Arizona baseball had won five of its last seven games, which included three road wins, entering Friday evening’s matchup with Kansas State.
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What channel is Arizona State vs Texas today? Time, TV schedule to watch CFP quarterfinal
College Football Playoff second-round picks | Before The Snap
Before The Snap takes a close look at the four second-round CFP games and makes straight-up picks.
One spot to the College Football Playoff semifinals has been secured, and three more will follow suit on Wednesday — the first, by way of the Peach Bowl.
Kicking off Wednesday’s triple-header of CFP quarterfinal games is No. 4 Arizona State (11-2) vs. No. 5 Texas (12-2). The teams will kick off from the 2025 Peach Bowl inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
It is the first meeting between the Sun Devils and Longhorns since the 2007 Holiday Bowl, in which Texas came out with a 52-34 victory. It is also the first ever CFP game in Arizona State’s program history.
Arizona State received one of the four first-round byes after beating Iowa State in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 7. Star running back Cam Skattebo finished with 170 rushing yards and three combined touchdowns in the win over the Cyclones.
Elsewhere, Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns squad had to beat No. 12 Clemson in the first round of the newly expanded CFP to make it to the quarterfinals. In Texas’ 38-24 win over No. 12 Clemson, the Longhorns relied heavily on their run game and offensive line as they finished with 292 total rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns.
The winner of Wednesday’s game will advance to the CFP Cotton Bowl semifinal, where it will play the winner of No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Ohio State on Friday, Jan. 10.
Here’s how to watch Wednesday’s CFP quarterfinal between Arizona State and Texas, including time, TV schedule, game odds and more:
Watch Texas vs. Arizona State in CFP, Peach Bowl live with Fubo (free trial)
What channel is Arizona State vs Texas on today?
Wednesday’s CFP quarterfinal matchup between Arizona State and Texas will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Streaming options include the ESPN app (with a TV login) and Fubo, the latter of which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Arizona State vs Texas time today
- Date: Wednesday, Jan. 1
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
The Sun Devils and Longhorns are scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. ET from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Wednesday in the CFP quarterfinals.
Arizona State vs Texas predictions, picks, odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Tuesday, Dec. 31
- Spread: Texas -13
- Over/under: 51.5
- Moneyline: Texas (-550) | Arizona State (+400)
Here is how national media are picking the game:
Arizona State football schedule 2024
Here’s a look at Arizona State’s schedule in 2024, including past scores and results:
- Saturday, Aug. 31: vs. Wyoming (W 48-7)
- Saturday, Sept. 7: vs. Mississippi State (W, 30-23)
- Thursday, Sept. 12: at Texas State (W, 31-28)
- Saturday, Sept. 21: at Texas Tech * (L, 30-22)
- Saturday, Sept. 28: BYE
- Saturday, Oct. 5: vs. Kansas * (W, 35-31)
- Friday, Oct. 11: vs. No. 16 Utah * (W, 27-19)
- Saturday, Oct. 19: at Cincinnati * (L, 24-14)
- Saturday, Oct. 26: BYE
- Saturday, Nov. 2: at Oklahoma State * (W, 42-21)
- Saturday, Nov. 9: vs. UCF * (W, 35-31)
- Saturday, Nov. 16: at No. 16 Kansas State * (W, 24-14)
- Saturday, Nov. 23: vs. No. 14 BYU * (W, 28-23)
- Saturday, Nov. 30: at Arizona * (W, 49-7)
- Saturday, Dec. 7: No. 16 Iowa State (Big 12 championship) (W, 45-19)
- Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. No. 5 Texas ** (CFP quarterfinals — Peach Bowl)
- Record: 11-2 overall, 7-2 in Big 12
* Denotes Big 12 game
** Denotes CFP ranking
Texas football schedule 2024
Here’s a look at Texas’ schedule in 2024, including past scores and results:
- Saturday, Aug. 31: vs. Colorado State (W, 52-0)
- Saturday, Sept. 7: at No. 10 Michigan (W, 31-12)
- Saturday, Sept. 14: vs. UTSA (W, 56-7)
- Saturday, Sept. 21: vs. UL Monroe (W, 51-3)
- Saturday, Sept. 28: vs. Mississippi State * (W, 35-13)
- Saturday, Oct. 5: BYE
- Saturday, Oct. 12: vs. No. 18 Oklahoma * (W, 34-3)
- Saturday, Oct. 19: vs. No. 5 Georgia * (L, 30-15)
- Saturday, Oct. 26: at No. 25 Vanderbilt * (W, 27-24)
- Saturday, Nov. 2: BYE
- Saturday, Nov. 9: vs. Florida * (W, 49-17)
- Saturday, Nov. 16: at Arkansas * (W, 20-10)
- Saturday, Nov. 23: vs. Kentucky * (W, 31-14)
- Saturday, Nov. 30: at No. 20 Texas A&M * (W, 17-7)
- Saturday, Dec. 7: vs. No. 5 Georgia (SEC championship) (L, 22-19 OT)
- Saturday, Dec. 21: vs. No. 12 Clemson ** (CFP first-round) (W, 38-24)
- Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. No. 4 Arizona State ** (CFP quarterfinals — Peach Bowl)
- Record: 12-2 overall, 7-1 in SEC
* Denotes SEC game
** Denotes CFP ranking
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In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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In the first game of the series, Arizona (14-23, 5-11 Big 12) battled in a low-scoring affair but fell short in a 2-1 loss to Kansas State (24-12, 8-8 Big 12). The Wildcats from Tucson held the Wildcats from Manhattan at bay for a good majority of the night.
Given that Kansas State leads the Big 12 in conference play in batting, on-base percentage, and slugging, Arizona had a rather good performance, but it was not enough.
Owen Kramkowski pitched seven scoreless innings before allowing the first Kansas State run in the top of the eight. He finished with six strikeouts and kept the high octane Wildcats at bay.
“I thought the defense played well behind him too,” said head coach Chip Hale. “There’s a lot of ground balls, and we made plays where we were positioned in good places, and he was pitching in the eighth inning. That’s unbelievable.”
Garrett Hicks (3-1) came in to try and stop the bleeding for the Wildcats and did so by not allowing Kansas State to take the lead in the eighth. It was in the ninth when the lead was surrendered.
It took until the sixth inning but the first run was scored by Arizona. Andrew Cain singled to left field and after Maddox Mihalakis flew out, it was Beau Sylvester bringing Cain home with a triple through right center field.
Sylvester extended his hitting streak to eight games and it proved to be not enough to get Arizona to the finish line.
Kansas State tied the game at the top of the eight when back to back singles got runners on at first and third. Then a passed ball allowed the third base runner to come home.
Arizona had a chance to retake the lead in the bottom of the ninth after Cain singled to deep right field. With Sylvester back at the plate, it seemed like it was a perfect set up.
A wild pitch nearly got past Kansas State and Cain tried to take advantage of it and steal home. However, Kansas State was able to corral the pitch and get Cain out at home.
AJ Evasco started the ninth inning with a double for Kansas State and back to back fly outs eventually got him home to give Kansas State the lead and the win.
With eight players being left on base, Arizona will need to bring those runners in more often than not if they want to tie the series Saturday afternoon.
As a young team, the Wildcats have had to walk a very tight line between disappointment and dejection and will need to continue handling these losses with grace if it wants to turn a corner.
“It’s the way it goes, it’s baseball,” said Hale. “If we don’t handle it, we will come out tomorrow and won’t be ready to go, so hopefully they handle it.”
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