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Game Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Arizona State in Tempe

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By SicEm365 Staff
October 2, 2026
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Baylor at Arizona State

First True Road Game • Big 12 Night Game
Saturday, October 3, 2026 • 9:30 p.m. CT • ESPN
Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, AZ
Records Baylor 3-1 (1-0 Big 12) | Arizona State 2-1 (1-0 Big 12)
Coaches Dave Aranda (Year 7) vs. Kenny Dillingham (Year 4)
Kickoff 9:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. MT / 10:30 p.m. ET
TV ESPN — Roy Philpott, Brock Osweiler, Sherree Burruss
Radio John Morris, Geff Gandy, Bryson Jackson • KRZI 1660 AM / 92.3 FM
Stream ESPN / ESPN app • BaylorBears.com radio
Series Arizona State leads 2-0
Last meeting Arizona State 27, Baylor 24 (Waco, Sept. 20, 2025) • Gomez 43-yard FG as time expired
Last game Baylor 23, Colorado 13 (Sept. 26)
Line Arizona State -3.5 • O/U 49.5 • as of Oct. 2

Why This Game Matters

  • First true road game of 2026 (Auburn was a neutral site in Atlanta)
  • Night game in Tempe after ASU’s bye; Sun Devils opened league play with a 24-17 win over Kansas in London
  • Baylor has held all four opponents under 20 points, the longest such streak since 2005
  • DJ Lagway is a week removed from a rusty return: 19-of-39, 221 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT vs. Colorado
  • Initial injury report is clean — no Bears listed doubtful or questionable

Series History

  • Arizona State leads 2-0
  • 1990 in Tempe: ASU 34, Baylor 13 — Baylor’s only previous trip to Tempe
  • 2025 in Waco: ASU 27, Baylor 24 on Jesus Gomez’s 43-yard field goal as time expired
  • ASU this year: W vs. Morgan State, L 48-20 at Texas A&M, bye, W 24-17 vs. Kansas (London)

Keys for Baylor

  1. Survive the environment. Aranda called it loud and electric at night. First conference home night game for a lot of this ASU roster.
  2. Get Lagway on schedule. Efficiency has to jump from the Colorado line. 
  3. Win up front. The ASU offensive line is still searching. ASU’s Cutter Boley (736 yards, 9 TD) is the guy to pressure.
  4. Keep the scoring defense intact. Plenty of bend but don’t break for Baylor in 2026. ASU is built to drive on offense. Be better. 
  5. Finish drives. 23 points against Colorado will not be enough if the Sun Devils get their home offense going. Don’t leave points on the field. 

Players to Watch

Baylor: QB DJ Lagway • RB Dawson Pendergrass • WR Gavin Freeman, Jayden McGowan, Dre'lon Miller • OL Koltin Sieracki • LB Travion Barnes • S Bo Onu, Micah Gifford • DL Hosea Wheeler, Traevon Mitchell

Arizona State: QB Cutter Boley • RB Kyson Brown • WR Reed Harris • K Jesus Gomez • HC Kenny Dillingham

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Game Thread: Baylor Looks to Upset Arizona State in Tempe

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In reply to AC/DC • 7:57p, 10/3/26
True but that does not mean we css as blog do better this year. I'm not particularly confident. I'm trying to be optimistic.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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In reply to boognish_bear • 7:57p, 10/3/26
Going strictly off of schedules the Pokes are actually positioned very well to make a run at Arlington.
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In reply to IowaBear • 8:00p, 10/3/26
IowaBear said:
Going strictly off of schedules the Pokes are actually positioned very well to make a run at Arlington.

They've got a pretty tough road schedule. Houston is probably the best-coached team in the league, and Iowa State, Kansas State and Arizona State all have solid homefield advantages.

