Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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NCAA Division I FBS team college football team

The Arizona State Sun Devils football team is the collegiate football program of Arizona State University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its passionate fan base and in-state rivalry games.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Arizona State Sun Devils football	26
Arizona State Sun Devils football team canonical	6
Arizona State (then Tempe Normal) football team	1
Arizona State Bulldogs football team	1
Arizona State University Sun Devils football program	1
Sun Devils	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T183403 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Context triple: [Arizona Wildcats football team, rival, Arizona State Sun Devils football team]

A. Arizona Wildcats football team
The Arizona Wildcats football team is the University of Arizona's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, competing in the Pac-12 Conference and known for producing notable NFL players such as Rob Gronkowski.
B. Fresno State Bulldogs
The Fresno State Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Fresno, competing primarily in NCAA Division I as members of the Mountain West Conference.
C. SMU Mustangs
The SMU Mustangs are the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, competing in NCAA Division I sports.
D. Army Black Knights
The Army Black Knights are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy at West Point in NCAA Division I sports.
E. Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area that competes in the NFL’s NFC West division.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Target entity description: The Arizona State Sun Devils football team is the collegiate football program of Arizona State University, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and known for its passionate fan base and in-state rivalry games.

A. Arizona Wildcats football team
The Arizona Wildcats football team is the University of Arizona's NCAA Division I FBS college football program, competing in the Pac-12 Conference and known for producing notable NFL players such as Rob Gronkowski.
B. Fresno State Bulldogs
The Fresno State Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Fresno, competing primarily in NCAA Division I as members of the Mountain West Conference.
C. SMU Mustangs
The SMU Mustangs are the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, competing in NCAA Division I sports.
D. Army Black Knights
The Army Black Knights are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy at West Point in NCAA Division I sports.
E. Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area that competes in the NFL’s NFC West division.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS team ⓘ college football team ⓘ
athleticDirector	Ray Anderson ⓘ
campus	Arizona State University ⓘ surface form: Tempe campus
city	Tempe ⓘ
competitionLevel	Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ surface form: NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
conference	Big 12 Conference ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
division	Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
fightSong	Maroon and Gold ⓘ
firstSeason	1897 ⓘ
formerConference	Pac-12 Conference ⓘ surface form: Pacific-10 Conference Pac-12 Conference ⓘ surface form: Pacific-12 Conference Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
formerName	Arizona State Sun Devils football team self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arizona State Bulldogs football team
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasFanBaseCharacteristic	passionate fan base ⓘ
hasRivalryType	in-state rivalry games ⓘ
headCoach	Kenny Dillingham ⓘ
headCoachStartYear	2023 ⓘ
homeStadium	Mountain America Stadium ⓘ
homeStadiumFormerName	Sun Devil Stadium ⓘ
inStateRival	University of Arizona ⓘ
location	Tempe, Arizona, USA ⓘ surface form: Tempe, Arizona
mascot	Sparky the Sun Devil ⓘ
nickname	Arizona State Sun Devils football team self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sun Devils
notableAlumnus	Danny White ⓘ Jake Plummer ⓘ Pat Tillman ⓘ Randall McDaniel ⓘ Terrell Suggs ⓘ Todd Heap ⓘ
playsHomeGamesAt	Mountain America Stadium ⓘ
represents	Arizona State University ⓘ
rival	Arizona State–Arizona football rivalry opponents ⓘ Arizona Wildcats football team ⓘ USC Trojans football team ⓘ
rivalry	Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry ⓘ
rivalryTrophy	Territorial Cup ⓘ
schoolColors	gold ⓘ maroon ⓘ
shortName	Arizona State University ⓘ surface form: Arizona State
sport	American football ⓘ
sportType	college football ⓘ
stadiumLocation	Tempe, Arizona, USA ⓘ surface form: Tempe, Arizona
state	Arizona ⓘ
studentSectionName	The Inferno ⓘ
teamName	Arizona State Sun Devils football team self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arizona State Sun Devils football
university	Arizona State University ⓘ

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Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arizona Wildcats football team → rival → Arizona State Sun Devils football team ⓘ

Wildcats → rival → Arizona State Sun Devils football team ⓘ

subject surface form: Arizona Wildcats football