The Pacific-12 Championship Game is a college football game that will be held by the Pacific-12 Conference each year to determine the Pacific-12 Conference's season champion. The inaugural game was held December 2, 2011, at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. The championship game will pit the champions of the North (California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington, Washington State) and South (Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCLA, USC, and Utah) Divisions against each other, with the team with the best overall conference record as host to the event.