Arizona moved up to 18th from 25th in the penultimate 2025 College Football Playoff rankings. This is the highest Arizona has been ranked in the CFP since the Wildcats were 14th in the 2023 week 14 rankings. Arizona completed its regular season at 9-3 and will learn its bowl fate on Sunday.
Arizona beat Arizona State 23-7 in the final game of the regular season and knocked the 8-4 Sun Devils out of the final CFP rankings. Arizona is the third-highest rated Big XII team behind Texas Tech, BYU and Utah. Arizona lost 33-27 to BYU in double overtime on October 11.