SAN FRANCISCO -
In a poll taken by the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics coaches, two-time defending champion Utah was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season title, the conference announced today.
Utah received 49 points and six of the seven first-place votes cast to place ahead of UCLA (41), Stanford (39), Oregon State (30), California (24), Arizona (21), Washington (13) and Arizona State (7). Stanford received the other first-place vote.
It is Utah’s second-straight year as the preseason No. 1. The Utes, who won back-to-back Pac-12 Championships in 2014 and 2015, were also the regular season champions both seasons.