Arizona State got embarrassed against rival Arizona last season. In Kenny Dillingham's first season as head coach, the Sun Devils lost to the Wildcats 59-23 at

The turnaround for the Arizona State football team hasn't just generated buzz throughout the Big 12 or on the West Coast. The job Kenny Dillingham has done in Tempe has resonated nationwide, with the Sun Devils registering wins over nationally ranked foes in back-to-back weeks that have put them in the College Football Playoff picture.

Just two years ago, the Herm Edwards era at Arizona State ended. The era that saw them land in NCAA probation amidst recruiting scandals had thrown the Sun Devils program awry and left the team at a crisis point.