2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference championship
Oregon Ducks USC Trojans
(3–2) (5–0)
31 24
Head coach: 
Mario Cristobal		 Head coach: 
Clay Helton
APCoachesCFP
131313
1234 Total
Oregon 14773 31
USC 7737 24
DateDecember 18, 2020
Season2020
StadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
LocationLos Angeles, CA
MVPKayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
FavoriteUSC by 3
RefereeChris Coyte
AttendanceN/A (Behind closed doors)
United States TV coverage
NetworkFox
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersFox: Joe Davis (play-by-play) and Mark Helfrich (analyst)
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play) and Barrett Jones (analyst)
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2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Washington x   3 – 1     3 – 1  
Oregon y$   4 – 2     4 – 3  
Stanford   4 – 2     4 – 2  
California   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Washington State   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Oregon State   2 – 5     2 – 5  
South Division
No. 21 USC xy   5 – 0     5 – 1  
Colorado   3 – 1     4 – 2  
Utah   3 – 2     3 – 2  
Arizona State   2 – 2     2 – 2  
UCLA   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Arizona   0 – 5     0 – 5  
Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game (branded as the Pac-12 Football Championship Game presented by 76 for sponsorship reasons)[2] was a college football game played on Friday, December 18, 2020, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to determine the 2020 champion of the Pac-12 Conference.[3] The game featured the North division's then second place Oregon and the South division champions USC, and is the conference's tenth championship game. Washington, the North division champion, was unable to participate due to having insufficient players available.[4]

This game was originally to be held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, as part of a new two-year deal. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was pulled from Las Vegas,[5] and was instead hosted at the home stadium of USC.[3]

  1. ^ "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Pac-12 extends and expands major sponsorship with 76®". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Today the Pac-12 and 76® announced a multi-year extension of the Conference's football title game presenting sponsorship. With the announcement, the leading retail gas brand will continue as presenting sponsor of the Pac-12 Football Championship Game through the 2023 event.
  3. ^ a b "Washington to face USC in 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76". Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020. The Conference title game will take place as a home-hosted model this season with USC earning the home game for United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference statement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Seeman, Matthew (July 31, 2020). "Pac-12 pulls 2020 football championship out of Las Vegas". News 3 Las Vegas. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.