Kickoff for Arizona State’s Halloween trip to Provo is set, and the Sun Devils will get the late-afternoon slot against one of the hottest teams in the country.
On Saturday, Oct. 31, ASU travels to face No.
2 BYU, with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. MST/12:30 p.m.
AZ on FOX.
The matchup brings back plenty of recent memories for Arizona State fans. The last time these two met, it was the regular-season showdown in Tempe that helped send the Sun Devils to the 2024 Big 12 Championship game.
This time around, the backdrop looks a lot different.
Arizona State comes in at 3-3 and 1-2 in the Big 12 after a blowout loss to No. 10 Texas Tech, trying to steady its season instead of chasing the heights of 2024.
BYU, meanwhile, is right in the thick of the conference title race. The Cougars beat No.
2 Notre Dame this past week and jumped six spots in the AP Poll, climbing from No. 8 to No. 2.
Recent history in the series has tilted toward BYU, which has won three of the last four meetings. But the all-time numbers still favor Arizona State, which leads the series 21-8 overall.
The Sun Devils also have a long road to get over in Provo. ASU has not won there since 1994, and its most recent trip to LaVell Edwards Stadium came in 2021, when the Cougars won 27-17 under Herm Edwards in the Pac-12.
Kenny Dillingham has faced BYU before, but this will be his first visit to LaVell Edwards Stadium.
There’s also a deeper thread running through this matchup: the old Western Athletic Conference ties. ASU was in the WAC from 1962 to 1977 before moving on to the Pac, while BYU joined in 1962 and stayed until 1998. The two played conference games for 15 years.
Now, nearly 50 years after those WAC days, Arizona State and BYU meet again as Big 12 opponents for the second time.
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