But I'm not sure Oklahoma State isn't the best team in the BIg 12 right now. They certainly have the best offense IMO.
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8:16p, 10/3/26
I hate staying up this late to watch a Charmin Dave team to come out completely flat and lost
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In reply to Danielsjackson114 • 8:17p, 10/3/26
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I hate staying up this late to watch a Charmin Dave team to come out completely flat and lost

Then don't. We'll survive without your commentary, I assure you.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 8:27p, 10/3/26
bear2be2 said:
IowaBear said:
Going strictly off of schedules the Pokes are actually positioned very well to make a run at Arlington.

They've got a pretty tough road schedule. Houston is probably the best-coached team in the league, and Iowa State, Kansas State and Arizona State all have solid homefield advantages.

But I'm not sure Oklahoma State isn't be the best team in the BIg 12 right now. They certainly have the best offense IMO.

They certainly have the best win on their resume.
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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8:54p, 10/3/26
toads going down. Euphoric…
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9:03p, 10/3/26
Surprised to see Tech struggle this much with CU
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9:05p, 10/3/26
Is it 9:30 yet?!?! Man this has been a loooooong wait.
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9:14p, 10/3/26
Once again… please, please, please, please!!! A. Fast. Start! Take. Control. From. The. Get. Go.
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9:15p, 10/3/26
There needs to be 4, 16-team conferences based only on time zones. This setup is just stupid.
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9:25p, 10/3/26
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that while our defense is a lot better than last year's, it is not as good as it has looked so far because of the teams we've played. I think that our offense is better than what we have seen thus far as long as Lagway can run some and his passing is sharper than it was last week. His passing in the first game was considerably better. I'll say BU 27- ASU 24.
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In reply to AC/DC • 9:27p, 10/3/26
AC/DC said:
Once again… please, please, please, please!!! A. Fast. Start! Take. Control. From. The. Get. Go.

I hope we see this, too. But it feels good to finally have a defense that won't dig us a 17-0 hole if we don't start fast.
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9:31p, 10/3/26
I've got a bad feeling about this
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9:34p, 10/3/26
Isn't this game supposed to be on espn?
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In reply to JXL • 9:36p, 10/3/26
JXL said:
Isn't this game supposed to be on espn?


It is. Just kicked off.
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In reply to JXL • 9:36p, 10/3/26
JXL said:
Isn't this game supposed to be on espn?


Never mind it was hidden in the app
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9:38p, 10/3/26
Great stop to start the game. Go score here and grab some momentum.
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9:40p, 10/3/26
Cole Rhett is not starting. That's disappointing.
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9:40p, 10/3/26
Pendergrass running sideways would not be my first choice.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
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9:41p, 10/3/26
Why are we wearing Bill Beall helmets? We went 3-28 in them the first time we wore them.
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9:41p, 10/3/26
Piss poor possession offensively. We're going to keep making stops because this offense sucks.
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9:41p, 10/3/26
Running stretch plays with prndergrass is just dumb. He's too damn slow to be the feature back
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:42p, 10/3/26
Our OC decided it would be unfair to take advantage of their 3 and out.
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:42p, 10/3/26
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Running stretch plays with prndergrass is just dumb. He's too damn slow to be the feature back


North South not east west
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9:43p, 10/3/26
Baylor decided to feature their hot punter early tonght.
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9:44p, 10/3/26
Still early enough for a "fast start"… kinda, sorta.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:44p, 10/3/26
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Danielsjackson114 said:
I hate staying up this late to watch a Charmin Dave team to come out completely flat and lost

Then don't. We'll survive without your commentary, I assure you.

And all the people said "AMEN!"
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9:45p, 10/3/26
I still really like this matchup for us defensively. But we're going to have to find a way to move the football and score.
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9:46p, 10/3/26
This offense sucks and so does Spavital!
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 9:47p, 10/3/26
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This offense sucks and so does Spavital!

I don't think Spavital sucks. He's just way too stubborn.
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9:47p, 10/3/26
Ugh don't miss tackles please
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9:48p, 10/3/26
Boley has ALL day to throw right now
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:48p, 10/3/26
He's incredibly overrated imo
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9:48p, 10/3/26
They've done a good job of neutralizing our pass rush so far. Boley has had too much time to operate.
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