Football returns to Texas to take on No. 10 Tech

LUBBOCK — Arizona State travels to No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday, Oct. 17. Kickoff at Galaxy Stadium in Lubbock is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Arizona time (2:30 p.m. Central) on FOX. ASU is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12 after a 30-12 win over Hawai‘i. Texas Tech comes in as a Top-10 team in all polls, checking in at No. 10 in the AP and No. 9 in the Coaches.

The Red Raiders

• Arizona State and Texas Tech are tied 3-3 in their all-time series. ASU won 26-22 over the No. 7 Red Raiders in Tempe on Oct. 18, 2025. Texas Tech is 2-0 against ASU in Lubbock, winning 52-45 in 2017 and 30-22 in 2024.
• Texas Tech is 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big 12 under Joey McGuire. The Red Raiders were idle Oct. 10 after a 29-7 win at Colorado and enter their Homecoming weekend with an 11-game home winning streak.
• Will Hammond has completed 97-of-142 passes (68.3%) for 1,102 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. J’Koby Williams leads Texas Tech with 373 rushing yards and three touchdowns; Kenny Johnson has 298 receiving yards. 
• Texas Tech averages 34.8 points and 406.4 total yards per game, including 179.0 rushing and 227.4 passing. The Red Raiders allow 16.2 points, 91.4 rushing yards and 353.6 total yards per game.
• Ben Roberts leads Texas Tech with 34 tackles. The Red Raiders have nine interceptions, including two each by Austin Romaine and Brice Pollock.

  Ranked team notables

• The Sun Devils enter the weekend riding a six-game winning streak against AP-ranked Big 12 teams dating back to the 2024 season. That is the sixth-longest streak in Big 12 Football history.
• A win would bring head coach Kenny Dillingham back to 7-7 in games against AP-ranked opponents in his career, and mark him as the only Big 12 coach with a .500 or better record in their career in such games.
• The Sun Devils had won six-straight regular season games against AP-ranked teams entering the season before dropping their Week 2 contest at No. 10 Texas A&M.
• Saturday could mark the second of potentially three Top-10 opponents for the Sun Devils this season - all coming on the road - with BYU (where ASU travels on Oct. 31) currently ranked No. 8 in the nation.
• ASU’s last win over a Top-10 team came against Texas Tech at home last season, which was ranked No. 7 overall at the time. The Sun Devils are, however, seeking their first Top-10 win ON THE ROAD since defeating No. 7 UCLA in the Rose Bowl on Oct. 3, 2015.

Over the air

• Saturday’s game at No. 10 Texas Tech airs nationally on FOX at 12:30 p.m. Arizona time (3:30 p.m. Eastern). The FOX announcing crew will include Connor Onion on the call alongside analyst Robert Griffin III while Alexa Landestoy will provide insight from the sidelines.
• The Sun Devil Radio Network broadcast will air on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM.
• Long-time Voice of the Sun Devils Tim Healey will provide the action alongside Rose Bowl-winning former quarterback-now-analyst Jeff van Raaphorst, with Kevin Turner providing insights from the sidelines. Turner joins Jeff Munn and recently graduated Sun Devil lineman Ben Coleman on the pre-game show, with Munn and Coleman hosting the halftime and postgame shows as well.

An ASU victory would …

• Give ASU a 4-3 lead in the all-time series history between the two teams and two-straight victories over a Top-10 Texas Tech team after taking down the Red Raiders (then No. 7) at home last season.
• Give Arizona State its seventh victory in a row over an AP-ranked Big 12 team.
• Improve ASU to 7-7 in games against AP-ranked foes under head coach Kenny Dillingham.
• Be ASU’s first win over an AP Top-10 opponent on the road since defeating No. 7 UCLA on October 3, 2015.

Sparky the Sun Devil gets the crowd excited for action ahead of Arizona State's season-opening game against Morgan State on Sept. 3, 2026. 

Schedule odds and ends (mostly odds)

• Arizona State’s road schedule features two teams that participated in the College Football Playoff this past season (Texas A&M and Texas Tech) and one that was among the first two teams left out of the CFP (BYU).
• With two road games and a bye following the Morgan State tilt, 2026 marks the first time since the 1991 season that ASU will play just a single home game before the month of October (ignoring the unique circumstances of the COVID-altered 2020 season in which ASU didn’t have a home opener until December). The 1982 season was the last time it occurred before it became more commonplace, pre-1975, when the season typically did not start until the second or third week of September.
• ASU will leave the continental United States to play a football game for the first time since taking part in the 2006 Hawai’i Bowl when it heads across the Atlantic to historic Wembley Stadium to take part in the first-of-its-kind FBS contest in the inaugural Union Jack Classic on Sept. 19 in London. It will be just the second time ASU has traveled internationally for a game, after the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo against Houston.
• ASU played the inaugural Union Jack Classic at Wembley Stadium on Sept. 19, in the first college football game played on British soil and defeated Kansas 24-17.
• The Kansas game in London counted as a Jayhawk home game and ASU’s Big 12 opener. The Sun Devils won 24-17 and improved to 1-0 in conference action.
• All told, Sun Devil Football will post over 17,000 round-trip miles over the course of the coming season. For perspective, ASU logged about 9,000 air miles during the 2025 campaign. 
• In fact, ASU will be making two of its longest road trips of all time this season alone. The approximate 5,200 miles between Phoenix and London represents the second-longest trip in history, behind only the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo. The Sun Devils have played seven games all told in Honolulu, Hawai’i (four regular-season games at Hawai’i and three appearances in the Aloha/Hawai’i Bowl, ~2,900 miles). Arizona State took on Miami (FL) in a road tilt in 1997 (~1970 miles), and then ASU’s contest at UCF this season (~1,850 miles) is next on the list.
• ASU will be playing games in Orlando and College Station for the first time in program history. ASU previously played Texas A&M in a neutral-site game in Houston in 2015, and both contests in program history against UCF have taken place in Tempe. 
• The Sun Devils will play games on nine consecutive weekends following their Bye Weekend on Sept. 26. That will be the most since ASU closed out 11 straight weekends in the 2009 season. The 2003 season started with 11 consecutive weekends of action prior to a bye week ahead of the Territorial Cup. There were also nine-game stretches in the middle of the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

By the numbers

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All told, Sun Devil Football will post over 17,000 round-trip miles over the course of the 2026 season. For perspective, ASU logged only about 9,000 air miles during the 2025 campaign. In fact, ASU will be making two of its longest road trips of all time this season alone. The approximate 5,200 miles between Phoenix and London represents the second-longest trip in history, behind only the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo.

The Sun Devils have played seven games all told in Honolulu, Hawai’i (four regular-season games at Hawai’i and three appearances in the Aloha/Hawai’i Bowl, ~2,900 miles). Arizona State took on Miami (FL) in a road tilt in 1997 (~1970 miles), and then ASU’s contest at UCF this season (~1,850 miles) is next on the list.

