2010 Pacific-10 Conference football season

2010 Pacific-10 Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	football
Duration	September 2, 2010 through January 10, 2011
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Champion	Oregon Ducks
Runners-up	Stanford Cardinal

2010 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3 Oregon $		9	–	0					12	–	1
#4 Stanford %		8	–	1					12	–	1
USC *		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					7	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	5					5	–	7
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
UCLA		2	–	7					4	–	8
Washington State		1	–	8					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2010 Pacific-10 Conference football season began on September 2, 2010 with a victory by USC at Hawaii. Conference play began on September 11 with Stanford shutting out UCLA 35–0 in Pasadena on ESPN.

Oregon repeated as the conference champion, ending the regular season with a program-first twelve wins and with a #2 BCS ranking. The Ducks earned a berth in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, which they lost to SEC Champion Auburn. Stanford repeated as the conference runner-up, ending the regular season with a program-first eleven wins (their sole loss was to Oregon) and with a #4 BCS ranking, giving them an at-large BCS berth. The Cardinal defeated ACC Champion Virginia Tech in the 2011 Orange Bowl. Arizona lost to Oklahoma State while Washington defeated Nebraska in non-BCS bowls.

This was the final season for the conference as a 10-team league. In July 2011, Colorado and Utah joined the conference, at which time the league's name changed to the Pac-12 Conference. The Sagarin Ratings by the end of the bowl season, ranked the Pac-10 as the best conference in football, overall.^[2]

Previous season

During the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the Pac-10 teams won 2 and lost 5 bowl games:

• Las Vegas Bowl - BYU 44, Oregon State 20
• Poinsettia Bowl - Utah 37, California 27
• Emerald Bowl - USC 24, Boston College 13
• EagleBank Bowl - UCLA 30, Temple 21
• Holiday Bowl - Nebraska 33, Arizona 0
• Sun Bowl - Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27
• Rose Bowl - Ohio State 26, Oregon 17

Preseason

• March 12, 2010 – Coach Chip Kelly suspended quarterback Jeremiah Masoli for the 2010 season after he pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary charges.^[3]
• March 19, 2010 – Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti steps down to join ESPN as a football analyst.
• June 9, 2010 – Oregon dismisses Masoli.
• June 10, 2010 – The NCAA releases the report of its investigation of the USC football team for violations dealing with former Trojans running back Reggie Bush. Sanctions imposed include loss of scholarships and include a two-year postseason ban^[4]
• June 10, 2010 – Colorado joins the Pac-10 as its 11th member effective July 1, 2012. (The school and its then-current conference, the Big 12, later reached an agreement in September 2010 to allow the Buffaloes to join the Pac-10 in 2011.^[5])
• June 17, 2010 – Utah joins the Pac-10 as its 12th member effective July 1, 2011. Although they are the 12th member to accept an invitation to the conference, they are at the time believed to be the 11th member to compete since Colorado is not initially scheduled to join until 2012.
• July 1, 2010 – Running backs coach Todd McNair's contract at USC expired June 30, 2010.^[6] He played a key part in the NCAA's investigation of the school's athletic department in dealing with Reggie Bush.
• July 6, 2010 – Seantrel Henderson, the nation's No. 1-ranked offensive tackle recruit was given a release from his commitment to play with USC. Defensive end Malik Jackson transferred to Tennessee.^[7]
• July 29, 2010 - Annual media poll: 1. Oregon (314 points); 2. USC (311); 3. Oregon State (262); 4. Stanford (233); 5. Arizona (222); 6. Washington (209); 7. California (175); 8. UCLA (134); 9. Arizona State (81); 10. Washington State (39). Media day was held at the Rose Bowl.

