2024 American Athletic Conference football season

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2024 American Athletic Conference
football season
AAC Championship Game
Seasons
2024 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Army   0 0     0 0  
Charlotte   0 0     0 0  
East Carolina   0 0     0 0  
Florida Atlantic   0 0     0 0  
Memphis   0 0     0 0  
Navy   0 0     0 0  
North Texas   0 0     0 0  
Rice   0 0     0 0  
South Florida   0 0     0 0  
Temple   0 0     0 0  
Tulane   0 0     0 0  
Tulsa   0 0     0 0  
UAB   0 0     0 0  
UTSA   0 0     0 0  
December 7, 2024
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of April 27, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

  • 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.[4] 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.[5] Sumrall had previously been the head coach at Troy.

Records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school AAC record
Army Jeff Monken 11 106–71 (.599) 70–55 (.560) 0–0 (–)
Charlotte Biff Poggi 2 3–9 (.250) 3–9 (.250) 2–6 (.250)
East Carolina Mike Houston 6 103–58 (.640) 24–34 (.414) 14–26 (.350)
Florida Atlantic Tom Herman 2 58–30 (.659) 4–8 (.333) 3–5 (.375)
Memphis Ryan Silverfield 5 31–19 (.620) 31–19 (.620) 17–15 (.531)
Navy Brian Newberry 2 5–7 (.417) 5–7 (.417) 4–4 (.500)
North Texas Eric Morris 2 29–25 (.537) 5–7 (.417) 3–5 (.375)
Rice Mike Bloomgren 7 22–46 (.324) 22–46 (.324) 4–4 (.500)
South Florida Alex Golesh 2 7–6 (.538) 7–6 (.538) 4–4 (.500)
Temple Stan Drayton 3 6–18 (.250) 6–18 (.250) 2–14 (.125)
Tulane Jon Sumrall 1 23–4 (.852) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Tulsa Kevin Wilson 2 30–55 (.353) 4–8 (.333) 2–6 (.250)
UAB Trent Dilfer 2 4–8 (.333) 4–8 (.333) 3–5 (.375)
UTSA Jeff Traylor 5 39–14 (.736) 39–14 (.736) 7–1 (.875)

Note:

  • Records shown after the 2023 season
  • Years at school includes 2024 season

Source:[6]

Rankings

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Final
Army AP
C
CFP Not released
Charlotte AP
C
CFP Not released
East Carolina AP
C
CFP Not released
Florida Atlantic AP
C
CFP Not released
Memphis AP
C
CFP Not released
Navy AP
C
CFP Not released
North Texas AP
C
CFP Not released
Rice AP
C
CFP Not released
South Florida AP
C
CFP Not released
Temple AP
C
CFP Not released
Tulane AP
C
CFP Not released
Tulsa AP
C
CFP Not released
UAB AP
C
CFP Not released
UTSA AP
C
CFP Not released
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in top 25 of poll
т Tied 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 1

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 Alcorn State UAB Protective StadiumBirmingham, AL    
August 29 Southeastern Louisiana Tulane
New Orleans, LA
   
August 29 Northwestern State Tulsa H. A. Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK    
August 30 Lehigh Army Michie StadiumWest Point, NY    
August 31 James Madison Charlotte Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC    
August 31 Norfolk State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC    
August 31 Florida Atlantic Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI    
August 31 North Alabama Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty StadiumMemphis, TN    
August 31 Bucknell Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD    
August 31 North Texas South Alabama Hancock Whitney StadiumMobile, AL    
August 31
Bethune-Cookman
South Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL    
August 31 Sam Houston Rice
Houston, TX
   
August 31 Temple Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK    
August 31 Kennesaw State UTSA
San Antonio, TX
   
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 2

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 UAB Louisiana–Monroe JPS Field at Malone StadiumMonroe, LA    
September 7 Army Florida Atlantic FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL    
September 7 Charlotte North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC    
September 7 East Carolina Old Dominion S.B. Ballard StadiumNorfolk, VA    
September 7 Troy Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN    
September 7 Temple Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD    
September 7 Stephen F. Austin North Texas DATCU StadiumDenton, TX    
September 7 Texas Southern Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX    
September 7 South Florida Alabama Bryant–Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL    
September 7 UTSA Texas State Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry)    
September 7 Kansas State Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
September 7 Tulsa Arkansas State Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 3

