2025 American Conference football season

2025 American Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2025–December 13, 2025
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2026 NFL draft
Regular season
American Conference Championship Game
Date	December 5, 2025
Venue	TBA
Seasons
← 2024 2026 →

2025 American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Navy		1	–	0					2	–	0
Memphis		0	–	0					2	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0					2	–	0
South Florida		0	–	0					2	–	0
Temple		0	–	0					2	–	0
Tulane		0	–	0					2	–	0
Army		0	–	0					1	–	1
East Carolina		0	–	0					1	–	1
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					1	–	1
Rice		0	–	0					1	–	1
Tulsa		0	–	0					1	–	1
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	2
UTSA		0	–	0					0	–	2
UAB		0	–	1					1	–	1
Championship: December 5, 2025
As of September 7, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 American Conference football season is the 34th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Conference (American), known before July 21, 2025 as the American Athletic Conference. 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. ^[1]

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. ^[2] Harrell was promoted to the permanent head coach on November 25. 2024. ^[3]
• 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 ^[4]
• 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. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]
• 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. ^[7]
• 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. ^[8]

Records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	AAC record
Army	Jeff Monken	12	120–73 (.622)	82–57 (.590)	8–0 (1.000)
Charlotte	Tim Albin	1	58–27 (.682)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
East Carolina	Blake Harrell	2	5–1 (.833)	5–1 (.833)	4–1 (.800)
Florida Atlantic	Zach Kittley	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield	6	42–21 (.667)	42–21 (.667)	23–17 (.575)
Navy	Brian Newberry	3	15–10 (.600)	15–10 (.600)	10–6 (.625)
North Texas	Eric Morris	3	35–32 (.522)	11–14 (.440)	6–10 (.375)
Rice	Scott Abell	1	86–52 (.623)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
South Florida	Alex Golesh	3	14–12 (.538)	14–12 (.538)	8–8 (.500)
Temple	K. C. Keeler	1	271–112–1 (.707)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Tulane	Jon Sumrall	2	32–9 (.780)	9–5 (.643)	7–1 (.875)
Tulsa	Tre Lamb	1	27–25 (.519)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
UAB	Trent Dilfer	3	7–17 (.292)	7–17 (.292)	6–11 (.353)
UTSA	Jeff Traylor	6	46–20 (.697)	46–20 (.697)	11–5 (.688)

Note:

• Records shown after the 2024 season
• Years at school includes 2025 season

Source: ^[9]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Army	AP	RV
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Charlotte	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
East Carolina	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Florida Atlantic	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Navy	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
North Texas	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Rice	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
South Florida	AP		RV
	C		RV
	CFP	Not released
Temple	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Tulane	AP	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UAB	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UTSA	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

The 2025 season was released on February 28. ^[10]