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
NR		Not ranked in top 25 and received no votes
RV		Received votes, but not ranked in top 25

		Pre[8]	Sept. 7[9]	Sept. 12[8]	Sept. 19	Sept. 26	Oct. 3	Oct. 10	Oct. 17	Oct. 24	Oct. 31	Nov. 7	Nov. 14	Nov. 21	Nov. 28	Dec. 5	Final
Arizona	AP	NR	NR	24	14	14	9	17	15	15	13	18	23	20	RV	NR	NR
	C	NR	23	18	16	14	11	20	18	15	13	19	23	20	RV	RV	NR
	BCS	Not released							18	15	15	18	22	21	23	NR
Arizona State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
California	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Oregon	AP	11	7	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
	C	11	8	6	6	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
	BCS	Not released							2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Oregon State	AP	24	NR	25	24	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Stanford	AP	NR	25	19	16	9	16	14	12	13	10	7	7	7	5	5	4
	C	NR	NR	19	17	13	18	15	14	14	12	9	8	8	5	5	4
	BCS	Not released							12	13	13	6	6	6	4	4
UCLA	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
USC	AP	14	16	18	20	18	NR	RV	NR	24	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	Ineligible for ranking
	BCS	Not released							Ineligible for ranking
Washington	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Washington State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
	BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Highlights

September

Michael Thomas (top) was Player of the Week for the Stanford Cardinal in the conference opener against UCLA

• September 11 – In the first conference game of the season, #25 Stanford defeated UCLA in a 35-0 shut out at the Rose Bowl, marking several firsts: the Cardinal's first victory in Pasadena since 1996, the first home shut out UCLA had suffered since an October 16, 1999, 17–0 loss to California, the first time Stanford had shut out an opponent on the road since 1974, and the first time since 1941 that Stanford shut out UCLA.
• September 17 – In a matchup between the number one defense in the nation in Cal and the number one offense in the nation in Nevada, the Bears fell to the Wolf Pack 52-31 in Reno in the teams' first meeting since 1915.
• September 18 – Oregon records two shutouts in a season for the first time since 1964 with a 69-0 blowout of Portland State and a 72-0 shut out of New Mexico in its September 4 season opener.^[10] Two Pac-10 teams upset their opponents: UCLA defeated No. 23 Houston in the Rose Bowl for the Bruins' first win against a ranked opponent since 2008^[11] and Arizona defeated No. 10 Iowa at home, scoring the most points allowed so far by the Hawkeyes in the season.^[12]
• September 19 – Five Pac-10 teams are ranked in the Top 25 (#5 Oregon, #14 Arizona, #16 Stanford, #20 USC, #24 Oregon State).
• September 21 – Colorado and the Big 12 Conference reach an agreement that will allow the Buffaloes to join the Pac-10 in 2011.^[5]
• September 25 – UCLA pulls off its second upset in a row of a ranked opponent with a 34-12 defeat of No. 7 Texas in front of a stadium-record crowd of 101,437 in Austin. Stanford wins at Notre Dame for the first time since 1992.^[13] No. 14 Arizona survives a scare in Tucson with a late touchdown and interception against Cal to hold on and prevent an upset in both teams' Pac-10 openers. Four Pac-10 teams (#4 Oregon, #9 Stanford, #14 Arizona, #18 USC) are 4-0.

October

• October 2 – #9 Stanford visited #4 Oregon in a game that could decide the Pac-10 championship in their first meeting as ranked teams.^[14] The Ducks rallied to come from behind 21-3 and defeat the Cardinal. Washington upset #18 USC for two consecutive years, winning at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 32-31 with a last-second field goal.
• October 9 - #3 Oregon remains the sole undefeated Pac-10 team at 6-0 with a victory over Washington State. Oregon State upsets #9 Arizona 29-27 in Tucson. Cal snaps a 3-game winning streak by UCLA with a 35-7 rout in Berkeley. #16 Stanford defeats USC 37-35 for the Trojans' second loss in a row on a last-second field goal.
• October 16 - USC quarterback Matt Barkley throws a school record-tying five touchdowns in a 48-14 blowout victory over Cal. Cal has won three games (all at home) by the margin of 139-17 and lost three games (all on the road) 110-54. Washington upsets #24 Oregon State in 35-34 in double overtime, snapping a six-game losing streak to the Beavers. Both teams were tied at 21 points apiece at the end of regulation.
• October 17 - Oregon earns a #1 ranking in the AP and Coaches' Polls and a #2 BCS ranking.
• October 21 - Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas throws for a career-high 308 yards in a 60-13 blowout of UCLA.
• October 23 - Stanford gets their sixth victory in seven games to open a season for the first time since 1970 with a victory over Washington State, becoming bowl-eligible for the second straight season since 1995-96.^[15] Cal defeats Arizona State 50-17, while #15 Arizona routs Washington 44-14.

