The set-up: This is an important early season AAC battle for Memphis, who will look to move to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in league action after beating South Alabama 52-35 on Saturday. Tulane enters off a humbling 49-6 loss to Ohio State last week. The Green Wave play with revenge today, but they've played with revenge ten other times in a row and come up empty each time. Memphis has indeed won 11 straight in this series, including a convincing 56-26 home win last year.

The teams: Memphis RB Darrell Henderson had 188 yards and two TD's last week and he now has 709 rushing yards and nine TD's. QB Brady White had 292 passing yards and two TD's as well and he already has 1,064 passing yards with 12 TD's and just one pick. The defense struggled some last week, but overall it's allowing just 317.2 YPG, which is ranked 24th in the country.

The Green Wave posted just 263 total yards last week and allowed 570. That was against Ohio State, but the team faces another difficult task against the Tigers this week as well.

The pick: Tulane QB Jonathan Banks has completed just 49.5 percent of his passes. The Green wave are just 4-5 ATS in their last nine after two or more consecutive SU losses as well. Additionally note that Memphis 6-1 ATS in its last seven as a favorite in the 10.5 to 21 points range. I'm banking on the "better" team pulling away down the stretch. Lay the points.