The Cincinnati Bearcats will host the Tulane Green Wave on Friday in an American Athletic Conference matchup. Both teams are 9-2 overall and tied for first with a 6-1 record in the conference. The winner of this game will reach the AAC championship game, and the loser will not be able to control their destiny.
Last season the Bearcats beat the Green Wave 31-12 as a 27.5-point road favorite.
Tulane suffered its only conference loss of the season, 38-31 to UCF two weeks ago but bounced back to beat SMU 59-24 last Thursday. The Green Wave did lose to Southern Miss 27-27 earlier this season in non-conference play, which came a week after they upset Kansas State 17-10 on Sept. 17.
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The Green Wave are third in conference games averaging 35.9 ppg, and seventh picking up 413.7 yards per game. Quarterback Michael Pratt leads Tulane with 20 touchdown passes and only four interceptions while completing 65% of his passes. The defense is third holding AAC teams to 23.9 ppg, and fifth scoring 398.4 yards per game.