2023 American Athletic Conference football season explained

2023 American Athletic Conference football season
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League:	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport:	Football
Duration:	August 26, 2023 - December 2, 2023
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
Draft:	2024 NFL draft
Draft Link:	2024 NFL draft
Top Pick:	Luke McCaffrey, WR, Rice
Picked By:	Washington Commanders (round 3, pick 100)
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Tulane
Second Place:	SMU
Mvp Link:	American Athletic Conference football individual awards
Finals:	AAC Championship Game
Finals Link:	2023 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Finals Champ:	SMU
Finals Runner-Up:	Tulane
Finals Mvp:	Isaiah Nwokobia, S, SMU
Prevseason Link:	2022 American Athletic Conference football season
Prevseason Year:	2022
Nextseason Link:	2024 American Athletic Conference football season
Nextseason Year:	2024

The 2023 American Athletic Conference football season was the 32nd NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). It was the 11th season since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the ninth season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA, the MAC, Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The American saw significant realignment prior to the season, with three schools departing the conference and six schools joining. It will be the final season with SMU, who will be leaving to join the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 2024–2025 school year.

Previous season

See main article: 2022 American Athletic Conference football season.

During the 2022 season, Tulane posted a 10–2 regular season record for the best regular season record in conference. Tulane and UCF advanced to the 2022 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, where Tulane won by a score of 45–28. Tulane was invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated USC, 46–45.

Conference realignment

The American Athletic Conference underwent significant realignment before the 2023 season. Three schools, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF, departed the conference to join the Big 12 Conference, having accepted invitations to join two years prior.^[1] The American invited six schools to join the conference, all previously from Conference USA: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA.^[2] The realignment brought The American up to 14 football members for the 2023 season.

This will be SMU's final season in the American before they move to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024.^[3]

In response to SMU's departure, the American announced the addition of Army as a football-only member beginning in 2024. Army currently competes as an independent and its addition will keep the conference at 14 football members.^[4]

Preseason

Media days

The 2023 American Football Media days were held July 24–25, 2023 at Live! By Loews, Arlington, Texas.^[5]

Preseason poll

The American Athletic Conference preseason media poll was released at AAC Media Day on July 25, 2023.^[6]

• First place votes in

Media poll
1	Tulane	457 (20)
2	UTSA	440 (9)
3	SMU	397 (3)
4	Memphis	362 (1)
5	Florida Atlantic	312
6	East Carolina	303
7	North Texas	261
8	UAB	209 (1)
9	Navy	199
10	Temple	182
11	Tulsa	160
12	Rice	138
13	South Florida	86
14	Charlotte	64

Head coaches

Changes

• On November 15, 2022, Charlotte announced that former Michigan associate head coach Biff Poggi would become their new head coach beginning in 2023, replacing Will Healy, who had been fired mid-season.^[7]
• On November 30, 2022, UAB announced that they had hired Trent Dilfer as their permanent head coach, replacing Bryant Vincent, who had been the interim head coach for the entire 2022 season.^[8]
• On December 1, 2022, Florida Atlantic announced that Tom Herman would take over as head coach, replacing Willie Taggart.^[9]
• On December 4, 2022, South Florida announced that Alex Golesh would become the new permanent head coach starting in 2023 after the school had fired previous head coach Jeff Scott prior to the end of the 2022 season. Golesh was previously the offensive coordinator at Tennessee.^[10]
• On December 6, 2022, Tulsa announced that former Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson would become the new coach for the team, replacing Philip Montgomery, who had been fired after the season.^[11]
• On December 13, 2022, North Texas announced former Washington State offensive coordinator Eric Morris as their new head coach, replacing Seth Littrell who had been fired two weeks prior.^[12]
• On December 19, 2022, Brian Newberry was promoted to head coach of Navy after the school declined to renew Ken Niumatalolo's contract. Newberry was the defensive coordinator for the team prior to promotion.^[13]

