Arizona dropped from No. 4 to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday after the Wildcats lost to Washington State and beat Washington at home.
More significantly, the loss placed Arizona in a group of teams below the first three spots, and CBS' updated bracket projection Monday now has the Wildcats as a No. 2 NCAA Tournament seed.
In the computer metrics, UA is rated No. 4 in KenpomΒ and the NET, while Torvik has the Wildcats at No. 5.
Houston took over the top spot in the AP poll, after UConn lost at Creighton and fell to No. 3 while Purdue rose from No. 3 to No. 2
Among other UA opponents this season, Duke dropped to No. 10 from No. 8 after beating Miami but losing to Wake Forest, Alabama dropped to No. 14 from No. 13 after beating Florida but losing to Kentucky, and WSU rose from No. 21 to No. 19 after beating the Wildcats but losing at ASU.
Both ASU (14-14) and Washington (15-13) were among the vote-getters outside the Top 25.
FWIW, this was the ballot I submitted.
