2015 Pac-12 Conference football season
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{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season
| color = #193980
| color text = white
| league = NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
| sport = American football
| logo =
| pixels = 110px
| caption = The Conference of Champions
| duration =
| no_of_teams = 12
| attendance =
| TV = Fox Sports Media Group (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
| draft = 2016 NFL Draft
| draft_link = 2016 NFL Draft
| top_pick = QB Jared Goff, California
| picked_by = Los Angeles Rams, 1st overall
| season = Regular season
| top_scorer =
| top_scorer_link =
| conf1 = North
| conf1_champ = Stanford Cardinal
| conf1_runner-up = Oregon Ducks
| conf2 = South
| conf2_champ = USC Trojans
Utah Utes
| conf2_runner-up = UCLA Bruins
| finals = Pac-12 Championship
| finals_link = 2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
| finals_champ = Stanford Cardinal
| finals_runner-up = USC Trojans
| finals_MVP = Christian McCaffrey, RB
| finals_MVP_link =
| seasonslist =
| seasonslistnames = Football
| prevseason_year = 2014
| nextseason_year = 2016
}}
{{2015 Pac-12 football standings}}
The 2015 Pac-12 Conference football season was the fifth season for the conference as a twelve-team league. The season began on September 3, 2015 with a trio of games, Arizona hosting UTSA, Utah hosting Michigan, and Hawaii hosting Colorado. The final game was the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium on December 5, 2015, with ESPN televising the game.
Previous season
Oregon, the North Division Champions, defeated Arizona, the South Division Champions, 51–13 to claim their second conference title and the chance to play in the College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal game at the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Florida State 59–20, advancing to their second-ever national championship game (the first-ever CFP National Championship Game), where they were defeated by the Ohio Buckeyes, 42–20.
A record nine conference teams played in a post-season bowl game, with six winning. Arizona, the South Division Champion, was also a bowl game loser, losing to Boise State 38–30 in the Fiesta Bowl. Bowl game winners were: Arizona State defeated Duke 36–31 in the Sun Bowl, Stanford defeated Maryland 45–21 in the Foster Farms Bowl, UCLA defeated Kansas State 40–35 in the Alamo Bowl, USC defeated Nebraska 45–42 in the Holiday Bowl, and Utah defeated Colorado State 45–10 in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Pre-season
2015 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:
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North Division
- California: March 9 – April 18 with 24 signees
- Oregon: March 31 – May 2 with 22 signees
- Oregon State: March 3 – April 18 with 22 signees
- Stanford: February 23 – April 11 with 22 signees
- Washington: March 30 – April 25 with 24 signees
- Washington State: March 12 – April 28 with 24 signees
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South Division
- Arizona: March 4 – April 10 with 25 signees
- Arizona State: March 16 – April 10 with 22 signees
- Colorado: February 13 – March 15 with 19 signees
- UCLA: March 31 – April 25, 2015 with 18 signees
- USC: March 3 – April 11 with 24 signees
- Utah: March 24 – April 25 with 20 signees
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=Pac-12 Media=
2015 Pac-12 Media Day was held at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California on July 30–31, 2015.
==Preseason polls==
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North Division
- 1. Oregon (37), 262 pts
- 2. Stanford (8), 232 pts
- 3. California, 174 pts
- 4. Washington, 129 pts
- 5. Washington State, 89 pts
- 6. Oregon State, 60 pts
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South Division
- 1. USC (32), 254 pts
- 2. Arizona State (7), 200 pts
- 3. UCLA (6), 180 pts
- 4. Arizona, 155 pts
- 5. Utah, 105 pts
- 6. Colorado, 46 pts
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- Predicted Pac-12 Championship Game Winner: USC (21) was picked to win the Pac-12 Championship over Oregon (17) for the first time since 2012. Others receiving votes were ASU (3), UCLA (2), and Stanford (1).
=Recruiting classes=
| class="wikitable"
|+ Rankings ! Team ! ESPN{{cite web|url=http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804220112/http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?action=login |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |title=Football Class Rankings - ESPN |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2015-04-04}} !Signees |
| style="text-align:center; background:#000080; color:#e00000;"|Arizona
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 39 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 41 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 41 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 42 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 25 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#800000; color:#FFD700;"|Arizona State
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 26 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 20 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 17 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 19 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 22 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#191970; color:#FCD116;"|California
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | - | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 29 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 36 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 34 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 24 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#CEBE70; color:#000000;"|Colorado
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | - | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 71 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 75 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 69 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 19 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#00703C; color:#FFCC00;"|Oregon
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 15 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 17 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 21 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 16 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 22 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#000000; color:#CC5500;"|Oregon State
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | - | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 71 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 63 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 60 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 22 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Stanford
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 27 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 18 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 25 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 24 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 22 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#0073CF; color:#FEBB36"|UCLA
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 11 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 13 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 9 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 12 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 18 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"|USC
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 3 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 1 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 1 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 2 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 26 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Utah
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | - | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 41 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 53 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 45 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 20 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"|Washington
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | 28 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 30 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 23 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 27 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 24 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#9e1b34; color:#606a74;"|Washington State
| style="text-align:center; background:white" | - | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 55 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 38 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 41 | style="text-align:center; background:white" | 24 |
Head coaches
=Coaching changes=
There were one coaching change following the 2015 season including Gary Andersen with Oregon State.
=Coaches=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |
| width="110" | Team
! Head coach ! Years at school ! Overall record ! Record at school ! Pac-12 record |
|---|
| style="background:#000080; color:#e00000;"|Arizona
| 4 | 146–98–2 | 26–14 | 15–12 |
| style="background:#800000; color:#FFD700;"|Arizona State
| 4 | 77–41 | 28–12 | 19–8 |
| style="background:#191970; color:#FCD116;"|California
| 3 | 28–33 | 6–18 | 3–15 |
| style="background:#CEBE70; color:#000000;"|Colorado
| 3 | 22–39 | 6–18 | 1–17 |
| style="background:#00703C; color:#FFCC00;"|Oregon
| 3 | 24–4 | 24–4 | 15–3 |
| style="background:#000000; color:#CC5500;"|Oregon State
| 1 | 49–38 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Stanford
| 5 | 42–12 | 42–12 | 28–8 |
| style="background:#0073CF; color:#FEBB36"|UCLA
| 4 | 29–11 | 29–11 | 18–9 |
| style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"|USC
| 2 | 43–33 | 9–4 | 30–24 |
| style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Utah
| 11 | 85–33 | 85–33 | 14–22 |
| style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"|Washington
| 2 | 100–18 | 8–6 | 4–5 |
| style="background:#9e1b34; color:#606a74;"|Washington State
| 3 | 96–68 | 12–20 | 7–20 |
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Rankings
| style="border:2px solid black;" |
| style="background:#D8FFEB; width:20px; border:1px solid black;" |
| | Increase in ranking |
| style="background:#FFE6E6; width:20px; border:1px solid black;" |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| style="background:#FFFFE6; width:20px; border:1px solid black;" |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| style="background:#9cf; width:20px; border:1px solid black;"|
| | Selected for College Football Playoff |
| {{center|(Italics)}}
| | Number of first place votes |
| {{center|т}}
| | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
{{main|2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings}}
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| colspan=2 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"| | 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 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#000080; color:#e00000;"|Arizona ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 22 |style="background:#FFF;"| 22 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 22 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#FFF;"| 19 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#800000; color:#FFD700;"|Arizona State ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 15 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 16 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#FCD116; color:#191970;"|California ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 23 |style="background:#FFF;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 22 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 19 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#CEBE70; color:#000000;"|Colorado ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#3D731E; color:#FFE436;"|Oregon ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 12 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 13 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 15 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 19 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 13 |style="background:#FFF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 24 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 22 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 20 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 17 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 15 |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#000000; color:#CC5500;"|Oregon State ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Stanford ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 21 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 21 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 15 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 8 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 9 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 15 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 13 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 21 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 11 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 8 |style="background:#FFF;"| 8 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 15 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 12 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| 11 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 11 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 9 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 6 |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#0073CF; color:#FEBB36;"|UCLA ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 13 |style="background:#FFF;"| 13 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 9 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 20 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 22 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 22 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 14 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 13 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 12 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 11 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 20 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 25 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 22 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 23 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 19 |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 22 |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"|USC ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| 8 |style="background:#FFF;"| 8 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 6 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 19 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 17 |style="background:#FFF;"| 17 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 22 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| 10 |style="background:#FFF;"| 10 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 17 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 25 |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Utah ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 21 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 18 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 5 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 4 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 3 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 13 |style="background:#FFF;"| 13 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 21 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 17 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 25 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 21 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 17 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 12 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 7 |style="background:#FFF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 14 |style="background:#FFF;"| 14 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 13 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 18 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 25 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 16 | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| 12 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 10 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 13 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 22 |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"|Washington ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="19" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3 style="background:#9e1b34; color:#FFFFFF;"|Washington State ! AP |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 24 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!C |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 23 |style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 20 |style="background:#FFE6E6;"| RV |style="background:#FFF;"| RV | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
!CFP | colspan="9" style="background:#999999;"| Not released |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#FFFFE6;"| 20 |style="background:#FFF;"| |style="background:#999999;"| | |||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;" |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" |
| Index to colors and formatting |
|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|Pac-12 member won |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc
|Pac-12 member lost |
| Pac-12 teams in bold |
All times Mountain time. Pac-12 teams in bold.
