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Michael Pratt, Makhi Hughes power No. 22 Tulane past Rice 30-28 for 6th straight win Michael Pratt, Makhi Hughes Tulane Rice

By RALPH D. RUSSO The upsets have arrived. Kansas made it two weeks in a row with an unranked team beating a top-10 team, when the Jayhawks knocked No. 6 Oklahoma out of the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday to snap an 18-game losing streak against the Sooners. OU’s loss comes a week after then-No. 10 North Carolina lost to Virginia at home, and three days before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released. Before the Tar Heels were tripped up, there hadn’t been a top-10 ...

Bo Nix spent four quarters picking apart one of the Pac-12s toughest defenses.

ABINGTON — On his 18th birthday, Bolu Sotonwa rose to the occasion. The senior running back dashed for 273 yards and had four total touchdowns, leading the Middleboro Sachems (6-2) to a South Shore League victory over Abington (6-2). “I’ve been grinding at practice,” Sotonwa said. “After that, I just bring it out here and […]

Memphis faces a road test against a rising Mean Green squad with a dynamic offense.

Tulane hopes to keep a ranking beside its name while battling a much-improved Rice squad.

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After narrowly getting a win over North Texas and its strong offense last week, No. 22 Tulane gets another test Saturday. The road to another American Athletic Conference championship and New Year’s Six bowl doesn’t get any easier for the Green Wave (6-1, 3-0 AAC), which heads to Houston to play the Rice Owls (4-3, 2-1). Tulane, which has won five straight, was close to dropping its second game of the season last Saturday after blowing a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter.

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Line: Tulane by 10 ½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Tulane is atop the American Athletic Conference standings, but tied with SMU and UTSA, who are also 3-0. The Green Wave are seeking their sixth straight win.