Arizona’s defense is not good. There’s no other way to describe a unit that has struggled for the better part of the 2022 season to this point.
The Wildcats are in the bottom two or three in the Pac-12 in most defensive categories, including total defense (10th), scoring defense (11th) and run defense (11th). No team has allowed a higher rate of red zone touchdowns (76 percent) or plays of 10 or more yards (95) in the conference, and the 49 runs of 10-plus Arizona has yielded is four more than any other team in the country.