Only a handful of teams in the country are experiencing as chaotic of a year as Arizona State (2-4, 1-2 Pac-12) is right now. Yet somehow, a bowl game, or six total wins, seems attainable amid the chaos.
An embarrassing home loss to Eastern Michigan, Herm Edwards’s departure and an upset-win over then-ranked Washington headlined the first half. But how did they get there, and how do the Sun Devils stack up on paper compared to the rest of the Pac-12 and the FBS?
Offense: among the bottom-feeders
Sandwiched between two 40-plus point performances (NAU, Washington) were four losses to Oklahoma State, Eastern Michigan, Utah and USC in which ASU averaged 19 points, which would be good for 117th in the nation right now.