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 is 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.
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
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]
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | AAC record | |||
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Army | Jeff Monken | 11 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Charlotte | Biff Poggi | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
East Carolina | Mike Houston | 6 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Florida Atlantic | Tom Herman | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Memphis | Ryan Silverfield | 5 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Navy | Brian Newberry | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
North Texas | Eric Morris | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Rice | Mike Bloomgren | 7 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
South Florida | Alex Golesh | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Temple | Stan Drayton | 3 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Tulane | Jon Sumrall | 1 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
Tulsa | Kevin Wilson | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
UAB | Trent Dilfer | 2 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
UTSA | Jeff Traylor | 5 | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | data-sort-value= | |||
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See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.
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Army | AP | RV | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 24 | |||||||
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Memphis | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | ||||||||
C | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 24 | |||||
CFP | Not released | 25 | |||||||||||||||
Navy | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | |||||||||||
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North Texas | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Rice | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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Tulane | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 20 | 18 | RV | ||||||||
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UAB | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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UTSA | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
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Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
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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 | |
The 2024 schedule was released on February 29, 2024.[14]
Index to colors and formatting | |
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American member won | |
American member lost | |
American teams in bold |
See also: 2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game.
The Army–Navy game will be played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the AAC conference standings.
See also: 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games.
Legend | ||
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American win | ||
American loss |
Bowl game | Date | Site | Television | Time (EST) | AAC team | Opponent | Score | Attendance |
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Frisco Bowl | December 17 | ESPN | 9:00 p.m. | Memphis | West Virginia | |||
Hawaii Bowl | December 24 | Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI | ESPN | 8:00 p.m. | South Florida | San Jose State | ||
2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Power 4 Conferences | Record | |
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ACC | 1–2 | |
Big Ten | 0–2 | |
Big 12 | 0–4 | |
Notre Dame | 0–0 | |
SEC | 0–5 | |
Power 4 Total | 1–13 | |
Other FBS conferences | Record | |
C-USA | 4–2 | |
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 0–2 | |
MAC | 0–0 | |
Mountain West | 3–0 | |
Pac-12 | 0–0 | |
Sun Belt | 5–6 | |
Other FBS Total | 12–10 | |
FCS Opponents | Record | |
Football Championship Subdivision | 13–0 | |
Total Non-Conference Record | 26–23 |
Post Season
Power 4 Conferences | Record | |
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ACC | 0–0 | |
Big Ten | 0–0 | |
Big 12 | 0–0 | |
Notre Dame | 0–0 | |
SEC | 0–0 | |
Power 4 Total | 0–0 | |
Other FBS Conferences | Record | |
C–USA | 0–0 | |
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 0–0 | |
MAC | 0–0 | |
Mountain West | 0–0 | |
Pac-12 | 0–0 | |
Sun Belt | 0–0 | |
Other FBS Total | 0–0 | |
Total Bowl Record | 0–0 |
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 |
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August 30 | Big Ten | Florida Atlantic | Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 10–16 |
August 30 | SEC | Temple | Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 3–51 |
September 7 | ACC | Charlotte | North Carolina | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | L 20–38 |
September 7 | SEC | South Florida | No. 4 Alabama | Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | L 16–42 |
September 7 | Big 12 | No. 17 Kansas State | Tulane | Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA | L 27–34 |
September 14 | SEC | UAB | Arkansas | Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | L 27–37 |
September 14 | ACC | Memphis | Florida State | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | W 20–12 |
September 14 | Big 12 | North Texas | Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX | L 21–66 |
September 14 | Big 12 | Rice | Houston | TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX | L 7–33 |
September 14 | SEC | UTSA | No. 2 Texas | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | L 7–56 |
September 14 | SEC | Tulane | No. 15 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | L 19–34 |
September 14 | Big 12 | No. 13 Oklahoma State | Tulsa | H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK | L 10–45 |
September 21 | Big Ten | Charlotte | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 14–52 |
September 21 | ACC | No. 8 Miami (FL) | South Florida | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL | L 15–50 |
October 26 | Independent | No. 12 Notre Dame | No. 24 Navy | MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ | L 14–51 |
November 23 | Independent | Notre Dame | Army | Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY | |
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 |
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August 31 | Sun Belt | James Madison | Charlotte | Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC | L 7–30 |
August 31 | Sun Belt | North Texas | South Alabama | Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL | W 52–38 |
August 31 | C-USA | Sam Houston | Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | L 14–34 |
August 31 | C-USA | Kennesaw State | UTSA | Alamodome • San Antonio, TX | W 28–16 |
September 7 | Sun Belt | UAB | Louisiana–Monroe | JPS Field at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA | L 6–32 |
September 7 | Sun Belt | East Carolina | Old Dominion | S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA | W 20–14 |
September 7 | Sun Belt | Troy | Memphis | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 38–17 |
September 7 | Sun Belt | UTSA | Texas State | Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX | L 10-49 |
September 7 | Sun Belt | Tulsa | Arkansas State | Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | L 24–28 |
September 14 | Sun Belt | Appalachian State | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | L 19–21 |
September 14 | C-USA | FIU | Florida Atlantic | FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W 38–20 |
September 14 | Sun Belt | South Florida | Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS | W 49–24 |
September 14 | Sun Belt | Coastal Carolina | Temple | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | L 20–28 |
September 21 | C-USA | East Carolina | Liberty | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | L 24–35 |
September 21 | Mountain West | Wyoming | North Texas | DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX | W 44–17 |
September 21 | Mountain West | Utah State | Temple | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 45–29 |
September 21 | Sun Belt | Tulane | Louisiana | Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA | W 41–33 |
September 21 | C-USA | Tulsa | Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA | W 23–20 |
September 28 | C-USA | Middle Tennessee | Memphis | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 24–7 |
October 5 | Mountain West | Navy | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | W 34–7 |
November 2 | Mountain West | Air Force | Army | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | |
The following games include AAC teams competing against FBS independents, which includes UConn or UMass.
