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One Game. One Champion.

The Pac-12’s second-annual football championship game is scheduled for Friday, November 30, 2012 at the home stadium of the team with the best conference record. The game will feature the North division champion against the South division champion. The divisional champions will be determined based on record in all Conference games (both divisional and cross-divisional).

Tickets: 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game tickets will be available to the public at a date later in the Fall. The best way to find information and gain access to tickets for the game is to be a Season Ticket Holder of a Pac-12 institution. If you are a season ticket holder of a Pac-12 institution, please contact your institution's ticket office with any inquiries about Championship Game tickets, or send us an email at pac-12fcg@pac-12.org.

Friday, November 30, 2012

5:00 p.m. Pacific Time

FOX Television Network

Tie-breaker Procedures

Divisional Champion Tie-breaker

The Division Champion will be determined by the record in all games played (both divisional and cross-divisional) within the conference. In the event of a tie, the following procedures will be applied to determine the Pac-12 Championship Game representatives.

Two Teams:

Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
1. If no game is played between the two tied teams or that game ends in a tie, the following tie-breaking procedures would be applied:
Record in games played within the division.
Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on record in all games played within the conference), proceeding through the division.
Record in common conference games.
Highest BCS Ranking following the last weekend of regular-season games.
Total number of wins in a 12-game season. The following conditions will apply to the calculation of the total number of wins:
1. Only one win against a team from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision or lower division will be counted annually.
2. Any games that are exempted from counting against the annual maximum number of football contests per NCAA rules (current Bylaw 17.9.5.2) shall not be included.
Coin toss.

Three or More Teams: The following procedures will only be used to eliminate all but two teams, at which point the two-team tie-breaking procedure will be applied.

Head-to-head (best record in games among the tied teams).
Record in games played within the division.
Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on record in all games played within the conference), proceeding through the division.
Record in common Conference games.
Highest BCS Ranking following the last weekend of regular-season games.

Pac-12 Championship Game Host: The Pac-12 Championship Game Host will be determined by the record in all games played within the conference. In the event of a tie, the following procedures will be applied to determine the Pac-12 Championship Game host.

Tie-Breaking Procedure

Head-to-head, if applicable.
Highest BCS Ranking following the last weekend of Pac-12 regular-season games.
Record against the next highest-placed common opponent in the conference (based on record in all games played within the conference), proceeding through the conference.
Record in common conference games.
Coin toss.