The Red Wolves are now in a four-way tie for the top spot in the Sun Belt with Troy, Georgia State and Appalachian State.
“Becoming bowl eligible for the seventh consecutive season is a pretty good way to start the night,” said A-State head coach Blake Anderson. “I thought we did the things we had to do to win this type of game, from 13 tackles for loss defensively to running the ball better than we have all year to controlling the time of possession and then being really good on third downs without any turnovers.
“It was not really attractive by any means, and it was really cold in nasty weather conditions, but we did what we had to do to win.