AAC

American Athletic Conference (AAC)
Established	2014
Association	CFBHC
Division	Division I FBS
Members	12

The American (American Athletic Conference) is a CFBHC Group of 5 conference.

History

At its founding, the AAC included 12 schools and stretched 4,861 miles (Mānoa, HI to Greenville, NC). From it's founding, the conference was the so called mid-majors with member institutions in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, Idaho, California, and Hawaii. The Boise State Broncos won the inaugural AAC Championship Game.

For 2015 the conference will add the Connecticut Huskies, Fresno State Bulldogs, New Mexico Lobos, and Nevada Wolf Pack. SMU and UConn joined the East division, Fresno State, New Mexico, and UNR joined the West.

Following a series of airport meetings, the AAC split up in 2016, with the Western Division forming the Mountain West Conference. The AAC added a number of teams to replace the departing schools, including Tulane, Temple, Marshall, and NIU. In 2017, NIU left for the MAC, but USF, Tulsa, and Memphis joined to bring AAC membership up to 14. However, towards the end of the 2017 season, the Conference USA was founded, effective in 2018, and Marshall and Rice announced their departures to the new league while Georgia State simply withdrew from the AAC. Navy was moved in to replace the departing members, and bring membership back to 12.

Teams

Team Name	Home Stadium	Seating Capacity	Conference Titles (Most Recent)	Division Titles (Most Recent)
East Division
Cincinnati Bearcats	Nippert Stadium	35,000	-	-
Connecticut Huskies	Rentschler Field	40,000	-	-
East Carolina Pirates	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	-	2 (2018)
South Florida Bulls	Raymond James Stadium	65,908	-	1 (2017)
Temple Owls	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	-	1 (2019)
UCF Knights	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,323	1 (2016)	1 (2016)
West Division
Houston Cougars	Houston Football Stadium	40,000	3 (2018)	4 (2018)
Memphis Tigers	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	59,308	-	-
Navy Midshipmen	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34,000	-	-
SMU Mustangs	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	1 (2019)	1 (2019)
Tulane Green Wave	Yulman Stadium	30,000	-	-
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	-	-

Standings

2014

main article: 2014 AAC Football Season

2014 AAC Football Standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East x East Carolina   6 – 2         8 – 6   Houston   5 – 2         8 – 5   Rice   5 – 2         5 – 7   UCF   4 – 3         5 – 7   Cincinnati   2 – 5         2 – 10   Georgia State   0 – 7         0 – 12   West x Boise State   8 – 0         13 – 1   Air Force   5 – 2         7 – 6   Colorado State   3 – 4         4 – 8   San Diego State   3 – 4         3 – 9   SMU   1 – 6         4 – 8   Hawaii   1 – 6         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: Boise State 34, ECU 24 x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2015

main article: 2015 AAC Football Season

2015 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East x-Houston   7 – 1         9 – 5   East Carolina   6 – 1         7 – 6   SMU   5 – 2         6 – 6   Georgia State   4 – 3         4 – 8   Cincinnati   3 – 4         3 – 9   Connecticut   2 – 5         2 – 10   UCF   2 – 5         3 – 9   Rice   0 – 7         0 – 12   West x-#12 Boise State   6 – 2         11 – 3   Fresno State   5 – 2         5 – 7   Hawaii   5 – 2         8 – 5   Air Force   4 – 3         5 – 7   Colorado State   4 – 3         4 – 8   San Diego State   3 – 4         3 – 9   New Mexico   1 – 6         1 – 11   Nevada   0 – 7         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: Houston 31, Boise State 30 x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2016

main article: 2016 AAC Football Season

2016 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East *x-UCF   7 – 1         12 – 3   x-Marshall   6 – 1         11 – 2   Connecticut   4 – 2         7 – 5   Georgia State   2 – 5         2 – 10   East Carolina   1 – 6         2 – 10   Temple   1 – 6         1 – 11   West x-Houston   7 – 1         11 – 3   Cincinnati   5 – 2         10 – 3   Northern Illinois   6 – 1         8 – 5   SMU   2 – 5         3 – 9   Tulane   1 – 6         2 – 10   Rice   0 – 7         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: UCF 31, Houston 24 x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2017

main article: 2017 AAC Football Season

2017 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East USF x   7 – 0         10 – 4   UCF   6 – 1         9 – 4   Connecticut   4 – 3         8 – 5   Marshall   4 – 3         6 – 7   Temple   3 – 4         6 – 7   Georgia State   1 – 6         1 – 11   East Carolina   0 – 7         2 – 10   West Houston x†   7 – 0         11 – 3   Tulane   4 – 3         6 – 7   Memphis   3 – 4         5 – 7   Rice   3 – 4         3 – 9   Tulsa   3 – 4         7 – 6   SMU   3 – 4         3 – 9   Cincinnati   1 – 6         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: South Florida 14, Houston 26 † – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2018

main article: 2018 AAC Football Season

2018 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East East Carolina x   7 – 0         9 – 5   Temple   5 – 2         9 – 4   Connecticut   4 – 3         9 – 4   UCF   4 – 3         8 – 5   USF   1 – 6         5 – 7   Cincinnati   0 – 7         0 – 12   West #19 Houston x†   7 – 0         12 – 2   Navy   4 – 3         10 – 3   SMU   4 – 3         8 – 5   Tulsa   3 – 4         6 – 6   Memphis   2 – 5         4 – 8   Tulane   1 – 6         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: Houston 24, East Carolina 9 † – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2019

main article: 2019 AAC Football Season

2019 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East x-Temple   6 – 1         10 – 4   East Carolina   5 – 2         9 – 4   UCF   5 – 2         8 – 5   USF   4 – 3         8 – 5   Connecticut   3 – 4         5 – 7   Cincinnati   1 – 6         2 – 10   West †x-#24 SMU   7 – 0         12 – 2   Navy   5 – 2         6 – 7   Tulane   3 – 4         4 – 8   Houston   2 – 5         5 – 7   Tulsa   1 – 6         2 – 10   Memphis   0 – 7         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: SMU 35, Temple 16 † – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2020

main article: 2020 AAC Football Season

2020 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East †xUCF   8 – 0         14 – 0   USF   7 – 1         11 – 1   Temple   5 – 3         7 – 5   East Carolina   4 – 4         7 – 5   Cincinnati   2 – 6         4 – 8   Connecticut   1 – 7         3 – 9   West xSMU   6 – 2         10 – 3   Tulsa   4 – 4         4 – 8   Navy   4 – 4         4 – 8   Houston   4 – 4         7 – 6   Memphis   2 – 6         4 – 8   Tulane   1 – 7         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: UCF 30, SMU 21 † – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

2021

main article: 2021 AAC Football Season

2021 AAC football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East #25 Temple x   7 – 2         9 – 4   East Carolina   5 – 3         7 – 5   UCF   5 – 3         7 – 5   USF   3 – 5         5 – 7   Cincinnati   2 – 6         4 – 8   Connecticut   0 – 8         2 – 10   West #21 Navy x†   8 – 1         10 – 3   SMU   7 – 1         10 – 2   Houston   5 – 3         5 – 7   Memphis   4 – 4         7 – 5   Tulsa   3 – 5         3 – 9   Tulane   0 – 8         1 – 11   AAC Championship Game: Temple 17, Navy 31 † – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from Coaches Poll

Records

AAC Record Book