The 2024 American Athletic Conference football season was the 33rd NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference, now known as the American Conference (The American), the 12th and last under its then-current name after the breakup of the former Big East Conference (whose charter legally belongs to The American), 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 had 14 football members for the 2024âÂÂ25 season.
The conference changed its name to "American Conference" on July 21, 2025.
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. Army joined The American as a football-only member beginning in 2024 after having played as an independent school in football since 2005. The conference will remain at 14 football members following these moves.
Though Army and Navy are now members of American Conference football, the annual ArmyâÂÂNavy Game will be played as a non-conference game to ensure that its traditional date of the second weekend of December will remain.
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. 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. Sumrall had previously been the head coach at Troy.
Records
Note:
- Records shown after the 2023 season
- Years at school includes 2024 season
Source:
Mid-season changes
- On October 20, East Carolina announced that they had fired head coach Mike Houston, citing that changes were needed to "move the program forward". Defensive coordinator Blake Harrell was named the interim head coach. Harrell was promoted to the permanent head coach on November 25.
- On October 27, Rice announced that they had fired head coach Mike Bloomgren. Bloomgren had posted a 24âÂÂ52 record with the school during his tenure. Associate head coach Pete Alamar was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On November 26, Rice announced the Scott Abell would be the new head coach for the 2025 season. Abell was previously head coach at Davidson
- On November 17, Temple announced that they had fired head coach Stan Drayton. Drayton had posted a 9âÂÂ25 record in 3 years with the school. Defensive coordinator Everett Withers was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On December 1, Temple announced K. C. Keeler as the new head coach. Keeler had previously been head coach at Sam Houston.
- On November 18, Florida Atlantic announced that they had fired head coach Tom Herman. Associate head coach Chad Lunsford was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On December 2, Florida Atlantic announced Zach Kittley as the new head coach. Kittley had previously been the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech.
- On November 18, Charlotte announced that they had fired head coach Biff Poggi after less than two seasons at the school. Associate head coach Tim Brewster was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On December 7, Charlotte announced Tim Albin as the new head coach for 2024. Albin had previously been head coach of Ohio.
- On November 24, Tulsa announced they had fired head coach Kevin Wilson. Wide receivers coach Ryan Switzer was named the interim head coach for the final game of the season. On December 8, Tulsa announced Tre Lamb as the new head coach for 2025. Lamb had previously been head coach at East Tennessee State.
Rankings
Regular season schedule
The 2024 schedule was released on February 29, 2024.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Championship Game
Week 16
The ArmyâÂÂNavy game will be played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the AAC conference standings.
Postseason
Bowl Games
- Army was originally to play Marshall in the Independence Bowl. However, Marshall withdrew from the bowl due to a high number of their players entering the NCAA transfer portal. Louisiana Tech was selected as their replacement.
Versus other conference records
2024âÂÂ2025 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Post Season
Power 4 matchups
This is a list of games the American has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
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.
FBS independents matchups
The following games include AAC teams competing against FBS independents, which includes UConn or UMass.
FCS matchups
Awards and honors
Player of the week honors
American Athletic Individual Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.
All-Conference Teams
The following players were selected part of the All-Conference teams.
National awards
NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all AAC players in the draft.
List of selections
References