Pac-12 Football Championship Game History

Pac-12 Football Championship Game History

The 2022 contest pits the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage

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Posted on November 27, 2022


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

This year’s Pac-12 Football Championship Game between USC and Utah will be the 12th since its inception in 2011, following the addition of Colorado and Utah.

It is the first year in which the highest conference-winning percentage has determined the participants, following the elimination of divisions.

The game will once again be played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nev. From 2014 to 2019, it was played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. In 2020, it was played in the Los Angeles Coliseum, due to the Covid pandemic.

The first three editions were held at the home stadium of the division winner with the better conference record: Autzen Stadium in 2011, Stanford Stadium in 2012, and Sun Devil Stadium in 2013.

The game is usually held on the first Friday following the end of the regular season, with the winner being awarded the Pac-12 Conference’s automatic berth in the Rose Bowl Game.

If the winning team is selected to play in the College Football Playoff (CFP), and/or in seasons where the Rose Bowl hosts a CFP semifinal, another team may be chosen.

Television broadcast rights to the game are shared by Fox Sports in even years and ESPN in most odd years, with the 2019 and 2021 editions on ABC.

Below you’ll find a table with winners and runner-ups by year, with location, attendance, and game MVP, followed by a breakdown of appearances and wins, losses, winning percentage, and title counts by program.

Pac-12 Championship Game Results by Year

Year	Winner	Pts	Runner-Up	Pts	Location	MVP
2021	No. 14 Utah	38	No. 10 Oregon	10	Paradise, NV	Devin Lloyd, Utah
2020	Oregon	31	No. 13 USC	24	Los Angeles, CA	Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
2019	No. 13 Oregon	37	No. 5 Utah	15	Santa Clara, CA	C.J. Verdell, Oregon
2018	No. 11 Washington	10	No. 17 Utah	3	Santa Clara, CA	Byron Murphy, Washington
2017	No. 11 USC	31	No. 14 Stanford	28	Santa Clara, CA	Sam Darnold, USC
2016	No. 4 Washington	41	No. 9 Colorado	10	Santa Clara, CA	Taylor Rapp, Washington
2015	No. 7 Stanford	41	No. 24 USC	22	Santa Clara, CA	Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
2014	No. 3 Oregon	51	No. 8 Arizona	13	Santa Clara, CA	Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2013	No. 7 Stanford	38	No. 11 ASU	14	Tempe, AZ	Tyler Gaffney, Stanford
2012	No. 8 Stanford	27	No. 17 UCLA	24	Stanford, CA	Kevin Hogan, Stanford
2011	No. 8 Oregon	49	UCLA	31	Eugene, OR	LaMichael James, Oregon

Pac-12 Championship Game Results by Program

Games	Program	W	L	Pct.	Titles	Runners-Up
5	Oregon	4	1	.800	2011, 2014, 2019, 2020	2021
4	Stanford	3	1	.750	2012, 2013, 2015	2017
4	USC	1	2	.333	2017	2015, 2020
4	Utah	1	2	.333	2021	2018, 2019
2	Washington	2	0	1.000	2016, 2018	—
2	UCLA	0	2	.000	—	2011, 2012
1	Arizona	0	1	.000	—	2014
1	Arizona State	0	1	.000	—	2013
1	Colorado	0	1	.000	—	2016