2024 American Athletic Conference football season explained

2024 American Athletic Conference
football season
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League:NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport:Football
Duration:August 31, 2024 - December 14, 2024
No Of Teams:14
Tv:ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
Draft:2025 NFL draft
Draft Link:2025 NFL draft
Season:Regular season
Mvp Link:American Athletic Conference football individual awards
Finals:AAC Championship Game
Finals Link:2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Prevseason Link:2023 American Athletic Conference football season
Prevseason Year:2023
Nextseason Link:2025 American Athletic Conference football season
Nextseason Year:2025

The 2024 American Athletic Conference football season will be the 33rd NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). It will be the 12th season since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the 10th 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 conference will have 14 football members for the 2024–25 season.

Previous season

See main article: 2023 American Athletic Conference football season.

During the 2023 American Athletic Conference season, Tulane and SMU posted 8–0 conference records and advanced to the Conference Championship Game. In the Conference Championship Game, SMU defeated Tulane by a score of 26–14. SMU was invited to the Fenway Bowl, where they lost to Boston College by a score of 14–23

Conference realignment

Prior to the 2024 season, The American saw the departure of one team and the arrival of another. SMU, the 2023 Conference champions, left The American to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] Army joins The American as a football-only member beginning in 2024 after having played as an independent school in football since 2005.[2] The conference will remain at 14 football members following these moves.

Though Army and Navy will now both be members of The American, the annual Army–Navy Game will be played as a non-conference game to ensure that its traditional date of the second weekend of December will remain.[3]

Head Coaches

Changes

Records

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolAAC record
style=ArmyJeff Monken11data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=CharlotteBiff Poggi2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
East CarolinaMike Houston6data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=Florida AtlanticTom Herman2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
MemphisRyan Silverfield5data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
NavyBrian Newberry2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=North TexasEric Morris2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=RiceMike Bloomgren7data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
South FloridaAlex Golesh2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
TempleStan Drayton3data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
TulaneJon Sumrall1data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
TulsaKevin Wilson2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=UABTrent Dilfer2data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=
style=UTSAJeff Traylor5data-sort-value= data-sort-value= data-sort-value=

Note:

Source:[6]

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

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Final
ArmyAP
C
CFPNot released
CharlotteAP
C
CFPNot released
East CarolinaAP
C
CFPNot released
Florida AtlanticAP
C
CFPNot released
MemphisAPRV
CRV
CFPNot released
NavyAP
C
CFPNot released
North TexasAP
C
CFPNot released
RiceAP
C
CFPNot released
South FloridaAP
C
CFPNot released
TempleAP
C
CFPNot released
TulaneAPRV
CRV
CFPNot released
TulsaAP
C
CFPNot released
UABAP
C
CFPNot released
UTSAAPRV
CRV
CFPNot released
Legend
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 Not ranked previous week
 No change in ranking from previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in top 25 of poll
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

Regular season schedule

The 2024 schedule was released on February 29, 2024.[7]

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

Week 16

The Army–Navy game will be played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the AAC conference standings.

Versus other conference records

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power 5 ConferencesRecord
ACC0–0
Big Ten0–0
Big 120–0
Notre Dame0–0
Pac-120–0
SEC0–0
Power 4 Total0–0
Other FBS conferencesRecord
C-USA0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)0–0
MAC0–0
Mountain West0–0
Sun Belt0–0
Other FBS Total0–0
FCS OpponentsRecord
Football Championship Subdivision0–0
Total Non-Conference Record0–0

Post Season

Power 5 ConferencesRecord
ACC0–0
Big Ten0–0
Big 120–0
Notre Dame0–0
Pac-120–0
SEC0–0
Power 4 Total0–0
Other FBS ConferencesRecord
C–USA0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)0–0
MAC0–0
Mountain West0–0
Sun Belt0–0
Other FBS Total0–0
Total Bowl Record0–0

Power 4 matchups

This is a list of games the American has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 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 31 Big Ten Florida Atlantic Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI  
August 31 SEC Temple Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK  
September 7 ACC Charlotte North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC  
September 7 SEC South Florida Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL  
September 7 Big 12 Kansas State Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA  
September 14 SEC UAB Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR  
September 14 ACC Memphis Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL  
September 14 Big 12 North Texas Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX  
September 14 Big 12 Rice Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX  
September 14 SEC UTSA Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX  
September 14 SEC Tulane Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK  
September 14 Big 12 Oklahoma State Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK  
September 21 Big Ten Charlotte Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN  
September 21 ACC Miami (FL) South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL  
October 26 Independent Notre Dame Navy MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ  
November 23 Independent Notre Dame Army Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY  

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
August 31 Sun Belt James Madison Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC  
August 31 Sun Belt North Texas South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL  
August 31 C-USA Sam Houston Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX  
August 31 C-USA Kennesaw State UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX  
September 7 Sun Belt UAB Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA  
September 7 Sun Belt East Carolina Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA  
September 7 Sun Belt Troy Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN  
September 7 Sun Belt UTSA Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX  
September 7 Sun Belt Tulsa Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR  
September 14 Sun Belt Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC  
September 14 C-USA FIU Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL  
September 14 Sun Belt South Florida Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS  
September 14 Sun Belt Coastal Carolina Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA  
September 21 C-USA East Carolina Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA  
September 21 Mountain West Wyoming North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX  
September 21 Mountain West Utah State Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA  
September 21 Sun Belt Tulane Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA  
September 21 C-USA Tulsa Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA  
September 28 C-USA Middle Tennessee Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN  
October 5 Mountain West Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO  
November 2 Mountain West Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY  

FBS independents matchups

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

Date Visitor Home Site Score
September 21 Florida Atlantic UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT  
October 5 Temple UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT  
October 26 Rice UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT  
November 9 UConn UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL  

FCS matchups

Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 29 Alcorn State UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL  
August 29 Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA  
August 30 Northwestern State Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK  
August 31 Lehigh Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY  
August 31 Norfolk State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC  
August 31 North Alabama Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN  
August 31 Bucknell Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD  
August 31 Bethune-Cookman South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL  
September 7 Stephen F. Austin North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX  
September 7 Texas Southern Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX  
September 14 Gardner–Webb Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC  
September 21 Houston Christian UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX  
September 28 Wagner Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL  

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: . Army's inclusion keeps AAC at 14 in football; Navy game intact. October 25, 2023 . October 27, 2023.
  3. Web site: Why Army-Navy Will Be A Non-Conference Game In 2024 And Beyond. October 26, 2023. March 3, 2024. si.com. Sports Illustrated Media Group.
  4. Web site: Willie Fritz Named Houston Football Head Coach. December 3, 2023. December 3, 2023. uhcougars.com. University of Houston Athletics.
  5. Web site: Tulane hires Troy's Jon Sumrall on 6-year deal, sources say. December 8, 2023. December 8, 2023. espn.com. ESPN.
  6. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/american/coaches.html American Athletic Conference Coaches
  7. Web site: American Announces 2024 Football Schedule. February 29, 2024. March 3, 2024. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference.