South Florida struck another blow for the American Conference, beating Florida for the first time in program history with a chip-shot field goal as time ran out. The Bulls’ second marquee victory (they clobbered Boise State) put whoever wins the league championship within spitting distance of a college football playoff berth.

It already led to speculation on one national podcast about a dream matchup of 12-0 South Florida and 12-0 Tulane in the title game since they will not meet in the regular season. They ignored how incredibly hard it is to go undefeated, but the American definitely is getting positive publicity with the Bulls’ unexpected rise to No. 18 in the Associated Press poll heading into a game at Miami.

1.South Florida

Record: 2-0, 0-0 American

Previous rank: 2

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