[Papa John]

The poll has closed and a plurality of voters predict 6 wins. The average predicted win total is about 6.7 and the median is 7.

On a related note, the conference media preseason poll has been around since 1961. Stanford has been picked to win the conference once, in 2016 when we finished third in the North.

Here are Stanford's conference championships and the predicted order of finish per the preseason media poll:
1970, 2nd out of 8
1971, 2nd out of 8
1999, 8th out of 10
2012, 2nd in the North
2013, 2nd in the North
2015, 2nd in the North

Here are the number of times each team has been a preseason favorite, followed by the actual number of times that team has actually won the conference/represented the conference in the highest-ranked postseason game (predicted or not):
USC: 33, 23
Washington: 9, 10
UCLA: 6, 8
Oregon: 6, 8
Arizona: 3, 0
Stanford: 1, 6
WSU: 1, 2
Utah: 1, 0
ASU: 0, 2
OSU: 0, 1
Cal: 0, 0
Colorado: 0, 0

So Cal is the only team from the AAWU/Pac-8/10/12 to have never been a preseason or postseason #1 since 1961. As everyone knows, Colorado joined in 2011. While USC has the most preseason and postseason #1 rankings, they are also the most overestimated team. On 13 occasions the Trojans did not win the conference when predicted to do so. Stanford has been underestimated every single time they won the Pac.

As mentioned elsewhere, Stanford is picked to finish 4th in the North in 2021.

[Papa John]

The poll has closed and a plurality of voters predict 6 wins. The average predicted win total is about 6.7 and the median is 7.

On a related note, the conference media preseason poll has been around since 1961. Stanford has been picked to win the conference once, in 2016 when we finished third in the North.

Here are Stanford's conference championships and the predicted order of finish per the preseason media poll:
1970, 2nd out of 8
1971, 2nd out of 8
1999, 8th out of 10
2012, 2nd in the North
2013, 2nd in the North
2015, 2nd in the North

Here are the number of times each team has been a preseason favorite, followed by the actual number of times that team has actually won the conference/represented the conference in the highest-ranked postseason game (predicted or not):
USC: 33, 23
Washington: 9, 10
UCLA: 6, 8
Oregon: 6, 8
Arizona: 3, 0
Stanford: 1, 6
WSU: 1, 2
Utah: 1, 0
ASU: 0, 2
OSU: 0, 1
Cal: 0, 0
Colorado: 0, 0

So Cal is the only team from the AAWU/Pac-8/10/12 to have never been a preseason or postseason #1 since 1961. As everyone knows, Colorado joined in 2011. While USC has the most preseason and postseason #1 rankings, they are also the most overestimated team. On 13 occasions the Trojans did not win the conference when predicted to do so. Stanford has been underestimated every single time they won the Pac.

As mentioned elsewhere, Stanford is picked to finish 4th in the North in 2021.