Date Game Time (ET) Television Saturday, August 26 USF at San Jose State 7:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Thursday, August 31 Austin Peay at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN3 Holy Cross at UConn 7:30 p.m. SNY Tulsa at Oklahoma State 7:30 p.m. FS1 Louisiana-Monroe at Memphis 8 p.m. CBS Sports Network Saturday, September 2 Stony Brook at USF 4 p.m. ESPN3 James Madison at East Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN3 Stephen F. Austin at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Grambling State at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday, September 9 Cincinnati at Michigan Noon ABC/ESPN USF at UConn * Noon ESPNews East Carolina at West Virginia Noon FS2 Villanova at Temple 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Louisiana at Tulsa 4 p.m. ESPN3 North Texas at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Memphis at UCF * 8 p.m. ESPNews Houston at Arizona 10:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Friday, September 15 Illinois at USF 7 p.m. ESPN Massachusetts at Temple 7 p.m. ESPNU Saturday, September 16 UConn at Virginia Noon ESPNU UCLA at Memphis Noon ABC/ESPN2 Virginia Tech at East Carolina 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network SMU at TCU 3:30 p.m. ESPNU Tulane at Oklahoma 6 p.m. Sooner Sports Georgia Tech at UCF 7:30 p.m. ESPNews Tulsa at Toledo 7 p.m. ESPN3 Rice at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 Thursday, September 21 Temple at USF * 7:30/8 p.m. ESPN Saturday, September 23 Arkansas State at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday, September 30 Maine at UCF 6:30 p.m. ESPN3 Friday, October 6 Memphis at UConn * 7 p.m. ESPN Thursday, October 19 Memphis at Houston * 8 p.m. ESPN Friday, October 27 Tulane at Memphis * 8 p.m. CBS Sports Network Tulsa at SMU * 9 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday, November 2 Navy at Temple * 7:30/8 p.m. ESPN Friday, November 3 Memphis at Tulsa * 8 p.m. ESPN2 Friday, November 10 Temple at Cincinnati * 7 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday, November 16 Tulsa at USF * 7:30/8 p.m. ESPN

The American Athletic Conference has announced a number of kickoff times and television designations for the 2017 football season.Wednesday’s announcement includes the kickoff times for much of The American’s Thursday and Friday prime time games on ESPN networks. The prime time package begins Friday, Sept. 15, as USF hosts Illinois on ESPN and Temple hosts Massachusetts on ESPNU.The American also announced four games that will be televised on CBS Sports Network – USF at San Jose State (Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m.), Louisiana-Monroe at Memphis (Aug. 31, 8 p.m.), Virginia Tech at East Carolina (Sept. 16, 3:30 p.m.), and Tulane at Memphis (Oct. 27, 8 p.m.).Start times for The American’s remaining Thursday-night games on ESPN networks are expected to be made in the coming weeks. The remaining start times and television designations for the 2017 season will be made on a weekly basis through the season as part of the conference’s 12-day selection process. The most up-to-date schedule, with television designations, is available at TheAmerican.org The American is the only FBS conference that returns its 2016 players of the year on offense (USF QB Quinton Flowers), defense (UCF LB Shaquem Griffin) and special teams (Memphis KR Tony Pollard). The American is coming off a 2016 season that produced three teams with at least 10 wins (USF, Temple, Tulsa) and had a league-record 15 players chosen in the 2017 NFL Draft.