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Not long ago, the American was a league that appeared to be constructed by closing your eyes and pointing to 12 spots on a map of the United States, with its members then held together by scotch tape and chewed gum. Now it has three ranked, undefeated and formidable clubs—No. 18 Memphis, No. 21 Houston and No. 22 Temple—who boast wins over Power Five conference teams and have the chance for more. It is a conference threatening to test the structure of the playoff and the committee’s idea of what qualifies as a worthy team in just the second year of the event.
