2022 Pac-12 Conference football season explained

2022 Pac-12 Conference football season
Color:	004B91
Color Text:	white
League:	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport:	Football
Pixels:	125px
Duration:	September 1, 2022 January 9, 2023
No Of Teams:	12
Attendance:	3,506,889
Tv:	Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family, (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
Draft:	2023 NFL draft
Draft Link:	2023 NFL draft
Top Pick:	CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon
Picked By:	New England Patriots, 16th overall
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	USC
Top Scorer:	Denis Lynch, K, USC (110 points)
Finals:	Pac-12 Championship
Finals Link:	2022 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Finals Champ:	Utah
Finals Runner-Up:	USC
Finals Mvp:	Cameron Rising, QB, Utah
Seasonslist:	College football
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2021
Nextseason Year:	2023

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference football season was the 44th edition of Pac-12 football during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 1, 2022, and ended with the 2022 Pac-12 Championship Game on December 2, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

The Pac-12 is a Power Five Conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference.

The 2022 season was the first since the conference expanded to 12 teams in 2011 in which Pac-12 teams are not split into divisions. On May 18, 2022, the NCAA Division I Council approved a rule change that gave conferences complete freedom in choosing the participants in their championship games.^[1] On that same day, the Pac-12 announced that effective immediately, the championship game would feature the top two teams in the conference standings. The 2022 schedule, which was based on the conference's former North–South divisional model, did not change; the Pac-12 stated that it was reviewing multiple scheduling models for future seasons.^[2]

The Utah Utes’ participation in the 2022 Pac-12 Championship was decided by strength-of-schedule tiebreaker.^[3] Oregon, Utah, and Washington finished the regular season in a 3-way tie for 2nd place.^[4] Each team has a tied common opponent record and there was a tie for the next highest seed common opponent.

Previous season

The Utah Utes defeated Oregon Ducks 38–10 in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.

Six teams participated in bowl games, finishing with a record of 0–5 & one no contest. Oregon State lost to Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, 13–24. UCLA & NC State did not play the Holiday Bowl due to Covid issues with UCLA, the game was ruled a no contest. Oregon lost to Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl, 32–47. Arizona State lost to Wisconsin in the Las Vegas Bowl, 13–20. Washington State lost to Central Michigan in the Sun Bowl, 21–24. Utah lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, 45–48.

Preseason

2022 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

• Arizona – 22
• Arizona State – 17
• California – 21
• Colorado – 20
• Oregon – 23
• Oregon State – 16
• Stanford – 21
• UCLA – 12
• USC – 26
• Utah – 18
• Washington – 10
• Washington State – 25

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN^[5] ! Rivals^[6] ! 24/7^[7] ! On3 Recruits ^[8] !Signees

Arizona	—	22	20	30	22
Arizona State	25	―	86	110	17
California	21	59	57	52	21
Colorado	―	41	48	58	20
Oregon	8	66	64	32	23
Oregon State	―	54	50	57	16
Stanford	―	18	16	19	21
UCLA	―	53	47	29	12
USC	10	50	58	31	26
Utah	―	37	35	39	18
Washington	23	94	95	70	10
Washington State	―	65	60	76	25

Pac-12 Media Days

The Pac-12 conducted its 2022 Pac-12 media day on July 29, 2022, at the Novo Theater, LA Live (Pac-12 Network).^[9]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

• Pac-12 Commissioner –George Kliavkoff
• Arizona – Jedd Fisch (HC), Jacob Cowing (WR) & Christian Young (DB)
• Arizona State – Herm Edwards (HC), LaDarius Henderson (OL) & Kyle Soelle (LB)
• California – Justin Wilcox (HC), Matthew Cindric (OL) & Daniel Scott (S)
• Colorado – Karl Dorrell (HC), Casey Roddrick (OG) & Robert Barnes (ILB)
• Oregon – Dan Lanning (HC), Alex Forsyth (OL) & D. J. Johnson (OLB)
• Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC), Luke Musgrave (TE) & Alex Austin (DB)
• Stanford – David Shaw (HC), Tanner McKee (QB) & Kyu Blu Kelly (CB)
• UCLA – Chip Kelly (HC), Jon Gaines II (OL) & Stephan Blaylock (DB)
• USC – Lincoln Riley (HC), Caleb Williams (QB) & Shane Lee (LB)
• Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC), Cameron Rising (QB) & Clark Phillips III (CB)
• Washington – Kalen DeBoer (HC), Jaxson Kirkland (OL) & Alex Cook (DB)
• Washington State – Jake Dickert (HC), Cameron Ward (QB) & Ron Stone Jr. (DL)

Preseason Media polls

The preseason polls was released on July 28, 2022. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the Pac-12 title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.

1	Utah	384 (26)
2	Oregon	345 (2)
3	USC	341 (5)
4	UCLA	289
5	Oregon State	246
6	Washington	212
7	Washington State	177
8	Stanford	159
9	California	154
10	Arizona State	123
11	Arizona	86
12	Colorado	58

Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
1	Utah	26
2	Oregon	2
3	USC	5

Preseason awards

Individual awards

Lott Trophy	Kyon Barrs	Arizona	DL	Jr.	^[19]
	Daniel Scott	California	S	Sr.
	Noah Sewell	Oregon	LB	So.
	Levani Damuni	Stanford		Jr.
	Nick Figueroa	USC	DL	Graduate
	Zion Tupuola-Fetui	Washington	DE	Jr.
Dodd Trophy	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	HC	—	^[20]
Maxwell Award	Jacob Cowing	Arizona	WR	Jr.	^[21]
	Tanner McKee	Stanford	QB
	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA		Sr.
	Zach Charbonnet		RB
	Jordan Addison	USC	WR	Jr.
	Caleb Williams		QB	So.
	Cameron Rising	Utah		Jr.
	Tavion Thomas		RB
	Cameron Ward	Washington State	QB	So.
Davey O'Brien Award	Xazavian Valladay	Arizona State		Jr.	^[22]
	Cameron Rising	Utah
Doak Walker Award	Damien Moore	California	RB	Jr.	^[23]
	Alex Fontenot	Colorado		Sr.
	Byron Cardwell	Oregon		So.
	Deshaun Fenwick	Oregon State		Jr.
	E. J. Smith	Stanford
	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA		Sr.
	Travis Dye	USC
	Austin Jones
Biletnikoff Award	Jacob Cowing	Arizona	WR	Jr.	^[24]
	Jake Bobo	UCLA		Graduate
	Jordan Addison	USC		Jr.

