The Tulane Green Wave learned whether they were ranked in the second release of the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday.
hasn’t lost since mid-September, when it fell in back-to-back games to power conference teams. The Green Wave are one of two undefeated teams in American action, along withwrap up conference action undefeated and as the top two teams, they will play one another in the AAC title game, with the site to be determined. The Green Wave has two league games remaining while Army has one.
The championship game is important because the committee will only consider the conference champion for the at-large berth given to the top-ranked Group of 5 champion., which was ranked No. 13, dropping one spot from No. 12. But, because they’re the highest-ranked Group of 5 team, the Broncos were seeded No. 12 and playing against Ohio State, which would be the No. 5 seed.
Tulane, Army and Boise State were the only three Group of 5 teams in the rankings. Those conferences are the American Athletic, Conference USA, the Mid-American, the Mountain West and the Sun Belt. The Green Wave has two games remaining, starting with a trip to Annapolis, Md., to face Navy on Saturday. After that, Tulane will host Memphis on Thanksgiving day.
Army is idle this weekend and has two games remaining — a non-conference showdown with Notre Dame — which is inside the Top 12 teams in the rankings — and a home game against UTSA to wrap up league action.The action down the stretch will determine who will host the AAC title game, which Tulane has hosted each of the last two seasons.If Army and Tulane are tied and both are in the College Football Playoff rankings by season’s end, then their ranking will determine who hosts.
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