Records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	AAC Record
style=	Charlotte	Biff Poggi	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
East Carolina	Mike Houston	5	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
style=	Florida Atlantic	Tom Herman	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield	4	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
Navy	Brian Newberry	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
style=	North Texas	Eric Morris	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
style=	Rice	Mike Bloomgren	6	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
SMU	Rhett Lashlee	2	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
South Florida	Alex Golesh	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
Temple	Stan Drayton	2	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
Tulane	Willie Fritz	8	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
Tulsa	Kevin Wilson	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
style=	UAB	Trent Dilfer	1	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=
style=	UTSA	Jeff Traylor	4	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=

Note:

• Records shown after the 2022 season
• Years at school includes 2023 season

Source:^[14]

Post-season changes

• On December 3, 2023, Tulane head coach Willie Fritz resigned from his position to take the head coach position at Houston in the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 season.^[15] Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Slade Nagle was named the interim head coach. On December 8, Jon Sumrall was announced as Tulane's new head coach for 2024.^[16] Sumrall had previously been the head coach at Troy.

Rankings

See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

	Pre	Wk 1	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	Final
Charlotte	AP
C
CFP	Not released
East Carolina	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Florida Atlantic	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP														RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV				RV
	CFP	Not released
Navy	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
North Texas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rice	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
SMU	AP											RV	RV	RV	25	17
	C	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV	RV	25	24	19
	CFP	Not released														24
South Florida	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Temple	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Tulane	AP	24	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	21	20	17	18	17	23
	C	23	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	21	20	17	18	18	24
	CFP	Not released									24	23	24	23	22
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UAB	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UTSA	AP	RV
	C	RV	RV											RV
	CFP	Not released

Regular season schedule

The 2023 schedule was released on February 21, 2023.^[17]

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

Week 15

Postseason

Bowl Games

See also: 2023–24 NCAA football bowl games.

Legend
	American win
	American loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	AAC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Frisco Bowl	December 19	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	9:00 p.m.	UTSA	Marshall	W 35–17	11,215
Boca Raton Bowl	December 21	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	South Florida	Syracuse	W 45–0	20,711
First Responder Bowl	December 26	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN	5:30 p.m.	Rice	Texas State	L 21–45	26,542
Military Bowl	December 27	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	Tulane	Virginia Tech	L 20–41	35,849
Fenway Bowl	December 28	Fenway Park • Boston, MA	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	No. 24 SMU	Boston College	L 14–23
Liberty Bowl	December 29	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	Iowa State	W 36–26

Versus other conference records

2023–2024 records against non-conference foes:

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–2
Big Ten	0–4
Big 12	1–5
Pac-12	0–2
Notre Dame	0–1
SEC	0–6
Power 5 Total	1–20
Other FBS Conferences	Record
C-USA	2–2
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	1–3
MAC	2–1
Mountain West	1–1
Sun Belt	4–5
Other FBS Total	10–12
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	13–0
Total Non-Conference Record	24–32

Postseason

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	1-2
Big 12	1–0
Big Ten	0–0
Notre Dame	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	2–2
Other FBS Conferences	Record
C-USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	1–1
Other FBS Total	1–1
Total Bowl Record	3-3

Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games the American has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 26	Independent	Navy	No. 13 Notre Dame	Aviva Stadium • Dublin, Ireland	L 3–42
September 2	Big Ten	East Carolina	No. 2 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 3–30
September 2	Pac-12	California	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	L 21–58
September 2	Big 12	Rice	No. 11 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 10–37
September 2	Big 12	UTSA	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	L 14–17
September 9	Big Ten	Charlotte	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	L 20–38
September 9	Big 12	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 43–41
September 9	Big 12	SMU	No. 18 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 11–28
September 9	Big Ten	Temple	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	L 7–36
September 9	SEC	No. 20 Ole Miss	No. 24 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 20–37
September 9	Pac-12	Tulsa	No. 8 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 10–43
September 16	ACC	Florida Atlantic	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 14–48
September 16	SEC	No. 10 Alabama	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 3–17
September 16	Big 12	No. 19 Oklahoma	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 17–66
September 23	SEC	UAB	No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 21–49
September 23	SEC	Charlotte	No. 25 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 7–22
September 23	Big Ten	Florida Atlantic	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 17–23
September 23	SEC	Memphis	Missouri	The Dome at America's Center • St. Louis, MO	L 27–34
September 23	Big 12	SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 17–34
September 23	ACC	No. 20 Miami (FL)	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 7–41
September 23	SEC	UTSA	No. 23 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 14–45

