The Arizona Wildcats’ defense was supposed to take a step forward this year after retaining nine starters and defensive coordinator Marcel Yates. But the results have been far worse than expected through two weeks, with no discernible improvement being made.
In fact, the unit is actually worse than it was last season.
The winless Wildcats are allowing 36.5 points per game and 6.2 yards per play, which ranks 95th and 86th in the FBS, respectively. They are also allowing opponents to convert on third downs 43.3 percent of the time, which also ranks 86th in the country.