Following an Elite Eight appearance last season, the return of top players and an infusion of new talent, media members picked Oregon as the favorite to win the Pac-12 for the first time in the 28-year history of the conference's preseason poll.
The Ducks received 23 of 27 first place votes in the poll, which the conference released Friday in advance of Pac-12 basketball media day in San Francisco. Arizona was the only other team to receive any first place votes and was followed in the poll by UCLA, California and Colorado.
Oregon won both the Pac-12 regular season and tournament championships last year.