John Mackey Award	Brady Russell	Colorado	TE	Sr.	^[25]
	Terrance Ferguson	Oregon		Jr.
	Luke Musgrave	Oregon State
	Benjamin Yurosek	Stanford
	Michael Ezeike	UCLA		Graduate
	Malcolm Epps	USC		Sr.
	Dalton Kincaid	Utah		Sr.
	Devin Culp	Washington		Jr.
Rimington Trophy	Matthew Cindric	California	OL	Sr.	^[26]
	Alex Forsyth	Oregon
	Jake Levengood	Oregon State		Jr.
	Drake Nugent	Stanford		Sr.
	Brett Neilon	USC		Sr.
Butkus Award	Merlin Robertson	Arizona State	LB	Sr.	^[27]
	Justin Flowe	Oregon		Fr.
	Noah Sewell			So.
	Levani Damuni	Stanford		Sr.
	Carl Jones Jr.	UCLA
	Darius Muasau
	Mohamoud Diabate	Utah
	Edefuan Ulofoshio	Washington		Jr.
	Daiyan Henley	Washington State		Sr.
Jim Thorpe Award	Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	DB	Sr.	^[28]
	Clark Phillips III	Utah		So.
	Cole Bishop
	Brandon Dorlus	Oregon	DE	Jr.	^[29]
	Noah Sewell		LB	So.
	Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	CB
	Omar Speights	Oregon State	LB	Jr.
	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	DT
	Clark Phillips III	Utah	CB	So.
	Junior Tafuna		DT
	Ron Stone Jr.	Washington State	DE	Jr.
Outland Trophy	Kyon Barrs	Arizona	DL	Jr.	^[30]
	T. J. Bass	Oregon	G	Sr.
	Alex Forsyth		C
	Marco Brewer	Oregon State	G	Jr.
	Braeden Daniels	Utah	T	Jr.
	Junior Tafuna		DT	So.
	Drake Nugent	Stanford	C	Sr.
	Junior Tafuna	Utah	DT	So.
	Andrew Vorhees	USC	G	Sr.
	Tuli Tuipulotu		DT	Jr.
	Jaxson Kirkland	Washington	T	Sr.

Lou Groza Award	Tyler Loop	Arizona	PK	So.	^[31]
Ray Guy Award	Kyle Ostendorp	Arizona	P	Jr.	^[32]
	Jamieson Sheahan	California		Sr.
	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford		Sr.
	Jack Colletto	Oregon State	LB	Sr.	^[33]
	Kazmeir Allen	UCLA	RB	Sr.
	Brenden Rice	USC	WR	Jr.
Wuerffel Trophy	Jordan Morgan	Arizona	OL	Jr.	^[34]
	Matthew Cindric	California		Sr.
	Trey Paster		LB	Jr.
	Joshka Gustav	Colorado		So.
	Alex Austin	Oregon State	DB
	John Humphreys	Stanford	WR	Jr.
	Patrick Fields		DB	Sr.
	Tanner McKee		QB	Jr.
	Chase Griffin	UCLA
	Caleb Williams	USC		So.
	Dalton Kincaid	Utah	TE	Sr.
	Alex Cook	Washington	DB
	Travion Brown	Washington State	LB	Jr.
Walter Camp Award	Noah Sewell	Oregon		So.	^[35]
	Jordan Addison	USC	WR	Jr.
	Caleb Williams		QB	So.
	Tavion Thomas	Utah	RB	Jr.
Bednarik Award	Noah Sewell	Oregon	LB	So.	^[36]
	Omar Speights	Oregon State		Jr.
	Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	CB	Sr.
	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	DT	Jr.
	Clark Phillips III	Utah	CB	So.
	Zion Tupuola-Fetui	Washington	DE	Jr.
	Ron Stone Jr.	Washington State		Jr.
Lombardi Award	Alex Forsyth	Oregon	C	Sr.	^[37]
	Brandon Dorlus		DE	Jr.
	Noah Sewell		LB	So.
	Andrew Vorhees	USC	G	Sr.
	Tuli Tuipulotu		DT	Jr.
	Braeden Daniels	Utah	OT	Jr.
	Jaxson Kirkland	Washington		Sr.
	Ron Stone Jr.	Washington State	DE	Jr.
	Slater Zellers	California	LS	Sr.	^[38]
	Karsten Battles	Oregon		Sr.
	Jack Landherr IV	UCLA
	Simon Samarzich	Washington State		Jr.
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award	LaDarius Henderson	Arizona State	OL	Sr.	^[39]
	J. Michael Sturdivant	California	WR	Fr.
	Alex Fontenot	Colorado	TB	Graduate
	Damien Martinez	Oregon State	RB	Fr.
	Elijah Higgins	Stanford	WR	Sr.
	Kam Brown	UCLA		Jr.
	Malcolm Epps	USC	TE	Graduate
	Courtland Ford		OL	Jr.
	Brant Kuithe	Utah	TE	Sr.
	Ja'Lynn Polk	Washington	WR	Fr.
	Cameron Ward	Washington State	QB	So.
Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award	Jonah Savaiinaea	Arizona	OL	Fr.	^[40]
	Tetairoa McMillan		WR
	Tiaoalii Savea		DL	So.
	Merlin Robertson	Arizona State	LB	Sr.
	Muelu Iosefa	California		Jr.
	Jaydn Ott		RB	Fr.
	Jalen Sami	Colorado	DL	So.
	Popo Aumavae	Oregon		Sr.
	Taki Taimani			Jr.
	Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu		OL	Sr.
	Mase Funa		LB	Jr.
	Noah Sewell			So.
	Taliese Fuaga	Oregon State	OL	Fr.
	Levani Damuni	Stanford	LB	Sr.
	Ale Kaho	UCLA		Sr.
	Atonio Mafi		OL
	Darius Muasau		LB	Sr.
	Siale Taupaki		OL	Jr.
	Jay Toia		DL	So.
	Brandon Pili	USC		Sr.
	Stanley Ta’ufo’ou			Jr.
	Tuli Tuipulotu			Jr.
	Sataoa Laumea	Utah	OL	So.
	Malone Mataele		CB	Jr.
	Johnny Maea		OL
	Tennessee Pututau		DL	So.
	Junior Tafuna
	Devaughn Vele		WR
	Ulumoo Ale	Washington	DL	Jr.
	Henry Bainivalu		OL	Sr.
	Troy Fautanu			So.
	Tuli Letuligasenoa		DL	Jr.
	Zion Tupuola-Fetui
	Ma'ake Fifita	Washington State	OL	So.
Manning Award	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	QB	Sr.	^[41]
	Cameron Rising	Utah		Jr.
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award	Jack Plummer	California	QB	Sr.	^[42]
	Brendon Lewis	Colorado		So.
	Bo Nix	Oregon		Sr.
	Chance Nolan	Oregon State		Jr.
	Tanner McKee	Stanford		Jr.
	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA		Sr.
	Cameron Rising	Utah		Jr.
	Dylan Morris	Washington		So.
Ted Hendricks Award

