Colorado State University Rams picked to top conference in their last year in the WAC

July 28, 1998

LAS VEGAS, NEV. - The 1998 Western Athletic Conference football media poll has tabbed Colorado State of the Mountain Division and Brigham Young of the Pacific Division as this year's favorites. It is the second year in a row the two teams have been picked to win their respective divisions.

In the Mountain Division, Colorado State received 318 points and all but two first-place votes. The Rams were also picked to win the WAC Championship on 30 of the 40 ballots. Rice and Wyoming were the other two teams to receive a first-place vote from the Mountain Division.

In the Pacific Division, Brigham Young received 294 points and half of the first-place votes. Utah, with 272 points, earned 14 first-place votes in the Pacific Division. Last year's WAC Championship runner-up, New Mexico, received four first-place votes.

Colorado State University and several other schools including Pacific Division pick BYU have begun forming a yet-to-be-named conference which they will form in 1999 upon leaving the WAC.

The following is the complete 1998 WAC football media poll with first-place votes in parentheses:

Mountain Division

Colorado State (38) 318
Wyoming (1) 241
Air Force 228
Rice (1) 219
SMU 163
TCU 99
UNLV 94
Tulsa 78

Pacific Division

Brigham Young (20) 294
Utah (14) 272
New Mexico (4) 216
San Diego State (1) 212
Fresno State 185
Hawai`i (1) 102
UTEP 90
San Jose State 69
1998 WAC Champion: Colorado State (30), Brigham Young (5), Utah (2), New Mexico (1), Rice (1), Wyoming (1)

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