UA’s 9-0 start in Pac-12 play ties its third-best (in 1987-88) and is the fifth-best overall in conference history.
While nobody has gone undefeated since the then-Pac-10 went to 18 games in 1978-79, both Stanford (2003-04) and Oregon State (1980-81) have gone 17-0 while Arizona’s defending national champions went 16-0 before losing at USC in 1997-98. UA’s 1992-93 team went 14-0.
Because of the Pac-12’s now-unbalanced schedule, however, UA’s perfect mark this season comes with a substantial asterisk: The Wildcats didn’t play Oregon in the first half of league play.