Preseason All Pac-12

Sources:^[43]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Caleb Williams	So.	USC
RB	Zach Charbonnet	Jr.	UCLA
	Tavion Thomas	Jr.	Utah
WR	Jordan Addison	Jr.	USC (2)
	Mario Williams	So.	USC (3)
TE	Brant Kuithe	Jr.	Utah (2)
OL	Jaxson Kirkland	Sr.	Washington
	Braeden Daniels	Jr.	Utah (3)
	Alex Forsyth	Sr.	Oregon
	T. J. Bass	Sr.	Oregon (2)
	Andrew Vorhees	RS Sr.	USC (4)
First Team Defense
DL	Tuli Tuipulotu	Jr.	USC (5)
	Brandon Dorlus	Jr.	Oregon (3)
	Ron Stone Jr.	RS Jr.	Washington State
	Van Fillinger	So.	Utah (4)
LB	Noah Sewell	So.	Oregon (4)
	Omar Speights	So.	Oregon State
	Jackson Sirmon	So.	California
DB	Clark Phillips III	So.	Utah (5)
	Kyu Blu Kelly	Sr.	Stanford
	Cole Bishop	So.	Utah (6)
	Daniel Scott	RS Sr.	California (2)
First team special teams
PK	Dean Janikowski	RS So.	Washington State (2)
P	Kyle Ostendorp	Jr.	Arizona
AP	Travis Dye	GS.	USC (6)
RS	D.J. Taylor	RS So.	Arizona State

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Cameron Rising	So.	Utah (7)
RB	Travis Dye	GS	USC (7)
	Byron Cardwell	So.	Oregon (5)
WR	Jacob Cowing	Jr.	Arizona (2)
	Jake Bobo	GS	UCLA (2)
TE	Benjamin Yurosek	Jr.	Stanford (2)
OL	Joshua Gray	RS Fr.	Oregon State (2)
	Brett Neilon	RS Sr.	USC (8)
	Sataoa Laumea	So.	Utah (8)
	Brandon Kipper	RS Jr.	Oregon State (3)
	LaDarius Henderson	Sr.	Arizona State (2)
Second Team Defense
DL	Zion Tupuola-Fetui	Jr.	Washington (2)
	Junior Tafuna	So.	Utah (9)
	Kyon Barrs	Jr.	Arizona (3)
	Brett Johnson	RS Jr.	California (3)
LB	Merlin Robertson	GS	Arizona State (3)
	Justin Flowe	RS Fr.	Oregon (6)
	Darius Muasau	Sr.	UCLA (3)
DB	Christian Gonzalez	So.	Oregon (7)
	Jaydon Grant	RS Jr.	Oregon State (4)
	Rejzohn Wright	Jr.	Oregon State (5)
	Mekhi Blackmon	RS Sr.	USC (9)
Second team special teams
PK	Camden Lewis	Jr.	Oregon (8)
P	Luke Loecher	Rs Jr.	Oregon State (6)
AP	Jack Colletto	RS Jr.	Oregon State (7)
RS	Gary Bryant Jr.	Jr.	USC (10)

All Pac–12 Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):

• Arizona: Christian Roland-Wallace (DB)
• Arizona State: Xazavian Valladay (RB), Kyle Soelle (LB)
• California: Damien Moore (RB), Matthew Cindric (OL), Ben Coleman (OL), Oluwafemi Oladejo (LB), Lu-Magia Hearns III (DB), Dario Longhetto (PK), Nick Alftin (AP/ST)
• Colorado: Frank Filip (OL), Terrance Lang (DL), Jalen Sami (DL), Isaiah Lewis (DB), Nikko Reed (RS)
• Oregon: Ryan Walk (OL), Popo Aumavae (DL), Bennett Williams (DB), Jamal Hill (DB), Seven McGee (AP/ST)
• Oregon State: Jake Levengood (OL), Everett Hayes (PK)
• Stanford: Tanner McKee (QB), E. J. Smith (RB), Elijah Higgins (WR), Branson Bragg (OL), Walter Rouse (OL), Levani Damuni (LB), Ryan Sanborn (P), Casey Filkins (RS)
• UCLA: Dorian Thompson-Robinson (QB), Jon Gaines II (OL), Stephan Blaylock (DB)
• USC: Gary Bryant Jr. (WR), Nick Figueroa (DL), Solomon Byrd (DL), Korey Foreman (LB), Xavion Alford (DB), Brenden Rice (RS)
• Utah: Devaughn Vele (WR), Dalton Kincaid (TE), Mohamoud Diabate (LB), JaTravis Broughton (DB)
• Washington: Jalen McMillan (WR), Edefuan Ulofoshio (LB), Carson Bruener (LB), Giles Jackson (AP/ST)
• Washington State: De'Zhaun Stribling (WR), Brennan Jackson (DL), Daiyan Henley (LB), Armani Marsh (DB), Derrick Langford (DB), Nick Haberer (P)

