Memphis beat Tulane on Thanksgiving Day. The win put the Tigers in the AP football rankings for the first time since 2000.

College football's final week claimed its first major victim Thursday night, as No. 17 Tulane fell 34-24 at home against Memphis. Though the result doesn't knock the Green Wave out of the American Athletic Conference Championship Game -- Tulane clinched a berth two weeks ago with a win against Navy -- it did have major implications on a heated College Football Playoff race.

It was hard not feel good about the state of Tulane's program the way they had been playing recently. After suffering two losses in a row to Power 4 schools, th

Memphis football will play on Thanksgiving for the first time since 1983 when the Tigers face Tulane on Thursday night.

SportsLine's model just revealed its college football picks for Memphis Tigers vs. Tulane Green Wave on Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving football brought some early clarity to the playoff race entering the final week of the regular season, and proved a damning moment for would-be Gro

After knocking off No. 17 Tulane on the road to cap the regular season and secure the first back-to-back 10-win seasons in program history, the University of Memphis football team cracked the AP Poll Top 25 and remained ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll for a third-straight week.

Tigers Crack AP Top 25, Remain Ranked in Coaches Poll MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After knocking off No. 17 Tulane on the road to cap the regular season and secure the first back-to-back 10-win seasons in program history,