After losing at Stanford on Sunday, Arizona fell six spots to No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
However, the Wildcats (10-3) are No. 4 in NCAA NET ratings and in Kenpom ratings.
The top three spots remained unchanged, with Purdue (12-1) at No. 1, Kansas (12-1) second and Houston (13-0) Β third. But UConn (11-2) took over Arizona's No. 4 spot and Tennessee (9-3) moved up one spot to No. 5.
Florida Atlantic (10-3), which had reached No. 7 last week after beating Arizona in Las Vegas on Dec. 23, dropped to No. 17 after losing at Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday.
Among other UA opponents this season, Wisconsin moved up two spots to No. 23 while Colorado and Utah again stayed outside the Top 25 entering their trips to Arizona this week.
Colorado (11-2) swept Washington and WSU at home, generating the 28th most points in voting after getting the 27th most last week. The Buffaloes will face the Wildcats at McKale Center on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.Β
Utah (11-2) also swept the Washington schools at home, then picked up the 29th most points. The Utes are scheduled to visit McKale on Saturday at 6 p.m.
FWIW, this was the ballot I sent the AP.
