2012 Pac-12 Football Schedule Released

Utah will be the first Pac-12 football team to take the field in 2012 on Aug. 30 and league play will start on Sept. 15 with USC visiting Stanford, it was announced on Wednesday with the release of the 2012 schedule (full schedule below). It was also announced that every game will be on national TV for the first time in conference history.

Making the universal national coverage possible is 44 games on various ESPN and Fox channels and 34 on the Pac-12 Networks. Exact times and broadcast schedules were not yet released.

“The one thing we heard loud and clear from fans across the Conference is they want to see their teams play every week,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. “Starting in 2012 fans can see all games throughout the country.”

While USC and Stanford kick off Pac-12 play, most teams won’t have their first conference game until the following week. Included in the first full week of conference play is Oregon opening their title defense at home against Arizona State.

Thur., Aug. 30
Northern Colorado at Utah
Sat., Sept. 1
Toledo at Arizona
Northern Arizona at Arizona State
Hawai’i at USC
UCLA at Rice
Nevada at California
San Jose State at Stanford
Arkansas State at Oregon
Nicholls State at Oregon State
San Diego State at Washington
Washington State at BYU
Colorado vs. Colorado State (1)
Sat. Sept. 8
Oklahoma State at Arizona
Illinois at Arizona State
Southern Utah at California
USC vs. Syracuse (2)
Nebraska at UCLA
Duke at Stanford
Fresno State at Oregon
Wisconsin at Oregon State
Washington at LSU
Eastern Washington at Washington State
Sacramento State at Colorado
Utah at Utah State
Sat., Sept. 15
South Carolina State at Arizona
Arizona State at Missouri
USC at Stanford
Houston at UCLA
California at Ohio State
Tennessee Tech at Oregon
Portland State at Washington
Washington State at UNLV
Colorado at Fresno State
BYU at Utah
Sat., Sept. 22
Arizona at Oregon
Utah at Arizona State
California at USC
Oregon State at UCLA
Colorado at Washington State
Thur., Sept. 27
Stanford at Washington
Sat., Sept. 29
Oregon State at Arizona
Arizona State at California
UCLA at Colorado
Oregon at Washington State
Thurs., Oct. 4
USC at Utah
Sat., Oct. 6
Arizona at Stanford
UCLA at California
Washington at Oregon
Washington State at Oregon State
Thurs., Oct. 11
Arizona State at Colorado
Sat., Oct. 13
USC at Washington
Utah at UCLA
California at Washington State
Stanford at Notre Dame
Oregon State at BYU
Thurs., Oct. 18
Oregon at Arizona State
Sat., Oct. 20
Washington at Arizona
Colorado at USC
Stanford at California
Utah at Oregon State
Sat., Oct. 27
USC at Arizona
UCLA at Arizona State
California at Utah
Washington State at Stanford
Colorado at Oregon
Oregon State at Washington
Fri., Nov. 2
Washington at California
Sat., Nov. 3
Arizona at UCLA
Arizona State at Oregon State
Oregon at USC
Stanford at Colorado
Washington State at Utah
Sat., Nov. 10
Colorado at Arizona
Arizona State at USC
UCLA at Washington State
Oregon at California
Oregon State at Stanford
Utah at Washington
Sat., Nov. 17
Arizona at Utah
Washington State at Arizona State
USC at UCLA
California at Oregon State
Stanford at Oregon
Washington at Colorado
Fri., Nov. 23
Arizona State at Arizona
Washington at Washington State
Utah at Colorado
Sat., Nov. 24
Notre Dame at USC
Stanford at UCLA
Oregon at Oregon State
Fri., Nov. 30
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Neutral Sites
(1) Invesco Field, Denver, Colo.
(2) MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Note: All Washington home games will be played at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Wash.

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