ASU, Arizona both ranked in College Football Playoff Top 25 entering Territorial Cup

ASU and Arizona were both in the newly revealed College Football Playoff rankings ahead of Friday’s Territorial Cup, checking in at No. 20 and No. 25, respectively.

The Sun Devils were No. 25 before their 42-17 win at Colorado on Saturday.

This is the first time Arizona has been ranked under head coach Brent Brennan, following consecutive wins over Colorado, Kansas, No. 25 Cincinnati and Baylor.

This Friday’s edition in the heated rivalry was already going to be the first in years where both teams had winning records, and now both enter the matchup inside the CFP rankings, with Big 12 title hopes still alive for ASU.

The last time both teams had numbers next to their names for the game was 2014, when Arizona was No. 11 and ASU was No. 13.

Three Big 12 teams were ranked ahead of them: No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 11 BYU and No. 13 Utah. None of those three play ranked opponents this week.

College Football Playoff rankings entering final week of regular season

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Georgia
5. Texas Tech
6. Oregon
7. Ole Miss
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Alabama
11. BYU
12. Miami
13. Utah
14. Vanderbilt
15. Michigan
16. Texas
17. USC
18. Virginia
19. Tennessee
20. Arizona State
21. SMU
22. Pitt
23. Georgia Tech
24. Tulane
25. Arizona

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