Arizona football moves up in College Football Playoff Top 25 following Territorial Cup win

Arizona football moved up to No. 18 in the newly revealed College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday.

Arizona (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) appeared at No. 25 before their 23-7 win against Arizona State in the Territorial Cup on Friday.

Arizona State (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) were out of the latest rankings after appearing at No. 20 last week.

Three Big 12 teams were ranked ahead of Arizona: No. 4 Texas Tech, No. 11 BYU and No. 15 Utah. Texas Tech and BYU will face each other in the Big 12 Championship game on Saturday.

Arizona and Arizona State will now wait to see which bowl games they will play in. Bowl game announcements will be made on Dec. 7.

College football rankings ahead of Week 15

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Georgia
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Alabama
10. Notre Dame
11. BYU
12. Miami
13. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
15. Utah
16. USC
17. Virginia
18. Arizona
19. Michigan
20. Tulane
21. Houston
22. Georgia Tech
23. Iowa
24. North Texas
25. James Madison

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