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was three coaching changes before the 2022 season. Washington State removed the interim head coaching tag on November 27, 2021, making Jake Dickert the 34th coach in team history.^[44] On November 29, 2021 Lincoln Riley was hired as the 30th head coach in USC history.^[45] The Washington Huskies hired Kalen DeBoer on November 30, 2021, making DeBoer the 30th coach in team history.^[46] The Oregon Ducks hired Dan Lanning on December 12, 2021, making Lanning the 32nd coach in team history.^[47]

On September 18 following their loss to Eastern Michigan, Arizona State and coach Herm Edwards agreed to part ways. Edwards ended his career at Arizona State with an overall record of 26–20 & a record of 17–14 in conference play.^[48]

On October 2 following their loss to Arizona, Colorado fired coach Karl Dorrell. Dorrell ended his career at Colorado with an overall record of 8–15 & a record of 6–9 in conference play.^[49]

On November 27, just over an hour after losing to BYU to complete their second consecutive 3–9 season, Stanford coach David Shaw resigned, effective immediately, after 12 seasons with an overall record of 96–54 and a record of 65–40 in conference play.^[50]

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Pac–12 record
Arizona	Jedd Fisch	2	2–12	1–11	1–8
Arizona State	Shaun Aguano	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
California	Justin Wilcox	6	26–28	26–28	15–25
Colorado	Mike Sanford Jr.	1	9–16	0–0	0-0
Oregon	Dan Lanning	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Oregon State	Jonathan Smith	5	16–28	16–28	12–22
Stanford	David Shaw	12	93–45	93–45	64–31
UCLA	Chip Kelly	5	64–32	18–25	16–18
USC	Lincoln Riley	1	55–10	0–0	0–0
Utah	Kyle Whittingham	18	143–69	143–69	88–55
Washington	Kalen DeBoer	1	79–9	0–0	0–0
Washington State	Jake Dickert	2	3–3	3–3	3–1

Note:

• Jake Dickert served as interim head coach at Washington State in 2021 and coached for five games, going 3–3.
• Herm Edward coached the first three games as head coach at Arizona State State in 2022, going 1–2. Shaun Aguano took over the fourth game of the season.
• Karl Dorrell coached the first five games as head coach at Colorado in 2022, going 0–5. Mike Sanford Jr. took over the sixth game of the season.

Rankings

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Arizona	AP		RV
	C
	CFP	Not released
Arizona State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
California	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Colorado	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Oregon	AP	11	RV	25	15	13	12	12	10	8	8	6	12	10	15	15	15
	C	12	24	24	18	15	12	11	9	8	8	6	13	9	15	14	16
	CFP	Not released									8	6	12	9	16	15	15
Oregon State	AP		RV	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	24	RV	25	22	16	17	17
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	22	16	16	17
	CFP	Not released									23		23	21	15	14	14
Stanford	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCLA	AP	RV	RV			RV	18	11	9	12	10	9	16	17	17	18	21
	C	RV	RV	RV		RV	19	12	10	15	11	10	16	18	17	18	21
	CFP	Not released									12	12	16	18	17	18	18
USC	AP	14	10	7	7	6	6	7	12	10	9	8	7	5	4	8	12
	C	15	12	8	7	6	6	6	12	11	9	7	6	5	4	8	13
	CFP	Not released									9	8	7	6	4	10	10
Utah	AP	7	13	14	13	12	11	20	15	14	12	13	10	14	12	7	10
	C	8	15	15	14	13	11	19	15	14	12	13	10	14	12	10	11
	CFP	Not released									14	13	10	14	11	8	8
Washington	AP				18	15	21			RV	RV	24	15	12	9	12	8
	C				24	18	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	15	12	9	12	8
	CFP	Not released										25	17	13	12	12	12
Washington State	AP			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV						RV
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedules

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time. Pac-12 teams in bold.

† denotes Homecoming game

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 9. Rankings from Week 10 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

Regular season

The regular season begin on September 1, 2022, and ended on December 2, 2022.

Week 13

Pac-12 Championship Game

The Pac-12 Championship Game, the conference's eleventh championship game, will be played on December 2, 2022, at the home stadium of the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Starting in 2022, the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will face off in the championship game. After a 48-45 victory over their home town rival, USC clinched the first spot in the conference title game.^[2]

Postseason

Bowl games

See also: 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games.

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The Pac-12 will have annually seven appearances in the following bowls: Rose Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Pac-12 team if champion is in the playoffs), LA Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Sun Bowl. The Pac-12 teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Pac-12 champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

Legend
	Pac-12 win
	Pac-12 loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (PST)	Pac-12 team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl	December 17, 2022	Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, NV	ESPN	11:30 a.m.	No. 14 Oregon State	Florida	Oregon State 30–3	29,750
Los Angeles Bowl	December 17, 2022	SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA	ABC	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Fresno State	Fresno State 29–6	32,405
Holiday Bowl	December 28, 2022	Petco Park • San Diego, CA	FOX	5:00 p.m.	No. 15 Oregon	North Carolina	Oregon 28–27	36,242
Alamo Bowl	December 29, 2022	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 Washington	No. 20 Texas	Washington 27–20	62,730
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl	December 30, 2022	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	CBS	11:00 a.m.	No. 18 UCLA	Pitt	Pittsburgh 37–35	41,104
New Year's Six Bowl
Cotton Bowl Classic	January 2, 2023	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas	ESPN	9:00 a.m.	No. 10 USC	No. 16 Tulane	Tulane 46–45	55,329
Rose Bowl	January 2, 2023	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	No. 8 Utah	No. 11 Penn State	Penn State 35–21	94,873

Rankings are from CFB Rankings. All times Pacific Time Zone. Pac-12 teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible (7): Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, & Washington State
• Bowl-ineligible (5): Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, & Stanford

