The first season of major conference expansion has produced an intriguing set of championship games this week, and not just because they'll determine which teams get automatic bids and first-round byes in the College Football Playoff.

Sion James scored a season-high 22 points, and Tulane held off 10th-ranked Memphis 81-79 to hand the Tigers their second straight loss.

Kevin Cross of Tulane is The Associated Press national player of the week after having consecutive triple-doubles against Furman and Southern last week.

Kevin Jennings threw a touchdown pass and accounted for 266 yards from scrimmage in his first career start, Collin Rogers kicked four second-half field goals and No. 25 SMU beat No. 17 Tulane 26-14 on Saturday in the American Athletic Conference championship game.

It's not easy picking a preseason Top 25.

Georgia is No. 1 in the final Associated Press college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU.

Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State are the top four teams in the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.

The administrators in charge of the College Football Playoff plan to meet again on Dec. 1 to continue expansion talks, which need to reach a consensus by the end of the year if a new postseason format is to be implemented for the 2024 season.

Desmond Ridder twice connected with tight end Josh Whyle for touchdowns and No. 2 Cincinnati remained unbeaten with a 31-12 victory over struggling Tulane.

ABOUT ARMY (3-1)The Black Knights are averaging 293.5 rushing yards with five runners over 100 yards on the season, led by senior Connor Slomka with 261. "I think it's kind of a point with the O-Line, like Connor said," Black Knights running back Cade Barnard told reporters. The Green Wave rushed for 250 or more yards in three of the first four games. The Black Knights come into Saturday riding a 15-game home winning streak. Tulane leads the series between the former Conference USA rivals 11-9-1, with the Green Wave taking the most recent meeting 21-17 at home in 2017.

LINE: Tulane -4.5"We're looking at it as a must-win (game)," King, who threw for 36 touchdowns and ran for 14 last year, told reporters. "It was good that we could get off of our feet early and rest because they played (Friday), so they're a day ahead of us," Tulane senior wide receiver Darnell Mooney told reporters. Freshman Tyjae Spears had 89 yards rushing and an 88-yard TD reception in last week's win with McMillan telling reporters: "It's what I see from him every day. Houston, which received 139 rushing yards from current senior RB Patrick Carr against Tulane last season, is 17-6 all-time in the series. PREDICTION: Tulane 38, Houston 31More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Now the Green Wave look to maintain the momentum as they open the 2019 season at home Thursday night against Florida International. We have high expectations, just like I know he does, that he's going to have a great senior year." The teams have met just once but that was only two years ago, with FIU producing a 23-10 victory over Tulane in Miami in 2017. Tulane has only appeared in consecutive bowl games twice and it has never won bowl games in two straight seasons. PREDICTION: FIU 30, Tulane 27More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.