Wildcats vault into top 10 in latest AP poll; Paradise Jam showdowns loom

The Arizona Wildcats are ranked inside the Top 10 of the AP Poll for the first time this season after getting out to a 4-0 start.

The Wildcats check in at No. 9 in the poll, moving up two spots from the previous week. They are the second-highest ranked team in the Pac-12, behind only No. 7 Stanford and ahead of Oregon (15), Oregon State (16) and UCLA (19).

During Arizona’s 4-0 start to the year, the Cats are outscoring opponents by an average margin of 35.5 points per game. The Wildcats took down then-No. 6 Louisville on Nov. 11 to slot into the No. 11 spot in last week’s rankings.

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Arizona has now been ranked inside the top 10 of the AP Poll in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history. The team climbed as high as No. 6 during the regular season last year.

Starting Thursday, the Wildcats begin a stretch of games in three consecutive days. The Cats take on Vanderbilt, DePaul and Rutgers as part of the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas.