The 2014 college football season is barely underway, but Arizona State fans already can begin making plans for the 2015 season.
The Pac-12 revealed the 2015 conference schedule Tuesday night, and the Sun Devils jump right into the fire, opening with the L.A. schools, although they avoid Oregon on the road for a fourth straight year.
The South division will again see decisive action early in conference play, as ASU plays host to USC on Sept. 26 before going on the road to play UCLA on Oct. 3. The following week, ASU hosts Colorado before traveling to Salt Lake City to face Utah.
After a bye week on Oct. 24, ASU will host Oregon in a marquee Thursday night game on Oct. 29. ASU will have gone four seasons without facing the Ducks on the road and won't do so under coach Todd Graham until 2016.
The Sun Devils will then meet the Washington schools, first playing Washington State in Pullman on Nov. 7 and then hosting Washington for homecoming on Nov. 14.
In a change from recent seasons, the Territorial Cup game against rival Arizona will not be ASU's regular-season finale. It will be played Nov. 21 in Tempe on the second-to-last weekend of ASU's season. The Sun Devils will then close out their schedule in Berkeley against Cal on Nov. 28.
The Pac-12 Football Championship Game is set for Friday, Dec. 4, or Saturday, Dec. 5.
ASU will not face Pac-12 North opponents Stanford and Oregon State due to the regular conference schedule rotation. ASU has not faced Oregon and Cal since the 2012 season.
ASU's conference slate comes after a non-conference schedule that begins against Texas A&M in the Advocare Texas Kickoff game at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Sept. 5. Following that, ASU plays at home the following two Saturdays against Cal Poly and New Mexico.
Sept. 5: vs. Texas A&M, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Sept. 12: vs. Cal Poly, Sun Devil Stadium
Sept. 19: vs. New Mexico, Sun Devil Stadium
Sept. 26: vs. USC, Sun Devil Stadium
Oct. 3: at UCLA, Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif.
Oct. 10: vs. Colorado, Sun Devil Stadium
Oct. 17: at Utah, Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct. 24: BYE
Oct. 29: vs. Oregon, Sun Devil Stadium
Nov. 7: at Washington State, Martin Stadium, Pullman, Wash.
Nov. 14: vs. Washington, Sun Devil Stadium (Homecoming)
Nov. 21: vs. Arizona, Sun Devil Stadium
Nov. 28: vs. Cal, Sun Devil Stadium
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