After cracking The Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time this year on Sunday, Tulane entered a much more significant ranking Tuesday night.

The Green Wave landed at No. 24 as the sole Group of Five conference member in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night on ESPN — a position that carries huge implications if it can win its final two regular-season games against Temple and Charlotte.

Currently in a four-way tie in the loss column at the top of the American Conference, Tulane (8-2, 5-1) would own tiebreakers against North Texas (9-1, 5-1), Navy (8-2, 6-1) and East Carolina (8-2, 5-1) as long as the Wave holds on to its position. The Nov. 25 CFP rankings — which will come out next Tuesday — are the No. 2 tiebreaker in the league’s protocol for determining

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