Group of Five matchups

The following games include American Athletic Conference teams competing against teams from C-USA, the MAC, Mountain West, or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 2	C-USA	South Florida	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	L 24–41
September 2	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	W 38–14
September 2	MAC	Akron	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 24–21
September 2	Sun Belt	South Alabama	No. 24 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 37–17
September 9	Sun Belt	UAB	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	L 35–49
September 9	Sun Belt	Marshall	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	L 13–31
September 9	MAC	Ohio	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	L 10–17
September 9	Sun Belt	Memphis	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	W 37–3
September 9	C-USA	North Texas	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Westchester, FL	L 39–46
September 9	Sun Belt	Texas State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	W 20–13
September 16	Sun Belt	Louisiana	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	L 21–41
September 16	Sun Belt	Georgia State	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	L 25–41
September 16	Sun Belt	East Carolina	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	L 28–43
September 16	C-USA	North Texas	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 40–37
September 16	Sun Belt	Tulane	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	W 21–3
September 23	MAC	Tulsa	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	W 22–14
September 30	Mountain West	Boise State	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 35–32
October 21	Mountain West	No. 22 Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	L 6–17

FBS independents matchups

The following games include AAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, UConn, or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 15	Army	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	L 29–37
October 7	UConn	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 31–38
October 21	South Florida	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	W 24–21
December 9	Navy	Army	Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, MA	L 11–17

FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	North Carolina A&T	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	W 35–6
August 31	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	W 42–7
September 2	South Carolina State	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	W 24–3
September 2	Monmouth	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 42–20
September 2	Bethune-Cookman	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 56–14
September 9	Wagner	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 24–0
September 9	No. 23 (FCS) Florida A&M	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 38–24
September 16	Texas Southern	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 59–7
September 16	Prairie View A&M	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	W 69–0
September 16	Norfolk State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 41–9
September 23	Gardner-Webb	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	W 44–0
September 23	Nicholls	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 36–7
September 30	Abilene Christian	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	W 45–31

Awards and honors

Player of the week award

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1^[18]		Michael Pratt	Tulane	QB		Yvandy Rigby	Temple	LB		Seth Morgan	Memphis	K
Week 2^[19]		JT Daniels	Rice	QB		Trey Moore	UTSA	LB		Chase Allen	UTSA	K
Week 3^[20]		Preston Stone	SMU	QB		Daquan Evans	South Florida	S		Noah Rauschenberg	North Texas	K
Week 4^[21]		Byrum Brown	South Florida	QB		Kendarin Ray	Tulsa	S		Grant Gonya	Charlotte	P
Week 5^[22]		Cardell Williams	Tulsa	QB		Tramel Logan	South Florida	DE		Geoffrey Cantin-Arku	Memphis	LB
Week 6^[23]		Jermaine Brown Jr.	UAB	RB		Luke Pirris	Navy	DE/LB		Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic	K/P
Week 7^[24]		Daniel Richardson	Florida Atlantic	QB		Trey Moore (2)	UTSA	LB		Riley Riethman	Navy	P
Week 8^[25]		Michael Pratt (2)	Tulane	QB		Demetrius Knight II	Charlotte	LB		Roderick Daniels Jr.	SMU	WR
Week 9^[26]		Preston Stone (2)	SMU	QB		Trey Moore (3)	UTSA	LB		Valentino Ambrosio	Tulane	K
Week 10^[27]		Jacob Zeno	UAB	QB		Nikhai Hill-Green	Charlotte	LB		Collin Rogers	SMU	K
Week 11^[28]		Seth Henigan	Memphis	QB		Colin Ramos	Navy	LB		Andrew Conrad	East Carolina	K
Week 12^[29]		Frank Harris	UTSA	QB		Colin Ramos (2)	Navy	LB		Matt Quinn	UAB	K
Week 13^[30]		Byrum Brown (2) Preston Stone (3)	South Florida SMU	QB QB		Kam Pedescleaux	Tulane	S		Noah Rauschenberg (2)	North Texas	K