When ASU heads to Wembley Stadium to take part in the inaugural Union Jack Classic on Sept. 19 in London, it will be just the second time ASU has traveled internationally for a game outside of the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo against Houston.

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Arizona State has allowed 59 plays of 10 or more yards - good for the 32nd-lowest tally in the country - and just 19 plays of 20 or more yards, ranking tied for 41st nationally. ASU has allowed 18 plays of 50 or more yards to opposing offenses in the Dillingham/Ward era -35th-lowest in the country in that time. ASU has allowed 30 plays of 50 or more yards to opponents since the 2018 season - tied for the third-lowest in the country (Washington 23, Wisconsin 23). From 2014-17, ASU allowed a nation-leading 55 such plays, 13 more than any other FBS team. (as of Oct. 3) ASU has allowed 73 plays of 30 or more yards during the Dillingham/Ward era - 28th-lowest in the country in that span. Since 2018, ASU has allowed 159 plays over 30 yards in 100 games (1.59 per game), sixth-lowest in the country in that span (excluding Kennesaw State, which joined the FBS later). For perspective, from 2014-17, ASU gave up 38, 44, 40, 40 such plays each SEASON, respectively ranked 116th, 124th, 117th and 119th.

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Removing garbage time, ASU has 39 scoring drives in the final five minutes of either the first or second half over the last two-plus seasons - the sixth-most in the nation in that time. It has a 40.6 score percentage in those final five minutes, good for 34th in the country. For perspective, in the previous three seasons from 2021-23, ASU managed just 28 TOTAL scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half (28-97) - a 28.9 percent score percentage that was 102nd in the FBS. The Sun Devils have a 32.3 percent (20-of-62) offensive touchdown drive rate in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to the start of 2024 (does not include pick six against UCF in 2024, which makes it 21 total touchdowns) - good for 13th in the nation, percentage-wise. For perspective, in the previous five seasons (2019-23), ASU scored just 17 TOTAL touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half - at a 17.7 rate (17-of-96) that was 112th
in the FBS.

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First half dominance has been a cornerstone to ASU’s success in Kenny Dillingham’s time at Arizona State as the Sun Devils are 20-4 when leading at halftime (3-0 this season) in his tenure. The Sun Devils are allowing just 165.2 first half yards per game to opponents this season, the 44th-lowest total in the country. ASU was 39th a season ago at 172.8 first half yards per game. ASU has allowed just 475 TOTAL first half passing yards (95.0 per game), ranking 27th in the FBS in fewest yards and 39th in fewest yards per game. Last season ASU ranked 57th with 110.9 allowed per game. ASU has allowed just five touchdown drives in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to 2024 and held
opponents to an 8.8 touchdown drive percentage in that stretch (5-for-57) (drives that end at any point in the final five minutes of the half) - the fourth-lowest total in the country.

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Reed Harris is currently fifth in the nation with his 17 explosive plays this season (receptions of 15 or more yards). Harris has 11 receptions over 20 yards through ASU’s first five games - good for fourth in the FBS and first in the Big 12. His 17.35 yards per reception are sixth in the country among players with at least 25 catches this season. His 25 receptions for a first down/touchdown are 11th in the country, while his 235 yards after the catch are 17th in the country. His 131 yards after contact are 11th nationally. His 590 yards are the most through five ASU games since Jaelen Strong’s school record 614 in 2014. His seven receiving touchdowns tie for second through five games in ASU history, behind
Shaun McDonald’s eight in 2002. Harris’ seven receiving touchdowns are notable as he had posted just nine in his career entering the season over 29 games at Boston College.

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Jessiah McGrew has allowed just one first down in coverage this season, tied for fourth-lowest total in the FBS. McGrew has quietly put up quality numbers despite not starting a game until the fifth game of the season, leading ASU’s safeties with 148 coverage snaps. His three receptions allowed are tied for third-lowest among Big 12 safeties and fourth lowest among ALL FBS safeties while his 21 yards allowed in coverage are second-lowest in the Big 12 and fourth-lowest in the nation. (min 125 coverage snaps). His 42.9 forced incompletion percentage is second among all FBS safeties. Opponents have had just a 50.3 NFL QB rating when targeting McGrew (24th-lowest in FBS)
while completing just 42.9 percent of their attempts (15th-lowest in FBS). McGrew was the nation’s 27th-highest graded safety in coverage (83.6) at FIU last year and his 19.4 forced incompletion percentage when targeted was 22nd among FBS safeties while his 12.9 percent interception rate was 18th.

10 things

1. Arizona State has allowed 165.2 first half yards of offense per game this season, the 44th-lowest total in the country. ASU has allowed 826 total first half yards (29th) and 475 first half passing yards (27th)
2. Cutter Boley has posted a 137.5 NFL QB rating on intermediate passes this season (passes 10-19 yards downfield), which is 11th-best in the country.
3. Saturday’s contest will feature the Big 12 Conference’s two-best pass rushing grades in Tech’s A.J. Holmes (90.4) and ASU’s Jalen Thompson (82.7).
4. Arizona State has 39 scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half in non-garbage time since the start of 2024, which is the sixth-most in the FBS in that time.
5. Rodney Bimage has allowed just 0.50 yards per coverage snap this season (83 total yards), which is tied for the 25th-lowest total among FBS corners (min. 125 snaps)
6. Jessiah McGrew has not been credited with a missed tackle this season - one of just 10 safeties in the country who can lay such a claim while posting the nation’s fourth-best tackle grade overall at 88.1.
7. Arizona State receivers are fourth in the nation with 7.7 yards after the catch per reception and also fourth with 444 yards after contact.
8. The Sun Devils have attempted to go for it on fourth down 122 times since Kenny Dillingham took over in 2023, the sixth-most in the FBS in that time
9. Arizona State is 11-2 (.846) since the start of 2024 in games decided by seven points or fewer- the second-most victories and fourth-best winning percentage in that time.
10. Arizona State holds a 185-90 scoring advantage in the middle eight minutes of games since the start of 2024.

 

Linebacker Owen Long recorded a season-high 14 tackles against Baylor. 

