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Arizona Wildcats Football: AP Top 25 voting watch Week 9

By Javier Morales

Posted on October 19, 2014

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Notes about Arizona’s No. 15 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll released this morning after the Wildcats had a bye week:

Biggest jump: Ferd Lewis of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser followed a week in which he dropped Arizona 10 spots to No. 21 to advancing the Wildcats up seven spots to No. 14.

Crazy: Logan Lowery of the Northeast (Miss.) Daily Journal went from having the Wildcats unranked to the second-biggest jump, six spots to No. 19.

Crazy Part II: Brett McMurphy of ESPN had Arizona ranked highest among voters at No. 2 in his poll two weeks ago after Arizona upset Oregon. McMurphy dropped Arizona five spots after the loss to USC last week. Arizona tumbled another five spots in his ballot, despite not playing, to No. 12. That’s the biggest drop in a ballot from last week.

Not buying Arizona: With Lowery ranking the Wildcats this week, Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News remains the only voter without Arizona in the Top 25.

Believers: Adam Jude of the Seattle Times and Larry Vaught of the Danville (Ky.) Advocate Messenger — the only voters who moved Arizona up in their voting despite a loss to USC last week — continue to advance the Wildcats in their polls. Jude had Arizona going from No. 13 to No. 12 and Vaught moved Arizona from No. 17 to No. 15. Vaught had the Wildcats lowest at No. 19 two weeks ago after the upset win over Oregon.

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SEC’s Top 4 among Top 5 still doesn’t match Big 8 when it placed top 3 (Neb, OU, Col) in final AP Poll of 1971

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) October 19, 2014

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Wildcats are No. 15 in the @AP_Top25 & @USATODAYsports Amway Coaches Poll. #AZvsWSU Sat. 10/25 3pm PT in Pullman on @Pac12Networks #BearDown

— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) October 19, 2014

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WHERE AP TOP 25 VOTERS SHIFTED ARIZONA RANKING
Source: College Poll Tracker
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Wk7,Wk8,Wk9,Move,Pollster,Affiliation
No.11,No.21,No.14,+7,Ferd Lewis,Honolulu Star-Advertiser
No.17,UNR,No.19,+6,Logan Lowery,Northeast (Miss.) Daily Journal
No.10,No.21,No.16,+5,Steve Nulph,Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang
No.9,No.23,No.18,+5,Josh Kendall,Columbia (S.C.) The State
No.7,No.19,No.15,+4,John Shinn,Norman (Okla.) Transcript
No.12,No.22,No.18,+4,Mike Sorenson,Salt Lake (Utah) Deseret News
No.11,No.13,No.10,+3,Kyle Ringo,Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera
No.8,No.16,No.13,+3,Iliana Limon Romero,Orlando Sentinel
No.14,No.19,No.16,+3,Nate Sandell,Twin Cities (Minn.) KSTP-AM
No.5,No.20,No.17,+3,Charles Davis,FOX Sports
No.8,No.10,No.8,+2,Donald Heath,Savannah (Ga.) News
No.11,No.13,No.11,+2,Garland Gillen,New Orleans WVUE-TV
No.9,No.17,No.15,+2,Matt McCoy,Columbus (Ohio) WTVN-AM
No.8,No.17,No.15,+2,Jon Wilner,San Jose Mercury News
No.6,No.17,No.15,+2,Steve Sipple,Lincoln (Neb.) Journal
No.12,No.17,No.15,+2,Doug Doughty,Roanoke (Va.) Times
No.19,No.17,No.15,+2,Larry Vaught,Danville (Ky.) Advocate Messenger
No.13,No.19,No.17,+2,Ross Dellenger,Baton Rouge (La.) The Advocate
No.11,No.20,No.18,+2,Rob Long,Washington (D.C.) WJFK-AM
No.7,No.20,No.18,+2,Jim Polzin,Madison (Wis.) State Journal
No.5,No.6,No.5,+1,Doug Lesmerises,Cleveland Plain Dealer
No.6,No.11,No.10,+1,Seth Emerson,Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
No.14,No.13,No.12,+1,Adam Jude,Seattle Times
No.10,No.13,No.12,+1,Gary Horowitz,Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal
No.8,No.14,No.13,+1,Tom Murphy,Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat-Gazette
No.12,No.14,No.13,+1,Tommy Deas,Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
No.8,No.16,No.15,+1,Pete DiPrimio,Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel
No.9,No.17,No.16,+1,Tim Griffin,San Antonio Express-News
No.13,No.17,No.16,+1,Nick Baumgardner,Grand Rapids (Mich.) MLive.com
No.6,No.20,No.19,+1,Chad Cripe,The Idaho Statesman
No.17,No.24,No.23,+1,Joey Knight,Tampa Bay Times
No.7,No.12,No.12,–,Bob Asmussen,Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette
No.8,No.12,No.12,–,Daniel Berk,Arizona Daily Star
No.11,No.12,No.12,–,Adam Sparks,Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal
No.8,No.13,No.13,–,Chris Murray,Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
No.8,No.13,No.13,–,Mike Herndon,Alabama Media Group
No.10,No.13,No.13,–,Robert Cessna,Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle
No.12,No.13,No.13,–,Eric Hansen,South Bend (Ind.) Tribune
No.10,No.14,No.14,–,John Silver,Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer
No.8,No.15,No.15,–,Eric Avidon,Framingham (Mass.) Metro West Daily News
No.13,No.15,No.15,–,Adam Zucker,CBS Sports Network
No.15,No.17,No.17,–,Ed Johnson,Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal
No.8,No.17,No.17,–,Harold Gutmann,Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun
No.15,No.18,No.18,–,Garry Smits,(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union
No.15,No.19,No.19,–,Chuck McGill,Charleston (W.V.) Daily
No.13,No.22,No.22,–,Michael Lev,Orange County Register
No.13,No.24,No.24,–,Grant Ramey,Maryville (Tenn.) Daily Times
No.10,UNR,UNR,–,Scott Wolf,L.A. Daily News
No.9,No.10,No.11,-1,Drew Sharp,Detroit Free Press
No.8,No.11,No.12,-1,Sam Werner,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
No.12,No.14,No.15,-1,Ken Medlin,Raleigh (N.C.) WRAL-TV
No.11,No.14,No.15,-1,Bill Rabinowitz,Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
No.8,No.16,No.17,-1,Kellis Robinett,Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
No.8,No.20,No.21,-1,Keith Sargeant,Asbury Park (N.J.) Press
No.7,No.13,No.15,-2,Steve Batterson,Davenport (Iowa) Quad-City Times
No.12,No.14,No.16,-2,Brent Axe,Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard
No.13,No.17,No.19,-2,Jay Binkley,Kansas City KCSP-AM
No.10,No.11,No.14,-3,Jimmy Burch,Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
No.9,No.16,No.20,-4,Kirk Bohls,Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
No.2,No.7,No.12,-5,Brett McMurphy,ESPN
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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.