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UCLA Football: Bruins picked 3rd in South Division in Pac-12 Media Poll

By Mike Regalado

PASADENA, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Head coach Jim Mora of the UCLA Bruins stands with his team prior to a game against the Washington State Cougars at Rose Bowl on November 14, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Head coach Jim Mora of the UCLA Bruins stands with his team prior to a game against the Washington State Cougars at Rose Bowl on November 14, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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The UCLA football team has been selected to finish third in the Pac-12 South, with Washington and USC picked to win their divisions.

After going 4-8 in 2016, the UCLA Football team is expected to bounce back, at least according to the Pac-12 media poll. Released just before Pac-12 Media Day, the Bruins were picked to finish the South Division in third place.

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UCLA is in transition this season as they are set to begin the year with yet another offensive coordinator, their third in three years. Head Coach Jim Mora had replaced Kennedy Polamalu with Jedd Fisch after the Bruins failed to execute a proper offensive game.

After Polamalu was gone, Mora basically replaced the entire offensive staff as he also brought in Hank Fraley (offensive line), Jimmie Dougherty (receivers) and DeShaun Foster (running backs).

With this new set-up, the Bruins are looking to improve in 2017 and it seems that the Pac-12 Media agrees, though not enough to have them claim the top spot. That was given to crosstown rival USC.

Here are the poll results:

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North Division

  1. Washington (309)
  2. Stanford I247)
  3. Washington State (206)
  4. Oregon (163
  5. Oregon State (101)
  6. California (64)

South Division

  1. USC (309)
  2. Utah (220)
  3. USC (209)
  4. Colorado (182)
  5. Arizona State (109)
  6. Arizona (61)

In addition to being predicted to win the South Division, the USC Trojans were also picked by the media to win the conference over the Washington Huskies. This poll was actually very close to what the writers of Go Joe Bruin predicted not too long ago.

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If UCLA can actually finish in 3rd place, it would be some small success, but UCLA is not just looking to simply improve, they are looking to win it all. Go Bruins!