2015-18 Schedule Format
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the schedule format for the 2015-18 American Athletic Conference football seasons.
The 2015 season will be the first in The American’s new 12-team, two-division format. The American Athletic Conference East Division will include UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, USF and Temple. The West Division will consist of Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa.
The conference schedule will include 48 regular-season games that will have each of the 12 teams in The American playing eight league contests annually. Each team will face the other five teams in its own division, as well as three teams from the other division, ensuring that each school will play every conference opponent at home and on the road at least once in the four-year cycle.
The East and West division winners, determined by final conference record, will meet in the first American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, which will be played at the home site of one of the division winners.
“This format is a sensible and fair model that will protect traditional rivalries and allow each school to travel across our geographic footprint on a regular basis,” said Aresco. “It will make for an exciting and extremely competitive regular season, adding to the drama which annually makes the college football regular season the best in all of sports, and it will produce two strong and tested teams who will then compete in our inaugural conference championship game.”
The American Athletic Conference has enjoyed widespread success since its inaugural season in 2013. The conference produced two 12-win teams in 2013, including UCF, which won the Fiesta Bowl, and saw UCF, Cincinnati and Memphis tie for the conference title in 2014. Five American Athletic Conference teams – UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston and Memphis – will play in the 2014 postseason. Navy, which joins The American in football in 2015, also will play in a bowl game this season.
2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FORMAT
EAST DIVISION
UCF Home: UConn, East Carolina, Houston, USF
Away: Cincinnati, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Memphis, Navy, SMU
Cincinnati Home: UCF, UConn, Temple, Tulsa
Away: East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF
Does Not Play: Navy, SMU, Tulane
UConn Home: East Carolina, Houston, Navy, USF
Away: UCF, Cincinnati, Temple, Tulane
Does Not Play: Memphis, SMU, Tulsa
East Carolina Home: Cincinnati, USF, Temple, Tulsa
Away: UCF, UConn, Navy, SMU
Does Not Play: Houston, Memphis, Tulane
USF Home: Cincinnati, Memphis, SMU, Temple
Away: UCF, UConn, East Carolina, Navy
Does Not Play: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa
Temple Home: UCF, UConn, Memphis, Tulane
Away: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF, SMU
Does Not Play: Houston, Navy, Tulsa
WEST DIVISION
Houston Home: Cincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Away: UCF, UConn, Tulane, Tulsa
Does Not Play: East Carolina, USF, Temple
Memphis Home: Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, Tulane
Away: Houston, USF, Temple, Tulsa
Does Not Play: UCF, UConn, East Carolina
Navy Home: East Carolina, USF, SMU, Tulane
Away: UConn, Houston, Memphis, Tulsa
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, Temple
SMU Home: East Carolina, Temple, Tulsa, Tulane
Away: Houston, Memphis, Navy, USF
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn
Tulane Home: UCF, UConn, Houston, Tulsa
Away: Memphis, Navy, SMU, Temple
Does Not Play: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF
Tulsa Home: UCF, Houston, Memphis, Navy
Away: Cincinnati, East Carolina, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: UConn, USF, Temple
2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FORMAT
EAST DIVISION
UCF Home: Cincinnati, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: UConn, East Carolina, Houston, USF
Does Not Play: Memphis, Navy, SMU
Cincinnati Home: East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF
Away: UCF, UConn, Temple, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Navy, SMU, Tulane
UConn Home: UCF, Cincinnati, Temple, Tulane
Away: East Carolina, Houston, Navy, USF
Does Not Play: Memphis, SMU, Tulsa
East Carolina Home: UCF, UConn, Navy, SMU
Away: Cincinnati, USF, Temple, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Houston, Memphis, Tulane
USF Home: UCF, UConn, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Cincinnati, Memphis, SMU, Temple
