We’re blogging from the red carpet of Pac-10 football media day, where players from around the west coast have an opportunity to meet their favorite beat writers and radio jocks. OK, not quite … but there are a lot of big names here today and there will be plenty of coverage over the next few hours.

To kick things off, here’s this year’s pre-season media poll.
Remember that the LA Times does not participate, but we do report …

1. USC (38) – 389
2. Arizona State – 330
3. Oregon – 295
4. California (1) – 274
5. UCLA – 204
6. Oregon State – 192
7. Arizona – 185
8. Washington – 139
9. Stanford – 76
10. Washington State – 61

First place votes are in parenthesis, total votes are listed after
the dash.

According to the league, the poll has picked the champs 25 of 47 years and the past 8 seasons in a row (a few of those were ties, of course). USC has been on top for six years in a row, the longest streak since an 18-year run from 1965-1982.