PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The American Athletic Conference has announced a number of kickoff times and television designations for the 2019 football season.
 
Thursday’s announcement includes the kickoff times for much of The American’s Thursday and Friday prime time games on ESPN networks. The prime time package begins Thursday, Aug. 29, as Cincinnati hosts UCLA at Nippert Stadium on ESPN to begin an impressive stretch of key nonconference games for American Athletic Conference teams in the early part of the 2019 season.
 
The Week 1 schedule also includes nationally televised home games for USF, which hosts Wisconsin Friday, Aug. 30 (ESPN), and Memphis, which hosts Ole Miss Saturday, Aug. 31 (ABC). Key road games for American Athletic Conference teams in the opening week include Tulsa at Michigan State Friday (FS1), ECU at NC State Saturday (ACC Network), and Houston at Oklahoma in a Sunday prime time matchup on ABC.
 
The Week 2 lineup has another ABC national telecast as Cincinnati visits Ohio State, while USF is at Georgia Tech (ACC Network), UConn hosts Illinois (CBS Sports Network) and Tulane visits Auburn (ESPN2).
 
The Week 3 ledger has three American Athletic Conference teams at home against other Power 6 conference opponents as Temple hosts Maryland (CBS Sports Network), UCF hosts Stanford (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2) and Tulsa hosts Oklahoma State (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2).
 
The American and CBS Sports also announced the times of 11 games that will be televised on CBS Sports Network, beginning with an Opening Night matchup between UCF and Florida A&M Aug. 29 in Orlando. The schedule on CBS Sports Network includes all six of Navy’s games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, as well as a number of key conference and nonconference games in the 2019 season.
 
Most of the remaining start times and television designations for the 2019 season will be made on a weekly basis through the season as part of the conference’s 12-day selection process. The most up-to-date schedule, with television designations, is available at TheAmerican.org.
 
The American’s nonconference schedule includes six games against top-25 teams from last year’s final Associated Press poll, including four games against top-10 teams and two against teams that were chosen for the 2018 College Football Playoff. Cincinnati visits No. 3 Ohio State Sept. 7; Houston is at No. 4 Oklahoma Aug. 31; Navy is at No. 5 Notre Dame Nov. 16; Houston faces No. 10 Washington State at NRG Stadium Sept. 13; Tulane visits No. 19 Army Oct. 5, while Navy faces the Black Knights Dec. 14.
 
The American Athletic Conference enjoyed another outstanding season in 2018 as UCF and Cincinnati both finished among the national top 25 and were two of the seven teams from the league to play in bowl games. UCF was ranked No. 11 in the final AP poll and qualified for the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl - its third New Year’s Bowl in six seasons - while Cincinnati was ranked No. 23 in the coaches’ poll following its win against Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl. The American additionally produced two NCAA consensus All-America selections (Houston DE Ed Oliver and Memphis RB Darrell Henderson) for the second straight year and had two players among the top 10 in the Heisman Trophy voting (Henderson and UCF QB McKenzie Milton).
 
 

2019 American Athletic Conference Football Schedule/Television Update
 

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television
Thursday, August 29	UCLA at Cincinnati	7 p.m.	ESPN
	Wagner at UConn	7 p.m.	ESPN3
	Florida A&M at UCF	7:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
	Florida International at Tulane	8 p.m.	ESPN3
Friday, August 30	Wisconsin at USF	7 p.m.	ESPN
	Tulsa at Michigan State	7 p.m.	FS1
Saturday, August 31	Ole Miss at Memphis	Noon	ABC
	ECU at NC State	Noon	ACC Network
	Bucknell at Temple	3 p.m.	ESPN3
	Holy Cross at Navy	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
	SMU at Arkansas State	7 p.m.	ESPN+
Sunday, September 1	Houston at Oklahoma	7:30 p.m.	ABC
Saturday, September 7	Cincinnati at Ohio State	Noon	ABC
	USF at Georgia Tech	2 p.m.	ACC Network
	Illinois at UConn	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
	Gardner-Webb at ECU	6 p.m.	ESPN3
	UCF at Florida Atlantic	7 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
	North Texas at SMU	7 p.m.	ESPN3
	Tulane at Auburn	7:30 p.m.	ESPN2
	Prairie View A&M at Houston	8 p.m.	ESPN3
Friday, September 13	Washington State vs. Houston	9:15 p.m.	ESPN
Saturday, September 14	Maryland at Temple	Noon	CBS Sports Network
	Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati	Noon	ESPNU
	Stanford at UCF	3:30 p.m.	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
	ECU at Navy *	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
	Memphis at South Alabama	3:30 p.m.	ESPNU
	Oklahoma State at Tulsa	3:30 p.m.	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
	South Carolina State at USF	6 p.m.	ESPN3
	Texas State at SMU	7 p.m.	ESPN3
	Missouri State at Tulane	8 p.m.	ESPN3
Thursday, September 19	Houston at Tulane *	8 p.m.	ESPN
Thursday, September 26	Navy at Memphis *	8 p.m.	ESPN
Thursday, October 3	Temple at ECU *	8 p.m.	ESPN
Friday, October 4	UCF at Cincinnati *	8 p.m.	ESPN
Saturday, October 5	Tulane at Army	Noon	CBS Sports Network
	Air Force at Navy	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
Saturday, October 19	USF at Navy *	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
Thursday, October 24	SMU at Houston *	7:30 p.m.	ESPN
Saturday, October 26	Tulane at Navy *	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
Friday, November 1	Navy at UConn *	8 p.m.	ESPN2
Thursday, November 7	Temple at USF *	8 p.m.	ESPN
Friday, November 8	UCF at Tulsa *	7 p.m.	ESPN2
Saturday, November 16	Navy at Notre Dame	2:30 p.m.	NBC
Saturday, November 23	SMU at Navy *	3:30 p.m.	CBS Sports Network
Friday, November 29	USF at UCF *	TBD	ABC or ESPN
	Cincinnati at Memphis *	TBD	ABC or ESPN
Saturday, December 7	American Athletic Conference Championship	3:30 p.m.	ABC
Saturday, December 14	Army vs. Navy	3 p.m.	CBS