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The ASU Alumni Association has filed a police report over the recent Arizona Wildcat red-and-blue paint job the "A" in Tempe received, a Phoenix TV station is reporting.

Painting of the A's in both cities is a tradition before UA-ASU rivalry games.

But homecoming fever hit early this year.

Overnight Nov. 9, some University of Arizona fans painted the "A" on Tempe's "A" Mountain red and blue. "Bear Down U of A," was also written on it.

The ASU Alumni Association then filed a report with Tempe police, calling the paint job vandalism, criminal damage and trespassing, according to a news report on KPHO, the Phoenix CBS affiliate.

"We take really great care and follow strict guidelines to make sure the environment isn't negatively impacted," Dan Turbyfill, of the alumni group is quoted as saying.

It appears that Tempe police didn't take the Sun Devil allegations too seriously.

"We look at the intent behind why something is done," Lt. Scott Smith told the station. "The intent is rivalry and we feel it wouldn't be a responsible use or allocation of police resources."

They passed the complaint to ASU campus police.

The Arizona Wildcats take on the ASU Sun Devils on Nov. 28 in Tucson.

Homecoming fever got the better of some University of Arizona fans who painted Tempe's "A" Mountain red and blue last night.

Dear @FootballASU fan. You got punked overnight pic.twitter.com/1TuhnqSEO8

— Brad Cesmat (@bradcesmat) November 10, 2014

The Territorial Cup game between UA and ASU is not until Nov. 28 in Tucson.

It's difficult to see but the Arizona Republic reports that "Bear Down U of A," is also written on the "A."

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The Arizona Wildcats are on the rise in the latest rankings.

The UA moved up four spots to No. 8 in both the AP Top 25 and the Amway Coaches Poll this week following its 42-35 win over Arizona State.

The No. 8 ranking is the highest for the Wildcats in the AP poll since being ranked fourth in the preseason poll prior to the 1999 season.

The Wildcats were ranked 10th earlier this season after beating Oregon on the road. That marked the first time the Wildcats had been in the top 10 since being ranked No. 9 in early-October in 2010.

In the AP poll, the Wildcats are behind Alabama, Florida State, Oregon, TCU, Baylor, Ohio State and Michigan State.

The Wildcats are 1-0 all-time when they are ranked No. 8. That win came in 1994 when 2-0 Arizona beat Stanford 34-10.

Oregon, Arizona’s opponent for Friday’s Pac-12 title game is ranked No. 3. The Ducks were No. 2 when the two teams met in October.

The last time the UA played a third-ranked team was in 2012 when the Ducks beat the Wildcats 49-0 in Eugene.

A troubled fraternity already facing possible expulsion from the University of Arizona is being accused of additional wrongdoing after members of a Jewish UA fraternity were attacked Friday, school officials said.

About 15 local members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity “forced entry into the off-campus residence of UA students, yelling discriminatory comments at the UA students and physically assaulting them,” said a letter from the school’s Dean of Students.

A UA news release Monday identified the assault victims as members of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon has now been placed on interim suspension of recognition, one disciplinary step below being kicked off campus.

Its members have been ordered to stay away from members of the Jewish fraternity.

Republican Martha McSally has claimed victory in the Congressional District 2 race after tabulation of the final outstanding votes gave her an even bigger lead over  Democratic incumbent Ron Barber.

A cache of 213 newly-found early ballots, and a smattering of provisional ballots counted late Wednesday pushed McSally's  lead over Barber to 161 votes. The final count also included 89 conditional provisional ballots that were certified Wednesday.

A relieved McSally was meeting with about 150 supporters at the east side El Molinito restaurant when the new totals announced, and gave a short speech claiming victory not long after.

Pima County discovered 213 valid general election ballots from this morning that had not been counted, an official said.

The uncounted ballots were among a batch of special ballots sent to voters in the Continental Elementary School District near Green Valley.

McSally claimed 165 of the additional votes to 137 for Barber. Although that added to her lead, the gap between the two is still close enough to force an automatic re-count.

The small school district sits in Congressional District 2, where McSally on Tuesday was holding on to a 133-vote lead over Barber.

The new ballots were found while election officials were preparing 7,034 vote-by-mail ballots from the school district. The county had set aside those ballots to be counted after general election ballots had been tallied.

Pima County sent special ballots for the school district race after an error in the instructions for the contest was discovered. Those special ballots were sent after early voters in the school district had already received their general election ballots.

Voters were instructed to return the general election ballot and the special school district ballots separately.

However, the 213 ballots apparently came from voters who sent both ballots together in the same envelope.

The newly discovered ballots have been processed and are expected to be counted this afternoon, Deputy County Recorder Chris Roads said.