With more than half the season over, the American Athletic Conference is shaping out to be a race between No. 18 Cincinnati in the East and No. 16 SMU in the West, as both sit at 3-0 in conference play.
SMU, the surprise of the conference and perhaps the nation as a whole, have rolled to a monumental 7-0 start, which was capped by a 45-21 victory over Temple (5-2, 2-1) on Saturday. Shane Buechele, the Mustang’s junior transfer quarterback via Texas, lit up the Owls with a career-high six passing touchdowns.