Tulane defeated Florida Atlantic 35-24 at Yulman Stadium on Saturday night.

The win improved Tulane's record to 8-2 on the season and kept them within a half-game of first-place Navy (8-2, 6-1) in American Conference.

Here are three things we learned from the game:

They're in the driver's seat

Thanks to the win and South Florida's loss to Navy, Tulane now controls its own destiny in the American. At 8-2 and 5-1 in the AAC, the Green Wave are the favorites to play host to the AAC championship game on Dec. 5.

If Tulane wins its final two games against Temple (5-5, 3-3) and Charlotte (1-9, 0-7), the Wave will likely earn the highest College Football Playoff ranking and accompanying right to play host to the championship game.

It would be the third time in the last four years that Tulane

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