2013 Oregon St., Pac-12 Schedule

The 2013 Civil War will be on a Friday, and so will Oregon St.'s home game against USC, which will be on Nov. 1. The other 10 games will all be on Saturdays.

The 2013 Pac-12 Football schedule is out, and the Beavers' first conference game will also be their first road trip at Utah on Sept. 14.

The season opens with non-conference home games, against Eastern Washington on Aug. 31, and Hawaii on Sept. 7. The only non-conference road game is on Sept. 21, at San Diego St.

The Beavers have 2 byes, on Oct. 5 and Nov. 9, which is an odd time, following the game against USC on a short week, not before it, when it would probably be more useful, given that its right after the Stanford game, which will Homecoming, and will be on Oct. 26.

In addition to USC returning to the schedule, in place of UCLA, in the Pac-12 scheduling rotation, the other change this year is a visit from Colorado instead of Arizona. The Buffs will be Oregon St.'s first conference home game, on Sept. 28.

The neutral site game in Seattle at Century Link field against Washington St. is no more, and so a trip to Pullman will follow the first bye, on Oct. 12, not necessarily at the most useful time, in the midst of games against the weakest 3 teams in the Pac-12, with the trip to Berkeley to take on California coming next on Sept. 19.

After the bye on Veterans' Day weekend (which would be a good time for travel), Oregon St. heads to Tempe to take on Arizona St. on Nov. 16, and conclude their regular season home schedule against Washington on Nov. 23.

All the rivalry games are the last weekend of the regular season, following Thanksgiving, except again for the "Big Game" between Stanford and California, thanks again to Notre Dame's scheduling demands, with their visit to Palo Alto being played Sat. Nov. 30. Fortunately, the California at Stanford game is the previous Saturday, Nov. 23. For the second year in a row, the Bears will conclude their schedule a week earlier than everyone else.

The Pac-12 Championship game will again be at the home field of the division champion with the best overall record, but will be on Saturday, Dec. 7, moved from the Friday night time slot that guaranteed a good national tv audience without competition, but proved to be devastating to attendance for the visiting team, and everyone when in a major metro area, as happened at Stanford this past year.

The title game will also be on either ABC or ESPN this year, moved from FOX, which has carried the first 2 Pac-12 Championship games.

Here's the complete schedule for Oregon St.:

Aug. 31 Eastern Washington (non-conference) - 3 PM

Sept. 7 Hawaii (non-conference) - 5 PM

Sept. 14 at Utah - 8 PM MDT (7PM PDT)

Sept. 21 at San Diego St. (non-conference) - 4:30 PM PDT

Sept. 28 Colorado

Oct. 5 Bye

Oct. 12 at Washington St.

Oct. 19 at California

Oct. 26 Stanford (Homecoming)

Nov. 1 (Friday) USC - 6 PM

Nov. 9 Bye

Nov. 16 at Arizona St.

Nov. 23 Washington

Nov. 29 (Friday) at Oregon - 4 PM

Here's the complete Pac-12 Conference schedule:

2013 PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Thurs., Aug 29
USC at Hawaii
Utah State at UTAH

Sat., Aug 31
Northern Arizona at ARIZONA
Nevada at UCLA
Colorado State vs. COLORADO (at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, in Denver, CO.)
Nicholls State at OREGON
Eastern Washington at OREGON STATE
Boise State at WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON STATE at Auburn
Northwestern at CALIFORNIA

Sat., Sept. 7
ARIZONA at UNLV
Sacramento State at ARIZONA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE at USC
Central Arkansas at COLORADO
Weber State at UTAH
OREGON at Nevada Virginia
Hawai'i at OREGON STATE
Portland State at CALIFORNIA
San Jose State at STANFORD

Sat,. Sept. 14
UTSA at ARIZONA
Wisconsin at ARIZONA STATE
Boston College at USC
UCLA at Nebraska
Fresno State at COLORADO
OREGON STATE at UTAH
Tennessee at OREGON
WASHINGTON vs. Illinois (at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL)
Southern Utah at WASHINGTON STATE
Ohio State at CALIFORNIA
STANFORD at Army

Sat., Sept. 21
ARIZONA STATE at STANFORD
Utah State at USC
New Mexico State at UCLA
UTAH at BYU
OREGON STATE at San Diego State
Idaho State at WASHINGTON
Idaho at WASHINGTON STATE

Sat., Sept. 28
ARIZONA at WASHINGTON
USC at ARIZONA STATE
COLORADO at OREGON STATE
CALIFORNIA at OREGON
STANFORD vs. WASHINGTON STATE (at Century Link Field in Seattle, WA)

Thurs., Oct. 3
UCLA at UTAH

Sat., Oct. 5
ARIZONA STATE vs. Notre Dame (at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX)
OREGON at COLORADO
WASHINGTON at STANFORD
WASHINGTON STATE at CALIFORNIA

Thurs., Oct. 10
ARIZONA at USC

Sat., Oct. 12
COLORADO at ARIZONA STATE
CALIFORNIA at UCLA
STANFORD at UTAH
OREGON at WASHINGTON
OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON STATE

Sat., Oct. 19
UTAH at ARIZONA
WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE
USC at Notre Dame
UCLA at STANFORD
WASHINGTON STATE at OREGON
OREGON STATE at CALIFORNIA

Sat. Oct. 26
ARIZONA at COLORADO
UTAH at USC
UCLA at OREGON
STANFORD at OREGON STATE
CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON

Thurs. Oct. 31
ARIZONA STATE at WASHINGTON STATE

Fri., Nov. 1
USC at OREGON STATE

Sat., Nov. 2
ARIZONA at CALIFORNIA
COLORADO at UCLA

Thurs., Nov. 7
OREGON at STANFORD

Sat., Nov. 9
UCLA at ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE at UTAH
USC at CALIFORNIA
COLORADO at WASHINGTON

Fri., Nov. 15
WASHINGTON at UCLA

Sat., Nov. 16
WASHINGTON STATE at ARIZONA
OREGON STATE at ARIZONA STATE
STANFORD at USC
CALIFORNIA at COLORADO
UTAH at OREGON

Sat., Nov. 23
OREGON at ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE at UCLA
USC at COLORADO
UTAH at WASHINGTON STATE
WASHINGTON at OREGON STATE
CALIFORNIA at STANFORD

Fri., Nov. 29
OREGON STATE at OREGON
WASHINGTON STATE at WASHINGTON

Sat., Nov. 30
ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE
UCLA at USC
COLORADO at UTAH
Notre Dame at STANFORD

Sat., Dec. 7
Pac-12 Football Championship Game

Neither Stanford nor Arizona St. will play on opening weekend, as both have Notre Dame games later in the season. USC opens at Hawaii, and as a result get to play a 13th. game, and is the only team besides California to have only 1 bye, on Oct. 5, along with Arizona (the Trojans host the 'Cats on Thursday, Oct. 10, one of 4 Thursday night Pac-12 Conference games).

The conference schedule rotation is always a factor, and will play a role in both expectations and outcomes. The clear loser in this first schedule rotation is Utah. The Utes are trading Washington St. and California for Oregon and Stanford.

Andy_Wooldridge@yahoo.com