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Score | |
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September 21 | Florida Atlantic | UConn | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | L 14–48 | |
October 5 | Temple | UConn | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | L 20–29 | |
October 26 | Rice | UConn | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | ||
November 9 | UConn | UAB | Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL |
Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Score |
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August 29 | Alcorn State | UAB | Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL | W 41–3 |
August 29 | Southeastern Louisiana | Tulane | Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 52–0 |
August 29 | Northwestern State | Tulsa | H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK | W 62–28 |
August 30 | Lehigh | Army | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 42–7 |
August 31 | Norfolk State | East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | W 42–3 |
August 31 | North Alabama | Memphis | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN | W 40–0 |
August 31 | Bucknell | Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 49–21 |
August 31 | Bethune-Cookman | South Florida | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL | W 48–3 |
September 7 | Stephen F. Austin | North Texas | DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX | W 35–20 |
September 7 | Texas Southern | Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 69–7 |
September 14 | Gardner–Webb | Charlotte | Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC | W 27–26 |
September 21 | Houston Christian | UTSA | Alamodome • San Antonio, TX | W 45–7 |
September 28 | Wagner | Florida Atlantic | FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W 41–10 |
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Special Teams | ||||||||||
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Player | Team | Position | Player | Team | Position | Player | Team | Position | |||||
Week 1[15] | Chandler Morris | North Texas | QB | Rayshawn Pleasant | Tulane | CB | Kamdyn Benjamin | Tulsa | WR/PR | ||||
Week 2[16] | Blake Horvath | Navy | QB | Elijah Herring | Memphis | LB | Matthew Rhodes | Army | P/H | ||||
Week 3[17] | Seth Henigan | Memphis | QB | Chandler Martin | Memphis | LB | Michael O'Shaughnessy | Charlotte | P | ||||
Week 4[18] | Blake Horvath (2) | Navy | QB | Colin Ramos | Navy | LB | Maddux Trujillo Seth Morgan | Temple Tulsa | K K | ||||
Week 5[19] | Chandler Morris (2) | North Texas | QB | Gerrod Henderson | Tulane | DE | Noah Perez | East Carolina | K | ||||
Week 6[20] | Bryson Daily | Army | QB | Jaxson Campbell | Navy | LB | Rayshawn Pleasant | Tulane | CB/KR | ||||
Week 7[21] | Bryson Daily (2) | Army | QB | Chandler Martin (2) | Memphis | LB | Kali Nguma | North Texas | K | ||||
Week 8[22] | Bryson Daily (3) | Army | QB | Dashaun Peele | Navy | CB | Jonah Delange | UAB | K | ||||
Week 9[23] | Cooper Legas | Tulsa | QB | Chandler Martin (3) | Memphis | LB | Quinton Jackson | Rice | RB/KR | ||||
Week 10[24] | Jalen Kitna | UAB | QB | Martavius French | UTSA | LB | Kam Shanks | UAB | WR/KR | ||||
Week 11[25] | Katin Houser | East Carolina | QB | Kalib Fortner | Army | LB | Riley Riethman | Navy | P | ||||
Week 12[26] | Seth Henigan (2) | Memphis | QB | Sam Howard | Tulane | LB | Tate Sandell | UTSA | K | ||||
Week 13[27] | O'Mega Blake | Charlotte | WR | Jimmori Robinson | UTSA | LB | Stephen Rusnak | Charlotte | K | ||||
Week 14[28] | Greg Desrosiers Jr. | Memphis | RB | Kourtlan Marsh | Memphis | DB | Michael O'Shaughnessy (2) | Charlotte | P |
The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.[29]
Offensive Player of the Year | Bryson Daily | Army |
Defensive Player of the Year | Jimmori Robinson | UTSA |
Special Teams Player of the Year | Jonah Delange | UAB |
Rookie of the Year | Joseph Williams | Tulsa |
Coach of the Year | Jeff Monken | Army |
The following players were selected part of the All-Conference teams.
