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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3330350, member: 7748"] Regardless of the reasoning I completely agree with ranking Arizona above ASU. Arizona is poised for breakout season and on my Pac-12 ballot is the fifth place team above ASU. Last year in December ASU went down to Tucson and got clocked by the Wildcats and were held to 39 points. While we'll find out about the quality of Arizona's defense when they play Texas in Austin top-to-bottom I find that baring injuries Arizona is a better team this year than ASU. Both Robbi Ryan and Jamie Ruden are battling injuries. The Devils lack of size require SC transfer Tapley perform at a high level every game and not get into foul trouble. Even then given Coach Turner Thorne'd platoon strategy she's not going to make enough minutes in the course of the season for the Devils to have a chance against teams with any height. On my scorecard the Wildcats will sweep ASU this year, get an upset against one of the top four teams in the conference and finish fifth. The other comment I have is that I don't see Stanford being ranked ahead of Connecticut in the top four. I have the benefit of seeing Connecticut play twice since this poll was released and certainly expect Connecticut to drop five or six places in the next boneyard poll. [/QUOTE]