• October 30 - Arizona State shuts out Washington State 42-0 and Washington is shut out at home for the first time since 1976 by No. 13 Stanford 41-0.^[16] No. 15 Arizona holds off UCLA to prevail 29-21, while Oregon State defeats Cal for the fourth time in a row, 35-7. Oregon running back LaMichael James sets a school record with his 15th career 100-yard rushing game and Darron Thomas becomes the first quarterback to throw 20 touchdown passes in a season since 2007 as #1 Oregon stays unbeaten with a 53-32 defeat of #24 USC.^[17]

• October 31 - Oregon is ranked first in the BCS, AP, and Coaches Polls.

November

• November 6 - Top-ranked Oregon fails to score in the first quarter for the first time in the season in a 53-16 rout of Washington. #10 Stanford dominates #13 Arizona in a 42-17 victory. USC edges out Arizona State 34-33 after a last minute Sun Devils field goal misses. UCLA defeats Oregon State 17-14 on a field goal with 1 second left in regulation. Cal holds off Washington State for its first road victory since the 2009 Big Game against Stanford.
• November 13 - Oregon is held scoreless in the first quarter for the second week in a row and held to a season-low 317 yards of offense, but holds off Cal for a 15-13 victory, the first game of the season where the Ducks did not score at least 42 points and win by at least 11 points. #7 Stanford edges out Arizona State 17-13. USC upsets #18 Arizona 24-21. Washington State snaps a 16-game conference losing streak by defeating Oregon State 31-14 in Corvallis.
• November 14 - Oregon holds its #1 rankings in all polls. Stanford holds its #7 ranking in the AP Poll and its #8 ranking in the Harris Polls while rising from #9 to #8 in the Coaches Poll. Arizona falls to #23 in all polls. USC returns to the AP rankings at #20. Three Pac-10 teams are bowl assured: Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona.
• November 18 - In its home finale, Washington has two 100-yard rushers for the first time since 2007 and puts up a season-high 253 yards rushing in a 24-7 defeat of UCLA.
• November 20 - #7 Stanford ties a 1975 Cal record for the most points in Big Game history to recapture the Stanford Axe from Cal in Berkeley, 48–14. Oregon State upsets #20 USC at Corvallis 36–7, the third consecutive victory for the Beavers over the Trojans in Oregon. They will have faced five Top 10 teams by the end of the year.
• November 26 - Arizona State tops UCLA 55-34. Wildcats quarterback Nick Foles passes for a career-high 448 yards, but his performance is not enough to stage an upset of #1 Oregon by #20 Arizona, as the Ducks prevail 48-29.
• November 27 - Washington keeps its bowl hopes alive by scoring a touchdown with 2 seconds left in the game in a matchup against Cal to prevail 16-13, ending Cal's bowl hopes. #6 Stanford has its first 11-game winning season in school history with a 38-0 shutout of Oregon State, its third conference shutout of the season. Notre Dame defeats USC 20–16 for its first win since 2001. Oregon moves down in the BCS rankings to #2, while Stanford moves up to #4.

December

• December 2 – Arizona State blocks two PATs to defeat Arizona in double overtime 30–29 in their annual Territorial Cup game.
• December 3 - The NCAA denies Arizona State's request for a waiver to play in a post-season bowl game.^[18]
• December 4 - Oregon repeats as the conference champion with a victory over Oregon State in the Civil War to finish with 12 wins for the first time in program history. USC defeats UCLA for the fourth straight time to hold on to the Victory Bell. Washington defeats Washington State in the Apple Cup on a game-winning touchdown with 44 seconds left in the game to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2001.
• December 5 - Auburn moves past Oregon for the #1 AP Ranking. The two teams will meet in the BCS National Championship Game. #5 Stanford won an at-large BCS berth and will face ACC Champion Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, Arizona will face #16 Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl, and Washington will face #17 Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl.
• December 6 - Two of the four finalists for the Heisman Trophy represent the Pac-10: Oregon running back LaMichael James and Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. This is the second year in a row that Stanford has had a Heisman Trophy finalist. Oregon head coach Chip Kelly is named the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America.
• December 9 - Oregon running back LaMichael James is the recipient of the Doak Walker Award, the second year in a row that a Pac-10 running back has received the award.
• December 11 - Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is the runner-up in Heisman Trophy balloting to Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, the second year in a row that a Stanford player is the runner-up in balloting for the Heisman.
• December 21 - Oregon head coach Chip Kelly is named the Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year. Stanford's Jim Harbaugh finished third in balloting.

