Washington and Colorado open 2017 Pac-12 play with title game rematch
Washington and Colorado will begin the 2017 Pac-12 conference schedule much the way they ended 2016.
The two participants in the 2016 Pac-12 Championship Game will meet in Boulder on Sep. 23 in the conference opener for each team. Washington beat Colorado 41-10 to win the 2016 Pac-12 title and head to the College Football Playoff.
The first Pac-12 game of the season will pit Stanford and USC in Week 2. The Trojans’ schedule is notable as their bye week comes on Nov. 25, the final week of the college football season. USC will play 13-straight games to open the season before having a week off before a potential Pac-12 title game appearance.
The Trojans’ schedule also includes a road trip to Washington State on a short week after playing at Cal. Perhaps USC coach Clay Helton will have the same gripes former Cal coach Sonny Dykes did about Pac-12 scheduling.
Here’s the entire Pac-12 conference schedule for 2017 below. The title game will either be on Friday, Dec. 1 or Saturday, Dec. 2 and televised on ESPN.
Sep. 9
Stanford at USC
Sep. 16
Oregon State at Washington State
Sep. 22
Utah at Arizona
Sep. 23
Oregon at Arizona State
USC At Cal
UCLA at Stanford
Washington at Colorado
Sep. 29
USC at Washington State
Sep. 30
Arizona State at Stanford
Colorado at UCLA
Cal at Oregon
Washington at Oregon State
Oct. 7
Arizona at Colorado
Oregon State at USC
Stanford at Utah
Washington State at Oregon
Cal at Washington
Oct. 13
Washington State at Cal
Oct. 14
UCLA at Arizona
Washington at Arizona State
Utah at USC
Colorado at Oregon State
Oregon at Stanford
Oct. 21
Arizona at Cal
Arizona State at Utah
Oregon at UCLA
Colorado at Washington State
Oct. 26
Stanford at Cal
Oct. 28
Washington State at Arizona
USC at Arizona State
UCLA at Washington
Cal at Colorado
Utah at Oregon
Nov. 3
UCLA at Utah
Nov. 4
Arizona at USC
Colorado at Arizona State
Oregon at Washington
Oregon State at Cal
Stanford at Washington State
Nov. 10
Washington at Stanford
Nov. 11
Oregon State at Arizona
Arizona State at UCLA
USC at Colorado
Washington State at Utah
Nov. 18
Arizona at Oregon
Arizona State at Oregon State
UCLA at USC
Utah at Washington
Cal at Stanford
Nov. 24
Cal at UCLA
Oregon State at Oregon
Nov. 25
Arizona at Arizona State
Colorado at Utah
Washington State at Washington
Dec. 1 or Dec. 2
Pac-12 Championship Game
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