2012 Big Sky Conference football season

2012 Big Sky Conference football season
2012 Big Sky Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2012; through November 2012
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	ESPN Inc., Root Sports
Regular Season
Football seasons
	← 2011 2013 →

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona	6	–	2	8	–	3
Sacramento State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	4	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Utah	4	–	4	5	–	6
North Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Montana	3	–	5	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	4	–	7
Portland State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Weber State	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Big Sky Conference football season was the 49th season for the Big Sky. The conference began its season on Thursday, August 30, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2012 season of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition.

This was the first Big Sky season for four new conference members—full members North Dakota and Southern Utah, and football-only members Cal Poly and UC Davis.

Rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Cal Poly	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	20	15	14	11	16	19	17	12
Cal Poly	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	19	14	12	11
Eastern Washington	AP	12	9	10	9	7	7	6	1	1	7	5	5	4
Eastern Washington	C	15	11	11	9	7	7	6	1	1
Idaho State	AP	RV	RV
Idaho State	C	RV
Montana	AP	11	12	14	14	21	RV	RV
Montana	C	10	9	12	11	20	RV	RV	RV
Montana State	AP	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	2	2
Montana State	C	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4
North Dakota	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
North Dakota	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Northern Arizona	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	18	16
Northern Arizona	C	RV		RV	RV	RV	21	18	18
Northern Colorado	AP
Northern Colorado	C
Portland State	AP	RV	RV
Portland State	C	RV	RV
Sacramento State	AP	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Sacramento State	C		RV	RV				RV	RV
Southern Utah	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Southern Utah	C
UC Davis	AP		RV					RV
UC Davis	C
Weber State	AP
Weber State	C

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Schedule

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:15 PM	Northern Colorado	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City	Pac-12	L 0–41	45,273
August 30	5:00 PM	South Dakota Mines	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, North Dakota		W 66–0	8,847
August 30	5:00 PM	Sacramento State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico		L 19–49	12,118
August 30	5:00 PM	Southern Utah	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah		L 3-34	17,009
August 30	6:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho		W 20-3	11,136
August 30	6:00 PM	Azusa Pacific	UC Davis	Aggie Stadium • Davis, California		W 41-3	5,903
August 30	6:05 PM	Chadron State	Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, Montana		W 33-6	20,767
August 30	7:30 PM	Northern Arizona	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona	Pac-12	L 6-63	48,658
September 1	11:00 AM	Idaho State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado		L 21–49	35,282
September 1	12:30 PM	South Dakota	Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana		W 35–24	25,126
September 1	4:05 PM	San Diego	Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California		W 41–14	6,022
September 1	5:05 PM	Carroll College	Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, Oregon		W 38-20	6,845
September 1	7:00 PM	Weber State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California		L 10-37	27,663
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	12:00 PM	Southern Utah	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California	Pac-12	L 31-50	57,745
September 8	12:00 PM	Sacramento State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado		W 30-28	46,843
September 8	12:00 PM	Weber State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah		L 13-45	60,314
September 8	12:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington	Pac-12	L 20-24	33,598
September 8	12:35 PM	Colorado Mesa	Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field • Greeley, Colorado		W 40-3	5,136
September 8	3:05 PM	Black Hills State	Idaho State	Holt Arena • Pocatello, Idaho		W 38-5	6,228
September 8	3:35 PM	Montana	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina	GamePlan	L 27-35	30,856
September 8	4:00 PM	Portland State	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, North Dakota		UND 45-37	-
September 8	4:00 PM	Montana State	Drake	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, Iowa		W 34-24	3,558
September 8	4:00 PM	UC Davis	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California		L 13-45	7,462
September 8	4:05 PM	Northern Arizona	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, Nevada		W 17-14	15,257
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	12:00 PM	UC Davis	South Dakota State	Coughlin-Alumni Stadium • Brookings, South Dakota		L 8-12	11,532
September 15	12:30 PM	Liberty University	Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana		W 34-14	24,991
September 15	12:35 PM	Stephen F. Austin State	Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, Montana		W 43-35	17,147
September 15	1:00 PM	Portland State	Washington	CenturyLink Field • Seattle	Fox	L 13-52	54,922
September 15	2:05 PM	Northern Colorado	Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, California		CSUS 28-17	-
September 15	3:00 PM	Cal Poly	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming		W 24-22	21,728
September 15	4:05 PM	Fort Lewis College	Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, Arizona		W 69-0	6,594
September 15	5:00 PM	North Dakota	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego		L 41-49	24,826
September 15	5:00 PM	New Mexico Highlands	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, Utah		W 45-23	7,835
September 15	5:00 PM	McNeese State	Weber State	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, Utah		W 21-35	9,617
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	12:30 PM	Northern Arizona	Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana		NAU 41-31	25,254
September 22	12:30 PM	Idaho State	No. 25 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	BTN	L 7-73	84,923
September 22†	1:05 PM	Northern Colorado	Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, Montana		MTST 41-16	18,637
September 22	5:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Weber State	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, Utah		EWU 32-26	9,434
September 22	5:05 PM	Southern Utah	Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, Oregon		SUU 49-42	-
September 22	6:05 PM	UC Davis	Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Louis Obispo, California		CP 28-20	11,075
September 22	6:05 PM	North Dakota	Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, California		UND 35-13	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	12:30 PM	Montana State	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, Utah	MTST 24-17	8,417
September 29	12:35 PM	Sacramento State	Idaho State	Holt Arena • Pocatello, Idaho	CSUS 54-31	7,882
September 29	2:05 PM	Portland State	Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, Arizona	NAU 24-10	9,107
September 29	4:00 PM	Cal Poly	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, North Dakota	CP 35-17	-
September 29	4:15 PM	Montana	Eastern Washington	Roos Field • Cheney, Washington	EWU 32-26	10,529
September 29	6:00 PM	Weber State	UC Davis	Aggie Stadium • Davis, California	UCD 37-13	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5	5:00 PM	Cal Poly	Weber State	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, Utah	CP 45-23	5,939
October 6	12:00 PM	Sacramento State	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, Utah	CSUS 27-22	3,766
October 6†	12:35 PM	Montana	Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field • Greeley, Colorado	MONT 40-17	4,751
October 6	4:00 PM	Montana State	UC Davis	Aggie Stadium • Davis, California	MTST 48-41	9,877
October 6	5:05 PM	North Dakota	Eastern Washington	Roos Field • Cheney, Washington	EWU 55-17	8,646
October 6	5:05 PM	Idaho State	Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, Oregon	PRST 77-10	5,754
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 13	12:30 PM	Southern Utah	Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana	SUU 30-20	25,684
October 13	12:35 PM	Eastern Washington	Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, Montana	EWU 27-24	20,477
October 13	1:00 PM	Northern Arizona	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, North Dakota	NAU 45-38	9,742
October 13	3:05 PM	UC Davis	Idaho State	Holt Arena • Pocatello, Idaho	UCD 52-45	5,212
October 13	9:05 PM	Northern Colorado	Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo CA	CP 56-28	9,382
October 13	6:05 PM	Weber State	Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, California	CSUS 19-14	12,106
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 20	12:00 PM	Weber State	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, Utah	WEB 24-22	3,811
October 20	12:30 PM	Montana	North Dakota	Alerus Stadium • Grand Forks, North Dakota	UND 40-34	9,000
October 20	12:35 PM	Idaho State	Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field • Greeley, Colorado	UNCO 52-14	4,155
October 20†	4:05 PM	Sacramento State	Eastern Washington	Roos Field • Cheney, Washington	EWU 31-28	8,714
October 20	4:05 PM	UC Davis	Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, Arizona	NAU 21-7	7,991
October 20	6:05 PM	Portland State	Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Louis Obispo, California	CP 37-25	10,025
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 27	12:00 PM	Eastern Washington	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, Utah	SUU 30-27	3,344
October 27	12:30 PM	Idaho State	Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana	MONT 70-24	24,152
October 27	12:35 PM	Northern Arizona	Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field • Greeley, Colorado	NAU 12-10	3,780
October 27	1:05 PM	North Dakota	Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, Montana	MTST 55-10	17,137
October 27	2:00 PM	Portland State	UC Davis	Aggie Stadium • Davis, California	PRST 49-21	7,826
October 27	6:05 PM	Cal Poly	Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, California	CSUS 35-29	8,113
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Homecoming games

