GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Sun Devil Stadium
Kickoff Time: 7:40 p.m. PT
Television: FS1
TV Talent: Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
SiriusXM: Ch. 83
SXM App: Ch. 83
THE MATCHUP
UCLA heads to the desert for a Saturday matchup at Arizona State to play as an AP Top 10-ranked team for the first time in the month of November since 2014. The Bruins, ranked No. 10 by the AP and No. 11 by the coaches, will take on the Sun Devils in a battle to be televised by FS1 at 7:30 p.m. PT. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over SiriusXM and the Varsity App.
UCLA is 1-1 on the road in the Pac-12 this season after posting a league-best 4-1 mark away from home in 2021. Adding in its December 2020 win at Arizona State, the Bruins have won six of their last eight Pac-12 road contests. UCLA’s overall winning percentage for the past two seasons of .750 (15-5), entering this week’s action, is behind only Oregon (17-5, .773) among Pac-12 schools during that stretch.
In its last game, UCLA dealt Stanford a 38-13 loss in the Rose Bowl. Zach Charbonnet accounted for 259 all-purpose yards, including a career-high-tying 198 yards on the ground against the Cardinal. The previous week, UCLA saw its nine-game win streak stopped at Oregon in a 45-30 decision. Charbonnet ran for 151 yards, Jake Bobo caught eight passes for 101 yards and Dorian Thompson-Robinson generated 300 yards of total offense. UCLA had registered a ninth straight win by dealing then-No. 11 Utah a 42-32 setback on Oct. 8 and moved to 3-0 in the league for the first time since 2007. Charbonnet ran for 198 yards against the Utes. The previous week, it handed then-No. 15 Washington a 40-32 verdict on a Friday night in the Rose Bowl. UCLA opened the league slate in Boulder, Colo. with a 45-17 triumph over Colorado.
AT A GLANCE
• This week’s matchup features the top two rushers in the Pac-12 in Zach Charbonnet (137.7 yards per game) and Xazavian Valladay of Arizona State (95.0).
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