TCU was named the unanimous choice to win the conference by the media mainly because they return 16 starters from last years Fiesta Bowl team. The only minor surprise was how close Air Force was to BYU for the third spot. The Rams are a distant seventh behind San Diego State in part due to them riding a nine game losing streak.
Some good news regarding both local teams is that the media has only predicted the champion correctly twice in 2004 and 2009.
1. TCU (279)
2. Utah (242)
3 BYU (207)
4. Air Force (195)
5. Wyoming (147)
6. San Diego State (128)
7. Colorado State (96)
8. UNLV (56)
9. New Mexico (45)