Feb. 3, 2010

Arizona State is the favorite to win the Pac-10 championship, in voting by the league’s head coaches and released by the conference office.

The Sun Devils received seven first-place votes and 78 points. ASU has won the past three Pac-10 titles. The Sun Devils made their 10th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament last season and their 21st appearance in the College World Series.

Oregon State received two first-place votes and 67 points to finish second. UCLA was two points back in third. Stanford came in fourth with 59 points, followed by Arizona, Washington State, California, USC, Washington and Oregon.

The season begins on Friday, Feb. 19. The Pac-10 conference series start on March 25, when Cal visits Arizona State.

2010 Predicted Order of Finish

(2009 Pac-10/overall records, points, first-place votes)

1 Arizona State (21-6, 51-14) 78 (7)

2 Oregon State (15-12, 37-19) 67 (2)

3 UCLA (15-12, 27-29) 65

4 Stanford (13-14, 30-25) 59

5 Arizona (13-14, 30-25) 44

6 Washington State (19-8, 32-25) 42

7 California (9-18, 24-29) 36

8 USC (13-14, 28-28) 24

9 Washington (13-14, 25-30) 18

10 Oregon (4-23, 14-42) 17