2024 Pac-12 Conference football season explained

2024 Pac-12 Conference football season
Color:
  1. 004B91
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League:NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport:Football
Pixels:125px
No Of Teams:2
Tv:The CW, Fox Sports
Season:Regular season
Finals:Pac-12 Championship
Finals Link:2024 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Seasonslist:College football
Seasonslistnames:Football
Prevseason Year:2023

The 2024 Pac-12 Conference football season will be the 46th season of Pac-12 football, and will take place during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 31, 2024.[1] Every member school outside of Oregon State and Washington State moved to a different conference. Former members UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington moved to the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado moved to the Big 12. Stanford and Cal moved to the ACC.[2]

On December 5, 2023, it was announced that Oregon State and Washington State had entered into a football alliance with the Mountain West Conference (MWC) for the 2024 season. With the alliance, both programs will play 3 home games and 3 away games against MWC opponents.[3]

Previous season

The Washington Huskies defeated the Oregon Ducks 34–31 in the 2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.Washington defeated Texas 37–31 in the 2024 Sugar Bowl before losing to undefeated Michigan 34–13 in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Television

The CW and Fox Sports will broadcast every Pac-12 matchup nationally.[4]

Preseason

Recruiting classes

National rankings! Team! ESPN[5] ! Rivals[6] ! 24/7[7] ! On3 recruits[8] ! Total signees
Oregon StateNo. 69No. 63No. 87No. 6817
Washington StateNo. 67No. 57No. 62No. 6624

Coaching

On November 28, 2023, Oregon State named Trent Bray as head coach replacing Jonathan Smith who accepted the same position at Michigan State.[9]

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2023 season

TeamHead coachYear at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolPac-12 recordConference Championships
Oregon StateTrent Bray00–00–00–00
Washington StateJake Dickert315–1615–169–130

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold
All times Pacific time.

† 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

Week Ten

Date Bye Week
November 2 Oregon State
November 2 Washington State

Week Fourteen

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pac-12 College Football Schedule . ESPN . 25 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Russo . Ralph . Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit? . AP . 25 May 2024 . 1 September 2023.
  3. Web site: . Bonagura . Kyle . What Oregon State and Washington State's agreement with Mountain West means moving forward . December 5, 2023 . August 1, 2024.
  4. Web site: Pac-12 Football to be featured nationally across The CW Network & FOX Sports in 2024 . osubeavers.com . 25 May 2024 . 14 May 2024.
  5. Web site: 2024 Class Rankings. June 20, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2024 Class Rankings. June 20, 2024.
  7. Web site: 2024 Football Recruiting Team Rankings. June 20, 2024.
  8. Web site: 2024 Football Recruiting Team Rankings. June 20, 2024.
  9. Web site: Trent Bray Named Oregon State Football Head Coach . osubeavers.com . 20 June 2024 . 28 November 2023.