Notes

• USC is ineligible for the postseason due to sanctions imposed by the NCAA^[4]
• USC kicked off the Pac-10 football season by visiting Hawai'i on Thursday, September 2, 2010.
• The Pac-10 football season ends with games on Saturday, December 4, 2010
• January 6, 2011 – Fox signed a contract to air the first Pac-12 Conference football championship game on December 3, 2011 for $14.5 million.^[19]

Statistics leaders

Team	School	Record
Scoring offense	Oregon	592 points, 49.3 average
Rushing offense	Oregon	3,646 yards (597 attempts), 303.8 yards per game
Scoring defense	Stanford	214 points, 17.8 average
Rushing defense	Oregon	1,411 yards, 11 TDs, 117.6 yards per game
Pass offense	Arizona	325 of 474 passes (68.6%), 9 interceptions, 24 TDs, 310.0 yards per game
Total offense	Oregon	3,646 yards rushing, 2,804 passing, 71 TDs, 537.5 yards per game

Players-of-the-week

National

• September 13 - Cal linebacker Mike Mohamed was named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week.
• September 21 - UCLA linebacker Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the upset of No. 23 Houston on September 18 was named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week.^[20]
• September 27 – UCLA linebacker Akeem Ayers was named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week. The UCLA Bruins (2-2) are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of September 25.

Oregon punt returner Cliff Harris scores on a 64-yard punt return against California on November 13 to earn Player of the Week honors.

Pacific-10 Conference

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
1 – September 7[21]	Kenjon Barner, RB	ORE	Lance Mitchell, S	OSU	Cliff Harris, PR	ORE
2 – September 13	Jermaine Kearse, WR	WASH	Mike Thomas, CB	STAN	Jackson Rice, P	ORE
3 – September 20[22]	Nick Foles, QB	ARIZ	Patrick Larimore, LB	UCLA	Travis Cobb, KR	ARIZ
4 – September 27	Ryan Taylor, C	UCLA	Sean Westgate, LB	UCLA	Nate Whitaker, PK	STAN
5 – October 4	LaMichael James, RB	ORE	Cliff Harris, CB	ORE	Erik Folk, PK	WASH
6 – October 11	Ryan Katz, QB	OSU	Darian Hagan, CB	CAL	Bryan Anger, P	CAL
7 – October 18	Matt Barkley, QB	USC	Shaquille Richardson, CB	ARIZ	Joe Houston, PK	USC
8 – October 25	Matt Scott, QB	ARIZ	Paul Vassallo, LB	ARIZ	Keenan Allen, KR	CAL
9 – Nov. 1	Jeff Maehl, WR	ORE	Junior Onyeali, DE	ASU	Jake Fischer, LB	ARIZ
10 – Nov. 8	Andrew Luck, QB	STAN	T. J. McDonald, S	USC	Kai Forbath, PK	UCLA
11 – Nov. 15	Jeff Tuel, QB	WSU	Mike Mohamed, LB	CAL	Cliff Harris, PR	ORE
12 – Nov. 22[23]	Andrew Luck, QB	Stanford	Stephen Paea, DT	OSU	Justin Kahut, PK	OSU
13 – Nov. 29	Brock Osweiler, QB	ASU	Chase Thomas, LB	STAN	Jamal Miles, KR	ASU
14 - Dec. 6	Chris Polk, RB	WASH	James Brooks, DE	ASU	Thomas Weber, PK	ASU

