Arizona Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Arizona football schedule, analysis, breakdown. The 2023 slate with 3 things to know

Arizona football schedule 2023: Who do the Wildcats miss on the Pac-12 schedule and what are 3 things to know?


Arizona Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Aug 26 OPEN DATE

Sept 9 Northern Arizona

Sept 9 at Mississippi State

Sept 16 UTEP

Sept 23 at Stanford

Sept 30 Washington

Oct 7 at USC

Oct 14 at Washington State

Oct 21 OPEN DATE

Oct 28 Oregon State

Nov 4 UCLA

Nov 11 at Colorado

Nov 18 Utah

Nov 25 at Arizona State

Arizona Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Wildcats miss from the Pac-12 slate?

The Wildcats keep all of the same teams on the slate from what was the Pac-12 South, They catch a bad break missing Cal, but not having to play Oregon obviously matters. The divisions are gone, but getting Washington and Oregon State to come to Tucson is a plus.

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Last year the Wildcats had to deal with San Diego State and North Dakota State – both very, very dangerous – along with Mississippi State.

They came through just fine with good wins over the Aztecs and Bison, but they lost at home in a good battle with the Bulldogs. Expect 2-1 again with Northern Arizona and UTEP to go along with the trip to Mississippi State.

There’s a rough stretch of three road games in four weeks, but that’s followed by a week off. The team only leaves Arizona once – for Colorado – from October 14th on.

Arizona Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

It’s not a bad schedule for a program looking to take a big step forward.

Of the five Pac-12 road games, going to Stanford, Colorado, and Arizona State are all more than manageable. If the Cats can improve a bit, beating Washington State is a possibility, too.

The schedule is decent enough to get to at least six wins and a bowl game. It’s going to take an upset somewhere, but Washington, UCLA, Utah, and Oregon State all have to make the trip to the desert.

If all goes well, this shouldn’t come down to the date with Arizona State to get bowl eligible.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Arizona Football Schedule 2022: 3 Things To Know

Arizona football schedule. The 2022 schedule with 3 things to know

Arizona football schedule 2022: Who does Arizona miss on the Pac-12 schedule and what are 3 things to know?


2022 Arizona Football Schedule

Sept 3 at San Diego State

Sept 10 Mississippi State

Sept 17 North Dakota State

Sept 24 at Cal

Oct 1 Colorado

Oct 8 Oregon

Oct 15 at Washington

Oct 22 OPEN DATE

Oct 29 USC

Nov 5 at Utah

Nov 12 at UCLA

Nov 19 Washington State

Nov 25 Arizona State

2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Arizona Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Wildcats miss from the Pac-12 North Division?

There aren’t a whole lot of teams in the Pac-12 North that Arizona would too excited to miss, but not getting Oregon State and Stanford is a slight disappointment.

It would’ve been nice to miss Oregon, but that’s a home game in early October. Washington State is on the slate, but at least the Wildcats don’t have to go to Pullman in late November, and playing Washington in Seattle on October 15th and Cal on September 24th shouldn’t matter weather-wise.

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It’s a rebuilding process in Year Two of the Jedd Fisch era, but … come ON.

Going to San Diego State as the first opponent in the new era of Aztec football – it’s opening up the brand new Snapdragon Stadium – isn’t good. Hosting Mississippi State and North Dakota State isn’t exactly a plus, either.

Considering the non-conference slate, there’s the home game against Colorado. That might be the only game outside of the visit from NDSU that Arizona might be favored in.

Arizona Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

Start with the positives. The Wildcats get a whole lot of teams in Tucson.

After going to San Diego State, four of the next five games are at home, the last two – including Arizona State – is in Arizona Stadium, and the midseason run of three road games in four dates is broken up with a week off.

It’s still going to be a heavy lift to get anywhere close to six wins and bowl eligibility.

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2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams