2017 American Athletic Conference football season explained

2017 American Athletic Conference
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League:NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport:Football
Duration:August 31, 2017–
January 2018
No Of Teams:12
Tv:ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS Sports Network
Draft:2018 NFL Draft
Draft Link:2018 NFL Draft
Top Pick:Mike Hughes (UCF)
Picked By:Minnesota Vikings, 30th overall
Season:Regular season
Conf1:East
Conf2:West
Finals:The American Championship
Finals Link:2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Seasonslistnames:Football
Prevseason Year:2016
Nextseason Year:2018

The 2017 American Athletic Conference football season is the 26th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the fifth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference,[1] and the fourth season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5),[2] meaning that the conference shares with the other G5 conferences one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games.[3]

American Athletic Conference Media Day

The American Athletic Conference Media Day took place July 18– in Newport, Rhode Island.[4]

Preseason poll

East Division

West Division

Predicted American Championship Game Winner

Head coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2016 season

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolAAC record
CincinnatiLuke Fickell1data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
ConnecticutRandy Edsall13data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
East CarolinaScottie Montgomery2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
HoustonMajor Applewhite†1data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
MemphisMike Norvell2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
NavyKen Niumatalolo10data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
SMUChad Morris3data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
South FloridaCharlie Strong1data-sort-value= data-sort-value= 7-1 data-sort-value=
TempleGeoff Collins1data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
TulaneWillie Fritz2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
TulsaPhilip Montgomery3data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
UCFScott Frost2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=

† Major Applewhite was hired to replace Tom Herman in December 2016 at Houston and coached the Cougars in their 2016 bowl game.

Source:[5]

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN[6] ! Rivals[7] ! Scout[8] ! 24/7[9] !Signees
Cincinnati7560626823
Connecticut–9610210619
East Carolina–71887522
Houston6276727219
Memphis6462645528
Navy–76867949
SMU–84938018
South Florida7169956720
Temple––12610718
Tulane–89 1049926
Tulsa–79859123
UCF6853634923

Rankings

See main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 No change in ranking from previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Received first place votes
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol
  Pre Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Final
CincinnatiAP
C
CFPNot released
ConnecticutAP
C
CFPNot released
East CarolinaAP
C
CFPNot released
HoustonAP RVRVRVRV
CRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released
MemphisAP RVRVRVRV252422201817161925
CRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV21191716141824
CFPNot released232221202020
NavyAP RVRV25RV
CRVRVRVRVRV24RVRVRV
CFPNot released
SMUAP
C
CFPNot released
South FloridaAP 192122211818181617RV222322232321
C21202117171615131423212019232421
CFPNot released
TempleAP
CRV
CFPNot released
TulaneAP
C
CFPNot released
TulsaAP RV
CRV
CFPNot released
UCFAP RV252220181514141312106 (4)
CRVRV252120171412121211107
CFPNot released181815151412

Schedule

The conference's schedule was released on February 9, 2017. The regular season began on August 27, 2017, when South Florida visits San Jose State. The first conference games played on September 9. The conference season ended with the AAC Championship game on December 2, 2017.[10]

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member loss
American teams in bold

Week 1

The game between Houston and UTSA was cancelled due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. It was originally scheduled for September 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.[11]

Week 2

The game between UCF and Memphis was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma. It was originally scheduled for September 9 at 8:00 p.m. before it was moved to September 8 at 6:30 p.m. The game has been rescheduled for September 30.[12]

The game between UConn and USF was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma. It was originally scheduled for September 9 at 12:00 p.m. before it was moved to 10:30 a.m. The game has been rescheduled for November 4.[13]

Week 3

The game between UCF and Georgia Tech was cancelled due to the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. It was originally scheduled for September 16 at 7:30 p.m.[14]

Week 14 – AAC Championship game

See main article: 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game.

Week 15

Records against other conferences

2017 records against other college football conferences.

FBS conferences

Power ConferencesRecord
ACC0–3
Big Ten2–1
Big 120–5
Pac-122–0
SEC0–1
Notre Dame0–2
Other FBS ConferencesRecord
C-USA4–2
MAC1–1
Mountain West2–1
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)3–2
Sun Belt3–0
FBS Total17–18

FCS conferences

ConferenceRecord
CAA2–1
MVFC1–0
OVC2–0
Patriot1–0
Southland1–0
SWAC1–0
Total FCS Record8–1

Postseason

Power Conferences Record
ACC1–0
Big 121–1
SEC1–0
Other FBS ConferencesRecord
C–USA1–1
Mountain West0–1
Total Bowl Record4–3

Postseason

Bowl games

American Athletic Conference bowl games[15] for the 2017 season are:

See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games.

Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime (EST)AAC teamOpponentScoreAttendance
Frisco BowlDecember 20, 2017Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TXESPN8:00 p.m.SMULouisiana TechL 10–5114,419
Gasparilla BowlDecember 21, 2017Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FLESPN8:00 p.m.TempleFIUW 28–316,363
Birmingham BowlDecember 23, 2017Legion Field • Birmingham, ALESPN12:00 p.m.South FloridaTexas TechW 38–3428,623
Hawaii BowlDecember 24, 2017Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HIESPN8:30 p.m.HoustonFresno StateL 27–3320,546
Military BowlDecember 28, 2017Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MDESPN1:30 p.m.NavyVirginiaW 49–735,921
Liberty BowlDecember 30, 2017Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TNABC12:30 p.m.
  1. 20 Memphis
Iowa StateL 20–2157,266
Peach BowlJanuary 1, 2018Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GAESPN12:30 p.m.
  1. 12 UCF
  1. 7 Auburn
W 34–2771,109
Rankings are from CFP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.

Selection of teams

Awards and honors

Players of the week

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial Teams
PlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeam
Week 1QBUCFJordan WyattCBSMUTony PollardWRMemphis
Week 2Courtland SuttonWRSMUEd OliverDTHoustonAaron BoumerhiKTemple
Week 3Riley FergusonQBMemphisS/DECincinnati/TempleDane RoyPHouston
Week 4Thomas SirkQBECUDeatrick NicholsCBUSFEmilio NadelmanKUSF
Week 5Adrian Killins/Zach AbeyRB/QBUCF/NavyJustin Lawler DESMUMatthew WrightKUCF
Week 6Riley FergusonQBMemphisTerrell Williams DBHoustonBennett MoehringKNavy
Week 7McKenzie MiltonQBUCFAustin Hall DB/LBMemphisMike Hughes/Emilio NadelmanCB/KUCF/USF
Week 8Trey QuinnWRSMUTJ Carter DBMemphisJake VerityKECU
Week 9D'Eriq KingQBHoustonGenard AveryLBMemphisMike HughesCBUCF
Week 10Quinton FlowersQBUSFSharif FinchDETempleEmilio NadelmanKUSF
Week 11Malcolm PerryQBNavyRaejuan MarbleyLBTulaneIsaiah WrightKORTemple

NFL Draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2018 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionSchoolDraft
Round		Round
Pick		Overall
Pick		Team
Mike HughesCBUCF13030Minnesota Vikings
Courtland SuttonWRSMU2840Denver Broncos
Anthony MillerWRMemphis21951Chicago Bears
Deadrin SenatDTSouth Florida32690Atlanta Falcons
Tre'Quan SmithWRUCF32791New Orleans Saints
Jordan AkinsTEUCF33498Houston Texans
Shaquem GriffinLBUCF54141Seattle Seahawks
Genard AveryLBMemphis513150Cleveland Browns
Marquez Valdes-ScantlingWRSouth Florida537174Green Bay Packers
Parry NickersonCBTulane65179New York Jets
Folorunso FatukasiDTConnecticut66180New York Jets
Jacob MartinLBTemple612186Seattle Seahawks
Ade ArunaDETulane644218Minnesota Vikings
Matthew AdamsLBHouston73221Indianapolis Colts
Jullian TaylorDTTemple75223San Francisco 49ers
Justin LawlerDESMU726244Los Angeles Rams
Korey CunninghamOTCincinnati736254Arizona Cardinals
Trey QuinnWRSMU738256Washington Redskins

Notes and References

  1. The American is the legal all-sports successor to the Big East Conference (1979–2013). The Big East was rebranded and reorganized as the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013.
  2. The other conferences in the "Group of Five" are Conference USA (C-USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.
  3. http://www.espn.com/i/ncf/bcs/CFP_One_Pager_Cities_1.pdf About the College Football Playoff
  4. http://theamerican.org/news/2017/7/14/FB_0714173435.aspx 2017 Football Media Day
  5. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/american/coaches.html American Athletic Conference Coaches
  6. Web site: RecruitingNation Class Rankings top75-ESPN. ESPN. February 1, 2017. November 24, 2017.
  7. Web site: 2017 Rivals Team Rankings. Rivals.com. November 24, 2017.
  8. Web site: 2017 Scout.com College Football Team Recruiting Rankings. Scout. November 24, 2017.
  9. Web site: 2017 Football Recruiting Composite Team Rankings . 247sports.com. November 24, 2017.
  10. Web site: February 9, 2017 . American Athletic Conference Announces 2017 Football Schedule . November 24, 2017 . TheAmerican.org.
  11. Web site: No Houston Teams to Compete This Weekend. Houston Cougars. August 29, 2017. November 24, 2017.
  12. News: Hurricane Irma Forces Game to Be Called Off. UCF Knights. September 8, 2017. November 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909205520/http://ucfknights.com/news/2017/9/8/football-ucf-memphis-called-off.aspx. September 9, 2017. dead. mdy-all.
  13. Web site: Saturday's Football Game Against USF Cancelled. Connecticut Huskies. September 7, 2017. November 24, 2017.
  14. News: Following Irma, UCF - Georgia Tech Called Off. UCF Knights. September 11, 2017. November 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911210214/http://ucfknights.com/news/2017/9/11/football-ucf-georgia-tech-called-off.aspx. September 11, 2017. dead. mdy-all.
  15. Web site: American Bowl Lineup 2014-2019. American Athletic Conference. SideArm Sports. April 21, 2014. November 24, 2017.

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