Opening statement

• Arizona State enters its game at No. 10/9 Texas Tech at 3-2 (1-1 Big 12) after a 30-12 victory over Hawai‘i. ASU gained 420 yards, including 231 rushing.
• Against Hawai‘i, Cardae Mack rushed 13 times for 154 yards and two touchdowns, including a 67-yard score. Reed Harris caught eight passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns. Owen Long and Martell Hughes had 10 tackles each; Julian Hugo recorded his first two career sacks and Kyan McDonald his first career interception.
• Mack’s 154 yards were the most by an ASU freshman since Keegan Herring’s 197 against Northwestern in 2005. He became the first ASU freshman running back to score two touchdowns in the same game since Chip Trayanum did so in his first collegiate game against USC on Nov. 7, 2020.
• Wide receiver Reed Harris caught eight passes for 91 yards and his third two-touchdown game of the season against Hawai’i. He leads the Sun Devils with 34 receptions for 590 yards and seven touchdowns through five games.
• The Sun Devils rushed for just 52 yards in the first half before exploding for
  179 second half rushing yards - keyed by Mack’s coming out party.
• The Sun Devils controlled the ball for 16:02 in the second half to Hawai’i’s
  13:58 after trailing the Rainbow Warriors 17:19-12:41 in first half time of possession. ASU has struggled when trailing in time of possession under
  Kenny Dillingham, righting the ship to some degree on Saturday, improving
  to 7-12 in the category while holding an 18-7 record when it leads time of
  possession.
• ASU’s second half success was keyed by a 96-yard scoring drive late in the
  third quarter, capped by Mack’s 67-yard touchdown run. It was the longest
  ASU drive by yards since a 99-yard drive against UCLA in 2023 on Nov. 11.
• The Sun Devils had two of its three longest scoring drives of the season by
  time in this contest as well with its nine-play, 79-yard, 5:58 drive to cap the game late in the fourth quarter representing its longest of the season while
  its earlier 5:17 scoring drive in the first quarter was the third-longest.
• Mack became the fifth Sun Devil to rush for over 100 yards in a game since
  the start of last season (Raleek Brown, Jeff Sims, Jason Brown, Kanye Udoh). That mark is tied for the sixth-most in the country.
• The Sun Devils had 15 total pass deflections through the first four games
  this season before it posted nine against Hawai’i - the most since also having nine in a win over No. 7 Texas Tech on Oct. 18, 2025.

Reed Harris has 11 receptions for over 20 yards through ASU’s first four games - good for third in the FBS and first in the Big 12.

Reed all about him

• Reed Harris has recorded 590 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions through Arizona State’s first five games. His 34 catches lead the Sun Devils, and he has topped 100 receiving yards against Morgan State, Texas A&M and Baylor. His 590 yards are the most through five ASU games since Jaelen Strong’s school record 614 in 2014. His seven receiving touchdowns tie for second through five games in ASU history, behind Shaun McDonald’s eight in 2002.
• Harris now ranks ninth in the FBS in receiving yards (590), sixth in yards
  per game (118.0) and tied for fifth in receiving touchdowns (seven), leading
  the Big 12 in all three.
• Harris’ seven receiving touchdowns are notable as he had posted just nine in his career entering the season over 29 games at Boston College.
• Harris has 11 receptions over 20 yards through ASU’s first five games - good for fourth in the FBS and first in the Big 12. His 17.35 yards per reception are sixth in the country among players with at least 25 catches this season.
• He is tied for fifth in the nation with 17 explosive plays (receptions over 15) yards).
• Among FBS receivers with at least 25 targets, Reed Harris ranks 12th with
  an NFL QBR rating when targeted of 151.9 when targeted.
• Harris’ 88.8 receiving grade is sixth in the nation and leads the Big 12 while
  he has an 88.4 overall offensive grade that leads the Big 12 wide receivers and is eighth among all FBS receivers and 28th among all FBS players, regardless of position.
• His 25 receptions for a first down/touchdown are 11th in the country, while
  his 235 yards after the catch are 17th in the country. His 131 yards after contact are 11th nationally.
• Harris has emphasized Hines Ward’s “No Block, No Rock” mantra as well
  as everyone, recording the nation’s best run blocking score among wide receivers in Week 5 with his 89.5 grade against Baylor (fourth among all players in the country).
• Harris became just the third player in Big 12 history to record at least 325
  receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns through his team’s first two
  games of a season. He joined Baylor’s Corey Coleman (2015) and Texas Tech’s Darrin Moore (2011).

Cutter Boley became the first Sun Devil quarterback to throw for six touchdown passes since Andrew Walter in 2004.

Holy Boley

• Through five games, Cutter Boley has completed 99-of-158 passes (62.7
  percent) for 1,229 yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions. He has also rushed for 85 yards and one touchdown.
• The 12 passing touchdowns are tied for 24th in the country. Boley has thrown for at least one touchdown in each of ASU’s first five games: six against Morgan State, two at Texas A&M, one at Kansas, one against Baylor and two against Hawai‘i.
• The junior quarterback has established himself as one of the elite intermediate route (10-19 yards downfield) passers in the country, recording a 137.5 NFL QB rating on such throws to lead the Big 12 and rank 11th nationally. His 90.2 overall grade is 21st in the country on those throws while completing 61.3 percent of his passes (19-of-31) to rank 28th.
• Boley has been credited by PFF with eight Big Time Throws this season
  (excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field
  and/or into a tighter window), good for a tie for 35th in the country.
• Boley has been credited by PFF with just one turnover worthy throw this
  season (his interception against Baylor), tied for the third-lowest in the country. For perspective, he ranked 13th in the nation for MOST turnover- worthy throws last season with 19.
• Much ado has been made over his career interception numbers, but as always, context is important. Of his 19 career interceptions, all but two came while Boley was trailing in a game and attempting to come back. Additionally, of those 18, all but six came in the final five minutes of the first or second halves and/or came on 3rd-and-10 or longer..

A cut above the rest

• Kenny Dillingham announced Boley as the team’s starting quarterback ahead of the team’s opening against Morgan State.
• Boley was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week One after completing 21-of-27 (77.8%) of his passes in the opener and ended up as one of just four quarterbacks nationally with a perfect NFL QBR for the week
  (158.3).
• He became the first Sun Devil quarterback to throw for six touchdown passes since Andrew Walter in 2004 — tied for the second-most with Danny White and Walter, and one off the school record of seven set by Mike Pagel (1981).
• His 22.2 touchdown percentage (six touchdowns on 27 passes) was the seventh-highest in the FBS since the 2020 season. Since 2020, Boley is now one of just 30 FBS quarterbacks to throw for six or more touchdowns with no interceptions.
• Boley threw for 387 yards in his first game in the Maroon and Gold, the most by an Arizona State quarterback in a debut performance in program history.
• It was the most passing yards in a game for an ASU quarterback since Trenton Bourguet’s 435 against Colorado on Oct. 29, 2022, and just the second time since 2015 an ASU quarterback has thrown for over 380 yards.
• Boley completed 65.8% of his passes last season as a redshirt freshman (198-of-301), breaking the UK freshman record for completion percentage in a season previously held by Jared Lorenzen in 2000.
• In 2025, Boley set the school freshman record for touchdown passes in a season in SEC games with 12 and set the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee.
• He became the first UK quarterback with a completion percentage of at least 74% in four games (min. 20 attempts) in one season since Tim Couch in 1998 (vs. Texas, Tennessee, Florida and Tennessee Tech) and became the first UK freshman quarterback with a touchdown pass in five straight games since Jared Lorenzen had six in the 2000 season (vs. Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee Tech and Vanderbilt).
• He was the first UK quarterback to complete at least 74.3% of his passes (min. 30 attempts) in consecutive games since Dusty Bonner in 1999, and the first UK quarterback with at least 26 completions in consecutive games since 2015 (Patrick Towles) and consecutive conference games since 2010 (Mike Hartline).
• In eight SEC games, Boley ranked 3rd in pass completion percentage (66.52), behind UGA’s Gunner Stockton (71.1) and Vandy’s Diego Pavia (70.1), 6th in pass completions (155), 7th in passing TDs (12) and 8th in total offense TDs (13). In his last six SEC games, he completed 144-211-8 for 1,422 yards and 12 touchdowns. His pass completion percentage in those six games was 68.2%.