Head to head matchups

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.^[51]

	style= width=75	Arizona	style= width=100	Arizona State	style= width=75	California	style= width=75	Colorado	style= width=75	Oregon	style= width=75	Oregon State	style= width=75	Stanford	style= width=75	UCLA	style= width=75	USC	style= width=75	Utah	style= width=75	Washington	style= width=110	Washington State
ASU	CAL	COL	ORE	OSU	STAN	UCLA	USC	UTAH	WASH	WSU -->	vs. Arizona	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Arizona State	1–0	–	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. California	0–1	0–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Colorado	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
vs. Oregon	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Oregon State	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Stanford	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. UCLA	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0
vs. USC	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	0–0	0–1
vs. Utah	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–0	0–1
vs. Washington	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–1
vs. Washington State	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–
ASU	CAL	COL	ORE	OSU	STAN	UCLA	USC	UTAH	WASH	WSU -->
Total	3–6	2–7	2–7	1–8	7–2	6–3	1–8	6–3	8–1	7–2	7–2	4–5

Updated with the results of all games through December 2022.

Pac-12 records vs Other Conferences

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big Ten	2–1
Big 12	0–2
BYU/Notre Dame	3–2
SEC	0–3
Power 5 Total	5–8
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C–USA	1–0
Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	2–1
Mountain West	7–1
Sun Belt	1–0
Other FBS Total	11–2
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	10–0
Total Non-Conference Record	26–10

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	1–1
Big Ten	0–1
Big 12	1–0
SEC	1–0
Power 5 Total	3–2
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–1
0–1
Mountain West	0–1
Other FBS Total	0–1
Total Bowl Record	3–4

Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against Power Five conference teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC, plus independents Notre Dame (an ACC member in non-football sports) and BYU (a future Big 12 member). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 2	Big 12	TCU	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	L 13–38
September 3	SEC	No. 7 Utah	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 26–29
September 3	SEC	No. 3 Georgia	No. 11 Oregon†	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 3–49
September 10	SEC	Mississippi State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 17–39
September 10	Big 12	Arizona State	No. 11 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	L 17–34
September 10	Big 10	Washington State	No. 19 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 17–10
September 17	Big 10	Colorado	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7–49
September 17	Independent	California	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	L 17–24
September 17	Independent	No. 12 BYU	No. 25 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 41–20
September 17	Big 10	No. 11 Michigan State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 39–28
October 15	Independent	Stanford	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 16–14
November 26	Independent	BYU	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 26–35
November 26	Independent	Notre Dame	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–27

Pac-12 vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	Mountain West	Arizona	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 38–20
September 3	Mountain West	Boise State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 34–17
September 3	MAC	Bowling Green	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	W 45–17
September 3	C-USA	Rice	No. 14 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 66–14
September 3	MAC	Kent State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 45–20
September 10	Mountain West	UNLV	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 20–14
September 10	Mountain West	Colorado	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	L 10–41
September 10	Mountain West	Oregon State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 35–32
September 17	MAC	Eastern Michigan	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 21–30
September 17	Sun Belt	South Alabama	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	W 32–31
September 17	Mountain West	Fresno State	No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 45–17
September 17	Mountain West	San Diego State	No. 14 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	W 35–7
September 17	Mountain West	Colorado State	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 38–7

Pac-12 vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn or UMass.

Pac-12 vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	Northern Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 40–3
September 3	UC Davis	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 34–13
September 3	Colgate	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 41–10
September 3	Idaho	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 24–17
September 10	Eastern Washington	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 70–14
September 10	Alabama State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	W 45–7
September 10	Southern Utah	No. 13 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	W 73–7
September 10	Portland State	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 52–6
September 17	North Dakota State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 31–28
September 17	Montana State	Oregon State†	Providence Park • Portland, OR	W 66–28

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special teams				Offensive line				Defensive line				Freshman
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sep. 6)^[52]		Jayden de Laura	Arizona	QB		Jaydon Grant	Oregon State	DB		Carter Brown	Arizona State	K		Brandon Kipper	Oregon State	RG		Jalen Harris	Arizona	DE		Jaydn Ott	California	RB
Week 2 (Sep. 12)^[53]		Caleb Williams	USC	QB		Kitan Oladapo	Oregon State	DB		Renard Bell	Washington State	WR/KR		Jarrett Kingston	Washington State	LT		Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	DL		Jaydn Ott (2)	California	RB
Week 3 (Sep. 19)^[54]		Michael Penix Jr.	Washington	QB		Daiyan Henley	Washington State	LB		Nicholas Barr-Mira	UCLA	K		Troy Fautanu	Washington	LT		Hunter Echols & Brandon Dorlus	Arizona & Oregon	DL		Ja'Lynn Polk	Washington	WR
Week 4 (Sep. 26)^[55]		Jaydn Ott	California	RB		Laiatu Latu	UCLA	DE		Peyton Henry	Washington	K		Ben Coleman	California	LT		Mase Funa	Oregon	OLB		Jaydn Ott (3)	California	RB
Week 5 (Oct. 3)^[56]		Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	QB		Clark Phillips III	Utah	CB		Joshua Karty	Stanford	K		T. J. Bass	Oregon	LT		Brandon Dorlus (2)	Oregon	DE		Tetairoa McMillan	Arizona	WR
Week 6 (Oct 10)^[57]		Dorian Thompson-Robinson (2)	UCLA	QB		Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	DL		Carter Brown (2)	Arizona State	K		T.J. Bass (2)	Oregon	LT		Tuli Tuipulotu (2)	USC	DL		Jaylen Jenkins	Washington State	RB
Week 7 (Oct 17)^[58]		Cameron Rising	Utah	QB		Jonathan McGill	Stanford	S		Joshua Karty (2)	Stanford	K		Braeden Daniels	Utah	LT		Jeremiah Martin	Washington	DE		Tetairoa McMillan (2)	Arizona	WR
Week 8 (Oct 24)^[59]		Bo Nix	Oregon	QB		Alex Austin	Oregon State	DB		Joshua Karty (3)	Stanford	K		Alex Forsyth	Oregon	C		Bralen Trice	Washington	DE		Damien Martinez	Oregon State	RB
Week 9 (Oct 31)^[60]		Bo Nix (2)	Oregon	QB		Bryson Shaw	USC	DB		Jordyn Tyson	Colorado	WR/KR		Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu	Oregon	RT		D. J. Johnson	Oregon	OLB		Jordyn Tyson	Colorado	WR/KR
Week 10 (Nov. 7)^[61]		Bo Nix (3)	Oregon	QB		Christian Gonzalez	Oregon	DB		Peyton Henry (2)	Washington	K		Jon Gaines II	UCLA	G		Tuli Tuipulotu (3)	USC	DL		Jaden Hicks	Washington State	DB
Week 11 (Nov. 14)^[62]		Michael Penix Jr. (2)	Washington	QB		Tuli Tuipulotu (2)	USC	DL		Peyton Henry (3)	Washington	K		Corey Luciano	Washington	C		Brennan Jackson	Washington State	EDGE		Jacob Manu	Arizona	LB
Week 12 (Nov. 21)^[63]		Caleb Williams (2)	USC	QB		Bennett Williams	Oregon	DB		Joshua Karty (4)	Stanford	K		Andrew Vorhees	USC	G		Tuli Tuipulotu (4)	USC	DL		Damien Martinez (2)	Oregon State	RB
Week 13 (Nov. 28)^[64]		Michael Penix Jr. (3)	Washington	QB		Kitan Oladapo (2)	Oregon State	DB		Cade Brownholtz	Oregon State	OLB		Henry Bainivalu	Washington	G		Jeremiah Martin	Washington	EDGE		Damien Martinez (3)	Oregon State	RB

