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2012 Pacific-12 Conference football season
2012 Pacific-12 Conference football season
	File:Pacific-12 Conference logo.png The Conference of Champions
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	American football
Duration	August 30, 2012; through January 2013
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ABC, FX, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FOX and Pacific 12 Networks
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Pac-12 Championship Game
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2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$	8	–	1	12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%	8	–	1	12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State	6	–	3	9	–	4
Washington	5	–	4	7	–	6
California	2	–	7	3	–	9
Washington State	1	–	8	3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x	6	–	3	9	–	5
Arizona State	5	–	4	8	–	5
USC	5	–	4	7	–	6
Arizona	4	–	5	8	–	5
Utah	3	–	6	5	–	7
Colorado	1	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Pacific-12 Conference football season began on August 30, 2012 with Northern Colorado at Utah. The conference's first game will be played on September 15 with USC at Stanford, and the final game played will be the Pac-12 Championship Game on November 30, 2012. This is the second season for the conference as a 12-team league. The Pacific-12 champion will be featured in the Rose Bowl, a BCS bowl, against Big Ten champion on January 1, 2013.^[1]

Previous season

The first Pac-12 Championship Game was held on Friday, December 2, 2011. Oregon defeated UCLA to claim their third straight conference title.

Last season, seven teams accepted bowl bids, an improvement from the four in the 2010 season. Oregon Ducks, ending the regular season with a program-first twelve wins and with a #5 BCS ranking, earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin for their first Rose Bowl win in 95 years. Stanford repeated as the conference runner-up, ending the regular season with a program-first eleven wins (their sole loss was to Oregon) and with a #4 BCS ranking, giving them an at-large BCS berth. The Cardinal was defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. Arizona lost to Oklahoma State while Washington defeated by Baylor in non-BCS bowls.

Preseason

2012 Pac-12 Spring Football:

North Division

California - Thu., March 15 to Sat., April 21
Oregon - Tue., April 3 to Sat., April 28
Oregon State - Mon., March 12 to Sat., April 28
Stanford - Mon., Feb. 27 to Sat., April 14
Washington - Mon., April 2 to Sat., April 28
Washington State - Thu., March 22 to Sat., April 21

South Division

Arizona - Mon., March 5 to Sat., April 14
Arizona State - Tue., March 13 to Sat., April 21
Colorado - Sat., March 10 to Sat., April 14
UCLA - Tue., April 3 to Sat., May 5
USC - Tue., March 6 to Sat., April 14
Utah - Wed., March 21 to Sat., April 21

Head coaches

Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
Todd Graham, Arizona State
Jeff Tedford, California
Jon Embree, Colorado
Chip Kelly, Oregon
Mike Riley, Oregon State

David Shaw, Stanford
Jim L. Mora, UCLA
Lane Kiffin, USC
Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Steve Sarkisian, Washington
Mike Leach, Washington State

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2
Arizona	AP	RV	RV	24
	C	RV	RV	25
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
California	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Colorado	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Oregon	AP	5	4	4
	C	5	4	4
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Oregon State	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Stanford	AP	21	25	21
	C	18	21	16
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
UCLA	AP	RV	RV	22
	C	RV	RV	23
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
USC	AP	1	2	2
	C	3	2	3
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Utah	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Washington	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Washington State	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released

Schedule

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

Week one

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:15 PM	Northern Colorado	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	Pac-12 Networks	W 41–0	45,273
August 30	4:30 PM	UCLA	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBS Sports Network	W 49–24	23,107
August 30	7:15 PM	Washington State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 6–30	57,045
August 30	7:30 PM	Northern Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	Pac-12 Networks	W 63–6	48,658
August 31	7:00 PM	San Jose State	No. 21 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	Pac-12 Networks	W 20–17	40,577
September 1†	12:00 PM	Nicholls State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	Pac-12 Networks
September 1	12:00 PM	Nevada	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	Pac-12 Networks	L 31–24	63,186
September 1	1:00 PM	Colorado	Colorado State	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FX	L 17–22	58,607
September 1	4:30 PM	Hawaii	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FOX	W 49–10	93,607
September 1	7:30 PM	Toledo	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPNU	W 24–17	48,670
September 1	7:30 PM	Arkansas State	No. 5 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	W 57–34	56,144
September 1	7:30 PM	San Diego State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA	Pac-12 Networks	W 21–12	53,742
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time. †Oregon State–Nicholls State game postponed indefinitely due to Hurricane Isaac preventing Nicholls State from traveling.