In 2025, Cutter Boley set the school freshman record for touchdown passes in a season in SEC games with 12 and set the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee.

Who's this guy?

• There is no shortage of new faces on the Sun Devil roster in 2026, featuring 30 collegiate transfers from all levels and 18 incoming freshmen - with the 48 combined newcomers making up 44.9% of the team’s current 107-man roster.
• All those new faces put ASU in a vastly different position than it found itself in at the beginning of last season, when the Sun Devils entered the year with 16 players who had started at least six games during the 2024 College Football Playoff run, a total that was tied for the most in the nation.
• The 2026 roster, however, features just three such players — DL C.J. Fite (13), DB Boogie Wilson (10) and OL Wade Helton (7). And of that trio, only Fite started on Opening Day last season, with Wilson and Helton filling in later in the year to replace injured starters.
• The longest active starting streak in ASU games for the Sun Devils is Fite's, with 28, followed by a steep drop-off to Helton with 6 and Maki Stewart with 4.
• Another example of the fresh look for the 2026 edition of the Sun Devils comes along the offensive line. Last year, the ASU group at that position recorded 134 combined starts. The 2026 version will feature just 33, 14 of whom are coming via Luke Baklenko, who did not start a game at Oklahoma last season.
• In fact, the entire Sun Devils roster features just 118 combined starts—a smidge over one start per player on the team. 

Hold on to your butts

• The Sun Devils are 11-2 over the last two seasons in games decided by seven or fewer points, the second-most victories in that time in the FBS
  (Arkansas State, 12).
• ASU’s .846 winning percentage in that span is fourth-best in the nation among teams that have played in at least five such games.
• ASU’s 10 such victories in a two-year span from 2024-25 were tied for the most over a two-season span in Big 12 history and tied for the eighth-most for any FBS team since the 1996 season.
• Since Kenny Dillingham took the reins in 2023, 15 of the 24 Sun Devil victories in that time have been by 10 points or less.
• The Big 12 had 30 conference games decided by eight points or fewer last season. ASU was in six of them and went 5-1. Thirteen games were decided by three points or fewer, and ASU was 3-0 with wins over Baylor and TCU (both 27-24) and West Virginia.
• The Sun Devils have won seven games in the past two seasons in which they were trailing or tied at some point in the fourth quarter, including four last year (Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia).
• Last season, the Sun Devils scored 51 points while trailing in non-garbage time in the fourth quarter of games, 15th-most in the FBS, and scored on 9-of-19 fourth-quarter drives when trailing, a 47.4% conversion rate that was 35th-best in the FBS. Those nine scoring drives were tied for eighth-most in the FBS.
• Since the start of 2024, ASU has scored on 16 of 35 fourth-quarter drives while trailing in non-garbage time, a 45.7% rate that ranks 25th nationally. 
• The Sun Devil defense deserves credit as well for allowing the comebacks, posting a -.105 EPA when trailing in the fourth quarter of non-garbage time of games over the last two-plus seasons, which is 24th-best nationally.
• Opponents are averaging just 4.1 yards per play when ASU is trailing in the fourth quarter in non-garbage time over the last two seasons - the 11th- lowest tally in the FBS.
• Over the last two-plus seasons with ASU trailing in the fourth quarter of non-garbage time, opponents have picked up a first down just 27 times on 123 opportunities - a 21.9 conversion rate that is 17th-lowest in the FBS.
• Only three times over the last two-plus seasons has a team added to its lead when the Sun Devils were within eight points in the fourth quarter - at Texas Tech in 2024, at Arizona last season and at Texas A&M this year.
• Through Sept. 19, the 13 total points allowed in such a scenario over the last two-plus seasons (excluding lead-extending extra-point tries) are tied for the 22nd-lowest total in the country.

Setting the tone

• First-half dominance has been a cornerstone of Kenny Dillingham’s time at Arizona State, as the Sun Devils are 20-4 when leading at halftime (3-0 this season) in his tenure.
• The Sun Devils are allowing just 165.2 first half yards per game to opponents this season, the 44th-lowest total in the country. ASU was 39th a season ago at 172.8 first half yards per game.
• ASU has allowed just 475 TOTAL first half passing yards (95.0 per game), ranking 27th in the FBS in fewest yards and 39th in fewest yards per game. Last season ASU ranked 57th with 110.9 allowed per game.
• Removing garbage time, ASU has 39 scoring drives in the final five minutes of either the first or second half over the last two-plus seasons - the sixth-most in the nation in that time.
• It has a 40.6 score percentage in those final five minutes, good for 34th in the country. For perspective, in the previous three seasons from 2021-23, ASU managed just 28 TOTAL scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half (28-97) - a 28.9 percent score percentage that was 102nd in the FBS.
• The Sun Devils have a 32.3 percent (20-of-62) offensive touchdown drive rate in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to the start of 2024 (does not include pick six against UCF in 2024, which makes it 21 total touchdowns) - good for 13th in the nation, percentage-wise. For perspective, in the previous five seasons (2019-23), ASU scored just 17 TOTAL touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half - at a 17.7 rate (17-of-96) that was 112th in the FBS.
• Conversely, ASU has allowed just five touchdown drives in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to 2024 and held opponents to an 8.8
  touchdown drive percentage in that stretch (5-for-57) (drives that end at any point in the final five minutes of the half) - the fourth-lowest total in the country.
• ASU has a 185-90 advantage since the start of 2024 in points scored in the “middle eight” of games (points scored in the last four minutes of first half, first four minutes of second half).

Keep them in front of you

• Arizona State has allowed 59 plays of 10 or more yards - good for the 32nd-lowest tally in the country - and just 19 plays of 20 or more yards, ranking tied for 41st nationally.
• ASU has allowed 18 plays of 50 or more yards to opposing offenses in the Dillingham/Ward era -35th-lowest in the country in that time.
• ASU has allowed 30 plays of 50 or more yards to opponents since the 2018 season - tied for the third-lowest in the country (Washington 23, Wisconsin 23). From 2014-17, ASU allowed a nation-leading 55 such plays, 13 more than any other FBS team. (as of Oct. 3)
• ASU has allowed just 18 catches for 50 or more yards since 2018, the sixth-lowest in the FBS in that time. The team has allowed just 11 in the Dillingham/Ward era.
• ASU has allowed 73 plays of 30 or more yards during the Dillingham/Ward era - 28th-lowest in the country in that span 
• Since 2018, ASU has allowed 159 plays over 30 yards in 100 games (1.59 per game), sixth-lowest in the country in that span (excluding Kennesaw State, which joined the FBS later). For perspective, from 2014-17, ASU gave up 38, 44, 40, 40 such plays each SEASON, respectively ranked 116th, 124th, 117th and 119th. (as of Sept. 19).

