College football rankings: Arizona sniffing top-25

The Wildcats are moving up the rankings ...

Even though the Arizona Wildcats nearly lost to Cal, they're moving on up in the college football ranking systems. Rich Rodriguez's team is currently sitting 30th in the Amway Coaches Poll with 45 points and 38th in the AP Poll after receiving nine points.

The Golden Bears were 2-0 and had respectability after looking pretty good against Northwestern and Sacramento State. The Wildcats' defense looked troubling, but there's apparently lot to be said for remaining perfect.

The bye week upcoming could make or break Arizona's season. Flopping against the Ducks next week will certainly paint a bad picture going forward. Hanging with Oregon could show signs of promising improvements.

AP Poll/Coaches Poll/Sagarin

	AP	Coaches	Sagarin
1	Florida State	Florida State	Alabama
2	Oregon	Alabama	Oklahoma
3	Alabama	Oklahoma	Auburn
4	Oklahoma	Oregon	Oregon
5	Auburn	Auburn	Texas A&M
6	Texas A&M	Baylor	Georgia
7	Baylor	Texas A&M	Florida State
8	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Baylor
9	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State
10	Ole Miss	UCLA	LSU
11	UCLA	Ole Miss	UCLA
12	Georgia	Arizona State	Notre Dame
13	South Carolina	Georgia	Wisconsin
14	Mississippi State	Stanford	Stanford
15	Arizona State	South Carolina	Ole Miss
16	Stanford	Mississippi State	USC
17	LSU	Wisconsin	Ohio State
18	USC	LSU	Kansas State
19	Wisconsin	Nebraska	Clemson
20	BYU	Ohio State	Oklahoma State
21	Nebraska	BYU	South Carolina
22	Ohio State	USC	Florida
23	East Carolina	Duke	Mississippi State
24	Oklahoma State	East Carolina	Arizona State
25	Kansas State	Kansas State	BYU

For a composite Top 25 college football ranking, visit SBNation.com

AP Poll

Others receiving votes: Duke 86, Penn State 81, Clemson 48, TCU 35, Marshall 33, Utah 31, Washington 30, Georgia Tech 22, Boston College 19, West Virginia 15, Cincinnati 11, Arkansas 9, Arizona 9, Missouri 5, Oregon State 5, North Dakota State 3, Pittsburgh 1, Indiana

Amway Coaches Poll

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 110; Penn State 67; Clemson 63; Washington 62; Arizona 45; TCU 44; Marshall 31; GeorgiaTech 27; Oregon State 20; Arkansas 17; Cincinnati 13; Missouri 13; Utah 8; North Carolina State 7; Boston College 7; Louisville 6; Boise State 5; Memphis 3; West Virginia 3; Iowa 1.

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