Week two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7		Utah	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	ESPN2	L 20–27	25,513
September 8		No. 18 Oklahoma State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	Pac-12 Network	W 59–38	45,602
September 8		Illinois	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 45–14	54,128
September 8		No. 13 Wisconsin	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 10–7	42,189
September 8		Sacramento State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 28–30	46,843
September 8		Washington	No. 3 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		L 3–41	92,804
September 8		Fresno State	No. 4 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 42–25	55,755
September 8		Duke	No. 25 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 50–13	44,016
September 8		Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 24–20	33,598
September 8		No. 2 USC	Syracuse	Metlife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ		W 42–28	39,507
September 8	4:30 pm	No. 16 Nebraska	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	FOX	W 36-30	71,530
September 8		Southern Utah	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 50–31	57,745
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Week three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 15	Colorado	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA
September 15	Tennessee Tech	No. 4 Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
September 15	Houston	No. 22 UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
September 15	Portland State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA
September 15	California	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 15	Washington State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Paradise, NV
September 15	Arizona State	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
September 15	No. 2 USC	No. 21 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford,CA
September 15	BYU	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
September 15	South Carolina State	No. 24 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 22	Colorado	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
September 22	California	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
September 22	Oregon State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
September 22	Arizona	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
September 22	Utah	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
September 27	Stanford	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA
September 29	Oregon State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
September 29	Oregon	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
September 29	Arizona State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
September 29	UCLA	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 4	USC	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
October 6	Arizona	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
October 6	UCLA	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
October 6	Washington	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene,OR (Oregon–Washington football rivalry)
October 6	Washington State	Oregon State	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 11	Arizona State	Colorado	Folson Field • Boulder, CO
October 13	Utah	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
October 13	USC	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA
October 13	Oregon State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT
October 13	Stanford	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)
October 13	California	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 18	Oregon	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
October 20	Washington	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
October 20	Stanford	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
October 20	Colorado	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
October 20	Utah	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
October 27	USC	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
October 27	UCLA	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
October 27	California	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
October 27	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
October 27	Colorado	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
October 27	Oregon State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 2	Washington	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
November 3	Stanford	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
November 3	Arizona	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 3	Washington State	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
November 3	Arizona State	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
November 3	Oregon	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 10	Colorado	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
November 10	Arizona State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
November 10	Oregon	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
November 10	UCLA	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA
November 12	Oregon State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
November 10	Arizona State	USC	Los Angeles Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
November 10	Utah	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle, WA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 17	Washington	Colorado	Folson Field • Boulder, CO
November 17	Washington State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ
November 17	USC	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)
November 17	Stanford	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR
November 17	Arizona	Utah	Rice Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT
November 17	California	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week thirteen

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 23	Utah	Colorado	Folson Field • Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)
November 23	Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)
November 23	Arizona State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	ESPN
November 24	Oregon	Oregon State	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)
November 24	Stanford	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA
November 24	Notre Dame	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame – USC rivalry)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week fourteen (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30				(2012 Pacific-12 Football Championship Game)	Fox
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Opponent Conference	Notes
September 8	#18 Oklahoma State	Arizona	Arizona	Big 12	Arizona scores the most points against OSU since the 2008 edition of the Bedlam Series against Oklahoma.^[2]
September 8	Illinois	Arizona State	Arizona State	Big Ten	Arizona State goes 3-1 against Illinois following a loss the previous season in Champaign.^[3]
September 8	#13 Wisconsin	Oregon State	Oregon State	Big Ten	Oregon State's first win over a ranked opponent since a November 2010 defeat of USC.^[4]
September 8	Washington	#3 LSU	LSU	SEC	Washington fails to score a touchdown for the first time since an October 2010 matchup against Stanford.^[5]
September 8	Duke	#25 Stanford	Stanford	ACC	Stanford goes 3-1 against Duke, with three straight wins, with touchdowns coming on offense, defense, and special teams for the first time since a September 2009 game against San Jose State.^[6]
September 8	#2 USC	Syracuse	USC	Big East	USC quarterback Matt Barkley throws for six touchdown passes, a school record.^[7]
September 8	#16 Nebraska	UCLA	UCLA	Big Ten	UCLA's second win against Nebraska in eight meetings since 1973.^[8]
September 15	California	Ohio State		Big Ten
September 15	Arizona State	Missouri		SEC
October 13	Stanford	Notre Dame		Independent
November 24	Notre Dame	USC		Independent

Bowl games

The Pac-12 has agreements with the following bowls:

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas		Sam Boyd Stadium	Paradise, Nevada	ESPN
Holiday Bowl		Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	ESPN
Alamo Bowl		Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN
Sun Bowl		Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	CBS
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl		AT&T Park	San Francisco, California	ESPN
Rose Bowl	January 1	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	ESPN

