The Arizona State football team entered coach Todd Graham's fifth season with no expectations.
No exaggeration.
The Sun Devils didn't get a single vote in the preseason AP Top 25. They were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 South. And yet halfway through the regular season, they're 5-1, ranked 24th in the Amway Coaches Poll, tied for first in the South division.
How have they done it? azcentral insiders Doug Haller, Jeff Metcalfe and Paola Boivin discuss:
On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being "I saw this coming" and 5 being "shocked"), your level of surprise with ASU's first half is:
Haller: Five.