Arizona, Iowa State Release First Availability Report

Arizona wanted to get back on the right track after an underwhelming first season under Brent Brennan where the team finished 4-8 and missed a bowl game despite preseason high expectations.

Well, after changes were made to the coaching staff and the roster, Brennan seems to have the Wildcats moving in the right direction with the team starting the year with 3-straight impressive wins over Hawaii, Weber State and Kansas State.

Sep 12, 2025; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Arizona Wildcats head coach Brent Brennan hypes up his team during the first quarter of the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images | Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images

On the offensive side of the ball, Brennan brought in coordinator Seth Doege to fix the issues from a season ago where the team averaged 21.8 PPG . However, if you take a deeper dive into the offense, the unit struggled to crack 20-plus points if you take out the New Mexico game where the WIldcats dropped 61 points on the Lobos.

When you take that game out of the equation, Arizona averaged 18.2 PPG putting the unit near the bottom of the conference.

Sep 12, 2025; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Kansas State Wildcats defensive end Chiddi Obiazor (8) tackles Arizona Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita (1) during the third quarter of the game at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images | Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images

So far in three games, Arizona is averaging 37 PPG which places the Wildcats at No. 37 nationally.

Meanwhile on the defensive side of the ball, Brennan promoted Danny Gonzales to defensive coordinator where he has mixed up the scheme and has brought a new aggression to his unit.

In three games, the Wildcats have held opponents to 8.7 PPG, which places them at No. 10 nationally. Arizona has only allowed two touchdowns all season with both coming against Kansas State in the last game.

Now, Arizona gets ready for a game against No. 14 Iowa State following the bye-week with a Saturday night 4 p.m. (MST) kickoff time on ESPN.

The first availability report of the season has been released for the Arizona-Iowa State game: pic.twitter.com/Z5jV3DhUDc
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As we get closer to kickoff, the first availability report of the Big 12 season for Arizona and Iowa State has been released. Going into the bye-week the Wildcats had several players that had been banged up through the first week and saw some time missed on the field.

Some guys that had been going through injury issues were defensive end Tre Smith, running back Kedrick Reescano, receivers Kris Hutson and Chris Hunter, defensive back Tredyan Stukes and linebacker Riley Wilson.

Of all of those players that have been going through issues, only Reescano was listed and the rest seem good to go after the first availability report of the season. This means, the Wildcats are the healthiest they’ve been all year as the team heads into Ames to take on the Cyclones.

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