Arizona continued its ascent all the way to No. 3 in the latest Coaches Poll after a week filled with big games and notable results between ranked opponents. No team in the nation has a better résumé than the Wildcats, who have already downed a pair of preseason top-10 programs amid their scorching-hot start.

Most notably, Arizona has triumphed against No. 8 Florida and No. 7 UConn , each of the last two national champions. The Wildcats supplanted the Huskies, who dropped four spots this week, in the top three of the Coaches Poll.

Arizona wasn't quite able to climb past Purdue at No. 1 and Houston at No. 2, but the Wildcats did receive five first-place votes -- their first of the season and more than any other team outside the Boilermakers.

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