Pac-10 vs. BCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Notes
September 4	UCLA	Kansas State	Kansas State	Kansas State rushes for 315 yards, its highest rushing total since 2002, before the largest season-opening crowd in school history. Daniel Thomas has 234 yards rushing, the most by a Wildcats running back since 2004.[24]
September 4	Washington State	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Washington State's worst season opening loss since 1967. Oklahoma State scores the most points in the 65-17 victory since 2006.[25]
September 11	Colorado	California	California	The teams' first meeting since 1982.[26]
September 11	Oregon	Tennessee	Oregon	Oregon scores the most points by a Tennessee opponent since 2007 and most by a nonconference opponent since 1988.[27]
September 11	Virginia	USC	USC	The teams' first meeting since 2008. Virginia's first game ever played in California.[28]
September 11	Syracuse	Washington	Washington
September 18	Iowa	Arizona	Arizona	The teams' first meeting since 1998.[29] Iowa allowed a kick return for a touchdown for the first time since 2001[12] while Arizona committed the most penalties since 2005.[30]
September 18	Arizona State	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin blocked a PAT to hold on and prevent an upset.[31]
September 18	Louisville	Oregon State	Oregon State	Oregon State wins its ninth straight home opener in the first meeting between the two teams since 2005.[32]
September 18	Stanford	Wake Forest	Stanford	Wake Forest's first ever game in the state of California. The 68-24 win is Stanford's biggest point total since 1923.[33]
September 18	USC	Minnesota	USC	The teams' first meeting since 1980. Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber becomes the Golden Gophers' career touchdown pass leader.[34]
September 18	Nebraska	Washington	Nebraska	Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez records the longest touchdown run by a freshman in Nebraska history.[35]
September 25	Stanford	Notre Dame	Stanford	Stanford goes 4-0 for the first time since 1986.[13]
September 25	UCLA	Texas	UCLA	UCLA's first road victory against a ranked opponent since 2001 and Texas scores the fewest points at home since 2006 in the teams' first meeting since 1997.[36]
November 27	Notre Dame	USC	Notre Dame	Notre Dame's first victory over USC since 2001.

Bowl games

All bowl games involving the Pac-10 aired on ESPN.

Bowl	Date	Winner*	Score	Loser*	Score	Location	Time^+	Pac-10's Record	Notes
Alamo Bowl	Dec. 29, 2010	#16 Oklahoma State	36	Arizona	10	San Antonio, Texas	6:00 p.m.	0–1	The teams' first meeting since 1942; Oklahoma State's record fifth straight bowl appearance and Arizona's third straight bowl appearance, matching a streak from 1992–1994; the Cowboys finish the season for the first time with 11 wins, while the Wildcats end their season with a fifth straight loss[37]
Holiday Bowl	Dec. 30, 2010	Washington	19	#17 Nebraska	7	San Diego, California	7:00 p.m.	1–1	A rematch of both teams, when Nebraska defeated Washington 56-21 on September 18; Nebraska's second straight appearance in the Holiday Bowl and Washington's fourth Holiday Bowl appearance; Nebraska's upset marks Washington's first bowl victory since 2002[38]
Orange Bowl	Jan. 3, 2011	#5 Stanford	40	#12 Virginia Tech	12	Miami Gardens, Florida	5:00 p.m.	2–1	The teams' first meeting; Virginia Tech's fourth appearance in the Orange Bowl; Stanford's first bowl win since 1996 and the first BCS bowl victory in program history[39]
BCS National Championship Game	Jan. 10, 2011	#1 Auburn	22	#2 Oregon	19	Glendale, Arizona	5:30 p.m.	2–2	The first title game appearance for either team and their first meeting; the SEC's fifth straight national championship victory
*Pac-10 team is bolded. ^+Time given is Pacific Time

Head coaches

Mike Stoops, Arizona Dennis Erickson, Arizona State Jeff Tedford, California Chip Kelly, Oregon Mike Riley, Oregon State

Jim Harbaugh, Stanford Rick Neuheisel, UCLA Lane Kiffin, USC Steve Sarkisian, Washington Paul Wulff, Washington State