Rodney Bimage (pictured) and Ashton Stamps rank eighth and 12th among Big 12 corners with a completion percentage allowed when targeted of 44.4 and 47.4 percent, respectively.

No-fly zone

• Arizona State is allowing 211.2 passing yards per game through five games. Opponents have completed 96-of-176 passes (54.5 percent) against the Sun Devils.
• The 54.5 percent completion rate is the 12th-lowest in the country this season.
• The Sun Devils are accomplishing the feat despite having four new starters in the secondary this season - including having to overcome the departures of NFL Draft selection Keith Abney and transfer Javan Robinson — a duo that had started 26 consecutive games together at corner for ASU up until the Sun Bowl to conclude last year. 
• Montana Warren, Rodney Bimage and Ashton Stamps rank eighth, ninth and 14th among Big 12 corners with a completion percentage allowed when targeted of 50.0, 52.9 and 56.0 percent, respectively (min. 125 coverage snaps).
• Bimage has been credited with just 83 yards allowed in coverage this season, the sixth-lowest tally among Big 12 corners meeting the minimum 125 snaps in coverage while his nine receptions allowed are eighth-lowest.
• Bimage’s 0.50 yards allowed per coverage snap is fifth-lowest in the league and tied for 25th-lowest in the country
• Bimage was perhaps the hottest player in the Sun Devil lineup prior to his season-ending concussion sustained in the West Virginia victory last season. Among FBS corners with at least 100 snaps played in coverage, his 4.4 yards allowed per reception were third-lowest in the country. Only 35.7% of opponents' passes in Bimage’s direction resulted in a reception (on 107 snaps) - the 13th-lowest tally nationally. He allowed just .21 yards per coverage snap last season, the third-lowest total among FBS corners with at least 100 coverage snaps, while tying for second with his 1.6 yards allowed per coverage target. His 7.1 1D/TD percentage when targeted was tied for the lowest allowed in the FBS.
• While Stamps saw limited game action last season, he was a lockdown corner when it mattered most in 2024 while at LSU and did not allow a single touchdown while in man coverage on the season and posted a 72.0 grade in man defense — where ASU loves to stick its corners — that was 25th-best among the 150+ corners with at least 100 man coverage snaps for the season.
• Jessiah McGrew has quietly put up quality numbers despite not starting a game until the fifth game of the season, leading ASU’s safeties with 148 coverage snaps. His three receptions allowed are tied for third-lowest among Big 12 safeties and fourth lowest among ALL FBS safeties while his 21 yards allowed in coverage are second-lowest in the Big 12 and fourth-lowest in the nation. (min 125 coverage snaps).
• McGrew has allowed just one first down in coverage this season, tied for
  fourth-lowest total in the FBS. His 42.9 forced incompletion percentage is second among all FBS safeties.
• Opponents have had just a 50.3 NFL QB rating when targeting McGrew
  (24th-lowest in FBS) while completing just 42.9 percent of their attempts (15th-lowest in FBS).
• McGrew was the nation’s 27th-highest graded safety in coverage (83.6) at FIU last year and his 19.4 forced incompletion percentage when targeted was 22nd among FBS safeties while his 12.9 percent interception rate was 18th.
• Boogie Wilson has been targeted just eight times this season - tied for fifth-lowest in the conference among safeties as are his five catches allowed. His 58 yards allowed in coverage on the year are fifth-lowest among Big 12 safeties.
• Wilson was the only returning Sun Devil defender outside C.J. Fite to start at least 10 games last season, where he was fourth among all Big 12 secondary with just 10 receptions allowed (min. 250 coverage snaps) in the regular season. Opponents threw Wilson’s way just 18 times, the third-lowest total among Big 12 secondary players in the regular season.
• The Sun Devils are currently 31st in the country with 27 passes defended
  this season. As a team, the Sun Devils have a forced incompletion rate of 13.6 percent - the eighth-highest tally in the FBS.
• ASU ranked 13th in the FBS with 74 passes defended last year (66 PBUs, 9 INT). The Sun Devils were 16th in the nation with 69 passes defended in 2024 and 14th with 16 interceptions.

Bring the heat

• Through Sept. 19, the Sun Devils have forced QB pressure on 32.2% of its defensive snaps, just outside the top 50 in the country after finishing 116th in the nation in the category last year (29.0).
• ASU has done so while blitzing just 38 total times, tied for the fourth-fewest of any FBS team the nation this season.
• The Sun Devils were 23rd in the FBS with 34 sacks last season and 19th with 86 tackles for loss. The sack total was especially notable as the team had just 24 TOTAL sacks during the 2024 season.
• Last year’s results in the categories were a marked change in trend from
  the previous couple seasons, where ASU finished in the lower half of the country in both categories (73rd and 70th in sacks in 2024 and 2023, 83rd and 96th in TFLs).
• ASU had that success despite blitzing just 20.4 percent of the time, the third-LOWEST total in the country. The team brought four or fewer pass rushers 446 times this year - the seventh-MOST in the country.
• Arizona State’s 28 sacks with four or fewer pass rushers were the ninth-
  most in the FBS in 2025..

C.J. Fite's 72.6 grade on run defense in 2025 was 15th among defensive interior players with at least 250 run-defense snaps that season.

In the trenches

• C.J. Fite has played in 43 games in his Sun Devil career and started 37, including 32 in a row. He has recorded 84 career tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and five sacks.
• Last season, his 72.6 grade on run defense was 15th among defensive interior players with at least 250 run defense snaps on the season
• His 1,661 career snaps are the fifth-most among active interior linemen in the FBS over the last three-plus seasons. Ironically, that’s also fourth-most in the Big 12 as he is ranked behind Texas Tech’s A.J. Holmes Jr. (1,906), Colorado’s Santana Hooper (1,681) and Baylor’s Hosea Wheeler (1,665).
• Among active interior linemen with at least 500 run defensive snaps, his 76.2 run defense grade is ninth in the FBS. His 18 tackles for loss or no gain on run plays are fifth-most among active interior linemen, and his 1.15 average depth of tackle is the sixth-closest to the line of scrimmage.
• Jalen Thompson currently has the second-best pass rush score in the Big 12 at 82.7 (min. 100 pass rush snaps) - the 19th-best grade in the country.
• Thompson’s 19 quarterback pressures this season are tied for second in the Big 12 and 24th in the country. ASU’s team leader for the entire season last year had just 29.
• Thompson has been credited by PFF with a “win” on his pass rush snaps 19.5 percent of the time - leading the Big 12 and eighth in the FBS. 
• Thompson, a veteran from Michigan State, brought over 1,000 defensive snaps with him this season. His 19 plays last year where he was credited with beating his defender but denied an opportunity at a QB pressure last season were tied for the eighth-most in the Big Ten.

