Beat enough ranked teams and people start to notice, no matter how late the games are.
Arizona has entered the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 23, its first time being ranked since 2017, after beating then-No. 20 UCLA 27-10 on Saturday night for its third consecutive victory over a ranked opponent.
The Wildcats (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) are ranked for the first time since being No. 23 in the last poll of October in 2017 after a win over Washington State made them bowl eligible. They lost 49-35 to USC the next game and quickly fell out of the rankings.