Awards and honors

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year and Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year

• Chip Kelly, Oregon

Woody Hayes Trophy

• Jim Harbaugh, Stanford

Doak Walker Award

• LaMichael James, RB, Oregon

Paul Hornung Award

• Owen Marecic, FB and LB, Stanford.^[40]

National Finalists

• Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA, Butkus Award (most outstanding defensive player)
• LaMichael James, RB, Oregon, Heisman Trophy (most outstanding player) and Doak Walker Award (most outstanding running back)
• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford, Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award (best player), and Davey O'Brien Award (best quarterback)
• Owen Marecic, FB/LB, Stanford, William V. Campbell Trophy (top scholar-athlete)
• Mike Mohamed, LB, California, William V. Campbell Trophy

All-Americans

Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America:^[41]

• Running back LaMichael James, Oregon, first team All-America
• Quarterback Andrew Luck, Stanford, second team All-America
• Center Chase Beeler, Stanford, second team All-America
• Linebacker Akeem Ayers, UCLA, second-team All-America
• Defensive back Cliff Harris, Oregon, second-team All-America
• Kick returner Cliff Harris, Oregon, second-team All-America

Associated Press All-America First Team:

• RB LaMichael James, Oregon
• OL Chase Beeler, Stanford
• DT Stephen Paea, Oregon State

FWAA All-America Team:

Sporting News All-America team:^[42]

• RB LaMichael James, Soph., Oregon, Offense first-team
• OL Chase Beeler, Sr., Stanford, Offense first-team
• DT Stephen Paea, Sr., Oregon State, Defense first-team
• LB Vontaze Burfict, Soph., Arizona State, Defense first-team
• S Rahim Moore, Jr., UCLA, Defense first-team
• PR Cliff Harris, Soph., Oregon, Defense first-team

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:

ESPN All-America team:

All-Pac-10 teams

• Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
• Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Stephen Paea, DT, Oregon State
• Offensive Freshman of the Year: Robert Woods, WR, USC
• Defensive Freshman of the Year: Junior Onyeali, DE, Arizona State
• Coach of the Year: Chip Kelly, Oregon

First Team:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
Offense				Defense				Specialists
QB	Andrew Luck	So.	Stanford	DL	Jurrell Casey	Jr.	USC	PK	Nate Whitaker	Sr.	Stanford
RB	LaMichael James	So.	Oregon	DL	Cameron Jordan	Sr.	California	P	Bryan Anger	Jr.	California
RB	Owen Marecic	Sr.	Stanford	DL	Stephen Paea	Sr.	Oregon State	KOR	Robert Woods	Fr.	USC
RB	Jacquizz Rodgers	Jr.	Oregon State	DL	Brooks Reed	Sr.	Arizona	PR	Cliff Harris	So.	Oregon
WR	Juron Criner	Jr.	Arizona	LB	Akeem Ayers	Jr.	UCLA	ST	Chike Amajoyi	Sr.	Stanford
WR	Jeff Maehl	Sr.	Oregon	LB	Mason Foster	Sr.	Washington
TE	David Paulson	Jr.	Oregon	LB	Casey Matthews	Sr.	Oregon
OL	Chase Beeler	Sr.	Stanford	DB	Omar Bolden	Jr.	Arizona State
OL	David DeCastro	So.	Stanford	DB	Chris Conte	Sr.	California
OL	Jordan Holmes	Sr.	Oregon	DB	Talmadge Jackson	Sr.	Oregon
OL	Jonathan Martin	Jr.	Stanford	DB	Rahim Moore	Jr.	UCLA
OL	Tyron Smith	Jr.	USC

ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)

All-Academic

First Team:^[43]

