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Jon Wilner’s Pac-12 preseason ballot: Why I’m picking Washington to win the North

Ballots for the 2018 preseason media poll were due last week, and in the ongoing push for full disclosure, my submission is available below for approval or, um, ridicule.

(The official poll will be released July 25, in connection with Pac-12 media day in Los Angeles.)

Key point on the poll in general:

Only once, in 2011, the first year of the 12-team conference, has the media correctly picked both division winners (Oregon and USC).

As for my ballot, please know that I strongly considered experience at quarterback and on the lines of scrimmage, because stretch-run survival, especially on the road, starts up front.