Players of the week

Following each week of games, Pacific 12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
1 ^[9]	Jake Fischer	LB	Arizona	Johnathan Franklin	RB	UCLA	Marqise Lee	KR	USC

Position key

Center	C	Cornerback	CB	Defensive back	DB	Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL	Defensive tackle	DT	Guard	G	Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT	Offensive lineman	OL	Linebacker	LB	Long snapper	LS
Punter	P	Placekicker	PK	Punt returner	PR	Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB	Safety	S	Tight end	TE	Wide receiver	WR

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 3	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	57,400	48,760				48,760	48,760	84.95%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	71,706	48,658		—	—	48,658	48,658	67.86%
California	California Memorial Stadium	62,717	63,186			—	63,186	63,186	100.75%
Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613			—	—
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	56,144			—	56,144	56,144	103.97%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674	^A			—
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,000	40,577		—	—	40,577	40,577	81.15%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	91,136				—
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	93,607			—	93,607	93,607	100.00%
Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium	45,017	45,273		—	—	45,273	45,273	100.57%
Washington	CenturyLink Field ^B	67,000	53,742		—	—	53,742	53,742	80.21%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	35,117		^C	—	—

^A Oregon State's home game against Nicholls State was postponed due to Nicholls State's inability to travel due to Hurricane Isaac.
^B Due to reconstruction at Husky Stadium, Washington will play their 2012 home games at CenturyLink Field.
^C This will be an official Washington State home game played versus Oregon at CenturyLink Field.

Notes

July 24, 2012 – 2012 Media Day at Gibson Amphitheatre
September 4, 2012 – After 1 week, UCLA is tie first in sacks with 6

Awards and honors

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Maxwell Award

Walter Camp Player of the Year Award

All-Americans

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:^[10]

All Pac-12 teams^[11]

Offensive Player of the Year:
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year:
Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year:
Defensive Freshman of the Year:
Coach of the Year:

First Team:

Pos.	Pos.	Pos.
Offense	Defense	Specialists
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
LB
LB
LB
DL
DL
DL
DL
DB
DB
DB
DB
PK
P
ST

All-Academic

First team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
DL
DL
DL
LB
LB
LB
DB
DB
DB
DB
PK
P
ST

References

^ http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5704083
^ http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aaa.html
^ http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aav.html
^ http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html
^ http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aaa.html
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/postgame_notes/postgame_notes_20120909aaa.pdf
^ http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html
^ http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html
^ UCLA's Franklin, UA's Fischer and USC's Lee named Pac-12 Football Players of the Week, Pac-12 Conference, September 3, 2012
^ "AFCA Announces 2012 FBS Coaches' All-America Team". American Football Coaches Association. December 5, 2011.
^ "All-Pac-12 Conference Football Team" (Press release). Pacific-12 Conference. November 28, 2011.

[1] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5704083

[2] ttp://www.okstate.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aaa.html

[3] ttp://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aav.html

[4] ttp://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html

[5] ttp://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090912aaa.html

[6] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/postgame_notes/postgame_notes_20120909aaa.pdf

[7] ttp://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html

[8] ttp://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/090812aaa.html

[9] UCLA's Franklin, UA's Fischer and USC's Lee named Pac-12 Football Players of the Week, Pac-12 Conference, September 3, 2012

[10] "AFCA Announces 2012 FBS Coaches' All-America Team". American Football Coaches Association. December 5, 2011.

[11] "All-Pac-12 Conference Football Team" (Press release). Pacific-12 Conference. November 28, 2011.

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-|September 8 || #18 Oklahoma State || '''Arizona''' || '''Arizona''' || Big 12
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-|September 8 || Illinois || '''Arizona State''' || '''Arizona State''' || Big Ten
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-|September 8 || #13 Wisconsin || '''Oregon State''' || '''Oregon State''' || Big Ten
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-|September 8 || '''Washington''' || #3 LSU || LSU || SEC
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+|September 8 || Duke || '''#25 Stanford''' || '''Stanford''' || ACC || Stanford goes 3-1 against Duke, with three straight wins, with touchdowns coming on offense, defense, and special teams for the first time since a September 2009 game against San Jose State.<ref>http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/postgame_notes/postgame_notes_20120909aaa.pdf</ref>
-|September 8 || Duke || '''#25 Stanford''' || '''Stanford''' || ACC
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-|September 8 || '''#2 USC''' || Syracuse || '''USC''' || Big East
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-|September 8 || #16 Nebraska || '''UCLA''' || '''UCLA''' || Big Ten
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+|November 24 || Notre Dame || '''USC''' ||  || Independent ||
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v t e Pac-12 Conference football
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v t e 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
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