DALLAS (AP) — SMU and coach Rhett Lashlee have agreed on a two-year contract extension amid speculation that he could be a candidate at Arkansas, his alma mater, and other schools on the lengthy list of vacancies.

The deal was announced Saturday a couple of hours before the Mustangs played No. 10 Miami at home. Terms weren't disclosed.

It's the second extension in as many years for Lashlee after the Mustangs made the 2024 College Football Playoff and won all eight Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season games in their long-awaited return to a power league.

“SMU is a special place to our family,” Lashlee said. “We are so excited for the opportunity to continue the process of building our program on the national stage.”

SMU's nation-leading 20-game conference winning streak ended last

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