| Year: | 2011 |
| Team: | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Coachrank: | 21 |
| Aprank: | 25 |
| Record: | 10–3 |
| Conf Record: | 5–2 |
| Head Coach: | Butch Jones |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Mike Bajakian |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Codef Coach1: | Tim Banks |
| Codc1 Year: | 2nd |
| Codef Coach2: | John Jancek |
| Codc2 Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Nippert Stadium Paul Brown Stadium |
| Champion: | Big East co-champion Liberty Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Liberty Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 31–24 vs. Vanderbilt |
The 2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats were led by second-year head coach Butch Jones and played their home games at Nippert Stadium and two conference games at Paul Brown Stadium. They finished the season 10–3 overall and 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Louisville and West Virginia. Despite the conference title, which was their third in the last four years, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game (West Virginia received the bid based on BCS rankings). They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they defeated Vanderbilt 31–24.
See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.
See also: 2012 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 2 | 36 | ||||
| 2 | 50 | ||||
| 3 | 87 | ||||
| 4 | 127 |