Big 12 standings watch: Territorial Cup not yet an instant clincher for ASU football
Nov 30, 2024, 1:28 PM | Updated: 10:10 pm
ASU football cannot yet clinch a Big 12 title game appearance with a Territorial Cup win, as it is still waiting on an outside win in its favor.
Coming into Saturday, Arizona State needed a win from at least one of the following teams for Big 12 tiebreakers to line up: Kansas (at Baylor), West Virginia (at Texas Tech), TCU (at Cincinnati), No. 24 Kansas State (at No. 18 Iowa State) or No. 19 BYU (vs. Houston).
Kansas and West Virginia both lost in the early window as road underdogs.
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The Jayhawks were playing for their bowl lives with a 5-6 record entering the day, while the Mountaineers had already clinched a bowl at 6-5.
Baylor kept alive its outside shot at the title game with the win over Kansas.
What other Big 12 games affect ASU’s title chances?
Kansas State and Iowa State kick off at 5:30 p.m. MST on FOX shortly after the Territorial Cup. BYU and Houston will kick last at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN.
The only way ASU gets in with a BYU loss is if TCU beats Cincinnati, and that game kicks off at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
First things first, however, is a massive rivalry game against a very talented team that has won the past two iterations, winning in blowout fashion in 2023.
Follow along with the Territorial Cup kicking off at 1:30 p.m. MST on 98.7 FM, the Arizona Sports app or online.
