2016 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^		8	–	1		12	–	2
Washington State		7	–	2		8	–	5
No. 12 Stanford		6	–	3		10	–	3
California		3	–	6		5	–	7
Oregon State		3	–	6		4	–	8
Oregon		2	–	7		4	–	8
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x		8	–	1		10	–	4
No. 3 USC		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 23 Utah		5	–	4		9	–	4
Arizona State		2	–	7		5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7		4	–	8
Arizona		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of February 19, 2017; Rankings from CFP Poll

The 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, December 2, 2016 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was the sixth championship game in Pac-12 Conference history. The game featured the South Division champion Colorado Buffaloes against the North Division champion Washington Huskies. The Huskies defeated the Buffaloes by a score of 41–10 to earn their first conference championship since 2000 and their first outright conference title since 1991.

Both Washington and Colorado made their first appearances in the Pac-12 Championship Game. This was the first Pac-12 Championship game not won by Oregon or Stanford.

Washington advanced to the Pac-12 Championship Game after beating in-state rival Washington State 45–17 in the 109th Apple Cup. Washington became the first team other than Oregon or Stanford to win the North Division.

Colorado clinched their first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game with a 27–22 win over Utah in the final week of the regular season. This was Colorado's first division championship since they won the Big 12 North Division in 2005.

The 2016 Pac-12 Championship Game featured the #8 Colorado Buffaloes (10–2) against the #4 Washington Huskies (11–1). The Huskies opened the scoring just three minutes into the game when Lavon Coleman ran for a 1-yard touchdown. The Buffaloes responded with a 3-yard rushing touchdown of their own, and the first quarter ended 7-7. The second quarter saw only one score: Jake Browning threw his first touchdown pass of the night to put the Huskies up 14-7 going into halftime.

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