Pac-12 Football: 2013 Pac-12 Football Schedules Have Been Released

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The Pac-12 conference released its 2013 football schedule on Thursday.

This year the Pac-12 football Championship Game will be held on a Saturday—the conference had previously held it on the Friday directly following its last regular season game.

Also of note is that there will be five Thursday night games and four Friday night games.

As always, games are subject to change due to weather or unforeseeable circumstances but for now, here are the Pac-12 teams' 2013 schedules.

Arizona Wildcats

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August 31: Northern Arizona

September 7: at UNLV

September 14: UTSA

September 21: bye

September 28: at Washington

October 5: bye

October 10 (Thursday): at USC

October 19: Utah

October 26: at Colorado

November 2: at Cal

November 9: UCLA

November 16: Washington State

November 23: Oregon

November 30: at Arizona State

The nonconference schedule is a cupcake, but the Wildcats did draw Washington and Oregon from the North.

Arizona State Sun Devils

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August 31: bye

September 7: Sacramento State

September 14: Wisconsin

September 21: at Stanford

September 28: USC

October 5: Notre Dame (at Arlington, TX)

October 12: Colorado

October 19: Washington

October 26: bye

October 31 (Thursday): at Washington State

November 9: at Utah

November 16: Oregon State

November 23: at UCLA

November 30: Arizona

Having a bye during the first week is unsettling, but playing Sacramento State before a four-game stretch of Wisconsin, Stanford, USC and Notre Dame is downright scary.

Colorado Buffaloes

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August 31: Colorado State (at Denver)

September 7: Central Arkansas

September 14: Fresno State

September 21: bye

September 28: at Oregon State

October 5: Oregon

October 12: at Arizona State

October 19: bye

October 26: Arizona

November 2: at UCLA

November 9: at Washington

November 16: Cal

November 23: USC

November 30: at Utah

Colorado could be 2-0 after the first two weeks of play, but after that it gets dicey. The Buffs drew both Oregon schools from the North and also play at Washington.

Cal

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August 31: Northwestern

September 7: Portland State

September 14: Ohio State

September 21: bye

September 28: at Oregon

October 5: Washington State

October 12: at UCLA

October 19: Oregon State

October 26: at Washington

November 2: Arizona

November 9: USC

November 16: at Colorado

November 23: at Stanford

November 30: bye

Cal opens the season against Northwestern and Ohio State, has to go on a road trip to Oregon for its fourth game and then somehow ended up getting a second bye at the end of the schedule? Ugh.

UCLA

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August 31: Nevada

September 7: bye

September 14: at Nebraska

September 21; New Mexico State

September 28: bye

October 3 (Thursday) at Utah

October 12: Cal

October 19: at Stanford

October 26: at Oregon

November 2: Colorado

November 9: at Arizona

November 15 (Friday) Washington

November 23: Arizona State

November 30: at USC

Nevada is actually a nice opener for UCLA, but at Nebraska the following week will be tough and two consecutive road trips to Stanford and Oregon won't be easy either.

USC

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August 29 (Thursday): at Hawai'i

September 7: Washington State

September 14: Boston College

September 21: Utah State

September 28: at Arizona State

October 5: bye

October 10 (Thursday): Arizona

October 12; bye

October 19: at Notre Dame

October 26: Utah

November 1 (Thursday): at Oregon State

November 9: at Cal

November 16: Stanford

November 23: at Colorado

November 30: UCLA

USC plays Hawai'i, so the Trojans opted for the 13-game schedule. Why, oh why did they add those upset-minded Utah State Aggies? The only good news is that at least USC avoided Oregon from the North.

Utah

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August 29 (Thursday): Utah State

September 7: Weber State

September 14: Oregon State

September 21: at BYU

September 28: bye

October 3 (Thursday): UCLA

October 12: Stanford

October 19: at Arizona

October 26: at USC

November 2: bye

November 9: Arizona State

November 16: at Oregon

November 23: at Washington State

November 30: Colorado

The Utes could be 1-3 after their first four games, but it's more concerning that Utah drew Oregon, Oregon State and Stanford from the North.

Stanford

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August 31: bye

September 7: San Jose State

September 14: at Army

September 21: Arizona State

September 28: at Washington State

October 5: Washington

October 12: at Utah

October 19: UCLA

October 26: at Oregon State

November 2: bye

November 7 (Thursday): Oregon

November 16: at USC

November 23: Cal

November 30: Note Dame

An opening bye is awful, but finishing up the season versus Oregon, at USC and then against Cal and Notre Dame is the true definition of a "backloaded" schedule.

Washington

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August 31: Boise State

September 7: bye

September 14: Illinois at Soldier Field, Chicago

September 21: Idaho State

September 28: Arizona

October 5: at Stanford

October 12: Oregon

October 19: at Arizona State

October 26: Cal

November 2: bye

November 9: Colorado

November 15 (Friday): at UCLA

November 23: at Oregon State

November 29 (Friday): Washington State

This is actually one of the better schedules in the Pac-12. Except for that October stretch of at Stanford, Oregon and at Arizona State, this is almost perfect.

Washington State

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August 31: at Auburn

September 7: at USC

September 14: Southern Utah

September 21: Idaho

September 28: Stanford

October 5: at Cal

October 12: Oregon State

October 19: at Oregon

October 26: bye

October 31 (Thursday): Arizona State

November 9: bye

November 16: at Arizona

November 23: Utah

November 29 (Friday): at Washington

Opening at Auburn and then at USC? There are no words....

Oregon State

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August 31: Eastern Washington

September 7: Hawai'i

September 14: at Utah

September 21: at San Diego State

September 28: Colorado

October 5: bye

October 12: at Washington State

October 19: at Cal

October 26: Stanford

November 1 (Friday): USC

November 9: bye

November 16: at Arizona State

November 23: Washington

November 29 (Friday): at Oregon

The Beavers have an ambitious schedule because they open conference play in the third week of the season on the road. They also better not sleep on San Diego State.