ASU picked to finish second in Pac-10

<p> The Arizona State football team has been picked to finish second in the Pacific-10 Conference in a preseason poll of West Coast media members who regularly cover the league. The Sun Devils are coming off a 10-3 season in which they shared the conference title with USC and played in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU received 330 points in the poll, giving the Sun Devils their highest preseason slot since being picked second in 2003. USC was a near-unanimous selection to win the conference title, receiving 38 of the 39 first-place votes and 389 total points. The media poll has correctly selected the Pac-10 champion in 25 of the previous 47 polls, including the last eight years in a row.</p><separator></separator><p>2008 Pac-10 Pre-Season Media Poll<br /> (points 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, first-place votes in parentheses)<br /> 1 USC (38) 389<br /> 2 Arizona State 330<br /> 3 Oregon 295<br /> 4 California (1) 274<br /> 5 UCLA 204<br /> 6 Oregon State 192<br /> 7 Arizona 185<br /> 8 Washington 139<br /> 9 Stanford 76<br /> 10 Washington State 61</p>