Middle of the lineup

• Sun Devil linebacker Owen Long has recorded three straight double-digit tackle games and has a team-leading 49 tackles for the season - 10 more than any other player on the roster.
• His 9.8 tackles per game rank eighth in the country and second in the Big 12. Long’s 10.0 run-stop percentage is fourth among Big 12 linebackers (min. 100 run defense snaps).
• Among Big 12 linebackers with at least 15 pass rush snaps, Long’s 81.7 grade is fifth best in the league.
• Long was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and the
  Bronko Nagurski National Defender of the Week for his effort against Kansas, where he recorded 12 tackles, an interception, a fumble forced and a fumble recovered.
• Long was the FBS leader in tackles per game and total tackles in 2025 at Colorado State (12.6 tackles per game/151 tackles); the next-closest player averaged 11.8 per game with 142 tackles.
• A Third-Team All-American by the AP, Long recorded 33 “stops” on run defense as a sophomore, good for 30th among FBS linebackers.
• Martell Hughes has also had a solid start to the season, second on the team with his 39 tackles and leading the squad with 5.5 tackles for loss - second in the Big 12.
• Hughes’ 12.6 run stop percentage (14 “stops” on 111 run plays) is second among Big 12 linebackers this season (min. 100 run defense plays). The 14 stops are third in the league and tied for 32nd-best in the FBS among linebackers for the year.
• Long and Hughes have recorded 88 of ASU’s 308 total team tackles this season (28.6 percent) despite there only ever being two linebackers on the field at a given time in ASU’s defensive scheme.
• The duo are tied for seventh among all Big 12 linebackers with their 16 defensive stops on the season.
• The Sun Devils found themselves in a position where they had to replace nearly 23 percent of their tackles after the departures of linebackers Jordan Crook (101) and Keyshaun Elliott (98).
• Elliott was a fifth-round selection by the Bears this offseason, while Crook joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL, where he has 42 tackles this season. The duo started every regular-season game at linebacker last year and 20 games between them in 2024, leaving a massive hole to fill in ASU’s base nickel formation that only ever features two linebackers on the field at a given time.

Where's the beef?

• Maki Stewart is fresh off one of the most promising freshman lineman campaigns in recent Sun Devil memory. Stewart made four starts on the interior line over the second half of the season and recorded the sixth-best run-blocking grade among Big 12 interior lineman with a score of 74.2 (min. 200 total snaps) (as of Oct. 3)
• That was the third-highest grade among ALL freshmen (true or redshirt) interior linemen in the FBS for the season (min. 200 snaps). His 72.0 overall offensive grade was fifth among freshmen interior lineman for the season.
• For two consecutive seasons, the Sun Devil offensive line had been one of the most experienced in the nation entering the season - a note that will change as it entered the 2026 campaign with a combined 33 career starts among the position group, 14 of which came from Luke Baklenko, who didn’t start a single game at Oklahoma last season.
• To put that into perspective, ASU entered the 2025 season with 134 starts to its collective credit across the FBS/FCS levels, good for the 12th-highest total in the nation coming into the year. Last year, the group entered the 2024 season with a combined 156 career starts spread amongst them, the fifth-highest tally in the country.
• What the team may lack in experience, however, it more than makes up for in size, as the 2026 version of the road grades might be the most robust in program history. Taking all the offensive linemen into account, the group has an average height just a tick under 6-5 and an average weight of 317 pounds. For perspective, ASU’s 2024 Big 12 Champion roster had an average height of just under 6-4 and an average weight of 309 pounds.
• Beef in the trenches is the cornerstone of any program hoping to be a contender. Just take a look at last year’s final Top-10 teams in the AP polls, which checked in with a combined OL height/weight average of 6-5 and 312 pounds.
• Wade Helton is the only returning offensive player for the Sun Devils to start at least six games a year ago as a redshirt freshman. Helton’s 422 snaps at center were the eighth-most among centers designated as true or redshirt freshman in the FBS last season and second among Power Four freshmen.
• ASU was one of just 19 schools in the FBS that had two freshmen linemen (true or redshirt) play 200 or more snaps last season.
• Overall, in 2025, ASU had a team pass-blocking grade of 74.8 according to PFF, good for 27th in the FBS despite running out seven different starting combinations of that offensive line last season. ASU’s offensive linemen received an 82.0 pass-blocking grade from PFF as a group in 2024, the 23rd-best tally nationally.
• The Sun Devils allowed just two sacks in their last five contests last season, which was tied for the second-lowest total from Week 10 onwards. ASU had allowed 24 sacks in the first eight games of the season (3.0 per game) before allowing 0.40 per game over the final five games.
• As a team, ASU was 40th in the country in allowing only 1.50 sacks per game in 2024 after ranking 96th in 2023 with 2.50 allowed per game.
• The team gave its quarterbacks 3.26 seconds to throw per play last year, 38th-most nationally. ASU’s quarterbacks had an average time to throw of 3.51 seconds in 2024, which was good for 14th-best in the FBS after ranking 128th in the country in 2023 at 2.48 seconds.

Getting defensive

• Arizona State allows 347.4 total yards per game through five games. The Sun Devils allowed 342.3 yards per game in the regular season last year, ranking 42nd, and 339.6 in 2024, ranking 38th.
• ASU’s yardage tally last year was especially notable as the team faced five teams ranked in the FBS’s Top-25 in total offense yards per game (Texas Tech, Texas State, Utah, Baylor, TCU) in the regular season.
• The Sun Devils are allowing 5.19 yards per play through five games this season. ASU allowed an average of just 5.13 yards per play last season, good for 36th in the country. Opponents averaged just 5.23 yards per play in 2024 - 40th-lowest in the country after being 93rd at 5.95 in 2023. Only 22.2 percent of opponent plays gained 7 or more yards, the 23rd-lowest tally in the country after ranking 105th in 2023 at 35.1 percent.
• As a result, ASU has found itself receiving the ball back with an average
  starting field position of its own 30.6 yard line - the 35th-best tally in the country. ASU was 118th in that category last year (own 26.8 yard line average)
• The Sun Devils currently boast a defensive EPA per play of -0.039 this season. ASU’s -0.105 defensive EPA per play in the regular season last year ranked 26th in the FBS. In 2024, ASU’s defense ranked 21st in overall defensive EPA at -0.070. (as of Oct. 3)
• Only 74.5 percent (38-of-51) of opponent non-garbage time drives that reached the ASU red zone last season resulted in points for the opponent - the 11th-lowest tally in the FBS. Teams scored a touchdown or recorded a field goal attempt just 83.0 percent of the time when reaching ASU’s red zone in the season - the ninth-lowest total in the FBS.
• Opponents are only managing a touchdown or field goal attempt 77.8 percent of the time when reaching ASU’s 40-yard line this season - the 34th-lowest mark in the country. Last year, opponents had a field goal attempt or scored a touchdown just 75.7 percent of the time when reaching the ASU 40-yard line - the 21st-lowest total in the FBS.
• Opponents are picking up just 45.3 percent of their available yards this season. Last season, ASU allowed opponents to pick up just 45.6 percent of the yards available to them, good for 47th nationally. The team allowed offenses to pick up just 45.2 of their available yards in 2024, the 48th-lowest total nationally. ASU was 124th in the country in 2023 in allowing 56.3 percent of available yards.
• Opponents picked up just 65.4 percent of their available yards up to their
  own 40-yard line last season - the 42nd-lowest total in the country - and just 57.3 percent of the yards to the ASU 40, which was 36th. In 2024, ASU was much improved in keeping opponents from getting across the 50, allowing other teams to pick up just 67.6 percent of their available yards up to their own 40-yard line - the 62nd-lowest total in the FBS while also allowing only 58.5 percent of opponent yards up to the ASU 40 - 51st nationally. For perspective on this improvement the last two seasons, ASU ranked 121st and 126 in those categories in 2023.
• Arizona State has held opponents to 400 or less yards of total offense 30 times in 44 games (68.2 percent) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward. Since 2018, ASU has done so on 59 occasions over 100 games (59.0 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017.
• Baylor’s 564 total yards on Oct. 3 ended ASU’s regular-season streak without allowing 450 yards that began at the start of 2024. Entering the contest, ASU was one of only three teams in the nation with such a claim (Indiana and Toledo).
• ASU has held opponents to 30 points or less 34 times in 44 games (77.3 percent) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward. ASU held opponents under the 30-point mark in 68 of 100 games since 2018 (68.0 percent). This is notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of the 43 previous games (74.4 percent) in a span from 2013- 17.
• Last year, the Sun Devils faced four teams that entered the contest averaging over 500.0 yards of total offense per game and held those teams to an average of 301.25 yards per game (Texas State/Baylor/ TCU/Texas Tech).Grayson Rigdon and Reed Harris (pictured) had two touchdowns vs. Morgan State, and it was the first time two different Sun Devil receivers recorded two or more receiving touchdowns since Chris Coyle and Rashad Ross against Washington State (two each) in 2012.