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.
=Week 1=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Thursday, September 3
| time = 5:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Michigan
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = FS1
| score = 24–17
| attend = 47,825
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Thursday, September 3
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| home_rank = 22
| visiting_team = UTSA
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = 42–32
| attend = 51,111
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Thursday, September 3
| time = 10:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_team = Hawaii
| site_stadium = Aloha Stadium
| site_cityst = Honolulu, HI
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 20–28
| attend = 24,255
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Friday, September 4
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Weber State
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = 26–7
| attend = 35,160
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Friday, September 4
| time = 7:15 p.m.
| home_rank = 23
| visiting_team = Washington
| home_team = Boise State
| site_stadium = Albertsons Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| tv = ESPN
| score = 13–16
| attend = 36,836
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 9:00 a.m.
| visiting_rank = 21
| visiting_team = Stanford
| home_team = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Ryan Field
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| tv = ESPN
| score = 6–16
| attend = 36,024
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| visiting_team = Portland State
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = 17–24
| attend = 24,302
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| home_rank = 13
| visiting_team = Virginia
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = FOX
| score = 34–16
| attend = 68,615
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Grambling State
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = 73–14
| attend = 60,606
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 15
| visiting_team = Arizona State
| home_team = Texas A&M
| site_stadium = Reliant Stadium
| site_cityst = Houston, TX
| tv = ESPN
| score = 17–38
| attend = 66,308
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Eastern Washington
| home_rank = 7
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = 61–42
| attend = 58,128
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 5
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arkansas State
| home_rank = 8
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = 55–6
| attend = 79,809
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - September 7
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Josh Rosen
| UCLA | Justin Thomas | Utah | Washington |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference:{{cite press release|title=Pac-12 Football Players of the Week announced, Week One|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2015/09/07/pac-12-football-players-week-announced|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909215504/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/09/07/pac-12-football-players-week-announced|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2015|publisher=Pac-12 Conference|date=2015-09-07|access-date=2015-09-07}} |
=Week 2=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Friday, September 11
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Utah State
| home_rank = 24
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 24–14
| attend = 46,011
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 9:00 a.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_team = Michigan
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| tv = ABC
| score = 7–35
| attend = 109,651
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| visiting_team = Sacramento State
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = 49–0
| attend = 55,010
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| visiting_team = UMass
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = P12N
| score = 48–14
| attend = 35,094
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_team = Rutgers
| site_stadium = High Point Solutions Stadium
| site_cityst = Piscataway, NJ
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 37–34
| attend = 46,536
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = San Diego State
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = 35–7
| attend = 50,830
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 22
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_team = Nevada
| site_stadium = Mackay Stadium
| site_cityst = Reno, NV
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 44–20
| attend = 24,355
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Idaho
| home_rank = 8
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = 59–9
| attend = 72,422
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 7
| visiting_team = Oregon
| home_rank = 5
| home_team = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| tv = ABC
| score = 28–31
| attend = 76,526
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = UCF
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford
| tv = FS1
| score = 31–0
| attend = 50,420
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 13
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_team = UNLV
| site_stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
| site_cityst = Las Vegas, NV
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 37–3
| attend = 31,262
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 12
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Cal Poly
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = 35–21
| attend = 46,500
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week- September 14
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Luke Falk
| Washington State | Gionni Paul | Utah | Bralon Addison | Oregon |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference:{{cite press release|title=Pac-12 Football Players of the Week announced, Week Two|url=https://pac-12.com/news/2015/9/14/pac-12-football-players-week-announced-0.aspx|publisher=Pac-12 Conference|date=2015-09-14|access-date=2015-09-14}} |
=Week 3=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Friday, September 18
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = New Mexico
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = 34–10
| attend = 43,310
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| visiting_team = Georgia State
| home_rank = 12
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = 61–28
| attend = 56,859
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Utah State
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = 31–17
| attend = 59,464
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_team = Colorado State
| site_stadium = Sports Authority Field at Mile High
| site_cityst = Denver, CO
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 27–24
| overtime = OT
| attend = 76,125
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = California
| home_team = Texas
| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| tv = FOX
| score = 45–44
| attend = 91,568
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Stanford
| home_rank = 6
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = ABC
| score = STAN 41–31
| attend = 78,306
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 5:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = San Jose State
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = 35–21
| attend = 34,573
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 5:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Wyoming
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = 31–14
| attend = 31,105
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 21
| visiting_team = Utah
| home_team = Fresno State
| site_stadium = Bulldog Stadium
| site_cityst = Fresno, CA
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 45–24
| attend = 33,675
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 19
| visiting_team = BYU
| home_rank = 10
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = FS1
| score = 24–23
| attend = 67,612
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 19
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Northern Arizona
