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SuperWest Heisman Trophy Winners

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SuperWest college football programs have won the Heisman 14 times from 1962 to 2022.

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Updated Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Players of Year

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Jayden de Laura become Washington State’s first Pac-12 football Freshman Offensive Player of the Year Winner in 2021.

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Updated Pac-12 Football Coach of the Year Awards

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All winners of the award from its inception in 1975 through 2022 Breakdown by Program with Most Recent Multiple Winners

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All-Time Conference Football Championships

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From the PCC to the AAWU, Pac-8, Pac-10, and Pac-12 *Season shortened and disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic. Conference Championships by

Pac-12 Mailbag Column Pac-12 Men's Basketball

Miller Mailbag: International Restrictions Won’t Affect Arizona Hoops Players
The Wildcats have made preparations to keep their European basketball recruits in Tucson

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The Arizona Wildcats have made preparations to keep their international basketball recruits in Tucson

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Pac-12 in Billingsley’s All-Time Top 200 CFB Teams

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Rank Year Team Won Lost Tied Rating 24 1972 USC 12 0 0 356.384 35 2004 USC 13 0 0

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Total All-Time Appearances in AP Football Poll

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(Updated through 2020 regular season and 2021-22 bowl games) National Rank Program Total Appearances* % of Weeks Ranked Average Rank

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All-Time Pac-12 Conference Football W-L Records

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(Through 2020 Season – Teams sorted by Win Percentage) Team Pct. Wins Losses Ties Years Total Games USC .699 852

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Top 50 in Total Career Yards from Scrimmage

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(Through 2019 Season) Rank Player Yards From To Program 1 Charles White 6,786 1976 1979 USC 2 Royce Freeman 6,435

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Ritchie: History of Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
A brief overview of men's and women's Conference titles

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With the Covid-19 cancellation, the best we can do is take a look back at the past 55 years.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball

2020-21 Pac-12 Men’s Hoops Status, Part 3
Oregon, OSU, Washington, and WSU are profiled in this final installment

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Part Three examines the prospects of the Northwest Region schools in these Way-Too-Early Men’s Basketball updates

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2020-21 Pac-12 Men’s Hoops Status Report, Part 2
California, Stanford, UCLA, and USC are profiled in this second installment

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Part Two examines the prospects of the California Region schools in these Way-Too-Early Men’s Basketball updates.

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Top 50 in Career Receiving Yards Per Reception

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(Minimum 100 receptions through 2019 Season) Rank Player Average From To School 1 Randy Simmrin 20.2 1974 1977 USC 2

Pac-12 Men's Basketball

2020-21 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Status Report, Part 1
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah are profiled in this installment

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In this three-part series, SportsPac12 provides a status report on each Pac-12 program with an eye toward the 2020-21 campaign.

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Top 50 in Career Rushing Yards Per Attempt

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(Minimum 300 rush attempts through 2019 Season.) Rank Player Average From To Program 1 Jahvid Best 7.3 2007 2009 California

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Top 50 in Career Passing Efficiency Rating

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(Minimum 325 pass completions through 2019 Season) Rank Player Rating From To Program 1 Marcus Mariota 171.8 2012 2014 Oregon

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Pac-12 Track & Field GOAT Series Wrap-Up
A round up of the GOAT. and Honorable Mention choices in a six-part series

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he six columns I wrote on the Greatest Track & Field Athletes of All-Time for each Pac-12 school generated a

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Top 50 in Total Career Rushing Touchdowns

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(Through 2019 Season) Rank Player Touchdowns From To Program 1 Royce Freeman 60 2014 2017 Oregon 2 Ken Simonton 59

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Total Career Receiving Yards

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(Through 2019 Season) Rank Player Yards From To Program 1 Troy Walters 3,986 1996 1999 Stanford 2 Derek Hagan 3,939

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Total Career Touchdowns Responsible For

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(Through the 2019 Season) Rank Player Touchdowns From To Programs 1 Marcus Mariota 136 2012 2014 Oregon 2 Luke Falk

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MLB Announcement Changes Landscape of College Baseball
The pro baseball league has dramatically reduced the 2020 draft from previous seasons

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MLB announced that the 2020 MLB draft would consist of only five rounds instead of the normal 40.

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Top 50 Total Career Rushing Yards Leaders

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(Through 2019 Season) Rank Player Yards From To Program 1 Charles White 6,245 1976 1979 USC 2 Royce Freeman 5,621

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Top 50 QBs in Career Passing Yards per Attempt

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(Minimum 325 pass completions, through 2019 season.) Rank Player Yards/Att From To Program 1 Marcus Mariota 9.3 2012 2014 Oregon

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Miller Mailbag: Projecting 2020-21 NCAA Tournament Teams
Plus answers to your other Pac-12 football and basketball questions

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Questions ranging from Oregon’s 2020 hoops recruiting class to the talent Utah lost to the NFL.