Position | Player | Team | |
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First Team Offense | |||
WR | Roc Taylor | style= | Memphis |
WR | DT Sheffield | style= | North Texas |
WR | Dante Wright | style= | Temple |
OT | Xavier Hill | style= | Memphis |
OT | Derrick Graham | style= | Tulane |
OG | Bill Katsigiannis | style= | Army |
OG | Shadre Hurst | style= | Tulane |
C | Brady Small | style= | Army |
TE | Anthony Landphere | style= | Memphis |
QB | Bryson Daily | style= | Army |
RB | Mario Anderson Jr. | style= | Memphis |
RB | Makhi Hughes | style= | Tulane |
First Team Defense | |||
DL | Desmond Little | style= | UAB |
DL | William Whitlow | style= | Memphis |
DL | Landon Robinson | style= | Navy |
DL | Patrick Jenkins | style= | Tulane |
LB | Chandler Martin | style= | Memphis |
LB | Colin Ramos | style= | Navy |
LB | Tyquan King | style= | Temple |
LB | Jimmori Robinson | style= | UTSA |
CB | Davion Ross | style= | Memphis |
CB | Zah Frazier | style= | UTSA |
S | Max DiDomenico | style= | Army |
S | Rayuan Lane | style= | Navy |
First Team Special Teams | |||
K | Jonah Delange | style= | UAB |
P | Andrew Stokes | style= | South Florida |
RS | Kam Shanks | style= | UAB |
Position | Player | Team | |
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Second Team Offense | |||
WR | O'Mega Blake | style= | Charlotte |
WR | Chase Sowell | style= | East Carolina |
WR | Mario Williams | style= | Tulane |
OT | Connor Finucane | style= | Army |
OT | Lucas Scott | style= | Army |
OG | Paolo Gennarelli | style= | Army |
OG | Josh Remetich | style= | Tulane |
C | Vincent Murphy | style= | Tulane |
TE | Oscar Cardenas | style= | UTSA |
QB | Chandler Morris | style= | North Texas |
RB | Kanye Udoh | style= | Army |
RB | Rahjai Harris | style= | East Carolina |
Second Team Defense | |||
DL | Kyle Lewis | style= | Army |
DL | Justin Reed | style= | Navy |
DL | Decarius Hawthorne | style= | South Florida |
DL | Diwun Black | style= | Temple |
LB | Zakye Barker | style= | East Carolina |
LB | D. J. Woodbury | style= | Temple |
LB | Martavius French | style= | UTSA |
LB | Tyler Grubbs | style= | Tulane |
LB | Sam Howard | style= | Tulane |
CB | Dashaun Peele | style= | Navy |
CB | Micah Robinson | style= | Tulane |
S | Gabriel Taylor | style= | Rice |
S | Bailey Despanie | style= | Tulane |
Second Team Special Teams | |||
K | Maddux Trujillo | style= | Temple |
P | Riley Riethman | style= | Navy |
RS | Rayshawn Pleasant | style= | Tulane |
Position | Player | Team | |
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Third Team Offense | |||
WR | Kam Shanks | style= | UAB |
WR | Sean Atkins | style= | South Florida |
WR | Kamdyn Benjamin | style= | Tulsa |
OT | Parker Moorer | style= | East Carolina |
OT | Rah Green | style= | Tulane |
OG | Jonah Gambill | style= | Memphis |
OG | Walter Young Bear | style= | Tulsa |
C | Trent Holler | style= | Memphis |
TE | Alex Bauman | style= | Tulane |
QB | Seth Henigan | style= | Memphis |
RB | Lee Beebe Jr. | style= | UAB |
RB | CJ Campbell Jr. | style= | Florida Atlantic |
Third Team Defense | |||
DL | Demon Clowney | style= | Charlotte |
DL | Brandon Brown | style= | UTSA |
DL | Kam Hamilton | style= | Tulane |
DL | Adin Huntington | style= | Tulane |
LB | Michael Moore | style= | UAB |
LB | Elo Modozie | style= | Army |
LB | Andon Thomas | style= | Army |
LB | Jaylen Smith | style= | North Texas |
LB | Gavin Potter | style= | Tulsa |
CB | Ridge Texada | style= | North Texas |
CB | Caleb Ransaw | style= | Tulane |
S | Omar Rogers | style= | East Carolina |
S | CJ Heard | style= | Florida Atlantic |
Third Team Special Teams | |||
K | Stephen Rusnak | style= | Charlotte |
P | Logan Lupo | style= | Florida Atlantic |
RS | DT Sheffield | style= | North Texas |