| home_rank = 20
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = 77–13
| attend = 51,494
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - September 21
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Kevin Hogan
| Stanford | Kenneth Olugbode | Colorado | Cory Butler-Byrd | Utah |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 4=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Friday, September 25
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 21
| visiting_team = Stanford
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = FS1
| score = STAN 42–24
| attend = 37,302
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, September 26
| time = 11:00 am
| visiting_team = Nicholls State
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = P12N
| score = 48–0
| attend = 37,302
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, September 26
| time = 3:00 pm
| visiting_team = California
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = CAL 30–24
| attend = 61,066
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, September 26
| time = 8:00 pm
| visiting_rank = 9
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_rank = 16
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = ABC
| score = UCLA 56–30
| attend = 56,004
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, September 26
| time = 10:30 pm
| visiting_rank = 18
| visiting_team = Utah
| home_rank = 13
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = FOX
| score = UTAH 62–20
| attend = 57,145
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, September 26
| time = 11:30 pm
| visiting_rank = 19
| visiting_team = USC
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = ESPN
| score = USC 42–14
| attend = 61,904
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - September 28
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Travis Wilson
| Utah | Kyle Kragen | California | Tom Hackett | Utah |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 5=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 3
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_rank = 24
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = CAL 34–28
| attend = 42,042
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 3
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona State
| home_rank = 7
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = FOX
| score = ASU 38–23
| attend = 80,113
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 3
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = ESPN
| score = ORE 41–24
| attend = 46,222
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 3
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_rank = 18
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = STAN 55–17
| attend = 46,628
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - October 5
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Mike Bercovici
| Arizona State | Stefan McClure | California | Matt Haack | Arizona State |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 6=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Thursday, October 8
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington
| home_rank = 17
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = WASH 17–12
| attend = 63,623
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 10
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = FS1
| score = ARZ 44–7
| attend = 52,987
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 10
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = WSU 45–38 2OT
| attend = 57,775
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 10
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 23
| visiting_team = California
| home_rank = 5
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = ESPN
| score = UTAH 30–24
| attend = 47,798
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 10
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = ASU 48–23
| attend = 44,157
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - October 12
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Devontae Booker
| Utah | Travis Feeney | Washington | Tom Hackett | Utah |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 7=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Thursday, October 15
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 18
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_rank = 15
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = STAN 56–35
| attend = 50,464
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 17
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = P12N
| score = WSU 52–31
| attend = 32,952
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| date = Saturday, October 17
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = USC
| home_rank = 14
| home_team = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium
| site_cityst = South Bend, IN
| gamename = Jeweled Shillelagh
| tv = NBC
| score = 31–41
| attend = 80,795
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 17
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = FS1
| score = ARZ 38–31
| attend = 39,666
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 17
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona State
| home_rank = 4
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = ESPN
| score = UTAH 34–18
| attend = 46,192
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 17
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = ESPN2
| score = ORE 26–20
| attend = 69,285
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - October 19
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Christian McCaffrey
| Stanford | Washington State | Tim White | Arizona State |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 8=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Thursday, October 22
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 20
| visiting_team = California
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = UCLA 40–24
| attend = 57,046
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 24
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = WSU 45–42
| attend = 47,847
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 24
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 3
| visiting_team = Utah
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = FOX
| score = USC 42–24
| attend = 73,435
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 24
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = COL 17–13
| attend = 36,977
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 24
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington
| home_rank = 10
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = STAN 31–14
| attend = 50,424
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - October 26
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Luke Falk
| Washington State | Cameron Smith | USC | Kaʻimi Fairbairn | UCLA |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 9=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Thursday, October 29
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = ESPN
| score = ORE 61–55 3OT
| attend = 56,534
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 31
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_rank = 24
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = UCLA 35–31
| attend = 51,508
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 31
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = USC
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = FOX
| score = USC 27–21
| attend = 52,060
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 31
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = P12N
| score = UTAH 27–12
| attend = 45,853
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 31
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 8
| visiting_team = Stanford
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = ESPN
| score = STAN 30–28
| attend = 30,012
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, October 31
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = FS1
| score = WASH 49–3
| attend = 56,749
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - November 2
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Vernon Adams
| Oregon | Travis Feeney | Washington | Charles Nelson | Oregon |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 10=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 10:00 a.m.
