Date Game Time (ET) Television Thursday, September 1 UT Martin at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN3 Maine at UConn 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday September 3 Western Carolina at East Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN3 Southeast Missouri State at Memphis 7 p.m. ESPN3 San Jose State at Tulsa 7 p.m. CBSSN South Carolina State at UCF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Towson at USF 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday, September 10 North Carolina State at East Carolina Noon ESPNU Stony Brook at Temple 1 p.m. ESPN3 Northern Illinois at USF 7 p.m. CBSSN Southern at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3 Lamar at Houston TBD ESPN3 Thursday, September 15 Houston at Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ESPN Saturday, September 17 Kansas at Memphis Noon ESPNU Virginia at UConn 1:30 p.m. SNY/ESPN3 North Carolina A&T at Tulsa 2 p.m. ESPN3 Liberty at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Navy at Tulane 7 p.m. ESPN3 Maryland at UCF 7 p.m. CBSSN Friday, September 23 TCU at SMU 8 p.m. ESPN Thursday, September 29 UConn at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN Thursday, October 6 Temple at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN Friday, October 7 Tulane at UCF 8 p.m. ESPN2/ESPNU SMU at Tulsa 8 p.m. ESPN2/ESPNU Saturday, October 8 Cincinnati at UConn 11:30 a.m. CBSSN Thursday, October 13 Navy at East Carolina 7:30 p.m. ESPN Friday, October 14 Memphis at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPNU Friday, October 21 USF at Temple 7 p.m. ESPN Friday, October 28 Navy at USF 7 p.m. ESPN2 Friday, November 4 Temple at UConn 7 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday, November 17 Louisville at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday, December 3 American Football Championship Noon ABC/ESPN

The American Athletic Conference has announced a number of kickoff times and television designations for the 2016 football season.Included among the game times announced Wednesday is the kickoff time for the second American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played Dec. 3 at noon ET at the site of one of the two division winners. The American Championship will be televised on ABC or ESPN.Wednesday’s announcement includes the kickoff times for The American’s Thursday and Friday prime time games on ESPN networks. The prime time package begins Thursday, Sept. 15, on ESPN with what figures to be a key conference matchup between Cincinnati and Houston.The American also announced five games that will be televised on CBS Sports Network – San Jose State at Tulsa (Sept. 3, 7 p.m.), Northern Illinois at USF (Sept. 10, 7 p.m.), Maryland at UCF (Sept. 17, 7 p.m.), Cincinnati at UConn (Oct. 8, 11:30 a.m.), and Memphis at Cincinnati (Nov. 18, 8 p.m.).The remaining start times and television designations for the 2016 season will be made as part of the conference’s 12-day selection process.The American enjoyed a banner year in 2015 as three teams finished in the final College Football Playoff top 25 rankings, eight teams played in bowl games, and Houston defeated Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.