The 2015 American Athletic Conference football schedule was officially announced today. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 12 with Temple at Cincinnati.

For the 2015 season, The American welcomes Navy as a new member. The conference also splits into East and West Divisions and will stage their inaugural championship game on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

Featured 2015 non-conference match-ups for The American include Miami (FL) at Cincinnati, UConn at Missouri, East Carolina at BYU, Houston at Louisville, Ole Miss at Memphis, Baylor at SMU, Notre Dame at Temple, Tulane at Georgia Tech, Tulsa at Oklahoma, UCF at South Carolina, and USF at Florida State.

2015 AAC Football Schedules



East Division

West Division

2015 AAC Football Schedule (Composite)



Thursday, September 3

Villanova at UConn

Duke at Tulane

Friday, September 4

Baylor at SMU (ESPN/ESPNU)

Saturday, September 5

Florida International at UCF

Alabama A&M at Cincinnati

Towson at East Carolina

Tennessee Tech at Houston

Colgate at Navy (Noon, CBSSN)

Florida A&M at USF

Penn State at Temple

Florida Atlantic at Tulsa

Saturday, September 12

Temple at Cincinnati *

UCF at Stanford

Army at UConn

East Carolina at Florida

Houston at Louisville

Memphis at Kansas

USF at Florida State

North Texas at SMU

Tulane at Georgia Tech

Tulsa at New Mexico

Saturday, September 19

East Carolina at Navy * (3:30 p.m., CBSSN)

Furman at UCF

Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio)

UConn at Missouri

Memphis at Bowling Green

USF at Maryland

SMU at TCU

Temple at Massachusetts

Maine at Tulane

Tulsa at Oklahoma

Thursday, September 24

Cincinnati at Memphis * (ESPN)

Saturday, September 26

Navy at UConn *

UCF at South Carolina

Virginia Tech at East Carolina

Texas State at Houston

TBD at SMU

Thursday, October 1

Miami (Fla.) at Cincinnati (ESPN)

Friday, October 2

UConn at Brigham Young (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU)

Memphis at USF * (ESPN/ESPN2)

Saturday, October 3

UCF at Tulane *

East Carolina at SMU *

Houston at Tulsa *

Air Force at Navy (3:30 p.m., CBSSN)

Temple at Charlotte

Thursday, October 8

SMU at Houston * (ESPN2)

Saturday, October 10

UConn at UCF *

Tulane at Temple *

East Carolina at Brigham Young

Navy at Notre Dame (NBC)

Syracuse at USF

Louisiana-Monroe at Tulsa

Friday, October 16

Houston at Tulane * (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU)

Saturday, October 17

UCF at Temple *

USF at UConn *

Tulsa at East Carolina *

Cincinnati at Brigham Young

Mississippi at Memphis

Thursday, October 22

Temple at East Carolina * (ESPN/ESPN2)

Friday, October 23

Memphis at Tulsa * (ESPN)

Saturday, October 24

Houston at UCF *

UConn at Cincinnati *

SMU at USF *

Tulane at Navy * (1 p.m., CBSSN)

Friday, October 30

East Carolina at UConn * (ESPNU)

Saturday, October 31

UCF at Cincinnati *

USF at Navy * (Noon, CBSSN)

Tulane at Memphis *

Tulsa at SMU *

Vanderbilt at Houston

Notre Dame at Temple



Friday, November 6

Temple at SMU * (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Saturday, November 7

UCF at Tulsa *

Cincinnati at Houston *

UConn at Tulane *

USF at East Carolina *

Navy at Memphis *

Saturday, November 14

Tulsa at Cincinnati *

USF at Temple *

Memphis at Houston *

SMU at Navy * (3:30 p.m., CBSSN)

Tulane at Army (CBSSN)

Thursday, November 19

East Carolina at UCF * (ESPN)

Friday, November 20

Cincinnati at USF *

Saturday, November 21

Houston at UConn *

Memphis at Temple *

Navy at Tulsa *

Tulane at SMU *

Friday, November 27

USF at UCF *

Navy at Houston *

Saturday, November 28

Cincinnati at East Carolina *

UConn at Temple *

SMU at Memphis *

Tulsa at Tulane *

Saturday, December 5

American Athletic Conference Championship (ABC/ESPN)

Saturday, December 12

Navy vs. Army 1 (3 p.m., CBS)

* American Athletic Conference game

1 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.

All times Eastern; all dates and times subject to change