Following a win over then-No. 16 Utah, Arizona State football almost has its first appearance in The Associated Press’ Top 25 under Kenny Dillingham. The win on Friday kicked the Utes out of the poll, who received seven points among others receiving votes to ASU’s 39. Only Vanderbilt (68) and Nebraska (62) are ahead on the outside looking in.

The Deseret News ran a simulation of Friday night’s game on the EA Sports College Football 25 video game, and it stayed close throughout the game. There were a couple of ground rules in place: The simulation used 10-minute quarters and I let the computer simulate the game with no user interference.