​The Arizona State Sun Devils will look to strike a blow against the mighty SEC when it treks to Texas for a showdown against No. 10 Texas A&M.Both teams coasted in their opening games, with A&M defeating Missouri State, 50-0, and ASU routing Morgan State 70-7.ASU coach Kenny Dillingham was pleased with his team’s showing in the opener but knows it must take it up a notch to win this one on the road.Texas A&M is 46-4 in nonconference home games since 2010.”We haven’t done anything yet on the road or versus a Top 10 opponent in the country,” he said. “I think our team has confidence that we can go out there and execute, but now we gotta go execute on the road. We gotta be crisp on the road.”Let’s take a closer look at the matchup:Arizona State (1-0) at Texas A&M (1-0)Time/site: 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, Kyle Field, College Station, Texas.TV: ABC (Tom Hart, Jesse Palmer, Kris Budden). Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. (Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Kevin Turner, Jeff Munn).Last meeting: This will be the second meeting between the teams. The Aggies won the first, 38-17, in 2015 in Houston. That year, Texas A&M had a backup quarterback named Kyler Murray. Mike Bercovici led ASU. That A&M team featured more than 25 future NFL players, including eventual No. 1 overall draft picks: Murray and Myles Garrett, and starting NFL receivers Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds.StorylinesNo. 10 Texas A&M enters 2026 following an 11-2 season, highlighted by the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance. The Aggies won their first 11 games before losing to Texas, 27-17, in the regular-season finale. They were matched up against Miami in a first-round CFP game and lost, 10-3.The Sun Devils will likely play in front of the largest crowd in a true road game in program history. Its largest thus far was 92,746 at Georgia in 2009. ASU’s only six-digit crowds in program history both came during the team’s Rose Bowl appearances, with a program-record 103,168 watching the Sun Devil victory on Jan. 1, 1987, over Michigan and 100,635 on Jan. 1, 1997, against Ohio State.Coaching matchupMike Elko, Texas A&M (third year, 20-7 at school, 36-16 overall): Elko, 49, came to College Station after serving as the head coach at Duke in 2022 and 2023. He served as defensive coordinator at Texas A&M from 2018-21 and got the job as head coach after Jimbo Fisher was fired. Elko, a native of South Brunswick, New Jersey, was a safety in his playing days at Penn (1995-99).Kenny Dillingham, ASU (fourth year, 22-17): Dillingham, 36, took the team from 3-9 to 11-3 and Big 12 Conference champion in just one year. The team has won 19 games in his past two seasons, raising the standard of what is expected. He is the third-youngest head coach at an FBS school.Arizona State will win if . . .It can handle a hostile atmosphere: There are few places tougher to play in than College Station. It will likely be the biggest crowd most of the ASU players have