Here’s everything you need before No. 10 Texas A&M (1-0) takes on Arizona State (1-0) Saturday morning:

Weather will likely be a factor

The temperature at Kyle Field at kickoff will be 90 degrees with a heat index of over 100. During the course of the game, the temperature will increase to 95 degrees and a heat index pushing 110. And that’s before you factor in the pads, helmets and increased heat on the field.

Five Sun Devils to know

QB Cutter Boley. Boley, who played at Kentucky last year, threw for 367 yards and four touchdowns in his Arizona State debut. Boley has a tremendous arm and can make big throws, but he also turned over the ball a lot — he threw 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for the Wildcats last year.

WR Omarion Miller. Miller, a second team All-Big 12 selection last year at Colorado, has already established himself as Boley’s favorite target. He caught eight passes for 102 yards in the season opener and brings a physical presence to the receiver corps — but he also has the ability to get deep.

DT C.J. Fite. The grizzled veteran of the defensive line, Fite has started 28 straight games and 33 total in his career. He had 29 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss last year and, at 310 pounds, he’s the man in the middle the interior of the offensive line will have to move.

LB Owen Long. ASU’s version of Ray Coney, a tackling machine who transferred in from a non-power conference program. Long actually had more total tackles than Coney did last year with 151 to Coney’s 147 (Coney had more solo tackles). He’ll try to make life difficult for Rueben Owens and the Aggie running backs.

CB Rodney Bimage. The strength of the Arizona State defense are their corners, and Bimage is the best cover corner they have. He’s going to be expected to cover one of the Aggie receivers (likely Isaiah Horton or Ashton Bethel-Roman) and take them away.

Five keys to the game

Get out in front early. A&M scored on its first possession of the season and then went flat for much of the first half last weekend. Today, they need to go out and operate effectively from the jump (again) and stay at a high level. Arizona State may be pretty quick in terms of offensive tempo, but will be out of their comfort zone if they do down 10-0.

Add even more heat. In this case, the heat is the pass rush. The Sun Devils torched Morgan State 70-7 last weekend, but still gave up a pair of sacks to an overmatched defense (one of which became a turnover). The Aggies played a pretty vanilla defense last week, but they’ll likely turn up the pressure today to make life tough for Cutter Boley.

Spread the ball out. Bimage and Ashton Stamps are two tall and very good cover corners. But the Aggies have more than two good receivers. Marcel Reed needs to be willing to get the ball to all four (five, if you want to add Aaron Gregory), his tight ends and running backs in order to get ASU frustrated.

Win the running game. I mean this on both sides of the ball. Arizona State has a defensive front with legit size, but Morgan State still ran for more than 100 yards at 4.1 yards a carry. The Aggies need to lean on them. Then, on the other side of the ball, if the running game stalls out, then the RPO game becomes a whole lot less effective.

Win the TOP battle decisively. The Aggies won time of possession by a ridiculous amount last weekend, holding onto the ball for nearly 43 minutes. That almost surely won’t happen today, but grinding down ASU’s defensive front — especially in this heat — will be a massive difference maker. If A&M keeps the Sun Devils out there for extended periods, they’ll probably crack. 

Coachspeak

Texas A&M depth chart

QB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
10	Marcel Reed	6-1, 185	Sr.
13	Brady Hart	6-4, 200	So.
16	Helaman Casuga	6, 213	Fr.

RB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
4	Rueben Owens	5-11, 215	Sr.
OR 2	Jamarion Morrow	5-9, 200	So.
22	Carsyn Baker	6, 210	Fr.
OR 0	KJ Edwards	5-10, 197	Fr.

WR 

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
1	Mario Craver	5-9, 180	Jr.
11	Kelshaun Johnson	5-11, 173	So.

WR

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
7	Isaiah Horton	6-4, 215	Gr.
3	Aaron Gregory	6-2, 191	Fr.
OR 81	Jayden Warren	6-1, 214	Fr.

WR

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Ashton Bethel-Roman	6, 193	Jr.
OR 6	Terry Bussey	5-10, 205	Jr.
18	TK Norman	6, 186	So.

TE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
88	Micah Riley	6-5, 263	5th
OR 84	Richie Anderson	6-4, 265	Sr.
OR 87	Houston Thomas	6-5, 252	Gr.
OR 9	Kiotti Armstrong	6-5, 285	So.

LT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
71	Tyree Adams	6-7, 305	Sr.
79	Lamont Rogers	6-6, 340	So.

LG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
52	Blake Ivy	6-3, 324	Jr.
OR 77	Tyler Thomas	6-4, 350	So.

C

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
54	Mark Nabou Jr.	6-4, 307	Gr.
78	Coen Echols	6-4, 305	Jr.
54	Sam Roseborough	6-3, 303	Fr..

RG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
76	Trovon Baugh	6-4, 335	Gr.
OR 78	Coen Echols	6-4, 305	Jr.

RT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
75	Wilkin Formby	6-7, 320	Gr.
70	Robert Bourdon	6-6, 312	Jr.
74	Zaden Krempin	6-4, 298	Fr.

