Pac-12 Football Championship Game
| Pac-12 Conference Football Championship Game | |
|---|---|
| Conference Football Championship | |
| Sport | Football |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Played | 2011–present |
| Last contest | 2016 |
| Current champion | Washington |
| Most championships | Stanford (3) |
| TV partner(s) |
Fox (2011, even years) ESPN/ABC (odd years) |
| Sponsors | |
| 76 (2016–) | |
| Host stadiums | |
| Levi's Stadium (2014–present) | |
The Pac-12 Football Championship Game is a college football game held annually by the Pac-12 Conference to determine the season's conference champion. The inaugural game was held on December 2, 2011.
The game pits the champion of the Pac-12 North Division against the champion of the Pac-12 South Division. Since 2014, the game has been played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The first three games were held at the home stadium of the division winner with the better conference record: Autzen Stadium in 2011, Stanford Stadium in 2012, and Sun Devil Stadium in 2013.
Television broadcast rights to the game are shared by Fox Sports and ESPN/ABC, with ESPN Radio holding the radio rights.
In 2011, the Pacific-10 Conference added Colorado and Utah, bringing the membership total to 12 teams and becoming the Pac-12. Consequently, the conference split into two six-team divisions and created an annual conference championship game. That year, USC (7-2) finished first but was ineligible to play in postseason games due to NCAA sanctions, resulting in UCLA (5-4) representing the South Division as its second-place team.
Broadcast rights to the game are held by Fox and ESPN under a 12-year deal, with the rights alternating yearly on a one-year cycle since 2012. Fox also broadcast the inaugural game.
Rankings are from the BCS poll from 2011 to 2013, and the College Football Playoff poll since 2014.
The North Division representative has won every edition of the Pac-12 Championship Game since its inception in 2011.
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