2025 American Conference Football Championship Game
The 2025 American Conference Football Championship Game was a college football played on December 5, 2025 to determine the champion of the American Conference for the 2025 season. It was the 11th American Conference Football Championship Game. The game started at 8:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ABC. The game featured the [2025 2025 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane Green Wave] against the [2025 2025 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas Mean Green].
This was the first championship game played under the "American Conference" name, as on July 21, 2025, the conference dropped the word "Athletic" from its previous name.
Before the game, both teams' head coaches were announced to have accepted jobs at other programs, with North Texas head coach Eric Morris joining Oklahoma State and Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall joining Florida. Both coaches were allowed to coach this game, along with any potential College Football Playoff games.
Teams
The 2025 American Conference Championship Game featured the Tulane Green Wave and the North Texas Mean Green. This was the fourth consecutive American title game appearance for Tulane and its fourth overall. This was the first American title game appearance for North Texas in its third season in The American.On November29, 2025, the Conference announced that Tulane was selected as the host of the game due to being ranked at the time in the College Football Playoff Rankings, whereas North Texas was unranked.
This was the 4thmeeting between Tulane and North Texas, with the Green Wave winning all three previous meetings. With both teams ranked above James Madison in the penulatmate College Football Playoff ranking, a win by either side would have almost certainly clinched a berth in the 2025 CFP.