Pac-10 media love SC, dis Wazzu

THE PAC-10 MEDIA selected Washington State to finish tenth today, by a fairly wide margin, in the annual preseason football poll of West Coast media members who regularly cover the league. Meanwhile, USC, which has won or shared the last five league titles, wasn't a unanimous pick to take the conference title.

Following are the results of the preseason media poll -- with points assigned 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and first-place votes in parentheses.

This year's Pac-10 media football poll:

1. USC (38) ................. 389
2. Arizona State ............ 330
3. Oregon ................... 295
4. California (1) ........... 274
5. UCLA ..................... 204
6. Oregon State ............. 192
7. Arizona .................. 185
8. Washington ............... 139
9. Stanford ................. 76
10. Washington State ........ 61