champions, Boise State. Overall, the Pac-12 will see two bowl games each against the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West Conferences.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Pac-12, often considered to be the second best Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football conference, will not play a bowl game against what many consider to be the best conference, the SEC. The last time that teams from the Pac-12 and SEC met in the post-season was the 2011 BCS National Championship Game when Auburn defeated Oregon for the national championship. The only hope for a Pac-12 v. SEC match-up was for Oregon to win the Rose Bowl, and SEC Conference Champions Alabama to win the Sugar Bowl, in which case both teams would have squared off in the inaugural College Football Championship Game. Because Alabama lost the Sugar Bowl and Oregon won the Rose Bowl, the Ducks played the Big Ten Conference Champion Ohio State Buckeyes in a re-match of the 2010 Rose Bowl.
Pac-12 team in bold:
Bowl Game Date Stadium City TV Time (PST) Match-up Pac-12 Team Score Opponent Score Las Vegas Bowl Saturday, December 20, 2014 Sam Boyd Stadium Paradise, Nevada ABC 12:30 p.m. Pac-12 #6 vs. MW #2 Utah (8–4) 45 Colorado State (10–2) 10 Sun Bowl Saturday, December 27, 2014 Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas CBS 11:00 a.m. Pac-12 #4 vs. ACC #4 #15 Arizona State (9–3) 36 Duke (9–3) 31Holiday Bowl Saturday, December 27, 2014 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California ESPN 5:00 p.m. Pac-12 #5 vs. Big Ten #4 #24 USC (8–4) 45 #25 Nebraska (9–3) 42 Foster Farms Bowl Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California ESPN 7:00 p.m. Pac-12 #8 vs. Big Ten #6 Stanford (7–5) 45 Maryland (7–5) 21 Fiesta Bowl Wednesday, December 31, 2014 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona ESPN 4:00 p.m. CFP "New Year's 6" Bowl #12 Arizona (10–3) 30 #21 Boise State (11–2) 38 Rose Bowl Thursday, January 1, 2015 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California ESPN 2:10 p.m. CFP Semifinal #3 Oregon (12–1) 59 #2 Florida State (13–0) 20 Alamo Bowl Friday, January 2, 2015 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas ESPN 3:45 p.m. Pac-12 #3 vs. Big 12 #3 #14 UCLA (9–3) 40 #11 Kansas State (9–3) 35 Cactus Bowl Friday, January 2, 2015 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona ESPN 7:15 p.m. Pac-12 #7 vs. Big 12 #7 Washington (8–5) 22 Oklahoma State (6–6) 30 National Championship Monday, January 12, 2015 AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas ESPN 5:30 p.m. CFP National Championship #3 Oregon (13–1) 20 #5 Ohio State (13–1) 42
Records against other conferences 2014 records against non-conference foes:
Regular Season
Power 5 ConferencesRecordACC1–1Big Ten4–1Big 121–0Notre Dame2–1Power 5 Total8–3Other FBS ConferencesRecordAmerican1–0C-USA1–0MAC1–0Mountain West10–2Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)1–1Other FBS Total15–3 (Including a win over Georgia State, a FBS team from the Sun Belt Conference)FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision 8–0Total Non-Conference Record31-6
Post Season
Power 5 ConferencesRecordACC2–0Big Ten2–1Big 121–1Power 5 Total5–2Other FBS ConferencesRecordMountain West1–1Total Bowl Record6–3
Players of the week and honors
Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams. Week Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Position Team Week 1 (Sept. 1) Cody KesslerQB USC Eric KendricksLB UCLA Kaelin ClayWR Utah Week 2 (Sept. 8) Marcus MariotaQB Oregon Leonard WilliamsDE USC Andre HeidariPK USC Week 3 (Sept. 15) Jerry NeuheiselQB UCLA Shaq ThompsonLB Washington Ishmael AdamsDB UCLA Week 4 (Sept. 22) Cayleb JonesWR Arizona Gionni PaulLB Utah Andy PhillipsK Utah Week 5 (Sept. 29) Brett HundleyQB UCLA Peter KalambayiLB Stanford Ishmael Adams 2ndDB UCLA Week 6 (Oct. 6) Connor HallidayQB WSU Nate OrchardDE Utah Trevor DavisWR California Week 7 (Oct. 13) Javorius AllenRB USC Shaq Thompson 2ndLB Washington Ty MontgomeryWR Stanford Week 8 (Oct. 20) Cody Kessler 2ndQB USC Damarious RandallS Arizona State Andy Phillips 2ndK Utah Week 9 (Oct. 27) Marcus Mariota 2ndQB Oregon Scooby Wright IIILB Arizona Adoreé JacksonCB USC Week 10 (Nov. 3) Marcus Mariota 3rdQB Oregon Scooby Wright III 2ndLB Arizona Zane GonzalezCB Arizona State Week 11 (Nov. 10) Luke FalkQB WSU Lloyd CarringtonCB ASU Ka’imi FairbairnK UCLA Week 13 (Nov. 24) Nick WilsonRB Arizona Eric Kendricks 2ndLB UCLA Drew RigglemanP Arizona Week 14 (Dec. 1) Cody Kessler 3rdQB USC Scooby Wright III 3rdLB Arizona Tom HackettP Utah Week 15 (Dec. 8)
Position key CenterCCornerbackCBDefensive backDBDefensive endDEDefensive linemanDLDefensive tackleDTGuardGKickoff returnerKROffensive tackleOTOffensive linemanOLLinebackerLBLong snapperLSPunterPPlacekickerPKPunt returnerPRQuarterbackQBRunning backRBSafetySTight endTEWide receiverWR
Awards and honors Butkus Award Linebacker Eric Kendricks, UCLA Bronko Nagurski Trophy Scooby Wright III, Arizona Lombardi Award Scooby Wright III, Arizona Chuck Bednarik Award Scooby Wright, Arizona Doak Walker Award
Lott IMPACT Trophy Eric Kendricks, UCLA Maxwell Award Marcus Mariota, Oregon Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Marcus Mariota, Oregon Pac-12 Morris Trophy (top lineman)
All-Americans Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)
AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:
All-Conference teams
Offensive Player of the Year: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Scooby Wright III, LB, Arizona Offensive Freshman of the Year: Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon Defensive Freshman of the Year: Adoree Jackson, CB, USC Coach of the Year: Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
Offense: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamQB Marcus Mariota (3) Jr. Oregon Brett Hundley Jr. UCLARB Javorius Allen Jr. USC D. J. Foster Jr. Arizona StateRB Devontae Booker Jr. Utah Royce Freeman Fr. OregonWR Nelson Agholor Jr. USC Vince Mayle Jr. Washington StateWR Jaelen Strong Jr. Arizona State Nelson Spruce Jr. ColoradoTE Pharaoh Brown Jr. Oregon Austin Hooper So. StanfordOL Jamil Douglas Sr. Arizona State Jake Brendel Jr. UCLAOL Jake Fisher Sr. Oregon Steven Gurrola Sr. ArizonaOL Hroniss Grasu (3) Sr. Oregon Nick Kelly Jr. Arizona StateOL Andrus Peat Jr. Stanford Kyle Murphy Jr. StanfordOL Max Tuerk Jr. USC Jeremiah Poutasi Jr. Utah
Defense: Pos.NameYr.SchoolNameYr.School First Team Second TeamDL Henry Anderson Sr. Stanford DeForest Buckner Jr. OregonDL Nate Orchard Sr. Utah Kenny Clark So. UCLADL Danny Shelton Sr. Washington Owamagbe Odighizuwa Sr. UCLADL Leonard Williams (2) Jr. USC Dylan Wynn Sr. Oregon StateLB Hau'oli Kikaha Sr. Washington Myles Jack So. UCLALB Shaq Thompson Jr. Washington Eric Kendricks Sr. UCLALB Scooby Wright III So. Arizona A.J. Tarpley Sr. StanfordDB Ishmael Adams So. UCLA Erick Dargan Sr. OregonDB Su'a Cravens So. USC Troy Hill Sr. OregonDB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (3) Sr. Oregon Anthony Jefferson Sr. UCLADB Damarious Randall Sr. Arizona State Fabian Moreau Jr. UCLADB Jordan Richards Sr. Stanford Steven Nelson Sr. Oregon State
Specialists: