Arizona jumped back into the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 after beating UCLA on Saturday.
The Wildcats (17-3 overall and 6-3 in Pac-12 play) rose from No. 11 to No. 6 while UCLA (17-3, 8-1) dropped from No. 5 to No. 8. The only other ranked team Arizona has played this season, Tennessee, moved up from No. 9 to No. 4.
The computer rankings have Arizona lower: Torvik has Arizona at No. 10, NET at No. 11, Sagarin at 13 and Kenpom at 15.
FWIW, here was my AP Top 25 ballot.
Among the current NCAA Tournament forecasts, CBS has UA a No. 2 in the West while NCAA.com has UA a No. 3 and ESPN, in predictions done before UA's win over UCLA, had Arizona a No. 2 in the Midwest.
Utah's Branden Carlson was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after averaging 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in the Utes' home sweep over WSU and Washington. UA had nominated Azuolas Tubelis, who averaged 14.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in Arizona's wins over USC and UCLA.
OSU's Jordan Pope was named Freshman of Week.
