Pac-12 football preseason media poll: ASU picked 2nd in division
Oct 7, 2020, 8:20 AM | Updated: 8:21 am
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Media members selected the Arizona State Sun Devils to finish second in the Pac-12 South for the 2020 coronavirus-shortened season.
ASU earned 181 points and two first-place votes to finish behind the USC Trojans in the poll released Wednesday. The Trojans garnered 32 first-place votes and 220 points.
One media member picked ASU to win the Pac-12 title to wrap the seven-game season.
The Utah Utes earned four first-place votes to win the division — two more than the Sun Devils — yet only had 168 total points in the poll.
UCLA (109 points), Colorado (63) and Arizona (57) filled out the Pac-12 South rankings in the preseason poll.
Oregon garnered 21 votes to win the Pac-12 Championship Game and earned 35 of 38 first-place votes for the North Division.
USC (15), ASU (1) and Utah (1) earned a vote or more to win the conference.
Below is a look at the full voting results in the preseason media poll.
2020 Pac-12 football preseason media poll
North Division | South Division | ||
---|---|---|---|
School | Points | School | Points |
1. Oregon (35) | 222 | 1. USC (32) | 220 |
2. California (3) | 176 | 2. Arizona State (2) | 181 |
3. Washington | 161 | 3. Utah (4) | 168 |
4. Stanford | 105 | 4. UCLA | 109 |
5. Oregon State | 76 | 5. Colorado | 63 |
6. Washington State | 58 | 6. Arizona | 57 |
(Points scored 6-5-4-3-2-1 for each division, first-place votes in parentheses)
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