Arizona Wildcats CFB Betting
After finishing the 2023 season with a bowl game win over the Oklahoma Sooners, all seemed possible for the Arizona Wildcats. However, within days, the program was turned upside down. Head coach Jedd Fisch bailed on Arizona to take over as head coach of the Washington Huskies. In turn, Brent Brennan resigned as head coach of the San Jose State Spartans to take over as the Arizona HC. Brennan arrived well-respected for his success at leading a low-revenue program with little in the way of facilities or support. Brennan was able to salvage key components of the roster that Fisch had built. And at the start of the season, Arizona was in the conversation as a Big 12 Conference favorite. Instead, the Wildcats will be home for the holidays after a terrible debut season for Brennan.
Arizona was one of the nation’s biggest betting on college football using crypto flops in 2024.
Arizona Wildcats 2024 Season Recap
Last game, the Arizona Wildcats lost 49-7 against the Arizona State Sun Devils as 7.5-point home dogs. The game went over the total of 53.5. Arizona has a record of 4-8 straight up, 2-10 against the spread, and 6-6 over/under the total. Arizona ranks 98th for total offense, 41st for passing, 120th for rushing, and 115th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 107th overall, 102nd against the pass, 97th against the rush, and 110th for points allowed. Also, Arizona ranks 102nd for fewest turnovers lost and 92nd for takeaways.
The football season has officially ended for the Arizona Wildcats.
Coming into the season finale, they knew that the Territorial Cup would be their final contest of the campaign after they failed to secure six wins that would have qualified them for a bowl game.
Considering the expectations placed upon this Wildcats team coming into the year, with some of their best players choosing to stay in Tucson despite the head coaching change, not even playing a postseason game was nothing short of a disaster. The final exclamation point was put on things for Arizona.
Despite having nothing to play for outside of pride when facing Arizona State, the Wildcats could have shown up at home to beat their archrivals and potentially eliminate the Sun Devils from College Football Playoff contention. Instead, Arizona was destroyed, 49-7.
Things went off the rails immediately for the Wildcats when the Sun Devils took the opening kickoff and went down and scored a touchdown nine plays into the contest. Then, after forcing a punt on Arizona's first four plays from scrimmage, Arizona State was able to score another touchdown to take a 14-0 lead.
The misery didn't stop there, though.
Arizona State continued to dominate, forcing two more punts, a missed field goal, and a turnover on downs while scoring touchdowns on five of their six possessions to go into halftime up 35-0.
Coming out of the locker room, Arizona was able to get on the board when they drove 75 yards in eight plays to score a touchdown on a Noah Fifita to Tetairoa McMillan completion. That was it for the Wildcats.
Their next four possessions resulted in three punts and an interception, while Arizona State scored two more touchdowns to give themselves even more space on the scoreboard.
It was a brutal ending to what was a tough season in Tucson.
In what was likely the final game of his collegiate career, McMillan caught six balls for 68 yards and the lone touchdown.
Arizona will have a lot of soul-searching to do this winter and spring as it tries to get things going under Brent Brennan, who had a disaster of a first year as head coach of the Wildcats.
2024 Arizona Wildcats Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. New Mexico |
W 61-39 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
vs. Northern Arizona |
W 22-10 |
2-0 |
| Sep 13 |
at Kansas State |
L 7-31 |
2-1 |
| Sep 21 |
OFF |
| Sep 28 |
at Utah |
W 23-10 |
3-1 |
| Oct 5 |
vs. Texas Tech |
L 22-28 |
3-2 |
| Oct 12 |
at BYU |
L 19-41 |
3-3 |
| Oct 19 |
vs. Colorado |
L 7-34 |
3-4 |
| Oct 26 |
vs. West Virginia |
L 26-31 |
3-5 |
| Nov 2 |
at UCF |
L 12-56 |
3-6 |
| Nov 9 |
OFF |
| Nov 16 |
vs. Houston |
W 27-3 |
4-6 |
| Nov 23 |
at TCU |
L 28-49 |
4-7 |
| Nov 30 |
vs. Arizona State |
L 7-49 |
4-8 |
Once upon a time, the Arizona Wildcats were a force in the Pac-12 Conference. Under legendary head coach Dick Tomey, Arizona was known for its Desert Swarm defense, which was among the nastiest in college football. In 1998, Tomey led Arizona to a 12-1 record with a final national ranking of 4th. Tomey led the Cats to Top 25 finishes four times and the greatest era in school history.
Rich Rodriguez brought the program back with bowl appearances in five of his six seasons to go with a final CFP ranking of 10th in 2014. Rodriguez’s teams had prolific offenses. Under Rich Rod, the Cats played in the Pac-12 Championship Game. But in 2017, Rodriguez was forced to leave for sexual misconduct issues, and the program has been struggling ever since.
2024-2025 College Football Schedule
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