San Francisco • Utah’s young, but talented roster is expected to impress this season. They’ll have to prove it first, though. That much was obvious Thursday morning as the annual Pac-12 preseason media poll was released prior to Pac-12 Media Day in the Bay Area.
And for the second time in the last three years, the Oregon Ducks were picked as the odds-on favorite to win the Pac-12 by members of the media who cover the league. The Ducks received 16 of 25 first-place votes.
The UCLA Bruins were voted second, while the Washington Huskies were picked third.