The 2024 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Arizona was led by first-year head coach Brent Brennan, following the departure of Jedd Fisch to Washington. They played at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. It was the Wildcats' 125th season overall, and their first year in the Big 12. Despite high regular season expectations off of their previous season, including a #21 ranking in the preseason AP poll, the Wildcats regressed under Brennan, finishing 4âÂÂ8 overall (2âÂÂ7 in conference play) and failing to qualify for a bowl game for the sixth time in seven seasons.
The Wildcats were scheduled to hold spring practices on March 26, 2024, with spring game is tentatively scheduled to take place in Tucson, Arizona on April 27, 2024.
The Big 12 preseason poll was released on July 2, 2024. Arizona was predicted to finish in fifth place in the conference.
2024 Preseason All Big-12 teams
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True Freshman<br/> Double Position : * <br/> projected Depth Chart Week 1 vs New Mexico
Over the course of the off-season, Arizona lost 42 total players. 5 players graduated, 11 declared for the NFL Draft, while the other 26 entered the transfer portal.
The Wildcats have lost 26 players via transfer.
The Wildcats have added 27 players via transfer. According to 247 Sports, Arizona had the No. 37 ranked transfer class in the country.
Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2024 season.
The following player have headed for the 2024 CFL global Draft : TE Tanner McLahlan.
Arizona signed 8 players in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The Wildcats' was ranked fifty-six by 247Sports and ranked forty-six by Rivals.com rankings. No Arizona signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list. Arizona also signed 4 JuCo, 6 walk-ons during national signing period.
<small>*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00âÂÂ.98, four stars= .97âÂÂ.90, three stars= .80âÂÂ.89)</small><br> <small>â = Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, Williams and Whittington received a four star 247Sports Composite rating.</small><br> <small>ÃÂ= Demond Williams Jr. and Jordan Washington left the Arizona program following signing but prior to the 2024 season.</small>
2024 overall class rankings
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