LOS ANGELES – The Pac-12 Conference released its annual preseason media poll on Wednesday as the football media day started. Washington is the favorite to win the Pac-12 Title in 2018. The Huskies received 40 first place votes in the North Division and got 37 votes to win the conference championship game. USC was the leading vote-getter in the South Division with 22 first place votes.
Oregon was picked to finish third in the Pac-12 North. The Ducks received one first place vote and one vote to win the Pac-12 championship game. Oregon State was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 North Division and received the fewest points of any Pac-12 teams.
Rounding out the Pac-12 North Division was Stanford in second, California in fourth, and Washington State in fifth. Utah was second in the South behind the Trojans, Arizona third, UCLA fourth, Colorado fifth, and Arizona State sixth.
North Division
1. Washington (40) …….. 249
2. Stanford (1) …………… 198
3. Oregon (1) …………….. 178
4. California ………………. 108
5. Washington State ……… 98
6. Oregon State ……………. 45
South Division
1. USC (22) ……………. 225
2. Utah (14) ……………. 209
3. Arizona (3) ………….. 178
4. UCLA (2) ……………. 116
5. Colorado (1) ………….. 80
6. Arizona State …………. 72
PAC-12 TITLE GAME CHAMPION: Washington (37 votes)
Others receiving votes: USC (2), Oregon (1), Stanford (1), UCLA (1)