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The PAC 12 dropped its 2016 football schedules last night. UW fans will not be surprised to learn that they will be facing Oregon and Stanford on back-to-back weekends or that the Apple Cup will be on yet another Friday after Thanksgiving...in Pullman.
Here is the full schedule:
Sat 9/3: Rutgers @ UW
Sat 9/10: Idaho @ UW
Sat 9/17: Portland St @ UW
Sat 9/24: UW @ Arizona
Fri 9/30: Stanford @ UW
Sat 10/8: UW @ Oregon
Sat 10/15: BYE
Sat 10/22: Oregon St @ UW
Sat 10/29: UW @ Utah
Sat 11/5: UW @ Cal
Sat 11/12: USC @ UW
Sat 11/19: Arizona St @ UW
Fri 11/25: UW @ WSU
Some early impressions from the schedule:
- Playing Stanford then Oregon on back-to-back (short) weeks is not ideal. It is the fifth time in seven years that the PAC 12 has handed down this scheduling quirk, which has many Husky fans thinking that there is a special place in Hell for whomever created the algorithm that keeps this tradition alive.
- UW's BYE week comes conveniently in the exact middle of the schedule.
- The Huskies are on a 5-road game conference schedule rotation in 2016. The fact that the first road game is the conference opener (@ Arizona) spreads the impact out a bit. UW has only one stretch in the season where they will play two straight weeks away from Husky Stadium: @ Utah then @ Cal in late October/early November.
- The Friday Apple Cup in Pullman is an obvious turd for Husky fans. However, it's not necessarily a bad thing for UW to go on the road to what will be a mostly empty Martin Stadium with what many Husky fans hope will be a divisional championship still in reach.
- No Thursday night games in 2016.
Here is the full PAC 12 Conference Schedule for 2016
2016 Pac-12 Football Schedule
Sat., Aug. 27 | Hawai'i vs. CALIFORNIA (1) |
Thurs., Sept. 1 | Southern Utah at UTAH |
OREGON STATE at Minnesota | |
Fri., Sept. 2 | Colorado State vs. COLORADO (2) |
Kansas State at STANFORD | |
Sat., Sept. 3 | ARIZONA vs. BYU (3) |
Northern Arizona at ARIZONA STATE | |
USC vs. Alabama (4) | |
UCLA at Texas A&M | |
UC Davis at OREGON | |
Rutgers at WASHINGTON | |
Eastern Washington at WASHINGTON STATE | |
Sat., Sept. 10 | Grambling at ARIZONA |
Texas Tech at ARIZONA STATE | |
Utah State at USC | |
UNLV at UCLA | |
Idaho State at COLORADO | |
BYU at UTAH | |
Virginia at OREGON | |
Idaho at WASHINGTON | |
WASHINGTON STATE at Boise State | |
CALIFORNIA at San Diego State | |
Sat,. Sept. 17 | Hawai'i at ARIZONA |
ARIZONA STATE at UTSA | |
USC at STANFORD | |
UCLA at BYU | |
COLORADO at Michigan | |
UTAH at San Jose State | |
OREGON at Nebraska | |
Idaho State at OREGON STATE | |
Portland State at WASHINGTON | |
Idaho at WASHINGTON STATE | |
Texas at CALIFORNIA | |
Fri., Sept. 23 | USC at UTAH |
Sat., Sept. 24 | WASHINGTON at ARIZONA |
CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE | |
STANFORD at UCLA | |
COLORADO at OREGON | |
Boise State at OREGON STATE | |
Fri., Sept. 30 | STANFORD at WASHINGTON |
Sat., Oct. 1 | ARIZONA at UCLA |
ARIZONA STATE at USC | |
OREGON STATE at COLORADO | |
UTAH at CALIFORNIA | |
OREGON at WASHINGTON STATE | |
Sat., Oct. 8 | ARIZONA at UTAH |
UCLA at ARIZONA STATE | |
COLORADO at USC | |
WASHINGTON at OREGON | |
CALIFORNIA at OREGON STATE | |
WASHINGTON STATE at STANFORD | |
Sat., Oct. 15 | USC at ARIZONA |
ARIZONA STATE at COLORADO | |
UCLA at WASHINGTON STATE | |
UTAH at OREGON STATE | |
STANFORD at Notre Dame | |
Fri., Oct. 21 | OREGON at CALIFORNIA |
Sat., Oct. 22 | WASHINGTON STATE at ARIZONA STATE |
UTAH at UCLA | |
COLORADO at STANFORD | |
OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON | |
Thurs. Oct. 27 | CALIFORNIA at USC |
Sat., Oct. 29 | STANFORD at ARIZONA |
ARIZONA STATE at OREGON | |
WASHINGTON at UTAH | |
WASHINGTON STATE at OREGON STATE | |
Thurs., Nov. 3 | UCLA at COLORADO |
Sat., Nov. 5 | ARIZONA at WASHINGTON STATE |
OREGON at USC | |
OREGON STATE at STANFORD | |
WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA | |
Thurs., Nov. 10 | UTAH at ARIZONA STATE |
Sat., Nov. 12 | COLORADO at ARIZONA |
USC at WASHINGTON | |
OREGON STATE at UCLA | |
STANFORD at OREGON | |
CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON STATE | |
Sat., Nov. 19 | ARIZONA at OREGON STATE |
ARIZONA STATE at WASHINGTON | |
USC at UCLA | |
WASHINGTON STATE at COLORADO | |
OREGON AT UTAH | |
STANFORD AT CALIFORNIA | |
Fri., Nov. 25 | ARIZONA STATE at ARIZONA |
WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE | |
Sat., Nov. 26 | UCLA at CALIFORNIA |
UTAH at COLORADO | |
OREGON AT OREGON STATE | |
Rice at STANFORD | |
Notre Dame at USC | |
Fri., Dec. 2 | Pac-12 Football Championship Game (5) (FOX) |
- ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia
- Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colo.
- University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
- AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.