Totals per school

School	Total
style= width=125	Oregon	13
style= width=125	Washington	12
style= width=125	USC	10
style= width=125	Oregon State	9
style= width=125	Arizona	6
style= width=125	Washington State	6
style= width=125	California	5
style= width=125	Stanford	5
style= width=125	UCLA	4
style= width=125	Utah	3
style= width=125	Colorado	2
style= width=125	Arizona State	2

Pac-12 individual awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Pac-12 Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Caleb Williams	style= width=125	USC
Defensive Player of the Year	Tuli Tuipulotu	style= width=125	USC
Offensive Freshman of the Year	Damien Martinez	style= width=125	Oregon State
Defensive Freshman of the Year	Lander Barton	style= width=125	Utah
Scholar Athlete of the Year	Nick Figueroa	style= width=125	USC
Co-Coaches of the Year	Kalen DeBoer & Jonathan Smith	Washington & Oregon State

All-conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors. Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-Pac-12 Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively.

Source:^[65]

First Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Caleb Williams	So.	style= width=125	USC (1)
RB	Zach Charbonnet	Sr.	style= width=125	UCLA (1)
	Damien Martinez	Fr.	style= width=125	Oregon State (1)
WR	Rome Odunze	So.	style= width=125	Washington (1)
	Jordan Addison	Jr.	style= width=125	USC (2)
TE	Dalton Kincaid	Sr.	style= width=125	Utah (1)
OL	T. J. Bass†	Sr.	style= width=125	Oregon (1)
	Braeden Daniels	Jr.	style= width=125	Utah (2)
	Alex Forsyth	Sr.	style= width=125	Oregon (2)
	Andrew Vorhees	R-Sr.	style= width=125	USC (3)
	Jaxson Kirkland‡	Sr.	style= width=125	Washington (2)
	Sataoa Laumea	So.	style= width=125	Utah (3)
First Team Defense
DL	Tuli Tuipulotu†	Jr.	style= width=125	USC (4)
	Laiatu Latu	R-Jr.	style= width=125	UCLA (2)
	Bralen Trice	So.	style= width=125	Washington (3)
	Jeremiah Martin	Sr.	style= width=125	Washington (4)
LB	Daiyan Henley	R-Sr.	style= width=125	Washington State (1)
	Jackson Sirmon	R-Sr.	style= width=125	California (1)
	Omar Speights	Jr.	style= width=125	Oregon State (2)
DB	Clark Phillips III	So.	style= width=125	Utah (4)
	Christian Gonzalez	So.	style= width=125	Oregon (3)
	Mekhi Blackmon	R-Sr.	style= width=125	USC (5)
	Rejzohn Wright	Sr.	style= width=125	Oregon State (3)
First team special teams
PK	Joshua Karty	Jr.	style= width=125	Stanford (1)
P	Eddie Czaplicki	So.	style= width=125	Arizona State (1)
RS	Anthony Gould	R-So.	style= width=125	Oregon State (4)
AP/ST	Jack Colletto	R-Sr.	style= width=125	Oregon State (5)

Second Team

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Michael Penix Jr.	Jr.	style= width=125	Washington (5)
RB	Xazavian Valladay	Gr.	style= width=125	Arizona State (2)
	Travis Dye	R-Sr.	style= width=125	USC (6)
WR	Dorian Singer	So.	style= width=125	Arizona (1)
	Troy Franklin	So.	style= width=125	Oregon (4)
TE	Benjamin Yurosek	Jr.	style= width=125	Stanford (2)
OL	Troy Fautanu	So.	style= width=125	Washington (6)
	Taliese Fuaga	So.	style= width=125	Oregon State (5)
	Brett Neilon	R-Sr.	style= width=125	USC (7)
	Joshua Gray	R-So.	style= width=125	Oregon State (6)
	Atonio Mafi	R-Sr.	style= width=125	UCLA (3)
Second Team Defense
DL	Brandon Dorlus	Jr.	style= width=125	Oregon (5)
	Ron Stone Jr.	R-Jr.	style= width=125	Washington State (2)
	Brennan Jackson	R-Jr.	style= width=125	Washington State (3)
	Junior Tafuna	So.	style= width=125	Utah (5)
LB	Noah Sewell	So.	style= width=125	Oregon (6)
	Karene Reid	So.	style= width=125	Utah (6)
	Darius Muasau	Sr.	style= width=125	UCLA (4)
DB	Jaydon Grant	R-Sr.	style= width=125	Oregon State (7)
	Kyu Blu Kelly		style= width=125	Stanford (3)
	Calen Bullock	So.	style= width=125	USC (8)
	Alex Cook	Sr.	style= width=125	Washington (7)
Second team special teams
PK	Peyton Henry	Sr.	style= width=125	Washington (8)
P	Jamieson Sheahan	Sr.	style= width=125	California (2)
RS	Silas Bolden	So.	style= width=125	Oregon State (8)
AP/ST	Daiyan Henley	R-Sr.	style= width=125	Washington State (4)

Notes:

• RS = Return specialist
• AP/ST = All-purpose/special teams player (not a kicker or returner)
• † Two-time first team selection;
• ‡ Three-time first team selection

Honorable mentions

• ARIZONA: WR Jacob Cowing, Jr.; QB Jayden de Laura, So.; K Tyler Loop, So.; OL Jordan Morgan, Jr.; OL Jonah Savaiinaea, Fr.; RB Michael Wiley, Jr.
• ARIZONA STATE: WR Elijhah Badger, R-So.; DB Jordan Clark, R-Jr.; TE Jalin Conyers, R-So.; RS Daniyel Ngata, R-So.; LB Merlin Robertson, 5th; DL Nesta Jade Silvera, Gr; LB Kyle Soelle, R-5th; DB Ro Torrance, R-So.
• CALIFORNIA: DB Jeremiah Earby, Fr.;  WR/RS Jeremiah Hunter, Jr.;  RB Jaydn Ott, Fr.;  DB Daniel Scott, R-Sr.;  WR J. Michael Sturdivant, R-Fr.;  DB Craig Woodson, R-Jr.
• COLORADO: ILB Josh Chandler-Semedo, Gr.;  DB/RS Nikko Reed, So.;  OL Casey Roddick, Jr.;  TE Brady Russell, Sr.;  DL Jalen Sami, Jr.
• OREGON: OL Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Sr.;  WR Chase Cota, Sr.;  TE Terrance Ferguson, So.;  RB Bucky Irving, So.;  OLB D. J. Johnson, Sr.;  K Camden Lewis, Jr.;  QB Bo Nix, Sr.;  OL Ryan Walk, Sr.;  DB Bennett Williams, Sr.
• OREGON STATE: DB Alex Austin, R-So.;  DB Ryan Cooper Jr., Jr.;  LB Kyrei Fisher-Morris, R-Sr.;  WR Tre'Shaun Harrison, Sr.;  OL Brandon Kipper, R-Sr.;  OL Jake Levengood, R-Jr.;  P Luke Loecher, R-Sr.;  DL Sione Lolohea, So.;  DB Kitan Oladapo, R-Jr.;  DL James Rawls, R-Jr.
• STANFORD: LB Levani Dumani, Sr.; DL Stephen Herron, Sr.;  WR Elijah Higgins, Sr.;  LB Ricky Miezan, 5th, OL Drake Nugent, Sr.;  OL Walter Rouse, Sr.;  P Ryan Sanborn, Sr.;  AP/ST Brycen Tremayne, 5th;  WR Michael Wilson, 5th
• UCLA: DB Stephan Blaylock, R-Sr.;  WR Jake Bobo, R-Sr.;  OL Jon Gaines II, Sr.;  QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, R-Sr.
• USC: OL Justin Dedich, R-Sr.;  OL Jonah Monheim, R-So.;  LB Shane Lee, Sr.;  WR Tahj Washington, R-Jr.;  DB Max Williams, R-Jr.
• UTAH: OL Keaton Bills, So.;  S Cole Bishop, So.;  DL Jonah Elliss, So.;  DB R.J. Hubert, Sr.;  QB Cameron Rising, Jr.;  WR Devaughn Vele, So.
• WASHINGTON: OL Henry Bainivalu, Sr.;  LB Cam Bright, Sr.;  OL Corey Luciano, Sr.;  WR Jalen McMillan, So.;  RB Wayne Taulapapa, Gr.;  DL Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Jr.;  LB Alphonzo Tuputala, So.;  DB Asa Turner, Jr.
• WASHINGTON STATE: RS Robert Ferrel, 5th;  P Nick Haberer, So.;  OL Jarrett Kingston, R-Jr.;  DB Armani Marsh, R-Sr.;  DB Chau Smith-Wade, So.;  QB Cameron Ward, So.;  RB Nakia Watson, R-Jr.

All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.^{[66] [67]}

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
QB	Caleb Williams	style= width=125	USC	AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, ESPN, FOX, Phil Steele, The Athletic, USAT
OL	Andrew Vorhees	style= width=125	USC	AP, FOX, USAT
DL	Tuli Tuipulotu	style= width=125	USC	AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, FOX, Phil Steele, The Athletic, USAT
CB	Clark Phillips III	style= width=125	Utah	AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, FOX, Phil Steele, The Athletic, USAT
PR	Anthony Gould	style= width=125	Oregon State	TSN, CBS, ESPN
AP	Zach Charbonnet	style= width=125	UCLA	FWAA
AP	Jack Colletto	style= width=125	Oregon State	Phil Steele
K	Joshua Karty	style= width=125	Stanford	TSN, Phil Steele

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
RB	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	CBS
AP/ATH			AP, TSN
OL	T. J. Bass	style= width=125	Oregon	The Athletic
OL	Alex Forsyth	style= width=125	Oregon	FWAA, Phil Steele
C	Brett Neilon	style= width=125	USC	TSN, CBS, FOX,
OL	Andrew Vorhees	style= width=125	USC	FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, The Athletic, Phil Steele
DL	Bralen Trice	style= width=125	Washington	TSN
K	Joshua Karty	style= width=125	Stanford	FWAA, CBS, FOX, The Athletic

