The 2025 American Conference football season is the 34th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Conference, known before July 21, 2025 as the American Athletic Conference (AAC). It is the 13th season for the conference after the breakup of the former Big East Conference (whose charter legally belongs to the American), and the 11th 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 has 14 football members for the 2025–26 season.
The conference was officially renamed "American Conference" on July 21, 2025, as part of a comprehensive brand initiative. The American's new website went live on July 24, coinciding with the conference's football media days.
Head coaches On October 20, 2024, East Carolina announced that it 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. 2024. On October 27, 2024, Rice announced that it had fired head coach Mike Bloomgren. Bloomgren had posted a 24–52 record with the school during his tenure. On November 26, 2024, 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, 2024, Temple announced that they had fired head coach Stan Drayton. Drayton had posted a 9–25 record in 3 years with the school. On December 1, 2024, Temple announced K. C. Keeler as the new head coach. Keeler had previously been head coach at Sam Houston. On November 18, 2024, Florida Atlantic announced that it had fired head coach Tom Herman. On December 2, 2024, FAU announced Zach Kittley as the new head coach. Kittley had previously been the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech. On November 18, 2024, Charlotte announced that it had fired head coach Biff Poggi after less than two seasons at the school. On December 7, 2024, Charlotte announced Tim Albin as the new head coach for 2024. Albin had previously been head coach of Ohio. On November 24, 2024, Tulsa announced it had fired head coach Kevin Wilson. On December 8, 2024, Tulsa announced Tre Lamb as the new head coach for 2025. Lamb had previously been head coach at East Tennessee State.
Records Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school AAC record Army Jeff Monken 12 Charlotte Tim Albin 1 East Carolina Blake Harrell 2 Florida Atlantic Zach Kittley 1 Memphis Ryan Silverfield 6 Navy Brian Newberry 3 North Texas Eric Morris 3 Rice Scott Abell 1 South Florida Alex Golesh 3 Temple K. C. Keeler 1 Tulane Jon Sumrall 2 Tulsa Tre Lamb 1 UAB Trent Dilfer 3 UTSA Jeff Traylor 6
Note: Records shown after the 2024 season Years at school includes 2025 season Source:American Athletic Conference Coaches. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2021.
Mid-season changes On October 12, UAB announced that it had fired Trent Dilfer. Dilfer had posted a 9–21 record with the school during his tenure. Offensive coordinator Alex Mortensen was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Post-season changes On November 25, North Texas's head coach Eric Morris was announced as the next head coach of Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Conference beginning in 2026. Morris will continue to coach North Texas for the remainder of 2025, including any bowl game.
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Schedule The 2025 season was released on February 28.
Index to colors and formattingAmerican member wonAmerican member lostAmerican teams in bold
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Conference Championship Game
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Postseason Bowl Games
Legend American win American loss
Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime (EST)American teamOpponentScoreAttendance Cure Bowl December 17 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 5:00 p.m. South Florida Old Dominion L 10–24 15,036 Gasparilla Bowl December 19 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN 2:30 p.m. Memphis NC State L 7–31 13,336 First Responder Bowl December 26 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX ESPN 8:00 p.m. UTSA FIU W 57–20 8,671 Military Bowl December 27 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN 11:00 a.m. East Carolina Pittsburgh W 23–17 17,016 Fenway Bowl December 27 Fenway Park • Boston, MA ESPN 2:15 p.m. Army UConn W 41–16 22,461 New Mexico Bowl December 27 University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN 5:45 p.m. North Texas San Diego State W 49–47 18,867 Armed Forces Bowl January 2, 2026 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN 1:00 p.m. Rice Texas State L 10-41 28,243 Liberty Bowl January 2, 2026 Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN 4:30 p.m. Navy Cincinnati W 35-13 21,908College Football Playoff bowl games College Football Playoff (First round) December 20 Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS TNT 3:30 p.m. Tulane Ole Miss L 10–41 68,251
Records vs. other conferences 2025–2026 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season Power Four ConferencesRecordACC1–4Big 122–2Big Ten1–1Notre Dame0–1SEC 2–5Power 4 Total6–13Other FBS ConferencesRecordCUSA 0–2Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 1–2MAC 3–0Mountain West 4–0Pac-12 2–0Sun Belt 6–2Other FBS Total 16–6FCS OpponentsRecordFootball Championship Subdivision 12–1Total Non-Conference Record 34–20
American vs 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.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 28 ACC East Carolina NC State Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 17–24 August 30 Big Ten Florida Atlantic Maryland SECU Stadium • College Park, MD L 7–39 August 30 Big Ten Northwestern Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 23–2 August 30 SEC UTSA Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 24–42 September 6 Big 12 Army Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 24–21 September 6 ACC North Carolina Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 3–20 September 6 Big 12 Houston Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 9–35 September 6 SEC South Florida Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 18–16 September 13 ACC South Florida Miami (FL) Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL L 12–49 September 13 SEC Oklahoma Temple Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA L 3–42 September 13 ACC Duke Tulane Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 34–27 September 19 Big 12 Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 19–12 September 20 Big 12 BYU East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 13–34 September 20 SEC UAB Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 24–56 September 20 SEC Arkansas Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN W 32–31 September 20 ACC Temple Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 24–45 September 20 SEC Tulane Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS L 10–45 November 8 Independent Navy Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 10–49 November 22 SEC Charlotte Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia L 3–35
American vs other FBS matchups The following games include American teams competing against teams from CUSA, the MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12 or Sun Belt.
Date Conference Visitor Home Site Score August 28 Mountain West Boise State South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL W 34–7 August 29 Sun Belt Appalachian State Charlotte Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 11–34 August 30 Sun Belt Rice Louisiana Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA W 14–12 August 30 MAC Temple UMass McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA W 42–10 September 6 Sun Belt Memphis Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 38–16 September 6 MAC North Texas Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI W 33–30 September 6 Sun Belt Tulane South Alabama Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL W 33–31 September 6 C-USA Tulsa New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM L 14–21 September 6 Sun Belt Texas State UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX L 36–43 September 13 MAC Akron UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL W 31–28 September 13 Sun Belt East Carolina Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 38–0 September 13 C-USA Florida Atlantic FIU Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL L 28–38 September 13 Sun Belt Memphis Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL W 28–7 September 13 Pac-12 Washington State North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX W 59–10 September 20 Mountain West UTSA Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO W 17–16 September 27 Sun Belt South Alabama North Texas DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX W 36–22 October 4 Mountain West Air Force Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 21–13 November 1 Mountain West Army Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO W 20–17 November 15 Pac-12 Oregon State Tulsa Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 31–14
American vs FBS independents matchups The following games include American teams competing against FBS Independents, which only includes UConn for 2025.
Date Visitor Home Site Score October 25 UConn Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 37–34 November 1 UAB UConn Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT L 19–38 November 22 UConn Florida Atlantic Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 45–48
American vs. FCS matchups The following games include American teams competing against FCS schools.