TEMPE, Ariz. — Fresh off of an upset victory over BYU that jumped the Sun Devils into first place in the Big 12 Conference standings, Arizona State is now the highest-ranked team in the conference after jumping up to No. 14 in the AP Top 25, which was released on Sunday.
ASU made the largest jump of any school in Sunday's poll, moving up seven spots from No. 21. The next closest jumps were No. 12 Clemson and No. 17 Iowa State, who each moved up five spots from their rankings last week.
This is the highest ASU has been ranked in a decade. ASU hit No. 12 in the final AP Top 25 poll in 2014.
This week also saw several teams fall in the poll after a chaotic Saturday in college football. No. 25 Army and No. 23 Colorado both fell seven spots, No. 15 Ole Miss and No. 13 Alabama both fell six spots, and No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 19 BYU and No. 10 Indiana all fell five spots.
Next up, the No. 14 Sun Devils will play archrival Arizona in the 98th edition of the Territorial Cup. The game will be played at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson.
If ASU wins that game, they will clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game, which will be played at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Full AP Top 25
- Oregon (11-0) 1525 points (61 first-place votes)
- Ohio State (10-1) 1463 points
- Texas (10-1) 1395 points
- Penn State (10-1) 1301 points
- Notre Dame (10-10 1278 points
- Georgia (9-2) 1242 points
- Tennessee (9-2) 1110 points
- Miami (FL) (10-1) 1096 points
- SMU (10-1) 1001 points
- Indiana (10-1) 998 points
- Boise State (10-1) 984 points
- Clemson (9-2) 789 points
- Alabama (8-3) 739 points
- Arizona State (9-2) 727 points
- Ole Miss (8-3) 661 points
- South Carolina (8-3) 639 points
- Iowa State (9-2) 498 points
- Tulane (9-2) 446 points
- BYU (9-2) 445 points
- Texas A&M (8-3) 399 points
- UNLV (9-2) 231 points
- Illinois (8-3) 188 points
- Colorado (8-3) 161 points
- Missouri (8-3) 142 points
- Army (9-1) 133 points
Others receiving votes: Kansas State (98), Memphis (46), Syracuse (37), Louisville (24), Washington State (10), Duke (6), Louisiana-Lafayette (5), Florida (4), LSU (2), Georgia Tech (2).
Arizona sports
The city of Phoenix is home to four major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.
Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events every year, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.
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