Published Jul 28, 2022
USC voted third overall in Pac-12 preseason media poll
Ryan Young  •  TrojanSports
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On the eve of Pac-12 Media Day, the conference released its preseason media poll on Thursday afternoon.

USC landed third overall while receiving 5 out of 33 first-place votes, finishing behind Utah (26 first-place votes) and Oregon (2), which received more overall points in the voting.

Utah defeated Oregon in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game.

This will be the first season that the Pac-12 championship game will be played between the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage, rather than by divisions. The change came about following the NCAA Division I Council decision in May to deregulate the rule that had limited an individual conference's autonomy to determine their football championship game participants. It was based on a motion brought by the Pac-12 and unanimously supported by all FBS conferences

Here are the full poll results:

Pac-12 Preseason Media Poll
TeamFirst-place votesTotal points2021 record

1. Utah

26

384

10-4

2. Oregon

2

345

10-4

3. USC

5

341

4-8

4. UCLA

289

8-4

5. Oregon State

246

7-6

6. Washington

212

4-8

7. Washington State

177

7-6

8. Stanford

159

3-9

9. Cal

154

5-7

10. Arizona State

123

8-5

11. Arizona

86

1-11

12. Colorado

58

4-8