Arizona State vs. NAU: How to watch the Sun Devils kick off 2025-26 campaign

It's finally here. The 2025-26 college football season is underway and Arizona State will get its campaign started on Saturday against Northern Arizona. The team will be looking to get off to a good start and pick up where it left off from last year's success.

Head coach Kenny Dillingham got students hyped up at Thursday night's pep rally, asking them to show up and break the single-game student attendance record of 14,084. ASU announced the same day that Saturday's home opener against the Lumberjacks was officially as sellout, the first the program has seen for an opener since the 1998 season.

“Yeah, I hope it's like last year. I hope there's a true advantage. I hope our guys run out of the tunnel and they're like, ‘Holy cow, there's 14,000 students,'" Dillingham told reporters Thursday.

Saturday's matchup is highly favorable to the Sun Devils. NAU may be ranked No. 13 in the FCS but ASU has a clear size advantage and beneficial talent gap. It would take nothing short of a miracle for the Lumberjacks to win.

Dillingham said he's feeling "the exact same" as he did entering Week 1 last year and doesn't want to lose focus just because of previous success.

"You live in a constant state of paranoia. You live in a constant state of 'Am I doing enough?' There's not a peak to this thing. You just be your very best every day," he said.

How to watch Arizona State vs. NAU

The Sun Devils and Lumberjacks will face off at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe with kickoff set for 7pm MST.

The game will be aired on ESPN+ (subscription required).

Also, Tim Healey and Doug Franz will be in the booth on the Sun Devil Radio Network on 98.7 FM Arizona Sports.

Betting information

The Sun Devils enter this contest as hefty 28.5 point favorites (-115), per FanDuel Sportsbook.

The over/under is set at 52.5 points and the Lumberjacks have +3000 odds to win the game outright.