2023 Pac-12 Conference football season

2023 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 26, 2023
January 8, 2024
Number of teams12
Total attendance3,844,171
TV partner(s)Fox Sports Media Group, (Fox, FS1), ESPN Family, (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU), and Pac-12 Networks
2024 NFL draft
Top draft pickCaleb Williams, QB, USC
Picked byChicago Bears, 1st overall
Regular season
Season championsWashington
Top scorerTyler Loop, K, Arizona (110 points)
Pac-12 Championship
ChampionsWashington
  Runners-upOregon
Finals MVPMichael Penix Jr., QB, Washington
Football seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Washington y$^   9 0     14 1  
No. 6 Oregon y   8 1     12 2  
No. 11 Arizona   7 2     10 3  
Oregon State   5 4     8 5  
Utah   5 4     8 5  
USC   5 4     8 5  
California   4 5     6 7  
UCLA   4 5     8 5  
Washington State   2 7     5 7  
Stanford   2 7     3 9  
Arizona State*   2 7     3 9  
Colorado   1 8     4 8  
Championship: Washington 34, Oregon 31
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed ban for 2020 recruiting violations
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference football season was the 45th season of Pac-12 football taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 26, 2023, and ended with the 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game on December 1, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

The Pac-12 is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference.

The 2023 season was the second since the conference expanded to 12 teams in 2011 in which Pac-12 teams are not split into divisions. It was the final season with Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, and Washington who all left to join the Big 12 (Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah), ACC (California and Stanford) and Big Ten (Oregon, UCLA, USC & Washington) following the 2023–24 academic year.[1][2][3][4]

On August 27, Arizona State announced a self imposed 2023 bowl game ban due to recruiting violations from the 2020 season.[5]

  1. ^ "Full coverage: USC, UCLA leaving Pac-12 to join Big Ten".
  2. ^ "Colorado To Join Big 12 Conference In 2024-25".
  3. ^ Cobb, David (August 5, 2023). "Arizona, Arizona State, Utah join Big 12: Programs follow Colorado departing Pac-12 before 2024 season". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Cobb, David (August 4, 2023). "Oregon, Washington join Big Ten: Programs depart Pac-12 in 2024 after serving as charter members since 1915". CBS Sports.
  5. ^ "Arizona State football self-imposes bowl ban this season for alleged recruiting violations". Az Central. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.