| visiting_rank = 9
| visiting_team = Stanford
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = P12N
| score = STAN 42–10
| attend = 40,142
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona State
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = FS1
| score = WSU 38–24
| attend = 32,952
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 22
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = UCLA 41–0
| attend = 38,074
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 13
| visiting_team = Utah
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| tv = FOX
| score = UTAH 34–23
| attend = 61,420
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = USC 38–30
| attend = 76,309
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 7
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = California
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = ESPN2
| score = ORE 44–28
| attend = 56,604
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - November 9
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Luke Falk
| Washington State | Gionni Paul | Utah | Raymond Hudson | California |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 11=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Friday, November 13
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = USC
| home_team = Colorado
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| tv = ESPN2
| score = USC 27–24
| attend = 37,905
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 14
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| tv = P12N
| score = ASU 27–17
| attend = 51,695
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 14
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon
| home_rank = 7
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| tv = FOX
| score = ORE 38–36
| attend = 48,633
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 14
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 10
| visiting_team = Utah
| home_team = Arizona
| site_stadium = Arizona Stadium
| site_cityst = Tucson, AZ
| tv = FS1
| score = ARI 37–30
| overtime = 2OT
| attend = 48,912
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 14
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = P12N
| score = CAL 54–24
| attend = 41,874
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 14
| time = 7:45 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_rank = 18
| home_team = UCLA
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| tv = ESPN
| score = WSU 31–27
| attend = 76,255
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - November 16
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Jared Goff
| California | Antonio Longino | Arizona State | Casey Skowron | Arizona |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 12=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_rank = 18
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| tv = FOX
| score = UCLA 17–9
| attend = 46,230
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona
| home_team = Arizona State
| site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
| site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
| gamename = Territorial Cup
| tv = FS1
| score = ASU 52–37
| attend = 64,885
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 22
| visiting_team = USC
| home_rank = 23
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| tv = ESPN
| score = ORE 48–28
| attend = 59,094
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Washington
| home_team = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Reser Stadium
| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR
| tv = P12N
| score = WASH 52–7
| attend = 34,390
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| visiting_team = California
| home_rank = 15
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = Big Game
| tv = ESPN
| score = STAN 35–22
| attend = 51,424
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 21
| time = 7:45 p.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_rank = 24
| home_team = Washington State
| site_stadium = Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| tv = ESPN2
| score = WSU 27–3
| attend = 25,121
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - November 23
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Vernon Adams, Jr.
| Oregon | Antonio Longino | Arizona State | Christian McCaffrey | Stanford |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Week 13=
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Friday, November 27
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 20
| visiting_team = Washington State
| home_team = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| gamename = Apple Cup
| tv = FOX
| score = WASH 45–10
| attend = 70,438
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Friday, November 27
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Oregon State
| home_rank = 18
| home_team = Oregon
| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| gamename = Civil War
| tv = FS1
| score = ORE 52–42
| attend = 57,814
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 28
| time = 11:30 a.m.
| visiting_team = Colorado
| home_team = Utah
| site_stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| gamename = Rumble in the Rockies
| tv = P12N
| score = UTAH 20–14
| attend = 45,823
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 28
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 22
| visiting_team = UCLA
| home_team = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Victory Bell
| tv = ABC/ESPN2
| score = USC 40–21
| attend = 83,602
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| w/l = w
| date = Saturday, November 28
| time = 4:30 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 4
| visiting_team = Notre Dame
| home_rank = 13
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = Legends Trophy
| tv = FOX
| score = 38–36
| attend = 51,424
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = Saturday, November 28
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| visiting_team = Arizona State
| home_team = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = FS1
| score = CAL 48–46
| attend = 45,385
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
Players of the Week - November 28
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2" | Offensive
! colspan="2" | Defensive ! colspan="2" | Special teams |
|---|
| Player
! Team ! Player ! Team ! Player ! Team |
| Jared Goff
| California | USC | Conrad Ukropina | Stanford |
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
=Championship game=
{{further|2015 Pac-12 Football Championship Game}}
The championship game was played on December 5, 2015. It featured the teams with the best conference records from each division, Stanford from the North and USC from the South. This was the fifth championship game (and the fifth win for the North), with Stanford appearing for the third time (and winning for the third time) and USC appearing for the first time.
==Week 14 (Pac-12 Championship Game)==
{{CFB Conference Schedule Start}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule Entry
| date = December 5
| time = 4:45 p.m.
| visiting_rank = 24
| visiting_team = USC
| home_rank = 7
| home_team = Stanford
| site_stadium = Levi's Stadium
| site_cityst = Santa Clara, CA
| gamename = Pac-12 Championship
| tv = ESPN
| score = STAN 41–22
| attend = 58,476
| source =
}}
{{CFB Conference Schedule End|timezone=Pacific Time}}
=Bowl games=
Pac-12 team is bolded.
