IRVING, Texas – A matchup of top-25 teams is set for the 2023 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game No. 18 Tulane will meet No. 25 SMU for the conference title next Saturday at Yulman Stadium on the Tulane campus.
The championship game will be televised live on ABC for the ninth consecutive season. Coverage will begin on ESPN+ with The American Football Championship Pregame Show at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT.
Tulane clinched its spot as well as home-field advantage Friday with a 29-16 win against UTSA that left the Green Wave atop The American standings at 8-0 in conference play and 11-1 overall.
The Mustangs likewise capped an 8-0 season in conference play (10-2 overall) with a 59-14 win against Navy Saturday in Dallas.
The schools finished tied atop the American Athletic Conference standings, but Tulane won the tiebreaker to determine home-field advantage for the championship game as the highest-ranked team in last Tuesday’s College Football Playoff rankings to win in the final week of regular-season play.
Tulane will make its second consecutive appearance in The American Championship Game, while SMU plays in the game for the first time. The Green Wave defeated UCF for its first conference title in 2022
Tickets for the 2023 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game will be made available through the ticket offices of the participating institutions.
The latest information on the 2023 American Football Championship will be available on the conference’s Championship Central site at http://www.theamerican.org/football
