The stakes are high.
The AAC Championship Game is a four-team race between Tulane, SMU, UTSA, and Memphis. The Green Wave, Mustangs, and Roadrunners are all 6-0 in conference play while the Tigers are 5-1 — losing to Tulane in the only matchup that has transpired thus far between those four juggernauts.
Saturday’s matchup between SMU and Memphis will only be the second of three meetings involving those four teams this season. SMU (8-2, 6-0 AAC) hopes to remain unscathed on the road in conference play, while Memphis (8-2, 5-1 AAC) aims to secure a critical tiebreaker needed to participate in the AAC Championship Game.