Here’s How Accurate The Pac-12 Poll That Put Utah On Top Has Been
Jul 29, 2019, 11:22 AM | Updated: 11:28 am
Jake Browning #3 of the Washington Huskies dives for a first down against the Utah Utes during the Pac 12 Championship game at Levi's Stadium on November 30, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Thirty-five members of the media who closely cover Pac-12 Football picked Utah to be the Pac-12 Champions at the end of the upcoming season. The poll has gotten the pick correct about half of the time over that last few years.
Since Utah joined the Pac-12 the poll has correctly picked the champion four of eight times. Three of the eight times the media’s pick did not even make it to the title game.
The committee cast their votes at Pac-12 Media last week in Hollywood, California.
The poll heavily favored Utah to capture the Pac-12 South with 206 points over USC with 167 points.
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Oregon is picked to win the Pac-12 North with 190 points barely knocking off Washington who received 189 points.
Last season this same poll predicted Washington to win the Pac-12 and they were correct. The University of Washington defeated the Utes in one of Utah’s worst offensive games of the season that ended with a score of 10-3.
The Utes are in unfamiliar territory entering the 2019 season, @KSLunrivaled is wondering if Utah can handle being the favorites in the Pac-12.https://t.co/z1K71JPdRi
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) July 27, 2019
2011/2012 Season
Media pick: Oregon
Pac-12 Champion: Oregon
The Ducks defeated UCLA 31-49.
2012/2013 Season
Media pick: USC
Pac-12 Champion: Stanford
The Stanford Cardinal defeated UCLA 27-24.
That USC team ended the season with a 10-4 record and were ranked 19 in the AP poll.
2013/2014 Season
Media pick: Oregon
Pac-12 Champion: Stanford
Stanford defeated Arizona State 38-14.
That Oregon team finished with an 11-2 record and ranked ninth in the AP poll.
2014/2015 Season
Media pick: Oregon
Pac-12 Champion: Oregon
The Ducks defeated Arizona 51-13.
2015-2016 Season
Media pick: USC
Pac-12 Champion: Stanford
The Stanford Cardinal defeated USC 41-22.
2016-2017 Season
Media pick: Stanford
Pac-12 Champion: Washington
The University of Washington defeated Colorado 41-10.
That Stanford team finished with a 10-3 record and ranked 12 in the AP poll.
2017-2018 Season
Media pick: USC
Pac-12 Champion: USC
The Trojans defeated Stanford 31-28.
2018-2019 Season
Media pick: Washington
Pac-12 Champion: Washington
The Huskies defeated Utah 10-3.
.@Utah_Football tops the 2019 #Pac12FB Preseason Poll, while @oregonfootball is picked to win the North, in a poll of 35 media members who cover the league.
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— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) July 24, 2019
