Oregon tabbed fifth in coaches poll, Pac-12 north favorites in media poll

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

The Pac-12 media poll was released Thursday and Oregon was not selected to repeat as the conference’s champions in 2015.

USC, who was also selected to win the conference’s South Division, received 21 championship votes while Oregon, the projected North Division champion, received 17. Arizona State (3), UCLA (2) and Stanford (1) were the other schools to receive championship votes.

The Ducks, however, were tabbed the fifth best team in the country heading into the fall camp, in the annual coaches poll. It’s the fifth straight season Oregon was picked as a top-five team nationally.

Last season, the Ducks went 8-1 in conference to win the North. The Ducks defeated Arizona, the conference’s South Division champion, in the Pac-12 title game at Levi’s Stadium, 51-13.

The full poll is listed below:

North Division

1. Oregon (37 first-place votes in the north) 262 total votes

2. Stanford (8)  231

3. California 174

4. Washington 129

5. Washington State 89

6. Oregon State 60

South Division

1. USC (32) 254

2. Arizona State (7) 200

3. UCLA (6) 180

4. Arizona 155

5. Utah 105

6. Colorado 46

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