USC is favored to win the Pac-12 football championship in
a vote of 52 media members who cover the conference.
The Trojans received 28 votes to edge defending champion Washington, which drew 22.
The Trojans in the Southern division and the Huskies in the North earned the same number of first-place votes, 49 out of 52, and 309 total points.
Stanford firmly holds second place in the North – one first-place vote and 247 points.
Washington State and Oregon picked up the two remaining first-place votes in
the North.
In a tightly-contested race for second in the South Division, Utah (220 points)
edged UCLA (209) and Colorado.
All three received one first-place vote behind SC.
The media has correctly selected the conference champion half the time – 29 times in 56 previous polls.
But they have been wrong in eight of the last 10 years.
| 1 | Washington (49) | 309 | 1 | USC (49) | 309 |
| 2 | Stanford (1) | 247 | 2 | Utah (1) | 220 |
| 3 | Washington State (1) | 206 | 3 | UCLA (1) | 209 |
| 4 | Oregon (1) | 163 | 4 | Colorado (1) | 182 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 101 | 5 | Arizona State | 109 |
| 6 | California | 64 | 6 | Arizona | 61 |
Mr. Hirsch may be contacted dhirsch@pac-12.org