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2012 Arizona

8–⁠5 (4–⁠5 Pac-12), coached by Rich Rodriguez.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 2012, game by game: won vs. Toledo 24–17; won vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State 59–38; won vs. South Carolina State 56–0; lost at No. 3 Oregon 0–49; lost vs. No. 18 Oregon State 35–38; lost at No. 18 Stanford 48–54; won vs. Washington 52–17; won vs. No. 10 USC 39–36; lost at No. 25 UCLA 10–66; won vs. Colorado 56–31; won at Utah 34–24; lost vs. Arizona State 34–41; won vs. Nevada 49–48+56−56Won 24–17 vs. Toledo+7ToledoWon 59–38 vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State+21No. 18 Oklahoma StateWon 56–0 vs. South Carolina State+56South Carolina …Lost 0–49 at No. 3 Oregon-49No. 3 OregonLost 35–38 vs. No. 18 Oregon State-3No. 18 Oregon StateLost 48–54 at No. 18 Stanford-6No. 18 StanfordWon 52–17 vs. Washington+35WashingtonWon 39–36 vs. No. 10 USC+3No. 10 USCLost 10–66 at No. 25 UCLA-56No. 25 UCLAWon 56–31 vs. Colorado+25ColoradoWon 34–24 at Utah+10UtahLost 34–41 vs. Arizona State-7Arizona StateWon 49–48 vs. Nevada+1Nevada
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsToledoW 24–⁠1744%
Sep 8vs18Oklahoma StateW 59–⁠3830%
Sep 15vsSouth Carolina StateW 56–⁠079%
Sep 22at3OregonL 0–⁠4921%
Sep 29vs18Oregon StateL 35–⁠3861%
Oct 6at18StanfordL 48–⁠5423%
Oct 20vsWashingtonW 52–⁠1757%
Oct 27vs10USCW 39–⁠3636%
Nov 3at25UCLAL 10–⁠6646%
Nov 10vsColoradoW 56–⁠3183%
Nov 17atUtahW 34–⁠2448%
Nov 23vsArizona StateL 34–⁠4161%
Dec 15Bowls & playoffvsNevadaNew Mexico BowlW 49–⁠4849%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nevada 49–⁠48 in the New Mexico Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-12.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 24
  2. Wk 4: 22
  3. Wk 10: 24

Led the nationKa’Deem Carey: rushing yards (1,929 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanKa’Deem Carey, RB

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠5 8th in Pac-12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
496–⁠459
Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Elo
1551 +72 this season
SP+ rating
8.2 No. 43 of 124; offense No. 14, defense No. 79, special teams No. 91
SRS
9.7 No. 24 of 124 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 42
Offensive coordinators
Calvin Magee and Rod Smith
Defensive coordinator
Jeff Casteel
Offense
Spread option
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

How good, play by play

  • Offense25th of 124
  • Defense107th of 124
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted20th of 124
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted119th of 124
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1145%0.9625th of 124
Defense0.1346%0.94107th of 124
Opponent-adjusted0.10 off
0.11 def		45% off
45% def		—20th off
119th def
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 303% allowed
Defense-0.1own 282% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Leaders

Passing yardsMatt Scott QB3,620 yds
Passing touchdownsMatt Scott QB27 TD
Rushing yardsKa’Deem Carey RB1,929 yds
Rushing touchdownsKa’Deem Carey RB23 TD
Receiving yardsAustin Hill WR1,364 yds
Receiving touchdownsAustin Hill WR11 TD
InterceptionsJonathan McKnight CB3 INT

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Freddie Tagaloa OT★★★★No. 296
Zach Hemmila OG★★★★No. 349
Kyle Kelley WDE★★★No. 408
Cayman Bundage OG★★★No. 531
Trey Griffey WR★★★No. 791

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks23.00.851
Running backs23.00.825
Receivers33.00.827
Offensive line53.40.865
Defensive line33.00.855
Linebackers42.80.824
Defensive backs33.00.823
Athletes and specialists32.70.827
Whole class253.00.839

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Roster 110

The 2012 roster

110 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2012 line; 26 have a stat line. See the roster

All-Pac-12

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 2012 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2012 Pac-12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon8–⁠112–⁠12
Stanford8–⁠112–⁠27
Oregon State6–⁠39–⁠420
UCLA6–⁠39–⁠5
Arizona State5–⁠48–⁠5
USC5–⁠47–⁠6
Washington5–⁠47–⁠6
Arizona4–⁠58–⁠5
Utah3–⁠65–⁠7
California2–⁠73–⁠9
Washington State1–⁠83–⁠9
Colorado1–⁠81–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.