The Pac-12 released the full program of the 2021 nine-game conference on Tuesday, becoming the final Power 5 conference to announce its plans for what is expected to be a return to normalcy after a season severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
UCLA will be the first Pac-12 team in action when they host Hawai’i on Aug. 28, which will lead to an intriguing non-conference board that includes Oregon State at Purdue (Sept. 4), Stanford vs. Kansas State (4 September), UCLA vs. LSU (September 4), Oregon to Ohio State (September 11), Colorado to Texas A&M (September 11), Washington to Michigan (September 11) and Cal to TCU (September 11) , among others.
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Stanford plays USC’s first conference game of the season (September 11) and the two teams will resume their long rivalries with Notre Dame. Five teams (Arizona, Utah, Arizona State, Washington State and USC) have non-conference games against BYU.
The Pac-12 championship game, which moved to USC in 2020, will debut at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on December 3rd.