For the 2020 poll, Oregon was voted as the favorite to win both the North Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses. Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the Pac-12 title game. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. The preseason polls was to be released in July 2020 but due to delaying the season it was released on October 7. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows: The Pac-12 will conduct its 2020 Pac-12 media days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, in Hollywood, California, in July on the Pac-12 Network. Oregon lost to Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl Game, 34–17.Ģ020 Pac-12 Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

California defeated Illinois in the Redbox Bowl, 35–20. Utah lost to Texas in the Alamo Bowl, 10–38. Arizona State defeated Florida State in the Sun Bowl, 20–14. Washington State lost to Air Force in the Cheez-It Bowl, 21–31. USC lost to Iowa in the Holiday Bowl, 24–49. Washington defeated Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl, 38–7. Seven teams participated in bowl games, finishing with a record of 4–3. The Oregon Ducks defeated Utah Utes 37–15 in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. The 2020 season is the tenth for the twelve Pac-12 teams to be divided into two divisions of six teams each, named North and South. 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. On Septemthe Pac-12 Conference announced that the postponement of fall sports was to be ended and teams will return to play with a six-game Conference-only season to begin on November 6, and the Pac-12 Championship Game on December 18 with the rest of the conference seeded for a seventh game. On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the ongoing pandemic. On July 10, 2020, the Pac-12 announced that all competition in fall sports, including football, will be played exclusively in-conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was originally scheduled to begin on September 26, 2020, and end with the 2020 Pac-12 Championship Game on December 18–19, 2020, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2020 Pac-12 Conference football season was the 42nd season of Pac-12 football taking place during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.

Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6.

The Pac-12’s previous high was six ranked teams, achieved multiple times including last week. Moving into the rankings are Washington State at No. 8, Utah is 12th, Oregon is 13th and Oregon State is No. In this week’s AP Top 25, Washington is No.

Only the Southeastern Conference had ever placed as many eight teams in single AP Top 25, doing it 21 times with a record 10 in September 2015. 5, giving the top five representation from each Power Five conference.īut no conference has more teams than the Pac-12, which is in its last season with its current membership before 10 of its schools depart for other leagues in 2024. Southern California moved up a spot to No. 10, its lowest ranking since early last November, when the Crimson Tide also were 10th. The loss dropped Alabama seven spots to No. Arizona State heats up before kickoff at Mountain America Stadiumīehind quarterback Quinn Ewers, Texas became the first team to beat Alabama by double-digits on its home field under coach Nick Saban.

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