American Athletic Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.^[31]

Offensive Player of the Year	Michael Pratt	Tulane
Defensive Player of the Year	Trey Moore	UTSA
Special Teams Player of the Year	LaJohntay Wester	Florida Atlantic
Rookie of the Year	Makhi Hughes	Tulane
Coach of the Year	Willie Fritz	Tulane

All-Conference Teams

The following players were selected part of the All-Conference teams.

Position	Player	Team
First Team Offense
WR	LaJohntay Wester	style=	Florida Atlantic
WR	Luke McCaffrey	style=	Rice
WR	Joshua Cephus	style=	UTSA
OT	Marcus Bryant	style=	SMU
OT	Cameron Wire	style=	Tulane
OG	Justin Osborne	style=	SMU
OG	Logan Parr	style=	SMU
C	Sincere Haynesworth	style=	Tulane
TE	RJ Maryland	style=	SMU
QB	Frank Harris	style=	UTSA
QB	Michael Pratt	style=	Tulane
RB	Blake Watson	style=	Memphis
RB	Makhi Hughes	style=	Tulane
First Team Defense
DL	Elijah Chatman	style=	SMU
DL	Darius Hodges	style=	Tulane
DL	Patrick Jenkins	style=	Tulane
DL	Ben Kopenski	style=	Tulsa
LB	Demetrius Knight II	style=	Charlotte
LB	Colin Ramos	style=	Navy
LB	Chandler Martin	style=	Memphis
LB	Trey Moore	style=	UTSA
CB	Kam Alexander	style=	UTSA
CB	Jarius Monroe	style=	Tulane
S	Julius Wood	style=	East Carolina
S	Rashad Wisdom	style=	UTSA
First Team Special Teams
K	Collin Rogers	style=	SMU
P	Riley Reithman	style=	Navy
RS	LaJohntay Wester	style=	Florida Atlantic

Position	Player	Team
Second Team Offense
WR	Roc Taylor	style=	Memphis
WR	Ja'Mori Maclin	style=	North Texas
WR	Sean Atkins	style=	South Florida
OT	Chaz Neal	style=	Florida Atlantic
OT	Xavier Hill	style=	Memphis
OG	Gabe Blair	style=	North Texas
OG	Terrell Haynes	style=	UTSA
C	Branson Hickman	style=	SMU
TE	David Martin-Robinson	style=	Temple
QB	Seth Henigan	style=	Memphis
RB	Ayo Adeyi	style=	North Texas
RB	Jaylan Knighton	style=	SMU
Second Team Defense
DL	Eyabi Okie	style=	Charlotte
DL	D'Anta Johnson	style=	East Carolina
DL	Jaylon Allen	style=	Memphis
DL	Elijah Roberts	style=	SMU
LB	Kobe Wilson	style=	SMU
LB	Donyai Taylor	style=	UTSA
LB	Jordan Magee	style=	Temple
LB	Jesus Machado	style=	Tulane
CB	Shavon Revel	style=	East Carolina
CB	Lance Robinson	style=	Tulane
S	Kam Pedescleaux	style=	Tulane
S	Kendarin Ray	style=	Tulsa
Second Team Special Teams
K	Chase Allen	style=	UTSA
P	Lucas Dean	style=	UTSA
RS	Roderick Daniels Jr.	style=	SMU

