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USC picked to win Pac-12 championship; UCLA third in South Division

/ STAFF WRITER

The media picked USC and Steve Sarkisian to win the Pac-12 Conference championship, further increasing the pressure on the coach and the program.

The media picked USC to win the 2015 Pac-12 Conference championship, according to the annual preseason poll released Thursday morning.

USC received 21 of 45 votes as title-game champion. Defending league champ Oregon, picked to win the North Division, received 17 votes.

UCLA is picked to finish third in the South Division behind USC and Arizona State. The Bruins received six first-place division votes and two votes to win the league championship.