TEMPE -- The Arizona State football program is continuing on an upward trajectory from many different vantage points. Kenny Dillingham has rebuilt Arizona State into a national brand, winning the Big 12, cultivating a landscape that helps retain key staff members, and building recruiting classes that outdo the previous year's by the year. Nov 28, 2025; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Arizona State Sun Devils head coach Kenny Dillingham reacts against the Arizona Wildcats in the second half during the 99th Territorial Cup at Mountain America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The 2027 class is shaping up to be the best of the Dillingham era, as 4-star WR Nico Bland and QB Weston Nielsen have already pledged to join the program, with others such as blue-chip local OT Jake Hildebrand (Basha H.S.) in a position to sign to ASU by the end of the cycle.…