Position	Player	Team
Third Team Offense
WR	Tejhaun Palmer	style=	UAB
WR	Chris Brazzell II	style=	Tulane
WR	Lawrence Keys III	style=	Tulane
OT	Ernesto Almaraz	style=	UTSA
OT	Rashad Green	style=	Tulane
OG	Febechi Nwaiwu	style=	North Texas
OG	Chester Baah	style=	Tulsa
C	Jacob Likes	style=	Memphis
TE	Oscar Cardenas	style=	UTSA
QB	Preston Stone	style=	SMU
RB	Jermaine Brown Jr.	style=	UAB
RB	Anthony Watkins	style=	Tulsa
Third Team Defense
DL	Evan Anderson	style=	Florida Atlantic
DL	Brandon Brown	style=	UTSA
DL	Joe Evans	style=	UTSA
DL	Brandon Matterson	style=	UTSA
LB	Nikhai Hill-Green	style=	Charlotte
LB	Jeremy Lewis	style=	East Carolina
LB	Jordan Brown	style=	North Texas
LB	Tyler Grubbs	style=	Tulane
CB	Dontae Balfour	style=	Charlotte
CB	Charles Woods	style=	SMU
S	Jarron Morris	style=	Florida Atlantic
S	Simeon Blair	style=	Memphis
S	Rayuan Lane	style=	Navy
S	Jonathan McGill	style=	SMU
Third Team Special Teams
K	Noah Rauschenberg	style=	North Texas
K	Chase Meyer	style=	Tulsa
P	Ryan Bujcevski	style=	SMU
RS	Jha'Quan Jackson	style=	Tulane

All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
PR	LaJohntay Wester	style=	Florida Atlantic	FWAA

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
LB	Trey Moore	style=	UTSA	AFCA
PR	LaJohntay Wester	style=	Florida Atlantic	FOX

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium	15,314	15,622	14,410	15,659	10,857	8,895	9,385
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	38,211	40,589	33,444	39,842	33,765	29,567
Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium	29,495	20,893	17,934	21,077	17,241	17,532	15,871
Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium	58,862	26,632	25,551	30,364	35,609	30,223	30,313
Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34,000	29,798	29,789	28,648	38,803	29,078	28,708
North Texas	DATCU Stadium	30,850	21,350	21,494	13,678	18,062	17,354	14,628
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	23,425	18,103	19,598	21,207	20,436	21,632	19,393
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	21,490	24,489	25,385	20,800	22,043	21,490
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium	65,897	36,495	65,138	29,141	36,670	30,938	29,279
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	12,456	10,932	17,234	18,388	11,232	13,049	10,830
Tulane	Yulman Stadium	30,000	26,973	30,000	22,842	20,102	30,000	20,126	25,103
Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	17,529	30,855	17,538	18,527	20,151	16,520
UAB	Protective Stadium	47,100	25,363	21,673	23,792	20,269	20,676	17,486
UTSA	Alamodome	36,582	49,324	27,138	23,808	22,629	28,245	22,096

Capacity source on all 14 stadiums:^[32]

NFL draft

See also: 2024 NFL draft.

The NFL draft was held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit. The following list includes all AAC players in the draft.