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part 6
USC and UCLA are profiled in this final installment of a six-part series

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The University of Southern California has won more NCAA team titles than any other school, and UCLA has been nearly as dominant and successful.

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2020 Pac-12 Player NFL Free Agent Deals
A list of all the known Pac-12 free agent deals by program

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A list of all the known Pac-12 free agent deals by program.

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Pac-12 Players taken in 2020 NFL Draft
A round-by-round rundown of where Pac-12 players were taken in 2020 NFL Draft

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A round-by-round rundown of where all the Pac-12 players taken, and by whom, in the 2020 NFL Draft.

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part 5
Arizona and Arizona State are profiled in this fifth installment of a six-part series

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Both Arizona and Arizona State have established strong track and field programs over the past 40 years.

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Doss: Pac-12 WBB Past, Present, and Future
Signing Day; WNBA Draft; Off the Court and into Court

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It’s been a big week for Pac-12 women’s basketball players past, present and future.

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Miller: 2020 Pac-12 NFL Draft Preview & Analysis
The selection ceremony will be held remotely this year, due to the COVID-19 crisis

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The selection ceremony will be held remotely this year, due to the COVID-19 crisis

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Dietlin: What JT Daniels Loses in the Portal
Given the message his decision sends, he's probably better off leaving

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“All human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room.” —Blaise Pascal M y publisher

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Dietlin: How I’m Coping Without Live Sports
Everything from reruns on the Olympic channel to inspiring backyard porch speeches

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It’s led to hours of reflection. No, that reflection hasn’t been on my back inside a therapist’s office.

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Mailbag: Conference Game Losers & Bowl Results
Dane answer questions about comparative conference performances after championship game losses

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Dane answer questions about comparative conference performances after championship game losses

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Miller: Pac-12 Early NBA Draft Entrants Analysis
Noteworthy Conference of Champions underclassmen who have declared for the NBA Draft

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With a shortened college basketball season due to COVID-19, the stars of the Pac-12 had to make decisions about their professional careers.

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part 4
Colorado and Utah are profiled in this fourth installment of a six-part series

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We now shift our Track & Field GOAT selections to the Pac-12’s newest members, Utah and Colorado.

Pac-12 Conference Business

Q&A with Pac-12 Director of Communications Jesse Hooker
Conversations with Conference Executives

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This is the first installment of a new question-and-answer series with Pac-12 executives, designed to help readers get to know

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part 3
California and Stanford are profiled in this third installment of a six-part series

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This week’s column features the two Bay Area schools, the University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University.

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part 2
Washington and Washington State are profiled in this second installment of a six-part series

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As with the two Oregon schools, Washington and Washington State have a long and distinguished history in the annals of track and field, and have been fortunate to have been guided by some all-time coaching greats.

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Greatest Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of All Time: Part I
Oregon and Oregon State athletes are profiled in this first installment of a six-part series

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With the Summer Olympic Games and the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials postponed until next year, our focus here will shift from looking ahead to the Trials to looking back to the past.

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Cleary: Making Sense of a Lost Baseball Season
With extended eligibility, next season figures to be much different

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With the announcement of no college baseball season in 2020, the flood gates opened to new questions.

Pac-12 General Interest

Bartlett: Acts of Kindness and Peace of Mind
Insights gleaned through generosity and open-mindedness in basketball, teaching, and life

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ormally thoughts just seem to flow to me, but last week felt different. The world remains in crisis mode, and

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Miller: 2018-19 Pac-12 Football Revenue Analysis
Most of the Conference’s schools rank in the bottom-half of the Power 5 nationally

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The Conference of Champions has some work to do to catch up with the Big Boys of college football.

Pac-12 General Interest

Bartlett: Even Now, the Answers are in Sports
Lessons learned from a youth basketball game can help us conquer our coronavirus fears

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While the loss of sports may seem like the final straw of sanity for some of us, it’s important to keep that loss in perspective. In fact, this may be a good time to analyze our relationships with sports.

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Miller Mailbag: Utes Will Contend for Title in South
As well as questions about the Ducks, ASU, Colorado, and Oregon State

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The Utes are the epitome of consistency in the Pac-12, having made a bowl game six years in a row.

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Pac-12 Men’s 2020 Olympic Trials Outlook
The Trials will be held at Hayward Field, completely rebuilt at the estimated cost of $160 million

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As of March 18, the International Olympic Committee and the Local Organizing Committee are insisting that the Games, scheduled for July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, Japan, will not be postponed or cancelled.