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Tulane Green Wave is among the top three programs in the group of five

Tulane Green Wave is among the top three programs in the group of five

Jon Sumrall has proven in his short tenure as head coach that he is capable of leading a team to victory, and it was no different in his first year at the helm of the club Tulane Green Wave.

Sumrall joined the Green Wave with a 23-4 overall record as head coach, a 14-2 record in conference play and two conference championships after his first two years as head coach Troy Trojan in the Sun Belt Conference.

He has since turned that into a 6-2 overall record this year, with a 4-0 record in conference play, and has helped keep Tulane more than competitive in its two games against Power Four opponents earlier in the season stayed.

It was a season that showed this team is more than capable of winning, save only against Group of Five opponents, as the Green Wave lost those two games by a combined margin of just 22 points.

The program was easily one of those if not The best, Group of Five teams in the country this year, with Heather Dinich ranking the team third in the latest Group of Five power rankings ESPN.

Tulane still has a difficult road ahead, however, as two of their toughest games this year are still ahead of us but could prove helpful in their quest for a spot in the newly expanded College Football Playoff.

“The final two games against Navy and Memphis,” Dinich writes, “will be Tulane’s best chance to impress the committee.”

The Green Wave already have a solid win on their record with their 41:33 win over the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajunsa team projected to win the Sun Belt.

This is just one of many dominant performances Tulane has shown throughout the year, as they have outscored their opponents 324-178, scoring nearly twice as many points as they have allowed this year.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done for the Green Wave, because even though they are eligible for the bowl for the third straight year, they still need to win to win the American Athletic Conference Championship and give themselves the best chance to win to secure one of the coveted spots in the College Football Playoff.

Based on Sumrall’s track record, a conference championship is more than possible for this program, they just need to keep their eyes on the prize.