Pac-10 football: Cal picked No. 2, Stanford last in poll

LOS ANGELES - Cal was picked No. 2, and Stanford was last, in the preseason football poll released today by the Pacific-10 Conference.

Four-time defending Pac-10 champion Southern Cal was a unanimous selection to win the conference title as voted by West Coast media members who regularly cover the league. It marks the fifth consecutive year [...]

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Pac-10 football: Cal second, Stanford last in preseason poll

PACIFIC-10 FOOTBALL POLL

USC was the unanimous choice to win the Pacific-10 conference football title in voting conducted Thursday among 39 West Coast media members.

TEAM    POINTS

USC (39)   390

Cal    323

UCLA    305

Arizona St.    242

Oregon St.    237

Oregon    226

Arizona    162

Washington St.    115

Washington    98

Stanford    47

  

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Media poll casts USC as heavy Pac-10 favorite

LOS ANGELES - The prevailing discourse at Thursday’s Pacific-10 Conference football media day wasn’t a surprising one: The 2007 season will be a race for second place.

USC, ranked No. 1 in the nation in every preseason publication, was the unanimous selection to win its fifth consecutive conference championship by [...]

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