The Arizona State Sun Devils (7-5) will travel just over 400 miles to El Paso, Texas for a matchup with the No. 24 North Carolina State Wolfpack (8-4) in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 29, 2017.
This is Arizona State’s 32nd trip to a bowl game and fifth to the Sun Bowl. ASU holds a a 3-1-1 record in the Sun Bowl with a 14-14-1 bowl record overall.
In the Sun Devils first ever bowl game, ASU tied Catholic in 1940 by a score of 0-0. ASU has Sun Bowl wins against Iowa (1997), Purdue (2004) and Duke (2004) and one loss to Western Reserve in 1941.