How Arizona Wildcats have fared against BYU, TCU, Texas Tech, future Big 12 opponents
The Arizona Wildcats will have a new conference in 2024, with the team leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12.
How has the Arizona football team fared all-time against its new conference foes?
The Wildcats have a winning record all-time against three future Big 12 conference opponents: Arizona State, Iowa State and Kansas State.
They have had some struggles against other schools, particularly Texas Tech, whom the Wildcats are just 5-26-2 all-time.
Arizona has never played Cincinnati, UCF or West Virginia in football.
Arizona's all-time football record against future Big 12 foes? 112-140-9.
Arizona's all-time football record against future Big 12 foes not named Arizona State? 62-95-8.
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Arizona vs. Arizona State: 50-45-1
Arizona does hold the series advantage, but the Sun Devils won five in a row in this rivalry before the Wildcats beat Arizona State last season, 38-35. ASU is 16-8 in the series since 1999.
Arizona vs. Baylor: 0-1
The Wildcats lost to the Bears in El Paso on Dec. 31, 1992 in the Sun Bowl, 20-15 in the lone meeting between the two schools on a football field.
Arizona vs. BYU: 12-12-1
How's that for an all-time series record? The Cougars have won the three most recent meetings between the teams, including a 24-16 win in 2021.
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Arizona vs. Colorado: 9-16
Colorado won 12 straight games against the Wildcats between 1931-85. Arizona did win the most recent matchups between the schools in 2022, when it beat the Buffaloes in Tucson, 43-20.
Arizona vs. Houston: 1-3
The Wildcats' lone win in this series came in 1986, when they beat the Cougars in Tucson, 37-3. Houston beat Arizona in Houston in 2018 in the most recent meeting, 45-18.
Arizona vs. Iowa State: 4-1-1
You have to go back a while for the most recent meeting between the Wildcats and Cyclones. All the way back to Sept. 21, 1968 when Arizona beat Iowa State in Ames, 21-12.
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Arizona vs. Kansas: 2-3-1
You have to go back even further for the last time Arizona played Kansas in football. On Sept. 24, 1966, the Jayhawks beat the Wildcats in Tucson, 35-13.
Arizona vs. Kansas State: 5-1-1
It's been a while since the Wildcats played the Wildcats in football, with Arizona and Kansas State last playing on Sept. 9. 1978, a 31-0 Arizona win in Tucson.
Arizona vs. Oklahoma State: 4-5
Arizona beat Oklahoma State in Tucson in 2012, 59-38 in the most recent matchup between the teams, who also met in the 2010 Alamo Bowl, a 36-10 win for Oklahoma State.
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Arizona vs. TCU: 1-1
These teams have played two games against each other and they were both close. TCU beat Arizona in Tucson in 2003, 13-10. Arizona beat TCU in Fort Worth in 1999, 35-31.
Arizona vs. Texas Tech: 5-26-2
The Red Raiders have dominated the all-time series against Arizona, but the Wildcats won the most recent matchup in 2019, 28-14. The schools hadn't played before that since 1989. They first faces each other in 1932.
Arizona vs. Utah: 19-26-2
The Utes have won six straight games against the Wildcats, going back to 2016, with the most recent game being a 45-20 win for Utah in 2022.
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Arizona vs. Cincinnati, UCF, West Virginia:
Hard to believe, but the Wildcats have never faced Cincinnati, UCF or West Virginia in a football game. Look for that to change soon with Arizona's arrival into the Big 12 in 2024.
Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.
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