Tulane’s Championship Push and CFP Dream Comes Alive
So, here’s what’s happening right now in college football, and it’s pretty huge for Tulane. The Green Wave and North Texas met in the American Championship Game, and what was at stake wasn’t just a conference trophy — it was a likely ticket straight into the College Football Playoff. For both programs, this game wasn’t just another matchup. It was the kind of night that could change the direction of a program for years.
Tulane came in ranked No. 20, hosting No. 24 North Texas at Yulman Stadium, where they’ve been absolutely unbeatable this season. In fact, Tulane posted its first-ever 6–0 home record there, and that home-field confidence really showed. What made the storyline even more interesting is that both head coaches — Tulane’s Jon Sumrall and North Texas’s Eric Morris — are on their way out after this season. Even so, they stayed on to finish the job, and their players clearly wanted to send them off with something big.
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Once the game started, Tulane wasted no time seizing control. They jumped out to a massive 31–7 lead, and Mestemaker — usually unstoppable — was kept out of rhythm all night. North Texas made a push in the second half, closing the gap and threatening late, but Tulane’s defense delivered the knockout moment. Defensive back Jahiem Johnson came up with a clutch interception in the end zone, sealing what became the fifth turnover of the night for the Mean Green. That pick didn’t just end the game — it basically ended North Texas’s hopes of stealing the title.
Tulane walked away with a 34–21 win, wrapping up an 11–2 regular season under Sumrall before he departs for Florida. And when you look at what this program has climbed through — nearly dropping football in 2003, being displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — this moment feels monumental. They’ve now won another American championship, added wins over Northwestern, Duke, Memphis, and North Texas, and put themselves right on the doorstep of the College Football Playoff.
On Sunday, they’ll officially find out their CFP seed. But for now, Tulane fans can enjoy the reality that the Green Wave have just surged from survival mode two decades ago to the very peak of college football’s postseason picture.
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