List of selections

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Luke McCaffrey	WR	Rice	3	36	100	Washington Commanders
Jordan Magee	LB	Temple	5	5	139	Washington Commanders
Jha'Quan Jackson	WR	Tulane	6	6	182	Tennessee Titans
Tejhaun Palmer	WR	UAB	6	15	191	Arizona Cardinals
Michael Pratt	QB	Tulane	7	25	245	Green Bay Packers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members . Big12Sports.com . Big 12 Conference . September 10, 2021.
2. Web site: AAC to add six new member schools from Conference USA ahead of 2023 college football season . Shehan. Jeyarajah. July 15, 2022. March 8, 2023. cbssports.com. CBS Sports.
3. Web site: . Dodd . Dennis . Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: Conference membership growing to 18 schools as latest realignment domino falls . September 1, 2023 . September 1, 2023.
4. Web site: . Army's inclusion keeps AAC at 14 in football; Navy game intact. October 25, 2023 . October 27, 2023.
5. Web site: American Football Media Days Set for July 24–25 at Live! By Loews Arlington Texas . American Athletic Conference . American Athletic Conference . 20 April 2023. April 20, 2023.
6. Web site: Tulane is the Favorite in 2023 American Preseason Media Poll. theAmerican.org . 27 July 2023.
7. Web site: Michigan’s Biff Poggi to Lead Charlotte 49ers Football Program. November 15, 2022. March 8, 2023. charlotte49ers.com. UNC Charlotte Athletics.
8. Ingram Names Trent Dilfer as Head Coach of UAB Football. November 30, 2022. March 8, 2023. UAB Athletics.
9. Web site: Herman To Lead Florida Atlantic Football. December 1, 2022. March 8, 2023. fausports.com. Florida Atlantic University.
10. Web site: Alex Golesh named sixth head coach of USF football. December 4, 2022. March 8, 2023. gousfbulls.com. University of South Florida.
11. Web site: Wilson takes over as Tulsa’s new head football coach following six years at Ohio State. December 6, 2022. March 8, 2023. tulsahurricane.com. University of Tulsa.
12. Web site: Eric Morris Hired as 20th Head Football Coach. December 13, 2022. March 8, 2023. meangreensports.com. University of North Texas.
13. News: Copeland . Kareem . December 19, 2022 . Navy promotes defensive coordinator Brian Newberry to head coach . March 8, 2023 . The Washington Post.
14. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/american/coaches.html American Athletic Conference Coaches
15. Web site: Willie Fritz Named Houston Football Head Coach. December 3, 2023. December 3, 2023. uhcougars.com. University of Houston Athletics.
16. Web site: Tulane hires Troy's Jon Sumrall on 6-year deal, sources say. December 8, 2023. December 8, 2023. espn.com. ESPN.
17. Web site: February 21, 2023 . American Announces 2023 Football Schedule . March 8, 2023 . theamerican.org . American Athletic Conference.
18. Web site: Tulane's Pratt, Temple's Rigby, Memphis' Morgan Take First Weekly Football Honors. September 4, 2023. September 4, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
19. Web site: Rice's Daniels, UTSA's Moore, Allen Named Football Players of the Week. September 11, 2023. September 11, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
20. Web site: Football Players of the Week: SMU, South Florida, North Texas Players Honored. September 18, 2023. September 19, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
21. Web site: South Florida's Brown, Tulsa's Ray, Charlotte's Gonya Take Weekly Football Honors. September 25, 2023. September 25, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
22. Web site: Tulsa's Williams, South Florida's Logan, Memphis' Cantin-Arku are Players of the Week. October 2, 2023. October 2, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
23. Web site: UAB's Brown, Navy's Pirris, Florida Atlantic's Lupo Are Football Players of the Week. October 9, 2023. October 9, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
24. Web site: Florida Atlantic's Richardson, UTSA's Moore, Navy's Riethman Named Week 7 Players of the Week. October 16, 2023. October 16, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
25. Web site: Tulane's Pratt, Charlotte's Knight, SMU's Daniels Earn Player of the Week Honors. October 23, 2023. October 23, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
26. Web site: SMU's Stone, UTSA's Moore, Tulane's Ambrosio Earn Player of the Week Honors. October 30, 2023. October 30, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
27. Web site: UAB's Zeno, Charlotte's Hill-Green, SMU's Rogers are Week 10 Players of the Week. November 6, 2023. November 6, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
28. Web site: Memphis' Henigan, Navy's Ramos, East Carolina's Conrad Earn Player of the Week Honors. November 13, 2023. November 13, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
29. Web site: UTSA’s Harris, Navy’s Ramos, UAB’s Quinn named players of the week. November 20, 2023. November 20, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
30. Web site: American Announces Final Players of the Week for 2023 Season. November 27, 2023. November 27, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
31. Web site: 2023 Football Postseason Awards. November 29, 2023. November 23, 2023. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.
32. Web site: American Athletic Conference Football Report 2023 Season, Week 1. East Carolina Pirates, Department of Athletics. September 12, 2023.