Golden receivers

• Omarion Miller’s 134 yards after contact are eighth in the FBS on receiving plays while Reed Harris’ 131 yards after contact are 11th. 
• The Sun Devils are fourth in the nation with 444 yards after contact this
  season on receiving plays.
• ASU has recorded 804 yards after the catch through five games, good for 24th in the FBS while the team’s 7.7 yards after catch per reception is fourth in the country.
• The Sun Devils had three 100-yard receivers in the opener: Reed Harris (137), Grayson Rigdon (110) and Omarion Miller (102) — a feat that had not been achieved at Arizona State since at least 1996.
• Rigdon and Harris had two touchdowns and it was the first time two different Sun Devil receivers recorded two or more receiving touchdowns since Chris Coyle and Rashad Ross against Washington State (two each) in 2012. ASU was the only team in the country in Week One to have two players achieve that feat. For perspective, that only occurred on 14 different occasions in all of the FBS last season.
• Arizona State’s transfer group featured the No. 2 (Harris) and No. 4 (Miller) wideout transfers in the nation, according to 247Sports. 
• Harris started all 12 games at wide receiver in 2025, totaling 39 catches for 673 yards and five touchdowns - career highs in each category. His 17.26 yards per reception on the year were 30th in the FBS and third in the ACC.
• Miller earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in 2025 and played in 11 games that season, starting 8. He finished the season leading Colorado in all three receiving stats with 45 receptions for 808 yards and eight touchdowns.
• Miller had either 100 yards receiving or a receiving touchdown in each of the last four games of the season. His 17.9 yards per reception were tops in the Big 12 and 18th in the FBS, and his 11 catches on contested targets were fourth in the Big 12 and 30th in the FBS.

Gold rush

• ASU ranked 27th in the country in averaging 193.62 rushing yards per game last season after ranking 20th in the FBS in averaging 199.9 rushing yards per game in 2024. The team is looking to get back on that pace this season, only averaging 165.4 yards per game this season.
• The team has rushed for over 200 yards on 18 occasions under Kenny
  Dillingham, going 14-4 in those games.
• ASU has rushed for 100+ yards in 33 of the team’s 44 games under Kenny Dillingham.
• ASU was the only team in the country that had two different players rush for over 200 yards in a game last year. Four different Sun Devils had a 100+ yard rushing game last season: Raleek Brown, Kanye Udoh, Jeff Sims and Jason Brown. It was the first time that had happened at ASU since the 1996 season.
• ASU was one of just 13 teams in the country to have four players reach the century mark in the same year.
• The team has rushed for 200 or more yards 17 times under Kenny Dillingham, compiling a 13-4 record in those games. ASU has rushed for 100+ yards in 32 of the team’s 44 games under Kenny Dillingham.
• ASU has rushed for a first down or touchdown on 29.0 percent of its rushes since the 2023 season, good for 39th nationally.
• Arizona State’s 3.35 yards after contact per rush since the 2023 season is tied for 35th in the country.
• The team’s 0.28 missed tackles forced per rush since 2023 are tied for second in the FBS. 
• The Sun Devils forced 120 missed tackles on running plays last year, good for 22nd in the FBS. ASU forced 177 missed tackles on run plays in 2024, the second-most in the FBS.
• ASU has received a team rushing grade of 96.4 from PFF since the start of 2023, which ranks 15th nationally.
• The Sun Devils have produced a 1,000-yard rusher 11 times in the last 15 seasons - with one of the lone exceptions being the shortened 2020 season. For comparison, from 1976-2010, ASU had just eight 1000-yard rushers over 34 years.

But also no rush

• The Sun Devils are allowing 136.2 rushing yards per game through four games this season.
• The Sun Devils held opponents to just 112.9 rushing yards per game in 2024 in the regular season, the 21st-best total in the country and the best in the Big 12. That came despite ASU playing four of the Top-15 teams in the nation last season in rushing offense (5. UCF/11. Kansas State/13. Kansas./15. Texas State). No other team in the Top-30 faced more than two such opponents in the regular season. ASU was 36th in the FBS in allowing just 133.5 rush yards per game to opponents in 2023.
• ASU has held opponents to 140 or fewer rushing yards in 30 of 44 games (65.9 percent) in the Kenny Dillingham era.
• The Sun Devils have held opponents under 100 rushing yards 19 times in the 44 games in the Dillingham/Ward era. Between the 2018-22 seasons, it had happened just 13 times in 55 games.
• ASU has held 10 of its last 21 opponents dating back to the 2024 season under 100 rushing yards.

Time and time again

• ASU has controlled the ball for over 32 minutes in 18 of 44 games (40.9 percent) under Kenny Dillingham. It had reached the 32-minute mark just 17 times in 55 games from 2018-22 (30.9%).
• The Sun Devils are 18-7 under Dillingham when leading in time of possession, compared to 7-12 when they don’t.

