Date Game Time (ET) Television Thursday, August 29 UCLA at Cincinnati 7 p.m. ESPN Wagner at UConn 7 p.m. ESPN3 Florida A&M at UCF 7:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Florida International at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3 Friday, August 30 Wisconsin at USF 7 p.m. ESPN Tulsa at Michigan State 7 p.m. FS1 Saturday, August 31 Ole Miss at Memphis Noon ABC ECU at NC State Noon ACC Network Bucknell at Temple 3 p.m. ESPN3 Holy Cross at Navy 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network SMU at Arkansas State 7 p.m. ESPN+ Sunday, September 1 Houston at Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. ABC Saturday, September 7 Cincinnati at Ohio State Noon ABC USF at Georgia Tech 2 p.m. ACC Network Illinois at UConn 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Gardner-Webb at ECU 6 p.m. ESPN3 UCF at Florida Atlantic 7 p.m. CBS Sports Network North Texas at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Tulane at Auburn 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Prairie View A&M at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN3 Friday, September 13 Washington State vs. Houston 9:15 p.m. ESPN Saturday, September 14 Maryland at Temple Noon CBS Sports Network Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati Noon ESPNU Stanford at UCF 3:30 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ECU at Navy * 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Memphis at South Alabama 3:30 p.m. ESPNU Oklahoma State at Tulsa 3:30 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 South Carolina State at USF 6 p.m. ESPN3 Texas State at SMU 7 p.m. ESPN3 Missouri State at Tulane 8 p.m. ESPN3 Thursday, September 19 Houston at Tulane * 8 p.m. ESPN Thursday, September 26 Navy at Memphis * 8 p.m. ESPN Thursday, October 3 Temple at ECU * 8 p.m. ESPN Friday, October 4 UCF at Cincinnati * 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday, October 5 Tulane at Army Noon CBS Sports Network Air Force at Navy 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Saturday, October 19 USF at Navy * 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Thursday, October 24 SMU at Houston * 7:30 p.m. ESPN Saturday, October 26 Tulane at Navy * 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Friday, November 1 Navy at UConn * 8 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday, November 7 Temple at USF * 8 p.m. ESPN Friday, November 8 UCF at Tulsa * 7 p.m. ESPN2 Saturday, November 16 Navy at Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. NBC Saturday, November 23 SMU at Navy * 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Friday, November 29 USF at UCF * TBD ABC or ESPN Cincinnati at Memphis * TBD ABC or ESPN Saturday, December 7 American Athletic Conference Championship 3:30 p.m. ABC Saturday, December 14 Army vs. Navy 3 p.m. CBS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The American Athletic Conference has announced a number of kickoff times and television designations for the 2019 football season.Thursday’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 Thursday, Aug. 29, as Cincinnati hosts UCLA at Nippert Stadium on ESPN to begin an impressive stretch of key nonconference games for American Athletic Conference teams in the early part of the 2019 season.The Week 1 schedule also includes nationally televised home games for USF, which hosts Wisconsin Friday, Aug. 30 (ESPN), and Memphis, which hosts Ole Miss Saturday, Aug. 31 (ABC). Key road games for American Athletic Conference teams in the opening week include Tulsa at Michigan State Friday (FS1), ECU at NC State Saturday (ACC Network), and Houston at Oklahoma in a Sunday prime time matchup on ABC.The Week 2 lineup has another ABC national telecast as Cincinnati visits Ohio State, while USF is at Georgia Tech (ACC Network), UConn hosts Illinois (CBS Sports Network) and Tulane visits Auburn (ESPN2).The Week 3 ledger has three American Athletic Conference teams at home against other Power 6 conference opponents as Temple hosts Maryland (CBS Sports Network), UCF hosts Stanford (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2) and Tulsa hosts Oklahoma State (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2).The American and CBS Sports also announced the times of 11 games that will be televised on CBS Sports Network, beginning with an Opening Night matchup between UCF and Florida A&M Aug. 29 in Orlando. The schedule on CBS Sports Network includes all six of Navy’s games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, as well as a number of key conference and nonconference games in the 2019 season.Most of the remaining start times and television designations for the 2019 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’s nonconference schedule includes six games against top-25 teams from last year’s final Associated Press poll, including four games against top-10 teams and two against teams that were chosen for the 2018 College Football Playoff. Cincinnati visits No. 3 Ohio State Sept. 7; Houston is at No. 4 Oklahoma Aug. 31; Navy is at No. 5 Notre Dame Nov. 16; Houston faces No. 10 Washington State at NRG Stadium Sept. 13; Tulane visits No. 19 Army Oct. 5, while Navy faces the Black Knights Dec. 14.The American Athletic Conference enjoyed another outstanding season in 2018 as UCF and Cincinnati both finished among the national top 25 and were two of the seven teams from the league to play in bowl games. UCF was ranked No. 11 in the final AP poll and qualified for the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl - its third New Year’s Bowl in six seasons - while Cincinnati was ranked No. 23 in the coaches’ poll following its win against Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl. The American additionally produced two NCAA consensus All-America selections (Houston DE Ed Oliver and Memphis RB Darrell Henderson) for the second straight year and had two players among the top 10 in the Heisman Trophy voting (Henderson and UCF QB McKenzie Milton).