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San Diego St favored to win MWC regular-season title again

LAS VEGAS (AP) - San Diego State, coming off its fifth regular-season Mountain West championship, is favored to win the league crown again, according to a media poll released Tuesday.

The Aztecs, who lost to eventual champion Duke in last season's NCAA Tournament, received 22 of a possible 25 first-place votes and 272 points to earn the top spot in the Mountain West poll.

Boise State, which tied with San Diego State for the regular-season title last season, was picked to finish second, earning two first-place votes and 234 points.

The poll was rounded out, in order, by Utah State, UNLV, Fresno State, New Mexico, Colorado State, Wyoming, Nevada, Air Force, and San Jose State.

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