All-time members
20
2013-2026
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (AAC) is an active FBS football conference tracked from 2013-2026. 20 programs appear in the membership history, with 13 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
13
Latest active snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
13
Latest active membership snapshot
Latest champion
Tulane
2025 season
Most conference titles
UCF
4 titles
Newest members
2024
Army, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas
Championship format
Title game
2025: Conference championship game
Division status
No divisions
Official conference championship game result is recorded for this season.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The American Athletic Conference (AAC) is an active FBS football conference tracked from 2013-2026. 20 programs appear in the membership history, with 13 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
American Athletic Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Army, Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, Navy, North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB.
Major eras
- 2013: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2014: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
- 2015-2019: 12-12 members, championship-game era
- 2020-2022: 11-11 members, championship-game era
Current/final status
Active through 2026.
Latest champion: Tulane
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 2013
- Last tracked season
- 2026
- Standings seasons
- 13
- Title-game seasons
- 11
- Churn score
- 27
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| South Florida | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Temple | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| East Carolina | 2014 | Present | 13 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Tulane | 2014 | Present | 13 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Tulsa | 2014 | Present | 13 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Navy | 2015 | Present | 12 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Florida Atlantic | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| North Texas | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Rice | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| UAB | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 2024 | Present | 3 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 2013 | 2023 | 11 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 2013 | 2022 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Houston | 2013 | 2022 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UCF | 2013 | 2022 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UConn | 2013 | 2019 | 7 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2024: SMU departed
- 2024: Army joined
- 2023: Cincinnati departed
- 2023: Houston departed
- 2023: UCF departed
- 2023: Charlotte joined
- 2023: Florida Atlantic joined
- 2023: North Texas joined
- 2023: Rice joined
- 2023: UAB joined
- 2020: UConn departed
- 2015: Navy joined
- 2014: Louisville departed
- 2014: Rutgers departed
- 2014: East Carolina joined
- 2014: Tulane joined
- 2014: Tulsa joined
- 2013: Cincinnati joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
2026 alignment is available, but no completed conference standings are available yet. Showing latest usable standings: 2025.
View 2026 alignment2025 standings
OfficialDerived from 49 completed conference games.
Member count
13
Official conference championship game result is recorded for this season.
Champion
Tulane
Official conference champion from curated conference records.
How this season was decided
Champion and title-game participants are sourced from curated conference championship records.
- Tulane defeated North Texas (34-21).
Official conference champion from curated conference records.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane ChampionTitle game | 7-0 | 100.0 | 11-3 | 218 | 119 | 99 | AP #18 |
| 2 | Navy | 8-1 | 88.9 | 11-2 | 278 | 225 | 53 | AP #23 |
| 3 | East Carolina | 6-1 | 85.7 | 9-4 | 254 | 125 | 129 | — |
| 4 | North Texas Title game | 6-1 | 85.7 | 12-2 | 327 | 211 | 116 | AP #24 |
| 5 | South Florida | 5-2 | 71.4 | 9-4 | 334 | 171 | 163 | — |
| 6 | Memphis | 4-4 | 50.0 | 8-5 | 272 | 206 | 66 | — |
| 7 | Army | 3-5 | 37.5 | 7-6 | 171 | 173 | -2 | — |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | 3-5 | 37.5 | 4-8 | 218 | 297 | -79 | — |
| 9 | Rice | 2-5 | 28.6 | 5-8 | 127 | 228 | -101 | — |
| 10 | Temple | 2-5 | 28.6 | 5-7 | 183 | 231 | -48 | — |
| 11 | UAB | 2-6 | 25.0 | 4-8 | 191 | 295 | -104 | — |
| 12 | Tulsa | 1-7 | 12.5 | 4-8 | 179 | 293 | -114 | — |
| 13 | Charlotte | 0-7 | 0.0 | 1-11 | 106 | 284 | -178 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulane | — | — | Tulane def. North Texas (34-21) | |
| 2024 | Army | — | — | Army def. Tulane (35-14) | |
| 2023 | SMU | — | — | SMU def. Tulane (26-14) | |
| 2022 | Tulane | — | — | Tulane def. UCF (45-28) | |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | — | — | Cincinnati def. Houston (35-20) | |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | — | — | Cincinnati def. Tulsa (27-24) | |
| 2019 | Memphis | — | — | Memphis def. Cincinnati (29-24) | |
| 2018 | UCF | — | — | UCF def. Memphis (56-41) | |
| 2017 | UCF | — | — | UCF def. Memphis (62-55 2OT) | |
| 2016 | Temple | — | — | Temple def. Navy (34-10) | |
| 2015 | Houston | — | — | Houston def. Temple (24-13) | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati, Memphis, UCF | Cincinnati, Memphis, UCF | — | — | Official co-champions from curated conference records. Shared conference title.Source |
