TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Even after locking up its first bowl berth in 10 years, Arizona is waiting to throw a bowl party.

Now it's all about moving up in the Pac-10's bowl chain.

"We feel more energized, maybe. You are excited about your opportunities, but we all want better opportunities," Arizona coach Mike Stoops said Monday at his weekly campus news conference.

Arizona (6-3, 4-2 Pac-10) clinched one of the seven Pac-10 bowl slots with its sixth win of the season, a 59-28 victory over Washington State last weekend. The Wildcats' last postseason appearance came in 1998, when they defeated Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl.

The Wildcats are happy to go bowling. Now they want the best destination possible.

A berth in the Holiday, Sun and Las Vegas Bowls seems the most likely. In the next two weeks, the Wildcats will face Oregon and Oregon State, the two teams directly ahead of them in the standings.

"Winning takes care of everything," Stoops said. "We are worried about just keeping moving forward. We are not out of anything. We want to position ourselves as high as we can go."

Stoops was hired to turn the program around after the 2003 squad finished with a 2-10 mark. This is the first step, but Stoops is the first to say the job isn't over yet. He is 23-32 overall in his four-plus years.

"It has been a tough process," Stoops said. "It is not just going to a bowl game. It is about establishing a program. We don't want to be a one-shot wonder, go to a bowl game and deteriorate again."

The Wildcats have not won more than six games in a season since their last bowl trip. They can change that at Oregon on Saturday.

Arizona's potent offense is a large reason for this season's success. The Wildcats average 39 points per game, best in the Pac-10.

"We know as a team what we want to accomplish," tailback Nic Grigsby said. "We just don't want to accomplish six wins."