DENTON, Texas (AP) — National passing leader Drew Mestemaker from North Texas and Tulane's Jake Retzlaff have some connections to three different conference championship games being played this weekend.

First and most important for the quarterbacks is the American Conference title game in which they will play against each other Friday night in New Orleans. A spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff is on the line for the No. 20 Mean Green (11-1, No. 24 CFP) or No. 21 Green Wave (10-2, No. 20 CFP) after both Group of Five teams lost their starting QB from last season in the transfer portal.

“It's very impressive really by both teams,” Tulane coach Jon Sumrall said. "You can sit here and complain about what you’ve lost in the portal or how your roster got poached. Nobody cares. You’v

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