Three of the six bowl projections for Arizona have the Wildcats playing in the Sun Bowl in El Paso in December. The other three are the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, the Holiday Bowl in San Diego and the Rate Bowl in Phoenix.
Those bowl projections would keep Arizona close to home and allow fans easy access to watching the Wildcats in the postseason. SMU is the most common opponent, with Mark Schlachbach of ESPN and Bryan Fischer of Sports Illustrated projecting the Hurricanes and Mustangs in the Sun Bowl.
Steven Lassan of Athlon Sports is the other prognosticator who projects Arizona to play in the Sun Bowl.