After its 87-68 loss at Oregon on Saturday, Arizona dropped from No. 9 to No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll while the Wildcats' former coach pulled his team into the Top 10.
Xavier improved to 15-3 by beating Creighton and Marquette to extend its winning streak to 11 games. The Musketeers last spring rehired Sean Miller, who served as their head coach for five seasons before joining the Wildcats in 2009.
Among other UA opponents this season, UCLA moved from No. 7 to No. 5 after sweeping Utah and Colorado at home, Tennessee dropped from No. 5 to No. 9 after losing to Kentucky at home and San Diego State dropped out of the poll after losing to New Mexico at home.
ASU (15-3 and 6-1 in the Pac-12) received the 28th most points in voting after sweeping the Oregon schools. SDSU finished 31st.
Among the computer metrics, Arizona ranks 12 in the NET and Torvik but 20 in Kenpom and 22 in Sagarin.
FWIW, here was my AP Top 25 ballot.
ASU guard Desmond Cambridge was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after leading the Sun Devils to a sweep of Oregon and Oregon State. Cambridge scored 21 points in each game and combined to shoot 53% for the weekend.
Washington's Koren Johnson was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, after averaging 15.0 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals in the Huskies' home sweep of Cal and Stanford.
Arizona did not nominate a player for either category.