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans
OL	Jaxson Kirkland	style= width=125	Washington	AP
C	Brett Neilon	style= width=125	USC	AP
TE	Dalton Kincaid	style= width=125	Utah	AP, Phil Steele
WR	Rome Odunze	style= width=125	Washington	AP
PR	Anthony Gould	style= width=125	Oregon State	Phil Steele
K	Joshua Karty	style= width=125	Stanford	AP

Fourth Team:

• Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA − Phil Steele
• Rome Odunze, WR, Washington − Phil Steele
• T. J. Bass, OL, Oregon − Phil Steele
• Christian Gonzalez, DB, Oregon − Phil Steele

Sources:

• American Football Coaches Association All-America Team
  

• AP All-America team
  

• The Athletic All-America Team
  

• CBS Sports All-America Team
  

• Phil Steele's 2022 Postseason All-American Team
  

• ESPN All-America Team
  

• FWAA All-America Team
  

• Sporting News All-America Team
  

• USA Today All-America Team
  

• Walter Camp All-America Team

National award winners

2022 College Football Award Winners

Award	Player	School
Heisman Trophy	Caleb Williams	USC
AP College Football Player of the Year
Paul Hornung Award	Jack Colletto	style= width=125	Oregon State

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
style= width=125	Arizona	Arizona Stadium	50,800	46,275	41,211	36,591	50,800†	44,006	40,717	49,865	—	309,465	44,209	87.02%
style= width=125	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	53,599	44,764	43,788	39,876	39,244	51,265†	39,551	—	—	258,448	43,081	80.37%
style= width=125	California	California Memorial Stadium	63,000	34,984	38,180	37,216	34,601	37,077	51,892†	36,221	—	270,171	38,596	61.26%
style= width=125	Colorado	Folsom Field	50,183	47,868	42,848	50,471†	40,334	42,089	33,474	—	—	257,084	42,847	85.38%
style= width=125	Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	47,289	54,463	52,218	59,962†	58,756	57,009	—	—	329,697	54,950	101.75%
style= width=125	Oregon State	Reser Stadium‡	26,407	27,732	28,768	28,735	27,679	28,642	43,363†	—	—	184,919	30,820	116.71%
style= width=125	Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,424	26,826	43,813†	32,482	25,061	26,515	25,094	—	—	179,791	29,965	59.42%
style= width=125	UCLA	Rose Bowl	80,816	27,143	33,727	29,344	41,343	42,038	43,850	44,430	70,865†	332,740	41,593	46.96%
style= width=125	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,500	60,113	67,266	62,133	63,204	64,916	61,206	72,613†	—	451,411	64,487	83.20%
style= width=125	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium	51,444	51,531	51,602	51,729	53,609†	51,919	51,951	—	—	312,341	52,057	101.19%
style= width=125	Washington	Husky Stadium	70,083	56,112	57,518	68,161†	65,438	63,189	62,142	67,969	—	440,529	62,933	89.79%
style= width=125	Washington State	Martin Stadium	32,952	25,233	23,611	33,058†	23,021	21,179	24,039	33,152	—	180,293	26,185	79.46%
Total		55,100									3,506,889	44,391	80.56%

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡Oregon State is renovating their stadium during the 2022 season reducing the capacity to 26,407.^[68]

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Pac-12 players who were drafted in the 2023 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Christian Gonzalez	CB	style= width=125	Oregon	1	17	17	New England Patriots
Jordan Addison	WR	style= width=125	USC		23	23	Minnesota Vikings
Dalton Kincaid	TE	style= width=125	Utah		25	25	Buffalo Bills
Luke Musgrave	TE	style= width=125	Oregon State	2	11	42	Green Bay Packers
Zach Charbonnet	RB	style= width=125	UCLA		21	52	Seattle Seahawks
Tuli Tuipulotu	LB	style= width=125	USC		23	54	Los Angeles Chargers
D. J. Johnson	LB	style= width=125	Oregon	3	17	80	Carolina Panthers
Daiyan Henley	LB	style= width=125	Washington State		22	85	Los Angeles Chargers
Michael Wilson	WR	style= width=125	Stanford		31	94	Arizona Cardinals
Mekhi Blackmon	CB	style= width=125	USC		39	102	Minnesota Vikings
Clark Phillips III	CB	style= width=125	Utah	4	11	113	Atlanta Falcons
Braeden Daniels	OG	style= width=125	Utah		16	118	Washington Commanders
Jon Gaines II	OG	style= width=125	UCLA		20	122	Arizona Cardinals
Dorian Thompson-Robinson	QB	style= width=125	UCLA	5	5	140	Cleveland Browns
Atonio Mafi	OG	style= width=125	UCLA		9	144	New England Patriots
Noah Sewell	LB	style= width=125	Oregon		13	148	Chicago Bears
Kyu Blu Kelly	CB	style= width=125	Stanford		22	157	Baltimore Ravens
Daniel Scott	S	style= width=125	California		23	158	Indianapolis Colts
Tanner McKee	QB	style= width=125	Stanford	6	11	188	Philadelphia Eagles
Elijah Higgins	WR	style= width=125	Stanford		20	197	Miami Dolphins
Malaesala Aumavae–Laulu	OT	style= width=125	Oregon		22	199	Baltimore Ravens
Andrew Vorhees	OG	style= width=125	USC	7	12	229	Baltimore Ravens
Nesta Jade Silvera	DT	style= width=125	Arizona State		14	231	Las Vegas Raiders
Jordon Riley	DT	style= width=125	Oregon		26	243	New York Giants
Alex Austin	CB	style= width=125	Oregon State		35	252	Buffalo Bills
Alex Forsyth	C	style= width=125	Oregon		40	257	Denver Broncos
Kendall Williamson	CB	style= width=125	Stanford		41	258	Chicago Bears

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
style= width=125	Arizona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
style= width=125	Arizona State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
style= width=125	California	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
style= width=125	Colorado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
style= width=125	Oregon	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	6
style= width=125	Oregon State	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
style= width=125	Stanford	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	5
style= width=125	UCLA	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4
style= width=125	USC	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
style= width=125	Utah	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
style= width=125	Washington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
style= width=125	Washington State	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	3	3	4	3	5	3	6	26

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