[2] This was the first Pac-12 Football Championship Game to not feature the champions of the North and South Division.
[4] Going into the final week of the conference season (weekend of November 26), the Oregon Ducks, Washington Huskies and Utah Utes were in contention to face USC in the championship game.
Utah, which remained alive going into Saturday's games thanks to UCLA defeating California 35–28 on November 25, defeated Colorado 63–21, eliminating Washington from contention and putting the Utes in position to advance to the title game with a Washington win.
Utah won its first back-to-back conference championship since 2003 and 2004. at Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, Nevada USC would drop to #10 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, while the idle Ohio State Buckeyes rose to the #4 to earn a playoff berth.
The Trojans were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they lost to AAC Champion Tulane 46–45.