Willie Fritz has been hired as Houston’s coach, replacing Dana Holgorsen, who was fired a week ago after five seasons with the Cougars.

Michael Pratt threw for 263 yards and accounted for three touchdowns as No. 22 Tulane held on to defeat Rice 30-28 Saturday for its sixth straight win.

Tulane tight end Alex Bauman caught a 6-yard touchdown from Michael Pratt with 9 seconds left to finish off a frantic finish by the 14th-ranked Green Wave in a 46-45 win over No. 8 Southern California in the Cotton Bowl.

TCU’s Sonny Dykes is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with the school.

Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards and a touchdown and No. 2 Oklahoma, playing a road game on its home field, narrowly avoided a shocking upset by holding on for a 40-35 victory over Tulane on Saturday.

The Green Wave were off to their best start since the 1998 squad went undefeated before getting crushed at Memphis and falling at Navy on a last-second field goal. "You cannot rely on hanging on in the ball game and just figuring it out," Green Wave coach Willie Fritz told reporters. "I think there's a lot of talent in our league, a lot of great coaches in our league and every week is a battle," Tulsa coach Phil Montgomery told reporters. The Green Wave has won the last two meetings, including a 24-17 victory at Tulsa last season. PREDICTION: Tulane 38, Tulsa 31

Donnie Lewis Jr. #1 of the Tulane Green Wave celebrates an interception during the first half of a game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on August 30, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Green Wave will look to go back over .500 when they host FCS opponent Missouri State, which fell in its season opener. Most notably, the Green Wave rushing attack was stymied by the Tigers in a 24-6 setback. ABOUT MISSOURI STATE (0-1)In their season-opening loss against Northern Arizona, the Bears struggled on the ground with just 43 yards on 32 carries. PREDICTION: Tulane 42, Missouri State 14More 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.