| class="wikitable" |
| Bowl Games
! Bowl Game ! Date ! Stadium ! City ! TV ! Time (PST) ! Winning Team ! Score ! Losing Team ! Score |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Saturday, December 19, 2015 | ESPN | 12:00 p.m. | Arizona | 45 | 37 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Saturday, December 19, 2015 | ABC | 1:30 p.m. | #20 Utah | 35 | BYU | 28 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Sun Bowl | Saturday, December 26, 2015 | CBS | 11:00 a.m. | Washington State | 20 | 14 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Saturday, December 26, 2015 | ESPN | 11:20 a.m. | Washington | 44 | 31 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
| Monday, December 28, 2015 | ESPN | 6:15 p.m. | Nebraska | 37 | UCLA | 29 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Tuesday, December 29, 2015 | ESPN | 11:00 a.m. | California | 55 | 36 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
| Wednesday, December 30, 2015 | ESPN | 7:30 p.m. | #23 Wisconsin | 23 | USC | 21 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
| Friday, January 1, 2016 | ESPN | 2:10 p.m. | #5 Stanford | 45 | #6 Iowa | 16 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
| Saturday, January 2, 2016 | ESPN | 3:45 p.m. | #11 TCU | 47 | #15 Oregon | 413OT |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
| Saturday, January 2, 2016 | ESPN | 8:15 p.m. | 43 | Arizona State | 42 |
Pac-12 vs Power Conference matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) the Pac-12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Significance | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| September 3 | Michigan | Utah | Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | UTAH W 24–17 | |
| bgcolor=ffccc
| September 5 | Arizona State | Texas A&M | NRG Stadium • Houston, TX | Texas Kickoff | TAMU L 17–38 |
| bgcolor=ffccc
| September 5 | Stanford | Northwestern | Ryan Field • Evanston, IL | NW L 6–16 | |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| September 5 | Virginia | UCLA | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA | UCLA W 34–16 | |
| bgcolor=ffccc
| September 12 | Oregon State | Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | MICH L 7–35 | |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| September 12 | Washington State | Rutgers | High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | WSU W 37–34 | |
| bgcolor=ffccc
| September 12 | Oregon | Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | MSU L 28–31 | |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
| September 19 | California | Texas | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | CAL W 45–44 |
=Records against other conferences=
2015 records against non-conference foes:
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
Regular Season
| class="wikitable"
!Power 5 Conferences !Record |
| ACC
|align=center|1–0 |
| Big Ten
|align=center|2–3 |
| Big 12
|align=center|1–0 |
| SEC
|align=center|0–1 |
| Notre Dame
|align=center|1–1 |
| Power 5 Total
!5–5 |
|---|
| colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |
| Other FBS Conferences
!Record |
| American
|align=center|1–0 |
| C-USA
|align=center|1–0 |
| MAC
|align=center|1–0 |
| Mountain West
|align=center|11–2 |
| Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)
|align=center|1–0 |
| Sun Belt
|align=center|3-0 |
| Other FBS Total
!18–2 |
| colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |
| FCS Opponents
!Record |
| Football Championship Subdivision
|align=center|7–1 |
| colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |
| Total Non-Conference Record
!30–8 |
{{col-2}}
Post Season
| class="wikitable"
!Power Conferences 5 !Record |
| ACC
|align=center|1–0 |
| Big Ten
|align=center|1–2 |
| Big 12
|align=center|0–2 |
| Power 5 Total
!2–4 |
|---|
| colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |
| Other FBS Conferences
!Record |
| C–USA
|align=center|1–0 |
| Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)
|align=center|1–0 |
| Mountain West
|align=center|2–0 |
| colSpan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |
| Other FBS Total
!4–0 |
| Total Bowl Record
!6–4 |
{{col-end}}
Awards and honors
AP College Football Player of the Year
- Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
- Kaʻimi Fairbairn, UCLA[http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210576887 Fairbairn Wins Groza; Named Camp All-A] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215045410/http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210576887 |date=2015-12-15 }}, UCLABruins.com, December 10, 2015
=All-Americans=
The following Pac-12 players were named to the 2015 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA):{{cite web|last=Carbone|first=Al|title=126th Walter Camp All-America Teams Announced|date=December 10, 2015|publisher=Walter Camp Football Foundation|url=http://waltercamp.org/126th-walter-camp-all-america-teams-announced/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211041255/http://waltercamp.org/126th-walter-camp-all-america-teams-announced/|archive-date=December 11, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Haney |first=Travis |title=Heisman winner Henry leads selections for Associated Press All-America Team |date=December 13, 2015 |website=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/122688/heisman-winner-henry-leads-selections-for-associated-press-all-america-team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215042159/http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/122688/heisman-winner-henry-leads-selections-for-associated-press-all-america-team |archive-date=December 15, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite press release|title=2015 AUTONATION FWAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM UNVEILED |date=December 14, 2015 |publisher=Football Writers Association of America |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/allamerica151214.