JONESBORO -- A thousand miles away, the Arkansas State University football team will play a New Mexico State offense that can smolder like the rice fields in Jonesboro as farmers wrap up their harvest.
Both teams have offenses ranked in the Top 25 in the NCAA in total offense (ASU 21st, 474 yards per game; New Mexico State 25th, 467.3) and in the Top 50 in scoring offense (ASU 12th, 41 points per game; New Mexico State 50th, 30.9).
Both teams also have quarterbacks that rank in the Top 10 in touchdown passes (ASU's Justice Hansen fourth, 21 touchdowns; New Mexico State's Tyler Rogers eighth, 19).