For the first time since the final poll of last season, two American Athletic teams are ranked in the AP Top-25, as SMU slid into No. 24, notching its first ranking in 32 years.
The Mustangs are off to a red-hot 5-0 (1-0 in conference) start following Saturday’s 48-21 thrashing of the USF Bulls (1-3, 0-1) in Tampa. SMU is the sole AAC team with five wins and one of two to have yet to suffer a defeat.
Junior Shane Buechele, who transferred from Texas after three seasons, has spurred the Mustangs’ surprising success thus far.