Arizona's College Football Playoff ranking blasted as 'disrespectful'

The Arizona Wildcats football team came in at No. 23 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, down one spot from No. 22 a week ago.

Some people are not happy about it.

They took to social media to express their disgust with the drop for Arizona after the Wildcats' 29-28 win over TCU in college football Week 10.

One point that especially didn't sit well with some college football fans? South Carolina jumped to No. 17 in the ranking after a 17-9 win over Texas A&M.

The Gamecocks, of the SEC, are 6-3, while the Wildcats, of the Big 12, are 7-2.

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How social media reacted to Arizona Wildcats' College Football Playoff ranking

Last week:
5-3 South Carolina was #21.
6-2 Arizona was #22.
South Carolina beat 4-5 Texas A&M by one possession at home.
Arizona beat 4-5 TCU by one possession at home.
6-3 South Carolina moved UP 4 spots.
7-2 Arizona moved DOWN 1 spot.
Very cool, CFP (SEC) committee! pic.twitter.com/UH6Q7aPReL

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 11, 2026

It’s literally comical. Imagine if SEC associated people weren’t in charge of it…

— You can call me Al (@ReelReal101) November 11, 2026

Just wild the agenda is insane this week, worst than last week

— JAY (@JAYGAMING029) November 11, 2026

It’s a 🤡 show

— dylan myers (@dylroy2) November 11, 2026

waiting for the day conferences are nuked completely so we can get rid of this SEC bias

— CODY (@lukraative) November 11, 2026

SEC bias is only reason is LSU and Missouri are ahead of Arizona

— Nathaniel Levin (@NRL248) November 11, 2026

Apparently winning games doesn’t matter to the committee

— College Rankings Accountability Office (@RankAcct) November 11, 2026

Abolish the committee

— Luke "Dabag" Harrison (@DabagLuke) November 11, 2026

Arizona at 23 at 7-2 with two losses to teams in the top 15 is disrespectful. Especially when Iowa is 15 at 7-2 with losses to Minnesota and Ohio st…

— Justice Summerset (@JJ_Summerset) November 11, 2026

So Missouri has 0 ranked wins and 3 losses (1 to an unranked team), yet they're above Arizona with 0 ranked wins and 2 losses (both to teams ranked in the top 12). Someone explain the logic https://t.co/9VVoeIkJgK

— Luke "Dabag" Harrison (@DabagLuke) November 11, 2026

Is Arizona ranked too low in College Football Playoff rankings?

Six teams with three losses are above Brent Brennan's team, with the Big Ten's Oregon (6-3) at No. 16 and Ohio State (6-3) at No. 20, and the SEC's South Carolina (6-3) at No. 17, Ole Miss (6-3) at No. 19, LSU (6-3) at No. 21 and Missouri (6-3) at No. 22.

Arizona's only losses were to BYU (currently No. 10) on the road and Texas Tech (currently No. 12) on the road, but the Wildcats do lack a big victory over a ranked opponent.

A win over No. 2 Utah on Nov. 14 at Casino Del Stadium in Tucson, Arizona, would change that, likely boosting Arizona in the rankings.

You can't get a much bigger win than that.

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Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.

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