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216171158/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/allamerica151214.html |archive-date=December 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=McGuire |first=Kevin |title=Sporting News All-American Team headlined by Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey |date=December 15, 2015 |work=College Football Talk |url=http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/15/sporting-news-all-american-team-headlined-by-derrick-henry-christian-mccaffrey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115083051/http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/12/15/sporting-news-all-american-team-headlined-by-derrick-henry-christian-mccaffrey/ |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=AFCA Announces 2015 FBS Coaches' All-America Team|publisher=American Football Coaches Association|url=https://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=2721|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081909/http://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=2721|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
;First team
- Joshua Garnett, OL, Stanford (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA)
- Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (SN, AFCA)
- Kaʻimi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (WCFF, AP, FWAA, AFCA)
- Tom Hackett, P, Utah (WCFF, AP, FWAA, SN, AFCA)
- Christian McCaffrey, All-purpose, Stanford (AP)
- Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (FWAA)
;Second team
- Tyler Johnstone, OL, Oregon (FWAA)
- Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford (WCFF)
- Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (FWAA)
- JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC (AP, FWAA, SN)
- DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon (AP, FWAA)
- Kaʻimi Fairbairn, K, UCLA (SN)
- Christian McCaffrey, KR, Stanford (WCFF)
- Dante Pettis, PR, Washington (SN)
;Third team
- Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (AP)
- Austin Hooper TE, Stanford (AP)
- Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA (AP)
- Su'a Cravens, LB, USC (AP)
- Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford (AP)
- Aidan Schneider, K, Oregon (AP)
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)
=Conference awards=
The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:{{cite web|title=Pac-12 announces football players and co-coaches of the year |date=December 1, 2015 |publisher=Pac-12 Conference |url=http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-announces-football-players-and-co-coaches-year |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202070453/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-announces-football-players-and-co-coaches-year |archive-date=December 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
- Offensive Player of the Year: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
- Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: DeForest Buckner, Oregon
- Offensive Freshman of the Year: Josh Rosen, UCLA
- Defensive Freshman of the Year: Cameron Smith, USC
- Coach of the Year: Mike Leach, Washington State; David Shaw, Stanford
=All-Conference teams=
The following players earned All-Pac-12 honors.{{cite web|title=Pac-12 football all-Conference team announced |date=December 1, 2015 |publisher=Pac-12 Conference |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2015/12/1/pac-12-football-all-conference-team-announced.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202070503/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/12/01/pac-12-football-all-conference-team-announced |archive-date=December 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}
Offense:
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | {{center|First Team}} ! colspan="4" | {{center|Second Team}} | ||||||
| Pos.
!Name !Yr. !School !Name !Yr. !School | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Luke Falk | So. | Washington State | Kevin Hogan | Sr. | Stanford |
| QB | Jared Goff | Jr. | California | {{BLACK}} | {{BLACK}} | {{BLACK}} |
| RB | Royce Freeman | So. | Oregon | Devontae Booker | Sr. | Utah |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | So. | Stanford | Paul Perkins | Jr. | UCLA |
| WR | Kenny Lawler | Jr. | California | Bralon Addison | Jr. | Oregon |
| WR | Gabe Marks | Jr. | Washington State | Darren Carrington | So. | Oregon |
| WR | JuJu Smith-Schuster | So. | USC | Nelson Spruce | Sr. | Colorado |
| TE | Austin Hooper | Jr. | Stanford | Thomas Duarte | Jr. | UCLA |
| OL | Zach Banner | Jr. | USC | Jake Brendel | Sr. | UCLA |
| OL | Joe Dahl | Sr. | Washington State | J. J. Dielman | Jr. | Utah |
| OL | Joshua Garnett | Sr. | Stanford | Conor McDermott | Jr. | UCLA |
| OL | Tyler Johnstone | Sr. | Oregon | Christian Westerman | Sr. | Arizona State |
| OL | Kyle Murphy | Sr. | Stanford | Chad Wheeler | Jr. | USC |
Defense:
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | {{center|First Team}} ! colspan="4" | {{center|Second Team}} | ||||||
| Pos.
!Name !Yr. !School !Name !Yr. !School | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL | DeForest Buckner | Sr. | Oregon | Darryl Paulo | Sr. | Washington State |
| DL | Kenny Clark | Jr. | UCLA | Delvon Simmons | Sr. | USC |
| DL | Lowell Lotulelei | So. | Utah | Taniela Tupou | Sr. | Washington |
| DL | Aziz Shittu | Sr. | Stanford | Destiny Vaeao | Sr. | Washington State |
| DL | Antwaun Woods | Sr. | USC | {{BLACK}} | {{BLACK}} | {{BLACK}} |
| LB | Su'a Cravens | Jr. | USC | Travis Feeney | Sr. | Washington |
| LB | Blake Martinez | Sr. | Stanford | Deon Hollins | Jr. | UCLA |
| LB | Gionni Paul | Sr. | Utah | Jared Norris | Sr. | Utah |
| DB | Budda Baker | So. | Washington | Chidobe Awuzie | Jr. | Colorado |
| DB | Adoree’ Jackson | So. | USC | Randall Goforth | Jr. | UCLA |
| DB | Sidney Jones | So. | Washington | Ronnie Harris | Sr. | Stanford |
| DB | Marcus Williams | So. | Utah | Jaleel Wadood | So. | UCLA |
Specialists:
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | {{center|First Team}} ! colspan="4" | {{center|Second Team}} | ||||||
| Pos.
