Last season was a disappoint for Arizona, finishing 4-8 in the first year under coach Brent Brennan. While the optimism was high following a 10-win campaign in 2023, the surprise departure of coach Jedd Fisch for Washington took some of the Wildcats’ top players as well, which may have doomed the season from the start.
Now, in year two with Brennan, the Wildcats have already matched their 2024 win total halfway through the season. That feels like an improvement, but the team has left two wins slip through their grasp the past two weeks.
Losses that came down to the final play at home against BYU and on the road at Houston have the Wildcats sitting at 4-3 and irrelevant in the conference title race.
Still, the goal for this season has been to show improvement with Brennan, which means, at the very least, qualifying for a bowl game. Arizona is just two wins shy of the six-win threshold, but the upcoming slate to meet that mark will be challenging.
Arizona’s Upcoming Schedule
Next week, Arizona will travel to visit Colorado, which hasn’t been great this season, but did knock off Iowa State in its previous outing. The Buffaloes have a veteran at quarterback in Kaidon Salter, who likes to run when given the opportunity, an area the Arizona defense has struggled against lately…