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
18	T.J. Searcy	6-5, 260	Sr.
14	Anto Saka	6-4, 255	Gr.
16	Bryce Perry-Wright	6-2, 269	Fr.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
5	DJ Hicks	6-3, 293	Sr.
99	Landon Rink	6-2, 295	So.
11	Brandon Davis-Swain	6-4, 307	Jr.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
92	CJ Mims	6-2, 312	5th
OR 94	Angelo McCullom	6-2, 317	Jr.
88	DJ Sanders	6-3, 316	So.

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
10	Marco Jones	6-5, 261	So.
15	Sam M’Pemba	6-3, 257	Sr.
17	Ryan Henderson	6-3, 255	Gr.
22	Tristan Givens	6-3, 232	Fr.

LB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
27	Daymion Sanford	6-2, 228	Sr.
OR 0	Noah Mikhail	6-2, 230	So.
25	Tamarion Watkins	6-3, 228	Fr.

LB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
0	Noah Mikhail	6-2, 230	So.
OR 21	Ray Coney	6-2, 240	Sr.
54	Jordan Lockhart	6-1, 233	Jr.

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
6	Julio Humphrey	6-1, 197	5th
20	Adonyss Currie	6, 181	So.
OR 23	Brandon Arrington	6-2, 201	Freshman

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
2	Dezz Ricks	6-1, 193	Sr.
OR 9	Rickey Gibson III	6, 181	Sr.
21	Vic Singleton	5-11, 175	Fr.

NI

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Jordan Shaw	5-11, 180	Sr.
19	Bravion Rogers	5-11, 186	Sr.
13	Deyjhon Pettaway	5-11, 182	So.
24	Camren Hamiel	5-11, 180	Fr.

S

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
3	Marcus Ratcliffe	6-3, 211	Sr.
13	Myles Davis	6-1, 203	Jr.
22	Tom Tom Johnson	6-1, 201	So.
15	Tylan Wilson	6-1, 204	Fr.

S

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
7	Dalton Brooks	6, 202	Sr.
4	Tawfiq Byard	6-1, 198	Sr.
28	Chance Collins	6-1, 201	Fr.

Arizona State Depth chart

QB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Cutter Boley	6-5, 213	So.
12	Mikey Keene	5-11, 200	Sr.

RB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
1	Kyson Brown	6-1, 205	Jr.
23	Cardae Mack	5-9, 210	Fr.
21	Grayson Rigdon	5-11, 195	Fr.

WR (X)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
3	Reed Harris	6-5, 217	Jr.
81	Uria Neloms	6-4, 215	Fr.

WR (F)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
4	Omarion Miller	6-2, 210	Sr.
16	Jaren Hamilton	6, 210	Jr.

WR (Z)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
18	Jalen Moss	6-1, 185	Jr.
7	Raiden Vines-Bright	6-1, 200	Fr.

TE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
15	Khamari Anderson	6-5, 255	Sr.
0	AJ Ia	6-6, 260	So.

LT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
78	Luke Baklenko	6-6, 313	Sr.
76	Champ Westbrooks	6-5, 295	So.

LG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
59	Maki Stewart	6-5, 340	So.
74	Siosala Lapuaho	6-6. 325	Jr.

C

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
58	Tana Alo-Tupuola	6-1, 325	Jr.
71	Makua Pule	6-3, 320	Sr.

RG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
64	Wade Helton	6-4, 310	Jr.
53	Rob Lapuaho	6-6, 350	So.

RT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
70	Jalen Klemm	6-6, 300	5th
75	Jermaine Mitchell	6-8, 320	Jr.

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
5	Roman Pitre	6-5. 255	So.
4	Emar’rion Winston	6-3, 275	So.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
99	C.J. Fite	6-2, 305	Sr.
92	Zac Swanson	6-5, 295	Jr.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
97	Blazen Lono-Wong	6-4. 290	Jr.
95	Jeffrey Manns	6-2, 299	Jr.

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
9	Jalen Thompson	6-3, 260	Sr.
10	Clayton Smith	6-4, 232	6th

WILL

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Martrell Hughes	6-2, 220	Jr.
13	Prayer Young-Blackgoat	6-3, 225	So.

MIKE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
22	Owen Long	6-2, 230	Jr.
45	Tristan Bacon	6-1, 240	Fr.

NICKEL

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
7	Montana Warren	6, 200	Jr.
12	Ben Alefaio-Lilli	6, 200	Fr.

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
0	Rodney Bimage	6, 190	So.
19	Daquan Dunn	6, 175	Fr.

SS

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
2	Lyrik Rawls	6-1, 205	Gr.
21	Kyan McDonald	5-11, 180	Jr.

FS

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
6	Adrian Wilson	6, 210	Jr.
23	Jessiah McGrew	6-2, 185	So.

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
1	Ashton Stamps	6, 190	Jr.
23	Caleb Chester	6-1, 179	Fr.