!Name !Yr. !School !Name !Yr. !School | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK | Aidan Schneider | So. | Oregon | Kaʻimi Fairbairn | Sr. | UCLA |
| P | Tom Hackett | Sr. | Utah | Drew Riggleman | Sr. | Arizona |
| RS | Christian McCaffrey | So. | Stanford | Adoree’ Jackson | So. | USC |
| AP/ST | Charles Nelson | So. | Oregon | Soma Vainuku | Sr. | USC |
=All-Academic=
First team
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
!Pos. !Name !School !Yr. !GPA !Major |
Home game attendance
| class="wikitable" |
| Attendance
!Team !Stadium !Capacity !Game 1 !Game 2 !Game 3 !Game 4 !Game 5 !Game 6 !Game 7 !Total !Average !% of Capacity |
| style="background:#000080; color:#e00000;"|Arizona
| 56,029 | 51,111 | 51,494 | 56,004 | 52,987 | 47,847 | 48,912 | align="center"| — | 308,355 | 51,393 | 91.72% |
|---|
| style="background:#800000; color:#FFD700;"|Arizona State
| 64,248 | 46,500 | 43,310 | 61,904 | 44,157 | 56,534 | 51,695 | 64,885 | 368,985 | 52,712 | 82.04% |
| style="background:#191970; color:#FCD116;"|California
| 62,467 | 60,606 | 50,830 | 42,042 | 52,060 | 41,874 | | align="center"| — | 247,412 | 49,482 | 79.21% |
| style="background:#CEBE70; color:#000000;"|Colorado
| 53,613 | 35,094 | 37,302 | 46,222 | 39,666 | 40,142 | | align="center"| — | 198,426 | 39,685 | 74.02% |
| style="background:#00703C; color:#FFCC00;"|Oregon
| 54,000 | 58,128 | 56,859 | 57,145 | 57,775 | 56,604 | 59,094 | | 345,605 | 57,601 | 106.67% |
| style="background:#000000; color:#CC5500;"|Oregon State
| 45,674 | 35,160 | 34,573 | 37,302 | 36,977 | 38,074 | 34,390 | align="center"| — | 216,476 | 36,079 | 78.99% |
| style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Stanford
| 50,424 | 50,420 | 46,628 | 50,464 | 50,424 | 48,633 | 51,424 | | 297,993 | 49,666 | 98.50% |
| style="background:#0073CF; color:#FEBB36;"|UCLA
| 91,136 | 68,615 | 67,612 | 80,113 | 57,046 | 51,508 | 76,255 | align="center"| — | 401,149 | 66,858 | 73.36% |
| style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"|USC
|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 93,607 | 79,809 | 72,422 | 78,306 | 63,623 | 73,435 | 76,309 | | 443,904 | 73,984 | 79.04% |
| style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Utah
| 45,807 | 47,825 | 46,011 | 47,798 | 46,192 | 45,853 | 46,230 | | 279,909 | 46,652 | 101.84% |
| style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"|Washington
| 70,083 | 55,010 | 59,464 | 61,066 | 69,285 | 50,667 | 61,420 | | 356,912 | 59,485 | 84.88% |
| style="background:#9e1b34; color:#606a74;"|Washington State
| 32,952 | 24,302 | 31,105 | 32,952 | 30,012 | 32,952 | 25,121 | align="center"| — | 176,444 | 29,407 | 89.24% |
{{note|A|A}} Game played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
{{note|B|B}} Game played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA.
Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High
Notes
- October 12, 2015 – USC terminated Steve Sarkisian as its head football coach{{Cite news | title = USC coach Sarkisian taking indefinite leave | work = SI.com | date = October 12, 2015 | access-date = 2015-10-12 | url = https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/10/11/usc-trojans-steve-sarkisian-leave-absence-alcohol-treatment }}{{cite news |first1=Gary |last1=Klein |first2=Lindsey |last2=Thiry |title=USC places Coach Steve Sarkisian on leave; Clay Helton interim coach |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-usc-steve-sarkisian-on-leave-20151011-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 11, 2015 |access-date=October 11, 2015}}
- October 30, 2015 – USC Athletic Director Pat Haden resigned from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee
- November 30, 2015 – Clay Helton was named USC's permanent head coach.