Hollwood, CA -  Utah (33 first-place votes) and Oregon (17-first place votes) were predicted to win the Pac-12 South and North respectively by a select group of 35 media members here at the annual Pac-12 Football Media Day. Utah edged out Oregon (12 first-place votes to 11) as the favorite to finish as the winner of the Pac-12 title.

While the Utes were runaway favorites to win the South, the North was viewed as a much righter contest between the Ducks and Huskies.

The full conference predictions were as follows (first-place votes in parentheses):

Pac-12 NORTH
1. Oregon (17)  - 190 points
2. Washington (17) - 189 points
3. Stanford - 129 points
4. Washington State (1) - 108 points
5. California - 81 points
6, Oregon State - 38 points

Pac-12 SOUTH
1. Utah (33) - 206 points
2. USC (2) - 167 points
3. Arizona State - 118 points
3. UCLA - 118 points
5. Arizona - 65 points
6. Colorado - 46 points

By Staff of TheDailySportsHerald.com