Tulane (9-3, 7-1 American Athletic Conference) at No. 24 Army (10-1, 8-0, No. 24 CFP), Friday, 8 p.m. EST (ESPN)BetMGM College Football Odds: Tulane at 5-1/2.Series record: Tulane leads the series 13-9-1 to. What is at stake? Army can win the AAC championship in its first season in the conference. Tulane is seeking its second conference title by making its third straight championship appearance after beating UCF in 2022 and losing to SMU last year. Important duelBoth teams are among the best in possession of the ball in the country. Army is first and Tulane is tied for fourth. This could be a game won in the trenches. Can Army’s offensive line, named one of three finalists for the Joe Moore Award given to the best offensive unit in the country, create space between the tackles for quarterback Bryson Daily and running back Kanye Udoh to penetrate? Will Tulane’s defense get off the field adequately against an Army offense that has four touchdown drives of 10 or more minutes this season? Players to keep an eye onTulane: RB Makhi Hughes. Hughes, the nation’s 12th-leading rusher with 1,306 yards, rushed for 15 yards on nine carries in a loss to Memphis last week. Hughes has surpassed 100 yards rushing seven times this season. Army: LB Andon Thomas. Thomas, Army’s leading tackler, made a career-high 15 stops in a 29-24 win over UTSA last week. The junior will have to battle from sideline to sideline against a talented Tulane offensive lineman. Facts and Figures Daily’s next rushing touchdown will be the AAC single-season record. The AAC Offensive Player of the Year with 25 points – the Black Knights’ single-season record – is currently tied with Navy’s Will Worth (2016). … Tulane has won the last four meetings against Army by three points or less. … Army coach Jeff Monken has yet to beat Tulane in four tries. … Tulane’s first-year coach Jon Sumrall is 2-0 against Army and defeated the Black Knights in 2022 and 2023 when he coached at Troy. … Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah has thrown 15 touchdowns and two interceptions in nine wins and five touchdowns and three interceptions in three losses. … The Black Knights are 26-1 over the last five seasons and have won the last 16 in games in which they failed to produce a turnover. … The Green Wave had won a conference-record 17 straight AAC regular-season games before losing 34-24 to Memphis last week.