Kenny the Giant Slayer

• Kenny Dillingham had won six straight games vs. ranked teams in the regular season, the best mark in the nation entering 2026. That streak ended at No. 10 Texas A&M in Week Two.
• The Sun Devils have won six straight games over Big 12 teams ranked in the AP Top-25 (2-0 last season), which is tied for the sixth-longest streak in Big 12 history.

Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils

• Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics announced a multi-year naming rights partnership in 2023 with Mountain America Credit Union to form one of the most dynamic naming rights deals in college athletics.
• The 15-year partnership with Sun Devil Athletics, the most important deal in athletics department history, includes ASU’s football stadium, which will now be called Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils.
• Both Mountain America and ASU are committed to giving back to the community, and this partnership will provide support to the community and student-athletes in a variety of ways:
  • Football Field Goals: Mountain America will donate $250 to the Sun Devil Club for every field goal made to enhance ASU’s student-athlete experience. 
  • Shoe Donation Program: ASU and Mountain America will develop a donation program to provide brand-new shoes to community members in need. 
  • Scholarships: Each year, Mountain America will provide $20,000 to ASU student-athletes, with $10,000 for women’s sports and $10,000 for men’s sports.
  • Financial Education Programs: Mountain America will offer special student-athlete financial education programs, including personal coaching sessions.
  • Internship Program: Mountain America will also offer an internship program to help student-athletes develop the skills and experience needed for future endeavors.

Smart Devils

• Arizona State has one of the top honors colleges in the nation, as Barrett, The Honors College, is consistently ranked high in several areas. Football players in Barrett this year include Kyson Brown, Cory Butler, Cam Dyer, Jake Fette, Martell Hughes, Isaiah Iosefa, Davis Kinney, Cardae Mack, Mason Marden, Landen Miree and Uriah Neloms.
• Additionally, 11 different Sun Devils have already earned their undergraduate degrees from Arizona State University and will compete as graduates this season with two others who earned their degrees prior to arriving at Arizona State:
• Kyson Brown: BA in interdisciplinary studies, 2026
• Derek Eusebio: BA in business (sports business), 2026
• Zyrus Fiaseu: BA in liberal studies, 2025
• C.J. Fite: BS in business entrepreneurship, 2025
• My’Keil Gardner: BS in family and human development, 2026
• Jaren Hamilton: BA in liberal studies, 2026
• Roman Pitre: BA in interdisciplinary studies, 2025
• Clayton Smith: BA in liberal studies, 2025
• Zac Swanson: BA in liberal studies, 2026
• Tyler Wigglesworth: BA in mass communication and media studies, 2026
• Blazen Lono Wong: BS in communication, 2025
• Mikey Keene: BS in business administration, 2024 (Fresno State)
• Lyrik Rawls: BS in business administration, 2024 (Oklahoma State)

Milestone Watch

• Linebacker Owen Long needs five tackles to reach 250 for his career. His 245 tackles rank 14th among active FBS players. 
• Quarterback Cutter Boley has accounted for 32 career touchdowns.
• Defensive lineman Clayton Smith is one sack shy of 15 for his career. His 14 sacks are tied for 20th among active FBS players. He also made his 50th career appearance in the win over Hawai‘i.
• Running back Marquis Gillis has 2,575 career rushing yards after surpassing 2,500 earlier this season, and has appeared in 42 games.
• Wide receiver Jalen Moss needs 435 receiving yards to reach 2,000. His 1,565 yards rank 40th among active FBS players. He also has 2,073 career all-purpose yards and played his 40th career game against Hawai‘i.
• Wide receiver Reed Harris is 249 yards from 2,000 career receiving yards. His 1,751 yards are tied for 28th among active FBS players.
• Wide receiver Omarion Miller surpassed 1,500 career receiving yards in the last game, bringing his total to 1,570, 46th among active FBS players. With 97 career catches, he needs three to reach 100.
• Kicker Carson Smith has 207 career points after reaching 200 earlier this season.
• Defensive back Ashton Stamps has 21 career passes defended, tied for 26th among active FBS players.
• Defensive lineman Emar’rion Winston is three appearances from 50 career games, with 47 played.
• Defensive back Lyrik Rawls has appeared in 45 career games.
• Defensive lineman C.J. Fite has played in 42 career games.
• Defensive lineman Blazen Lono-Wong has made 40 career appearances, all as a Sun Devil.
• Running back David Avit has 302 career rushing attempts after eclipsing 300 earlier this season. He needs 378 yards to reach 2,000 career rushing yards, with 1,622, and two rushing touchdowns to reach 20, with 18.
• Quarterback Mikey Keene needs 223 passing yards to reach 8,500 and five touchdown passes to reach 70. His career totals stand at 8,277 yards and 65 touchdown passes.

Six degrees of Sun Devil-ation

• ASU assistant offensive line coach Saga Tuitele and Texas Tech defensive coordinator Shiel Wood worked together at Army in 2020 and 2021.
  • Texas Tech assistant offensive line coach Clay McGuire shared Washington State’s staff with ASU assistant linebackers coach/run game coordinator A.J. Cooper and defensive coordinator Brian Ward in 2022. ASU defensive lineman Rashad McKenzie played there under McGuire in 2022 and 2023, as did safety Adrian “Boogie” Wilson in 2023.
• Cooper also worked alongside Texas Tech assistant special teams coordinator Mac Alexander at Washington State in 2020 and 2021.
• McGuire and ASU assistant head coach/defensive passing game coordinator Bryan Carrington were on USC’s staff in 2021.
• ASU safety Maurice Williams played at Houston in 2024 while Wood coached there, sharing the roster with Texas Tech linebacker Corey Platt Jr. and defensive lineman A.J. Holmes Jr.
• ASU tight end Anthony Miller spent 2024 at Tulane, where Texas Tech co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach Rob Greene coached and punter Will Karoll played.
• Texas Tech assistant running back coach Garret McGuire coached ASU offensive lineman Xander Ruggeroli at Nebraska in 2024.
• ASU defensive lineman Zac Swanson and Texas Tech assistant outside
  linebacker coach Jacquies Smith overlapped at Texas in 2023, when Smith served as an outside linebacker graduate assistant.
• Texas Tech linebacker Trey White and ASU linebacker Zyrus Fiaseu were teammates at San Diego State in 2022 and 2023.
• Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos and ASU wide receiver Reed Harris shared Boston College’s roster in 2023 and 2024.
• Texas Tech safety Braylan McDonald and ASU defensive lineman Jeffrey Manns were teammates at Lancaster High School.
• Texas Tech punter/kicker Ian Hershey played at ASU in 2023 and 2024.
• ASU linebacker Ramere Davis and Texas Tech long snapper Rylan Vagana played together at Mater Dei High School.
• Texas Tech linebacker Sean Robinson and ASU lineman Julian Hugo were teammates at Steele High School.
• Texas Tech tight end Jason Llewellyn and ASU defensive lineman Clayton Smith shared Oklahoma’s roster in 2022.
• ASU wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright and Texas Tech defensive lineman Bryce Butler played together at Washington in 2025.
• Arizona State’s roster includes 26 players who attended high school in Texas.