American Athletic Conference
| Status |
|---|
| Active |
| Years Active |
| 2013-present |
| Prior Name(s)/Conference(s) |
| Big East Conference (football only) |
| Successor Conference(s) |
| n/a |
The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and six associate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States.
The American's legal predecessor, the original Big East Conference, was considered one of the six collegiate power conferences of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era in college football, and The American inherited that status in the BCS's final season. With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, The American became a "Group of Five" conference, which shares one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games.
Members
Current members
Cincinnati Bearcats • East Carolina Pirates • Houston Cougars • Memphis Tigers • Navy Midshipmen • SMU Mustangs • South Florida Bulls • Temple Owls • Tulane Green Wave • Tulsa Golden Hurricane • UTSA Roadrunners
Affiliate members
Navy Midshipmen (football)
Former members
Louisville Cardinals • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • UCF Knights • UConn Huskies
Media guides and yearbooks
Media guides
Football
| 2010s | 2017 • 2019 |
|---|---|
| 2020s | 2021 |
| American Athletic Conference | |
|---|---|
| Full members (all sports) | Cincinnati Bearcats • East Carolina Pirates • Houston Cougars • Memphis Tigers • SMU Mustangs • South Florida Bulls • Temple Owls • Tulane Green Wave • Tulsa Golden Hurricane • UTSA Roadrunners |
| Football-only members | Army Black Knights • Navy Midshipmen |
| Basketball Venues | FedExForum • Fertitta Center • Moody Coliseum |
| Football Venues | Alamodome • Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Lincoln Financial Field • Michie Stadium • Nippert Stadium • Raymond James Stadium • Yulman Stadium |
| All College Football Conferences | |
|---|---|
| FBS Conferences | American Athletic Conference • Atlantic Coast Conference • Big 12 Conference • Big Ten Conference • Conference USA • Mid-American Conference • Mountain West Conference • Pac-12 Conference • Southeastern Conference • Sun Belt Conference |
| FCS Conferences | Big Sky Conference • Big South Conference • Colonial Athletic Association • Ivy League • Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference • Missouri Valley Football Conference • Northeast Conference • Ohio Valley Conference • Patriot League • Pioneer Football League • Southern Conference • Southland Conference • Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| NCAA Division I all-sports conferences | |
|---|---|
| FBS | The American • Atlantic Coast • Big 12 • Big Ten • C-USA • Mid-American • Mountain West • Pac-12 • Southeastern • Sun Belt |
| FCS | ASUN • Big Sky • Big South • CAA • Ivy • MEAC • Northeast • Ohio Valley • Patriot • SoCon • Southland • SWAC • WAC |
| Non-Football | America East • Atlantic 10 • Big East • Big West • Horizon • MAAC • Missouri Valley • Summit • West Coast |
| Football-Only | MVFC |
