Oregon picked to win Pac-12

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Here are the results of this year’s preseason media poll. As expected, Oregon has been tabbed to win the conference title, with UCLA selected as the South division champion.

Washington State was picked to finish sixth in the North.

Here’s the poll (first-place votes in parentheses):

NORTH

1. Oregon (14) — 139

2. Stanford (11) — 134

3. Oregon State — 91

4. Washington — 81

5. California — 45

6. Washington State — 32

SOUTH

1. UCLA (12) — 130

2. Arizona State (9) — 124

3. USC (4) — 113

4. Arizona — 73

5. Utah — 58

6. Colorado — 27