2020 Pac 12 Conference Football Schedule Announced

The Pac-12 Conference announced today its 2020 football schedule that pairs a competitive nine-game Conference schedule with a non-conference slate that includes eight contests against five different FBS teams that won 10 or more games during the 2019 season, plus FCS champion North Dakota State and its perfect 16-0 record.

In addition, the 2020 schedule includes 15 games against teams who won eight or more games last season, with five games against teams that finished the 2019 season ranked among the Top 20 – CFP semifinalist No. 3 Ohio State, No. 8 Alabama, No. 12 Notre Dame (twice) and No. 18 Michigan.

A total of 17 games will be against teams who participated in the 2019 bowl season, while the 2020 docket features four games against the Big 12, two more against the Big Ten, Notre Dame and BYU, and one against the SEC.

Pac 12 Championship Game Headed to Vegas

The Pac 12 Championship Football Game will be played in Las Vegas in 2020 and 2021, according to an announcement by Pac 12 Commissioner Larry Scott as the league’s football media event this week.

The title game will be played at the Raiders’ new stadium in Las Vegas, which is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2020 season.

The Pac 12 Championship Game will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara this season. The game has been held in Santa Clara since 2014.

FOX Sports Announces College Football Schedule

This college football season, Saturdays start on FOX. Kicking off at 11:00 AM ET with a brand-new pregame show on the FOX broadcast network, analysts Urban Meyer, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn, led by host Rob Stone, get viewers ready for the network’s biggest game of the day at 12:00 PM ET.

FOX Sports’ 2019 college football lineup includes top games from the Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences, highlighted by some of the nation’s most meaningful matchups like Ohio State at Michigan, Oklahoma vs. Texas in the Red River Showdown, the Big Ten Championship Game and more. Play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, analyst Joel Klatt and reporter Jenny Taft return to the booth this season to lead FOX Sports’ game crews.

“We’re excited for college football fans around the country to start their Saturdays with us,” said Brad Zager, FOX Sports Executive Vice President, Production & Operations. “Our new pregame show, featuring some of the best to play and coach the game over the last 15 years, will set the tone leading into our top game each week at Noon ET. Fans no longer have to sit around waiting for primetime to watch big matchups – we’re going to kick things off with a bang each and every week.”

After setting the record for FOX Sports’ most-watched regular-season college football game with 13.2 million viewers last November, the sport’s most historic rivalry returns to the FOX broadcast network as Ohio State heads to The Big House on Saturday, Nov. 30, to face Michigan at 12:00 PM ET. Also highlighting the network’s slate, the Red River Showdown returns to FOX for the second straight season, on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 12:00 PM ET. Last year’s contest drew 5.6 million viewers on FOX, the most-watched edition of the annual Oklahoma-Texas rivalry since 2011.

Championship Weekend

The 2018 college football season winds down with 10 conference championship games on the docket. The ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC all decided conference champions this weekend. The American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt all decided league champions this weekend.

A total of 11 AP Top 25 teams are playing on Championship Weekend. A total of five championship games feature both teams ranked in AP Top 25. The Big 12 and SEC Championship games put Top 10 teams. ACC Coastal Division champion Pittsburgh is only unranked Power 5 team playing in a championship game. The Mountain West Conference is the only non-Power 5 Conference championship with two ranked teams.

Here are capsules for all 10 conference championship games.

First Half of College Football Season Closes in LA

I closed out the first-half of the 2018 college football at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The stadium is undergoing a major renovation so construction was very noticeable. As a result, the stadium lost 14,000 seats this year and there was a makeshift press box and suite level.

The LA Coliseum is one of sports most iconic venues. It has hosted two Olympic Games, the Dodgers, Rams, Raiders and USC football. UCLA played here before moving its home games to the Rose Bowl. 

Wade LeBlanc, Husky Football and Chowder

Seattle is one of my favorite cities and Husky Stadium is one of college football’s most scenic venues.

While on this trip, I was able to take in the Texas Rangers-Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field. I had great seats in the club level, thanks to Mariners play-by-play announcer Aaron Goldsmith. It was the final regular-season series of the 2018 season.

Pac-12 Opener; So Long to the Oasis

The second week of the college football was a marquee match-up between two Pac 12 powers.

In rematch of the 2017 Pac 12 Championship Game, USC and Stanford met the 2018 Pac 12 opener at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto. It was one of two AP Top 25 matchups on Sept. 8. USC played in the Pac 12 Conference first game of the season for the eighth straight year. USC and Stanford have played in the Pac 12 opener six times in the last seven years, including five straight years (2014-18).

Stanford won a defensive struggle 17-3. It was the first time USC had been held without a touchdown since a 52-6 loss to No. 1 Alabama in the 2016 season opener. It was lowest scoring total since a 27-0 loss to Washington in 1997.