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 14 UAB Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR    
September 14 Gardner–Webb Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC    
September 14 Appalachian State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC    
September 14 FIU Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Shula Bowl)    
September 14 Memphis Florida State Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL    
September 14 North Texas Texas Tech Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX    
September 14 Rice Houston TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)    
September 14 South Florida Southern Miss M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS    
September 14 Coastal Carolina Temple
Philadelphia, PA
   
September 14 UTSA Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX    
September 14 Tulane Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK    
September 14 Oklahoma State Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK (rivalry)    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 4

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 Rice Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY    
September 21 Charlotte Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN    
September 21 East Carolina Liberty Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA    
September 21 Florida Atlantic UConn Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT    
September 21 Memphis Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD    
September 21 Wyoming North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX    
September 21 Miami (FL) South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
September 21 Utah State Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA    
September 21 Houston Christian UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX    
September 21 Tulane Louisiana Cajun FieldLafayette, LA    
September 21 Tulsa Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 5

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 26 Army Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA    
September 28 Navy UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL    
September 28 Charlotte Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX    
September 28 UTSA East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC    
September 28 Wagner Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL    
September 28 Middle Tennessee Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN    
September 28 Tulsa North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX    
September 28 South Florida Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 6

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 5 Tulane UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL    
October 5 Army Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK    
October 5 East Carolina Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC    
October 5 Navy Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)    
October 5 Temple UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 7

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 11 Memphis South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
October 12 UAB Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY    
October 12 North Texas Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL    
October 12 UTSA Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 8

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 19 UAB South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
October 19 East Carolina Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY    
October 19 Charlotte Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD    
October 19 Florida Atlantic UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX    
October 19 North Texas Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN    
October 19 Rice Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
October 19 Tulsa Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 9

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 26 Temple East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC    
October 26 Charlotte Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN    
October 26 Notre Dame Navy MetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)    
October 26 Tulane North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX    
October 26 Rice UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT    
October 26 UTSA Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 10

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 31 Charlotte Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
November 1 South Florida Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL    
November 2 Tulsa UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL    
November 2 Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)    
November 2 Memphis UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX    
November 2 Navy Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 11

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 7 Florida Atlantic East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC    
November 8 Rice Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN    
November 9 UConn UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL    
November 9 Army North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX    
November 9 Navy South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
November 9 Temple Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 12

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 14 East Carolina Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK    
November 15 North Texas UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX    
November 16 UAB Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)    
November 16 Charlotte South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
November 16 Florida Atlantic Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA    
November 16 Tulane Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 13

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 23 Notre Dame Army Yankee StadiumBronx, NY (Shamrock Series, rivalry)    
November 23 Charlotte Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL    
November 23 East Carolina North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX    
November 23 Rice UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL    
November 23 Temple UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX    
November 23 Tulsa South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 14

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 28 Memphis Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA    
November 30 UAB Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC    
November 30 UTSA Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY    
November 30 Navy East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC    
November 30 Florida Atlantic Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK    
November 30 North Texas Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA    
November 30 South Florida Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Championship Game

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 6 TBD • TBD    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

Week 16

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 14 Navy Army )    
#Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
.

^note1 The Army–Navy game will be played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the AAC conference standings.[3]

Versus other conference records

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Power 5 conferences Record
ACC 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
Pac-12 0–0
Notre Dame 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 5 Total 0–0
Other FBS conferences Record
C-USA 0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0
MAC 0–0
Mountain West 0–0
Sun Belt 0–0
Other FBS total 0–0
FCS opponents Record
Football Championship Subdivision 0–0
Total non-conference record 0–0

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 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  

References

  1. ^ Dodd, Dennis (September 1, 2023). "Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: Conference membership growing to 18 schools as latest realignment domino falls". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Army's inclusion keeps AAC at 14 in football; Navy game intact". ESPN. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Why Army-Navy Will Be A Non-Conference Game In 2024 And Beyond". si.com. Sports Illustrated Media Group. October 26, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Willie Fritz Named Houston Football Head Coach". uhcougars.com. University of Houston Athletics. December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Tulane hires Troy's Jon Sumrall on 6-year deal, sources say". espn.com. ESPN. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  6. ^ American Athletic Conference Coaches. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "American Announces 2024 Football Schedule". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.