| 2013 | UCF | — | — | — |
Champion leaders
- UCF: 4 titles
- Cincinnati: 3 titles
- Memphis: 2 titles
- Tulane: 2 titles
- Army: 1 title
- Houston: 1 title
Era breakdown
- 2013: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2014: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
- 2015-2019: 12-12 members, championship-game era
- 2020-2022: 11-11 members, championship-game era
- 2023-2025: 13-13 members, championship-game era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
2013-2013
Official2013: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2014: Louisville departed
- 2014: Rutgers departed
- 2014: East Carolina joined
- 2014: Tulane joined
2014-2014
Official2014: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2015: Navy joined
- 2014: Louisville departed
- 2014: Rutgers departed
- 2014: East Carolina joined
2015-2019
Official2015-2019: 12-12 members, championship-game era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2020: UConn departed
- 2015: Navy joined
2020-2022
Official2020-2022: 11-11 members, championship-game era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2023: Cincinnati departed
- 2023: Houston departed
- 2023: UCF departed
- 2023: Charlotte joined
2023-2025
Official2023-2025: 13-13 members, championship-game era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2024: SMU departed
- 2024: Army joined
- 2023: Cincinnati departed
- 2023: Houston departed
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Champion and title-game participants are sourced from curated conference championship records.
- Tulane defeated North Texas (34-21).
Official conference champion from curated conference records.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
20
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
7
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Army
Joined in 2024
Longest member
Memphis
14 seasons
Shared members
- Memphis
- South Florida
- Temple
Joined since start
- Army
- Charlotte
- East Carolina
- Florida Atlantic
- Navy
- North Texas
- Rice
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- UAB
Departed since start
- Cincinnati
- Houston
- Louisville
- Rutgers
- SMU
- UCF
- UConn
Realignment timeline
- 2024: SMU departed American Athletic Conference after the 2023 season.
- 2024: Army joined American Athletic Conference for the 2024 season.
- 2023: Cincinnati departed American Athletic Conference after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Houston departed American Athletic Conference after the 2022 season.
- 2023: UCF departed American Athletic Conference after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Charlotte joined American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Florida Atlantic joined American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: North Texas joined American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Rice joined American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2023: UAB joined American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season.
- 2020: UConn departed American Athletic Conference after the 2019 season.
- 2015: Navy joined American Athletic Conference for the 2015 season.
- 2014: Louisville departed American Athletic Conference after the 2013 season.
- 2014: Rutgers departed American Athletic Conference after the 2013 season.
- 2014: East Carolina joined American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season.
- 2014: Tulane joined American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season.
- 2014: Tulsa joined American Athletic Conference for the 2014 season.
- 2013: Cincinnati joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: Houston joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: Louisville joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: Memphis joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: Rutgers joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: SMU joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
- 2013: South Florida joined American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
UCF
4 inferred title seasons
Longest membership tenure
Memphis
14 tracked seasons
Newest member
Army
First joined in 2024
Most reshaped metric
27
20 joins and 7 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Memphis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Tulane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Army | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| SMU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Temple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Tulsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| UConn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
AAC FAQ
Short answers for common conference membership, championship, and realignment questions.
What teams are in the AAC?
American Athletic Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot are Army, Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, Navy, North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB.
Who won the latest AAC football championship?
Tulane won the latest recorded American Athletic Conference championship in 2025.
Which AAC teams joined most recently?
Army (2024), Charlotte (2023), Florida Atlantic (2023), North Texas (2023) are the newest tracked American Athletic Conference members.
Which school has the most AAC football titles?
UCF leads the visible American Athletic Conference championship table with 4 titles.
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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