All season long, Cincinnati has fought not just against the competition in the American Athletic Conference, but against a sport that's been constructed to prevent Group of Five teams from competing for the national championship.
With a dominant performance on Saturday, the Bearcats appear to be on the doorstep of making history.
Cincinnati used a 21–0 third quarter run to pull away from Houston and notch a 35–20 win in the AAC title game, completing a 13–0 regular season and positioning itself to receive a bid to the College Football Playoff on Sunday's final rankings reveal.
The win was Cincinnati's 23rd in its last 24 games, clinching the program's second consecutive conference title.