Next week’s game between ASU football and BYU at Mountain America Stadium will leave the winner in position to make the Big 12 title game after the Cougars fell 17-13 to Kansas on Saturday.
The loss, combined with Arizona State’s win over Kansas State, meant the Sun Devils just needed to win for a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game on Dec. 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
A win over BYU would not only put ASU in the driver’s seat of Arlington, it would also give the team its first undefeated home season since 2004.
It was a remarkable turnaround for the Sun Devils, who have won eight games this season after winning six combined the last two years.
They are one of four teams with at least five conference wins so far. They are tied with Iowa State but still behind BYU and Colorado in the standings.
Athletics director Graham Rossini said Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo Thursday’s home finale against the Cougars was sold out more than a week in advance with a “robust secondary market.”
ASU and BYU will kick off on November 23 at 1:30 PM MST. Listen to play-by-play coverage on 98.7 FM, the Arizona Sports app or ArizonaSports.com, with the State of the Sun Devils pregame show airing live from the stadium at 10:30 a.m.