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Steven Threet	Arizona State	Jr.	3.82	General Studies
RB	LaMichael James	Oregon	So.	3.01	Sociology
RB	Owen Marecic	Stanford	Sr.	3.47	Human Biology
WR	Jared Karstetter	Washington State	Jr.	3.55	Zoology
WR	Ryan Whalen	Stanford	Sr.	3.53	Science,Technology and Society
TE	David Paulson	Oregon (2)	Jr.	3.66	Business Administration
OL	Chase Beeler	Stanford (2)	Sr.	3.68	History
OL	Micah Hannam	Washington State (3)	Sr.	3.58	Civil Engineering
OL	Brendan Lopez	Washington	Jr.	3.68	Microbiology
OL	Chris Prummer	Washington State (2)	Sr.	3.90	Zoology
OL	Carson York	Oregon (2)	So.	3.70	Journalism-Advertising
DL	Dean DeLeone	Arizona State	Sr.	3.41	Communication
DL	Kevin Frahm	Oregon State (2)	Jr.	3.25	Political Science
DL	Kevin Kooyman	Washington State (2)	Sr.	3.18	Management & Operations
DL	Casey Hamlett	Washington State	Sr.	3.77	Management & Operations
LB	Cameron Collins	Oregon State (3)	Jr.	3.48	Finance
LB	Mike Mohamed	California (3)	Sr.	3.43	Business Administration
LB	Jake Fischer	Arizona	So.	3.42	Pre-Business
DB	Kyle McCartney	Washington State	So.	3.87	Entrepreneurship
DB	Chima Nwachukwu	Washington State (3)	Sr.	3.85	Political Science
DB	Taylor Skaufel	Stanford	Sr.	3.43	Science, Technology and Society
DB	Antdony Wilcox	Arizona	Sr.	3.05	Religious Studies
PK	John Bonano	Arizona	Jr.	3.90	Pre-Physiology
P	Jeff Locke	UCLA (2)	So.	3.57	Economics
ST	Danny Rees	UCLA	Sr.	3.51	History

2011 NFL Draft

Round	Overall pick	NFL team	Player	Position	College
1	8	Tennessee Titans	Jake Locker	Quarterback	Washington
1	9	Dallas Cowboys	Tyron Smith	Offensive tackle	USC
1	24	New Orleans Saints	Cameron Jordan	Defensive end	California
2	38	Tennessee Titans	Akeem Ayers	Offensive linebacker	UCLA
2	42	Houston Texans	Brooks Reed	Defensive end	Arizona
2	45	Denver Broncos	Rahim Moore	Safety	UCLA
2	53	Chicago Bears	Stephen Paea	Defensive tackle	Oregon State
2	56	New England Patriots	Shane Vereen	Running back	California
3	77	Tennessee Titans	Jurrell Casey	Defensive tackle	USC
3	84	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mason Foster	Linebacker	Washington
3	89	San Diego Chargers	Shareece Wright	Defensive back	USC
3	93	Chicago Bears	Chris Conte	Defensive back	California
3	97	Green Bay Packers	Sione Fua	Defensive tackle	Stanford
4	102	Cleveland Browns	Jordan Cameron	Tight end	USC
4	116	Philadelphia Eagles	Casey Matthews	Linebacker	Oregon
4	124	Cleveland Browns	Owen Marecic	Fulback	Stanford
5	140	Kansas City Chiefs	Gabe Miller	Linebacker	Oregon State
5	145	Atlanta Falcons	Jacquizz Rodgers	Running back	Oregon State
5	154	Seattle Seahawks	Richard Sherman	Cornerback	Stanford
6	167	Cincinnati Bengals	Ryan Whalen	Wide receiver	Stanford
6	182	San Francisco 49ers	Ronald Johnson	Wide receiver	USC
6	184	Arizona Cardinals	David Carter	Defensive tackle	UCLA
6	187	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Allen Bradford	Running back	USC
6	189	Denver Broncos	Mike Mohamed	Linebacker	California
6	197	Green Bay Packers	Ricky Elmore	Defensive end	Arizona
6	203	Carolina Panthers	Zachary Williams	Center	USC
7	215	Minnesota Vikings	D'Aundre Reed	Defensive end	Arizona
7	233	Green Bay Packers	Lawrence Guy	Defensive tackle	Arizona State
7	240	Philadelphia Eagles	Stanley Havili	Fulback	USC
7	241	Oakland Raiders	David Ausberry	Wide receiver	USC
7	242	Seattle Seahawks	Malcolm Smith	Linebacker	USC

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