The Pac-12 football media day will begin Friday at 8:00 a.m. PT with commissioner George Kliavkoff before each of the conference’s 12 teams and their representatives take the podium and talk to the media.
As previously covered here on College Sports Wire, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders will not be in attendance for the media day after undergoing successful surgery on Thursday to fix blood clot issues.
The Pac-12 media recently voted for USC to win the Pac-12 title this fall in their last year in the conference.
The Trojans received 25 of 36 total votes. Washington finished second with four first-place votes, Utah had six first-place votes while being in third place, and Oregon earned one first-place vote while finishing fourth.
Oregon State, UCLA, Washington State, Arizona, California, Arizona State, Colorado, and Stanford rounded out the preseason poll.
The Pac-12 is set to enter an important year that will decide its future as the conference continues to look to finalize its next media rights deal. That process will turn a year old next month.
Additionally, the 2023-2024 athletic calendar will be the last in which USC and UCLA are a part of the conference; both will leave on July 1, 2024, for the Big Ten.
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