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References
- General
- "2015 Pac-12 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Pac-12.com. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- Associated Press Final Season Polls Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Year–by–Year Final Coaches' Polls
- Specific
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- ↑ "Lost Traditions". February 22, 2012.
- 1 2 "Pac-12 Conference - 2016 Football Media Guide". Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com. 2016. pp. 91–92. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ↑ "USC ordered to vacate wins, gets bowl ban, docked 30 scholarships". www.cbssports.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ Chris Dufresne (2010-06-11). "USC will keep 2004 AP championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- 1 2 3 4 2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Pac-12 statement on Washington at USC Pac-12 Football Championship Game | Pac-12". pac-12.com.
Under Pac-12 Football Championship Game policy, the team with the next best record in the North Division, Oregon, will represent the North Division against South Division Champion USC.
- 1 2 "Pac-12 Conference - 2011-12 Pac-12 Year In Review". Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- 1 2 "Pac-12 Conference - 2012-13 Year In Review". Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ↑ "2022 Pac-12 Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF).