San Jose State Selected by Coaches to Repeat as PCAA Football Champion
San Jose State, which won the 1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. football title, was picked to repeat by conference coaches in their annual preseason poll.
Cal State Fullerton was chosen to finish fourth.
San Jose State, which finished 10-2 last season, going undefeated in the PCAA and losing only to Oregon and California, will be led by senior quarterback Mike Perez, the nation’s total offense leader in 1986.
The Spartans received five first-place votes. Fresno State finished second with two first-place votes, and third-place Nevada Las Vegas received one.
San Jose State, Fresno State, UNLV and Fullerton also were predicted to be the top four finishers by a poll of media representatives.
COACHES’ POLL
Pos. School Pts. 1. San Jose State 61 (5) 2. Fresno State 56 (2) 3. Nevada Las Vegas 49 (1) 4. CS Fullerton 35 5. CS Long Beach 30 6. Pacific 26 7. Utah State 21 8. New Mexico St. 10
First-place votes in parentheses.
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