PROVIDENCE, R.I. – American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the two-year football scheduling model for conference games that will be in place for the 2020 and 2021 football seasons.



The scheduling model was approved by The American’s athletic directors last week at the conference’s fall meeting in Philadelphia.



The 2020 season will be the first for The American with 11 football-playing institutions. The 2020 and 2021 schedules will include eight conference games - four home games and four road contests - for each team in each season. Each team will face the other 10 teams at least once in the two-year cycle.



“This scheduling model provides balance and competitive equity and will contribute to the exciting seasons to which we have become accustomed in the American Athletic Conference,” said Aresco. “It is a fair model that was unanimously supported by our athletic directors.”



The American will not have a divisional format for its 2020 and 2021 football seasons. The conference will determine the procedures for determining the participants in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship at a later date.





American Athletic Conference Football Schedule Format



2020

2021

Cincinnati, Temple, Tulane, TulsaECU, Houston, Memphis, USF(will not play Navy, SMU)ECU, Houston, Memphis, USFUCF, SMU, Temple, Tulsa(will not play Navy, Tulane)UCF, Navy, SMU, TulaneCincinnati, USF, Temple, Tulsa(will not play Houston, Memphis)UCF, ECU, Navy, TulsaCincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Temple(will not play SMU, Tulane)Cincinnati, ECU, USF, SMUUCF, Memphis, Navy, Tulane(will not play Houston, Tulsa)UCF, USF, Tulane, TulsaCincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU(will not play ECU, Temple)UCF, Houston, USF, TempleCincinnati, Navy, SMU, Tulane(will not play ECU, Tulsa)Houston, Memphis, Temple, TulsaECU, USF, SMU, Tulane(will not play UCF, Cincinnati)Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, NavyECU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa(will not play UCF, USF)Memphis, Navy, SMU, TempleUCF, ECU, Houston, Tulsa(will not play Cincinnati, USF)Cincinnati, ECU, Tulane, SMUUCF, USF, Houston, Navy(will not play Memphis, Temple)ECU, USF, Memphis, TulaneCincinnati, Temple, Navy, SMU(will not play Houston, Tulsa)UCF, SMU, Temple, TulsaECU, Navy, USF, Tulane(will not play Houston, Memphis)Cincinnati, USF, Temple, TulaneUCF, Houston, Memphis, Navy(will not play SMU, Tulsa)Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, TulsaUCF, ECU, SMU, Tulane(will not play Memphis, Navy)UCF, Houston, Memphis, NavyCincinnati, ECU, USF, Tulsa(will not play SMU, Tulane)ECU, Memphis, Navy, SMUUSF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa(will not play UCF, Cincinnati)ECU, Navy, SMU, TulaneUCF, Houston, Temple, Tulsa(will not play Cincinnati, USF)UCF, Cincinnati, ECU, SMUHouston, Memphis, Temple, Tulsa(will not play USF, Tulane)UCF, USF, Tulane, TulsaCincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Navy(will not play ECU, Temple)Cincinnati, Houston, USF, TulsaUCF, ECU, Memphis, SMU(will not play Navy, Temple)Houston, Memphis, Navy, TempleCincinnati, USF, SMU, Tulane(will not play UCF, ECU)