2024 Pac-12 Conference football season

2024 Pac-12 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
Number of teams2
TV partner(s)The CW, Fox Sports
Regular season
Pac-12 Championship
Football seasons
← 2023
2024 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Oregon State   1 – 0     5 – 7  
Washington State   0 – 1     8 – 4  
As of December 19, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 Pac-12 Conference football season is the 46th season of Pac-12 football, and takes place during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 31, 2024.[1] Following conference realignment, every member school aside Oregon State and Washington State moved to a different conference for 2024. Former members UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington moved to the Big Ten. Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado moved to the Big 12. Stanford and Cal moved to the ACC.[2]

On December 5, 2023, it was announced that Oregon State and Washington State had entered into a football alliance with the Mountain West Conference (MWC) for the 2024 season. With the alliance, both programs will play 3 home games and 3 away games against MWC opponents.[3]

Previous season

The Washington Huskies defeated the Oregon Ducks 34–31 in the 2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Washington defeated Texas 37–31 in the 2024 Sugar Bowl before losing to undefeated Michigan 34–13 in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Television

The CW and Fox Sports will broadcast every Pac-12 home game nationally.[4]

Preseason

Recruiting classes

National rankings
Team ESPN[5] Rivals[6] 24/7[7] On3 recruits[8] Total signees
Oregon State No. 69 No. 63 No. 87 No. 68 17
Washington State No. 67 No. 57 No. 62 No. 66 24

Coaching

On November 28, 2023, Oregon State named Trent Bray as head coach replacing Jonathan Smith who accepted the same position at Michigan State.[9]

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2023 season

Team Head coach Year at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record Conference
championships
Oregon State Trent Bray 0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Washington State Jake Dickert 3 15–16 15–16 9–13 0

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

† denotes Homecoming game

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for weeks 1 through 9. Rankings from Week 10 until the end of the Season reflect those of the College Football Playoff Rankings.

Regular season

Week One

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 31 12:00 p.m. Portland State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW W 70–30   20,089
August 31 3:30 p.m. Idaho State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW W 38–15   31,013
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 7 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA Fox W 37–16   27,372
September 7 7:30 p.m. Oregon State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 21–0   25,318
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 14 12:30 p.m. No. 9 Oregon Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (rivalry) Fox L 14–49   38,419
September 14 12:30 p.m. Washington State Washington Lumen Field • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup) Peacock W 24–19   57,567
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Four

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 20 7:00 p.m. San Jose State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW W 54–52 2OT  24,808
September 21 5:30 p.m. Purdue Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW W 38–21   34,340
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Five

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 28 7:00 p.m. Washington State No. 25 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID FS1 L 24–45   37,711
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
Date Bye Week
September 28 Oregon State

Week Six

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 5 3:30 p.m. Colorado State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW W 39–31 2OT  36,433
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.
Date Bye Week
October 5 Washington State

Week Seven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 12 4:30 p.m. Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV CBSSN L 37–42   21,541
October 12 4:00 p.m. Washington State Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium • Fresno, CA FS1 W 25–17   41,031
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 19 12:30 p.m. Hawaii Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW W 42–10   25,112
October 19 7:00 p.m. UNLV Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW L 25–33   35,195
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
October 26 7:30 p.m. Washington State San Diego State Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 29–26   26,937
October 26 1:00 p.m. Oregon State California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA ESPN2 L 7–44   33,090
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Ten

Date Bye Week
November 2 Oregon State
November 2 #22 Washington State

Week Eleven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 9 12:30 p.m. San Jose State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW L 13–24   37,187
November 9 7:30 p.m. Utah State No. 20 Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW W 49–28   20,011
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Twelve

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 16 12:30 p.m. Oregon State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN L 0–28   21,385
November 16 6:30 p.m. No. 19 Washington State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM FS1 L 35–38   14,067
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Thirteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 23 4:00 p.m. No. 25 Washington State Oregon State Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR The CW  OSU 41–38   38,008
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week Fourteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
November 29 9:00 a.m. Oregon State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID Fox L 18–34   37,264
November 30 3:30 p.m. Wyoming Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA The CW L 14–15   17,088
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Postseason

Bowl Games

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games
Legend
  Pac-12 win
  Pac-12 loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (PST) Pac-12 team Opponent Score Attendance
Holiday Bowl December 27, 2024 Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA FOX 5:00 p.m. Washington State No. 21 Syracuse  

References

  1. ^ "Pac-12 College Football Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Russo, Ralph (September 1, 2023). "Analysis: Conference realignment has mangled the college sports map, but to what benefit?". AP. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Bonagura, Kyle (December 5, 2023). "What Oregon State and Washington State's agreement with Mountain West means moving forward". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Pac-12 Football to be featured nationally across The CW Network & FOX Sports in 2024". osubeavers.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Class Rankings". Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Class Rankings". Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Trent Bray Named Oregon State Football Head Coach". osubeavers.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2024.