The Pac-12 released its full nine-game 2021 conference schedule on Tuesday, becoming the last Power 5 conference to announce its plans for what is expected to be a return to normal after a season seriously affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
UCLA will be the first Pac-12 team in action when it hosts Hawai’i on Aug. 28, leading to an intriguing non-conference slate covering Oregon State in Purdue (Sept. 4), Stanford vs. Kansas State (September 4). , UCLA vs LSU (Sept 4), Oregon, Ohio (Sept 11), Colorado vs. Texas A&M (Sept 11), Washington, Michigan (Sept 11) and Cal at TCU (Sept 11), among others.
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Stanford will play at USC in the first conference game of the season (Sept. 11), and both teams will resume their long-standing rivalry 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 was moved to USC in 2020, will make its debut at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on December 3.