September 22

Northern Colorado @ Montana State

October 6

Montana @ Northern Colorado

October 20

Sacramento State @ Eastern Washington

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium	11,075	6,022	11,075	9,382	10,025	6,326		42,830	8,566	77.3%
Eastern Washington	Roos Field	8,600	10,529	8,646	8,714	8,644	6,011		42,544	8,509	98.9%
Idaho State	Holt Arena	12,000	6,228	7,882	5,212	5,144	5,125		29,591	5,918	49.3%
Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium	25,217	25,126	24,991	25,254	25,684	24,152	26,210	151,417	25,236	100%
Montana State	Bobcat Stadium	17,777	20,767	17,147	18,637	20,477	17,137	15,177	109,342	18,223	102.5%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	8,847	9,210	9,531	9,742	9,296	7,144	53,770	8,962	72.9%
Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome	10,000	6,594	9,107	7,991	4,125	6,119		33,936	6,787	67.9%
Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	8,500	5,136	4,751	4,155	3,780	3,418		21,240	4,248	49.9%
Portland State	JELD-WEN Field	18,627	6,845	6,353	5,754	5,077	5,758		24,710	4,942	27%
Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium	21,195	7,408	10,774	12,106	8,113	7,143		45,544	9,109	42.9%
Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum	8,500	7,835	8,417	3,766	3,811	3,344		27,173	5,435	63.9%
UC Davis	Aggie Stadium	10,849	5,903	7,569	9,877	7,826	9,899		41,074	8,215	75.7%
Weber State	Stewart Stadium	17,500	9,617	9,434	5,939	7,251	4,837		37,078	7,416	42.4%

Head coaches

Tim Walsh, Cal Poly
Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington
Mike Kramer, Idaho State
Mick Delaney, Montana
Rob Ash, Montana State
Chris Mussman, North Dakota
Jerome Souers, Northern Arizona

Earnest Collins Jr., Northern Colorado
Nigel Burton, Portland State
Marshall Sperbeck, Sacramento State
Ed Lamb, Southern Utah
Bob Biggs, UC Davis
Jody Sears, Weber State

References

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