The annual Pac-12 women’s basketball coaches poll was released Wednesday morning ahead of Pac-12 media day, and UCLA was voted first overall by coaches throughout the conference for a second straight year. UCLA earned 115 points and seven first-place votes to earn the top spot in the preseason poll.
Stanford and Oregon tied for second place with 108 points. The Cardinal, which won last year’s Pac-12 tournament, received two first-place votes and return several key players from last year’s NCAA Final Four appearance, the program’s 13th overall.
The Utah women’s basketball team was voted ninth overall, receiving 40 points.