The 2022 Pac-12 Conference football season is the 44th season of Pac-12 football taking place during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
The season began on September 3, 2022, and end with the 2022 Pac-12 Championship Game on December 2, 2022, 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 2022 season is the twelfth for the twelve Pac-12 teams to be divided into two divisions of six teams each, named North and South.
Previous season
Preseason
2022 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:
North Division
California –
Oregon –
Oregon State –
Stanford –
Washington –
Washington State –
South Division
Arizona –
Arizona State –
Colorado –
UCLA –
USC –
Utah –
Recruiting classes
Rankings
Pac-12 Media Days
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, in Hollywood, California, on July 2022 (Pac-12 Network).
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
Arizona – Jedd Fisch (HC)
Arizona State – Herm Edwards (HC)
California – Justin Wilcox (HC)
Colorado – Karl Dorrell (HC)
Oregon – Dan Lanning  (HC)
Oregon State – Jonathan Smith (HC)
Stanford – David Shaw (HC)
UCLA – Chip Kelly (HC)
USC – Lincoln Riley (HC)
Utah – Kyle Whittingham (HC)
Washington – Kalen DeBoer (HC)
Washington State – Jake Dickert (HC)
Preseason Media polls
The preseason polls will released on July 2022.
Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times.
Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the Pac-12 title game.
Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.
North
South
Preseason awards
All−American Teams
Individual Awards
Preseason All Pac-12
First Team
Second Team
All Pac–12 Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):
Arizona:
Arizona State:
California:
Colorado:
Oregon:
Oregon State:
Stanford:
UCLA:
USC:
Utah:
Washington:
Washington State:
Head coaches
Coaching changes
There was three coaching changes before the 2022 season.
Washington State removed the interim head coaching tag on November 27, 2021 making Jake Dickert the 34th coach in team history.
On November 29, 2021 Lincoln Riley was hired as the 30th head coach in USC history.
The Washington Huskies hired Kalen DeBoer on November 30, 2021 making DeBoer the 30th coach in team history.
The Oregon Ducks hired Dan Lanning on December 12, 2021 making Lanning the 5th coach in team history.
Coaches
Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season
Note:
* Jake Dickert served as interim head coach at Washington State in 2021 and coached for five games, going 3–2.
Rankings
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Schedules
All times Pacific time.
Pac-12 teams in bold.
† denotes Homecoming game
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week.
Regular season
The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 3, 2022, and end on December 2, 2022.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Pac-12 Championship Game
The Pac-12 Championship Game, the conference's eleventh championship game, will be played on December 2, 2022, at the home stadium of the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
It will feature the teams with the best conference records from each division, the North and the South.
Postseason
Bowl games
For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The Pac-12 will have annually seven appearances in the following bowls: Rose Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Pac-12 team if champion is in the playoffs), LA Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, and Sun Bowl.
The Pac-12 teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings.
The Pac-12 champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.
Rankings are from CFP rankings.
All times Pacific Time Zone.
Pac-12 teams shown in bold.
Selection of teams
Bowl eligible (0):
Bowl-ineligible (0):
Head to head matchups
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Updated with the results of all games through November 2022.
Pac-12 records vs Other Conferences
2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:
Regular Season
Post Season
Pac-12 vs Power Five matchups
The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Notre Dame, BYU and SEC).
All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.
Pac-12 vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.
Pac-12 vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include Pac-12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn or UMass.
Pac-12 vs FCS matchups
The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.
Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game Awards and honors
Player of the week honors
Totals per School
Home game attendance
Bold – Exceed capacity †Season High References
