3. The non-conference games
The Pac-12 gets back the non-conference games.
USC gets back Notre Dame, Washington and Oregon get the massive dates against the Big Ten powerhouses they were supposed to play last year at home, and Stanford plays all Power Five non-conference teams.
Here are each team’s mild, medium, and diablo non-conference games.
Pac-12 North
Cal
Mild: Sacramento State
Medium: Nevada
Diablo: at TCU
Oregon
Mild: Stony Brook
Medium: Fresno State
Diablo: at Ohio State
Oregon State
Mild: Idaho
Medium: Hawaii
Diablo: at Purdue
Stanford
Mild: at Vanderbilt
Medium: Kansas State (in Arlington)
Diablo: Notre Dame
Washington
Mild: Montana
Medium: Arkansas State
Diablo: at Michigan
Washington State
Mild: Portland State
Medium: Utah State
Diablo: BYU
Pac-12 South
Arizona
Mild: Northern Arizona
Medium: San Diego State
Diablo: BYU (in Las Vegas)
Arizona State
Mild: Southern Utah
Medium: UNLV
Diablo: at BYU
Colorado
Mild: Northern Colorado
Medium: Minnesota
Diablo: Texas A&M (in Denver)
UCLA
Mild: Fresno State
Medium: Hawaii
Diablo: LSU
USC
Mild: San Jose State
Medium: BYU
Diablo: at Notre Dame
Utah
Mild: Weber State
Medium: at San Diego State
Diablo: at BYU
– The one big different thing in the 2021 schedule