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost
American teams in bold

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28	5:30 p.m.	No. 25  Boise State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	W 34–7	34,707
August 28	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	L 17–24	56,919
August 28	8:30 p.m.	Alabama State	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	W 52–42	26,294
August 29	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 (FCS)  Tarleton State	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 27–30 2OT	23,032
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Charlotte	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Duke's Mayo Classic)	ESPNU	L 11–34	35,718
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	W 23–3	22,103
August 30	12:00 p.m.	VMI	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	W 52–7	30,014
August 30	12:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	L 7–39	35,067
August 30	3:30 p.m.	Temple	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN+	W 42–10	11,565
August 30	4:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN+	W 45–10	25,011
August 30	7:00 p.m.	UTSA	No. 19  Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	L 24–42	107,521
August 30	8:00 p.m.	Lamar	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 51–0	20,594
August 30	8:00 p.m.	Rice	Louisiana	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN+	W 14–12	22,148
August 30	8:00 p.m.	No. 16 (FCS)  Abilene Christian	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	W 35–7	17,337
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6	2:00 p.m.	Howard	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 55–7
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Texas State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (I-35 Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 36–43
September 6	3:30 p.m.	UAB	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 38–24
September 6	3:30 p.m.	North Texas	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN+	W 33–30 OT
September 6	4:15 p.m	South Florida	No. 13  Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 18–16
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Campbell	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 56–3
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Florida A&M	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	W 56–14
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Army	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN	W 24–21
September 6	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	L 3–20
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 9–35
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Georgia State	Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN+	W 38–16
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Tulane	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 33–31
September 6	9:00 p.m.	Tulsa	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	L 14–21
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 13		Akron	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL
September 13		Monmouth	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
September 13		East Carolina	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
September 13		Florida Atlantic	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPNU
September 13	8:00 p.m.	Navy	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+
September 13	3:30 p.m.	Washington State	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPNU
September 13		Prairie View A&M	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
September 13	4:30 p.m.	South Florida	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	The CW
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Oklahoma	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2
September 13		Incarnate Word	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
September 13	8:00 p.m.	Duke	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 18	7:30 p.m.	Rice	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN
September 20		BYU	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 20	12:45 p.m.	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN
September 20	12:00 p.m.	North Texas	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN
September 20		Arkansas	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN
September 20		South Carolina State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
September 20		Temple	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
September 20		UTSA	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 20		Tulane	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • University, MS (rivalry)
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	ESPN
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 25	7:30 p.m.	Army	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN
September 27		Memphis	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
September 27	3:30 p.m.	Rice	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN
September 27		South Alabama	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
September 27		Tulane	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2
October 4		Army	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL
October 4		Florida Atlantic	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
October 4		Tulsa	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN
October 4	12:00 p.m.	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
October 4		UTSA	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 9		East Carolina	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
October 10	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN2
October 11		UAB	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
October 11	12:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN
October 11		Navy	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
October 11		Rice	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 16	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN
October 18		Memphis	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones)
October 18		Army	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
October 18		Temple	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
October 18		Florida Atlantic	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
October 18		UTSA	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 24	7:00 p.m.	North Texas	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN2
October 25	3:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN
October 25		South Florida	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN
October 25		UConn	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
October 25		Temple	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 30	7:30 p.m.	Tulane	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
October 31	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2
November 1	12:00 p.m.	UAB	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN
November 1	12:00 p.m.	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • USAF Academy, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
November 1		East Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
November 1		Navy	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 6	7:30 p.m.	UTSA	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
November 7	9:00 p.m.	Tulane	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN
November 8		UAB	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 8	12:00 p.m.	Temple	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN
November 8		Charlotte	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
November 8		Tulsa	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
November 8	7:30 p.m.	Navy	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15		North Texas	UAB	PProtective Stadium • Birmingham, AL
November 15		UTSA	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
November 15		Memphis	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
November 15		Florida Atlantic	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 15	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
November 15		Oregon State	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 22		South Florida	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL
November 22	12:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN
November 22	12:45 p.m.	Charlotte	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	SECN
November 22		East Carolina	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
November 22		UConn	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
November 22		North Texas	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 22		Tulane	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 27	7:30 p.m.	Navy	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN
November 28 or 29		Army	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
November 28 or 29		Temple	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
November 29		UAB	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
November 29		Charlotte	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 29		East Carolina	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
November 29		Rice	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Conference Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5	8:00 p.m.			TBD • TBD	ABC
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 16

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 13	3:00 p.m.	Army	Navy	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD (126th Army–Navy Game, Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

American Conference records vs. other conferences

2025–2026 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Four Conferences	Record
ACC	0–1
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	1–1
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–1
Power 4 Total	1–3
Other FBS Conferences	Record
CUSA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	1–0
Mountain West	1–0
Pac-12	0–0
Sun Belt	1–1
Other FBS Total	3–1
FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	5–1
Total Non-Conference Record	9–5

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 23-3
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
September 6	ACC	North Carolina	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
September 6	Big 12	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
September 6	SEC	South Florida	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
September 13	ACC	South Florida	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL
September 13	SEC	Oklahoma	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
September 13	ACC	Duke	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
September 20	Big 12	BYU	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 20	SEC	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
September 20	SEC	Arkansas	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN
September 20	ACC	Temple	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
September 20	SEC	Tulane	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
September 19	Big 12	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
November 8	Independent	Navy	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
November 22	SEC	Charlotte	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

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
September 6	MAC	North Texas	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI
September 6	Sun Belt	Tulane	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL
September 6	C-USA	Tulsa	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
September 6	Sun Belt	Texas State	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
September 13	MAC	Akron	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL
September 13	Sun Belt	East Carolina	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
September 13	C-USA	Florida Atlantic	FIU	Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL
September 13	Sun Belt	Memphis	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL
September 13	Pac-12	Washington State	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
September 20	Mountain West	UTSA	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO
September 27	Sun Belt	South Alabama	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX
October 4	Mountain West	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
November 1	Mountain West	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
November 15	Pac-12	Oregon State	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK

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
November 1	UAB	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
November 22	UConn	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL

American vs. FCS matchups

The following games include American teams competing against FCS schools.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 28	Alabama State	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	W 52-42
August 29	Tarleton State	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 27-30
August 30	Chattanooga	Memphis	Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 45-10
August 30	VMI	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 52-7
August 30	Lamar	North Texas	DATCU Stadium • Denton, TX	W 51-0
August 30	Abilene Christian	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	W 35-7
September 6	Campbell	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 6	Florida A&M	Florida Atlantic	Flagler Credit Union Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
September 6	Howard	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
September 13	Monmouth	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
September 13	Prairie View A&M	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
September 13	Incarnate Word	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
September 20	South Carolina State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 [11]		Evan Simon	Temple	QB		Jhalyn Shuler	South Florida	LB		Patrick Durkin	Tulane	K

References

1. "American Conference Launches Modernized Brand Identity Ahead of Football Media Days" (Press release). American Conference. July 21, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
2. Adelson, Andrea (October 20, 2024). "East Carolina fires football coach Mike Houston amid 3-4 start". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
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