Does Not Play: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa
Temple Home: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF, SMU
Away: UCF, UConn, Memphis, Tulane
Does Not Play: Houston, Navy, Tulsa
WEST DIVISION
Houston Home: UCF, UConn, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: Cincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Does Not Play: East Carolina, USF, Temple
Memphis Home: Houston, USF, Temple, Tulsa
Away: Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: UCF, UConn, East Carolina
Navy Home: UConn, Houston, Memphis, Tulsa
Away: East Carolina, USF, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, Temple
SMU Home: Houston, Memphis, Navy, USF
Away: East Carolina, Temple, Tulsa, Tulane
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn
Tulane Home: Memphis, Navy, SMU, Temple
Away: UCF, UConn, Houston, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF
Tulsa Home: Cincinnati, East Carolina, SMU, Tulane
Away: UCF, Houston, Memphis, Navy
Does Not Play: UConn, USF, Temple
2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FORMAT
EAST DIVISION
UCF Home: UConn, East Carolina, Memphis, USF
Away: Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, Temple
Does Not Play: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa
Cincinnati Home: UCF, UConn, SMU, Temple
Away: East Carolina, Navy, USF, Tulane
Does Not Play: Houston, Memphis, Tulsa
UConn Home: East Carolina, Memphis, USF, Tulsa
Away: UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Temple
Does Not Play: Houston, Navy, Tulane
East Carolina Home: Cincinnati, USF, Temple, Tulane
Away: UCF, UConn, Houston, Memphis
Does Not Play: Navy, SMU, Tulsa
USF Home: Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, Tulsa
Away: UCF, UConn, East Carolina, Tulane
Does Not Play: Memphis, Navy, SMU
Temple Home: UCF, UConn, Houston, Navy
Away: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Memphis, SMU, Tulane
WEST DIVISION
Houston Home: East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Away: USF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn
Memphis Home: East Carolina, Navy, SMU, Tulane
Away: UCF, UConn, Houston, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Cincinnati, USF, Temple
Navy Home: UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Tulane
Away: Houston, Memphis, Temple, Tulsa
Does Not Play: UConn, East Carolina, USF
SMU Home: UCF, UConn, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Navy
Does Not Play: East Carolina, USF, Temple
Tulane Home: Cincinnati, Houston, USF, Tulsa
Away: East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Does Not Play: UCF, UConn, Temple
Tulsa Home: Houston, Memphis, Navy, Temple
Away: UConn, USF, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina
2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FORMAT
EAST DIVISION
UCF Home: Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, Temple
Away: UConn, East Carolina, Memphis, USF
Does Not Play: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa
Cincinnati Home: East Carolina, Navy, USF, Tulane
Away: UCF, UConn, SMU, Temple
Does Not Play: Houston, Memphis, Tulsa
UConn Home: UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Temple
Away: East Carolina, Memphis, USF, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Houston, Navy, Tulane
East Carolina Home: UCF, UConn, Houston, Memphis
Away: Cincinnati, USF, Temple, Tulane
Does Not Play: Navy, SMU, Tulsa
USF Home: UCF, UConn, East Carolina, Tulane
Away: Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, Tulsa
Does Not Play: Memphis, Navy, SMU
Temple Home: Cincinnati, East Carolina, USF, Tulsa
Away: UCF, UConn, Houston, Navy
Does Not Play: Memphis, SMU, Tulane
WEST DIVISION
Houston Home: USF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn
Memphis Home: UCF, UConn, Houston, Tulsa
Away: East Carolina, Navy, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: Cincinnati, USF, Temple
Navy Home: Houston, Memphis, Temple, Tulsa
Away: UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Tulane
Does Not Play: UConn, East Carolina, USF
SMU Home: Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Navy
Away: UCF, UConn, Tulane, Tulsa
Does Not Play: East Carolina, USF, Temple
Tulane Home: East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Away: Cincinnati, Houston, USF, Tulsa
Does Not Play: UCF, UConn, Temple
Tulsa Home: UConn, USF, SMU, Tulane
Away: Houston, Memphis, Navy, Temple
Does Not Play: UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina