Pac-12 Football: 2013 Pac-12 Football Schedules Have Been Released
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
1 of 12August 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
2 of 12August 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
3 of 12August 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
4 of 12August 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
5 of 12August 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
6 of 12August 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
7 of 12August 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
8 of 12August 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
9 of 12August 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
10 of 12August 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
11 of 12August 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.
Oregon
12 of 12August 31: Nicholls State
September 7: at Nevada
September 14: Tennessee
September 21: bye
September 28: Cal
October 5: at Colorado
October 12: at Washington
October 19: Washington State
October 26: UCLA
November 2: bye
November 7: at Stanford
November 16: Utah
November 23: at Arizona
November 29 (Friday): Oregon State
The Ducks drew Colorado, Arizona, UCLA and Utah from the South—that's not a bad draw.
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