SMU Daily Campus · Dec 6, 2023
Mustangs clench first conference championship in 39 years
Head coach Rhett Lashlee poses with the AAC championship trophy on the field after the game.The Mustangs conquered the Green Wave 26-14 in a ferocious battle for the American Athletic Conference (AAC) championship on Saturday in New Orleans. SMU football is now ranked No. 24 in the College Football Playoff polls and is headed to the Fenway Bowl to face Boston College on Dec. 28.
This is head coach Rhett Lashlee’s last AAC season, first championship, and SMU’s first championship in 39 years. Former head coach Sonny Dykes never brought the Mustangs a conference championship during his four years on the Hilltop.