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Larry Vaught of the Dansville (Ky.) Advocate Messenger ranked Arizona’s football team lowest last week at No. 19 but moved the Wildcats two spots up this week despite the loss to USC
In this zany college football season, one in which no dominant Pac-12 team exists and home teams are 1-8 in the last nine conference games, Arizona actually moved up in the voting of two AP Top 25 pollsters despite losing to USC at Arizona Stadium on Saturday.
The Wildcats, ranked No. 16 this week after going from unranked to No. 10 last week, improved their standing in the voting of Adam Jude of the Seattle Times and Larry Vaught of the Danville (Ky.) Advocate Messenger.
Jude moved Arizona from No. 14 last week to No. 13 this week.
Try to explain this one: Vaught, who had Arizona the lowest among voters last week at No. 19, rated the Wildcats two spots higher at No. 17 this week.
Maybe Vaught was caught up in the Kentucky basketball program starting its practices for the 2014-15 season and did not notice Arizona lost?
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Two crazy games in two weeks. Like I said, #USC great at beating the tough teams on road. Not so great beating teams it is supposed to
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) October 12, 2014
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The voters who classify under the “Not Buying Arizona” category are Los Angeles Daily News reporter Scott Wolf, who reported on USC’s 28-26 victory, and Charles Davis of Fox Sports.
Davis dropped Arizona 15 spots to No. 20. Wolf had Arizona No. 10 last week and did not rank the Wildcats this week despite having FCS power North Dakota State at No. 24 and Marshall at No. 25.
Arizona was also unranked on the ballot of Logan Lowery of the Northeast (Miss.) Daily Journal, but Lowery did not have the Wildcats ranked high to begin with. He ranked Arizona No. 17 last week after the Wildcats upset then-No. 2 Oregon in Eugene, Ore.
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WHERE AP TOP 25 VOTERS SHIFTED ARIZONA RANKING
Source: College Poll Tracker
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Wk7,Wk8,Drop,Pollster,Affiliation
No.10,UNR,-16,Scott Wolf,L.A. Daily News
No.5,No.20,-15,Charles Davis,FOX Sports
No.6,No.20,-14,Chad Cripe,The Idaho Statesman
No.9,No.23,-14,Josh Kendall,Columbia (S.C.) The State
No.7,No.20,-13,Jim Polzin,Madison (Wis.) State Journal
No.7,No.19,-12,John Shinn,Norman (Okla.) Transcript
No.8,No.20,-12,Keith Sargeant,Asbury Park (N.J.) Press
No.6,No.17,-11,Steve Sipple,Lincoln (Neb.) Journal
No.10,No.21,-11,Steve Nulph,Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang
No.13,No.24,-11,Grant Ramey,Maryville (Tenn.) Daily Times
No.11,No.21,-10,Ferd Lewis,Honolulu Star-Advertiser
No.12,No.22,-10,Mike Sorenson,Salt Lake (Utah) Deseret News
No.8,No.17,-9,Harold Gutmann,Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun
No.8,No.17,-9,Jon Wilner,San Jose Mercury News
No.11,No.20,-9,Rob Long,Washington (D.C.) WJFK-AM
No.13,No.22,-9,Michael Lev,Orange County Register
No.17,UNR,-9,Logan Lowery,Northeast (Miss.) Daily Journal
No.8,No.16,-8,Iliana Limon Romero,Orlando Sentinel
No.8,No.16,-8,Kellis Robinett,Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
No.8,No.16,-8,Pete DiPrimio,Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel
No.9,No.17,-8,Matt McCoy,Columbus (Ohio) WTVN-AM
No.9,No.17,-8,Tim Griffin,San Antonio Express-News
No.8,No.15,-7,Eric Avidon,Framingham (Mass.) Metro West Daily News
No.9,No.16,-7,Kirk Bohls,Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
No.17,No.24,-7,Joey Knight,Tampa Bay Times
No.8,No.14,-6,Tom Murphy,Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat-Gazette
No.7,No.13,-6,Steve Batterson,Davenport (Iowa) Quad-City Times
No.13,No.19,-6,Ross Dellenger,Baton Rouge (La.) The Advocate
No.2,No.7,-5,Brett McMurphy,ESPN
No.6,No.11,-5,Seth Emerson,Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
No.7,No.12,-5,Bob Asmussen,Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette
No.8,No.13,-5,Chris Murray,Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
No.8,No.13,-5,Mike Herndon,Alabama Media Group
No.12,No.17,-5,Doug Doughty,Roanoke (Va.) Times
No.14,No.19,-5,Nate Sandell,Twin Cities (Minn.) KSTP-AM
No.8,No.12,-4,Daniel Berk,Arizona Daily Star
No.10,No.14,-4,John Silver,Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer
No.13,No.17,-4,Jay Binkley,Kansas City KCSP-AM
No.13,No.17,-4,Nick Baumgardner,Grand Rapids (Mich.) MLive.com
No.15,No.19,-4,Chuck McGill,Charleston (W.V.) Daily
No.10,No.13,-3,Gary Horowitz,Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal
No.8,No.11,-3,Sam Werner,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
No.10,No.13,-3,Robert Cessna,Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle
No.11,No.14,-3,Bill Rabinowitz,Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
No.15,No.18,-3,Garry Smits,(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union
No.8,No.10,-2,Donald Heath,Savannah (Ga.) News
No.11,No.13,-2,Garland Gillen,New Orleans WVUE-TV
No.11,No.13,-2,Kyle Ringo,Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera
No.12,No.14,-2,Brent Axe,Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard
No.12,No.14,-2,Ken Medlin,Raleigh (N.C.) WRAL-TV
No.12,No.14,-2,Tommy Deas,Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
No.13,No.15,-2,Adam Zucker,CBS Sports Network
No.15,No.17,-2,Ed Johnson,Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
No.5,No.6,-1,Doug Lesmerises,Cleveland Plain Dealer
No.9,No.10,-1,Drew Sharp,Detroit Free Press
No.10,No.11,-1,Jimmy Burch,Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
No.11,No.12,-1,Adam Sparks,Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal
No.12,No.13,-1,Eric Hansen,South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
No.14,No.13,+1,Adam Jude,Seattle Times
No.19,No.17,+2,Larry Vaught,Danville (Ky.) Advocate Messenger
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.
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