All American Week 14!It is the final week of the regular season and 5 teams still have a chance to make the American Conference Champinship Game. Tulane, North Texas and Navy all sit at 6-1, while South Florida and East Carolina are at 5-2. Maria Trivelpiece and Kyle Youmans look at how what the tiebreakers are and then how some of the scenarios will be determined for this week's games. Playing there best football right now Tulane rolled over Temple 37-13. A dominant team effort now puts the Green Wave one step closer to a 4th straight American Championship Game appearance. The Green Wave host Charlotte in their regular season finale and that will help determine a lot about the championship game. North Texas despite a slow start quickly made up for it as they rolled Rice for their 1st 10-win season since 1947. The Mean Green scored 50 points for a 6th time this season and now look to Temple in their regular season finale. Temple a despereate team looking for a win to clinch bowl eligbility come to Denton. A win by North Texas and a possible berth in the Championhip Game awaits.The other 6-1 team is the Navy Midshipmen. Navy travels to Memphis for a Tahnksgiving night showdown with the Tigers who they have played every year since 2015 when they joined the American in football.South Florida took care of business as well dominating UAB in Birmingham. The Bulls clicked on all cylinders and started to run away with it in the second quarter. Now 5-2 they look to finish the season strong and win their final game of the season vs Rice and hold out hope for some chaos to possible make the championship game.Meanwhile down in San Antonio the Alamodome magic strikes again for UTSA. A dominant win by the Roadrunners sent East Carolina to 2 conference losses. From the very beginning UTSA dominated the game improving to 23-0 in regular season conference games under Jeff Traylor at home. UTSA now looks ahead to an Army team trying to win to become bowl eligible.Tulsa took a win this weekend as well when they beat Army. The Golden Hurricane score a touchdown with under 2 minutes to go down by 2 and then a field goal with 12 seconds left gave them the victory on the road. They now look to finish the season winning their last 3 games when they host UAB this Saturday.They also preview East Carolina-Florida Atlantic and look at the full slate of games which starts Thanksgiving night, has one on Friday and then the other 5 throughout the day on Saturday. The American Women's Volleyball Championship took place in Tampa last week and the volleyball being played was just incredible. At the end of it Tulsa came away with the ir 1st title and 1st trip back to the NCAA tournament since 2012. Senior Setter Brayden Hipp who was named the most oustanding player of the championship joined Kyle and Maria to discuss the run to the title. She talks about the energy they have from every single person on the team. She also discusses how her mom's volleyball career influenced her to be a setter. Along with what to expect from Tulsa in the NCAA tournament.The holiday season is upon us and it is the time of year to be thankful for what we have each and every day. Back in March on the 2025 schedule release show Maria discussed how excited she was for her mom's cooking but even more so for that Navy-Memphis game Thanksgiving night. While Maria's moms cooking was thrown under bus Maria certainly enjoys it as her and Kyle give their top thanksgiving foods.Top plays finishes the show as usually. Highlighted by great touchdown catches where the receivers broke multipel tackles, alley-oop revese slam dunks and great one-handed interceptions. Along with incredible defense on the volleyball court#collegefootball #ncaafootball #championship Watch the episode on the American Conference YouTube Channel. Youtube.com/@AmericanConf

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