Utah
has been selected as the preseason favorites to win the 2023-24 Pac-12 Womens Basketball regular-season title in separate votes by the Conferences head coaches and 27 media members who cover the league.
The Utes, who split the Pac-12 regular-season crown a season ago with Stanford, earned seven first-place votes and 116 total points in the coaches poll, and 12 first-place votes and 298 points in the media poll.
UCLA
was tabbed to finish second in both polls, earning three first-place votes and 109 points in the coaches selection and 10 first-place votes and 284 points from the media.
Stanford
finished third in both polls, with 100 points in the coaches and 283 in the media, and
Colorado
was picked to finish fourth with 90 points in the coaches and 220 in the media.
Nos. 5-8 were also the same in both polls, with reigning Pac-12 Tournament Champion
Washington State
selected fifth and followed by
USC, Arizona
and
Oregon
.
Washington
was tabbed ninth in the coaches poll and 10th in the media selections, while
Oregon State
was selected 10th in the coaches and ninth in the media.
California
and
Arizona State
round out both polls in 11th and 12th, respectively.
The Pac-12 sent a league record-tying seven teams to the 2023 NCAA Tournament, with three advancing to the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments. The Pac-12 leads all conferences with six teams on
espnWs Way-Too-Early Top 25
heading into the 2023-24 season in No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 Utah, No. 16 Stanford, No. 18 USC, No. 22 Colorado and No. 25 Washington State.
Ten All-Conference selections, four All-Defensive and five All-Freshman team honorees are set to return for the 2023-24 season, including reigning Player of the Year
Alissa Pili
(UTAH), Defensive Player of the Year
Cameron Brink
(STAN) and Freshman & Sixth Player of the Year
Raegan Beers
(OSU).
A total of six women who played in the 2023 McDonalds All American Game are slated to join the Pac-12 this upcoming season in Arizonas
Breya Cunningham
and
Jada Williams
, Oregons
Sofia Bell
, Stanfords
Courtney Ogden
, UCLAs
Amanda Muse
and USCs
Judea "JuJu" Watkins
. Pac-12 squads signed 20 student-athletes from the 2023 espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 who will be freshmen this fall, including three of the top 10 (No. 1 Watkins, USC; No. 8
Montaya Dew
, ARIZ; and No. 10 Ogden, STAN).
2023-24 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
Coaches may not vote for their own teams
Rank
|
Team (First-Place Votes)
|
Points
|
1.
|
Utah (7)
|
116
|
2.
|
UCLA (3)
|
109
|
3.
|
Stanford (2)
|
100
|
4.
|
Colorado
|
90
|
5.
|
Washington State
|
84
|
6.
|
USC
|
70
|
7.
|
Arizona
|
51
|
8.
|
Oregon
|
49
|
9.
|
Washington
|
46
|
10.
|
Oregon State
|
43
|
11.
|
California
|
22
|
12.
|
Arizona State
|
12
|
2023-24 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
Rank
|
Team (First-Place Votes)
|
Points
|
1.
|
Utah (12)
|
298
|
2.
|
UCLA (10)
|
284
|
3.
|
Stanford (5)
|
283
|
4.
|
Colorado
|
220
|
5.
|
Washington State
|
202
|
6.
|
USC
|
199
|
7.
|
Arizona
|
160
|
8.
|
Oregon
|
137
|
9.
|
Oregon State
|
121
|
10.
|
Washington
|
107
|
11.
|
California
|
52
|
12.
|
Arizona State
|
40
|