[1] During the final week of the regular season, Pac-12 coaches nominate up to three players from their team to be placed on the ballot for consideration.
Players who are not placed on the first or second teams, but received at least three votes, earn honorable mention.
The Pac-12 staff has the right to add to the list of recipients selected by the coaches for recognition.
However, the league claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as its own.
After the collapse of the PCC in 1959, five of its members immediately founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU).