2020 American Athletic Conference football season

The 2020 American Athletic Conference football season is the 29th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the eighth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the seventh season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA (C–USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The entire schedule was released on February 18, 2020.[1]

2020 American Athletic Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 2020 through January 2021
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2021 NFL Draft
Regular season
The American Championship

2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Cincinnati		0	–	0					0	–	0
East Carolina		0	–	0					0	–	0
Houston		0	–	0					0	–	0
Memphis		0	–	0					0	–	0
Navy		0	–	0					0	–	0
SMU		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Florida		0	–	0					0	–	0
Temple		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tulane		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tulsa		0	–	0					0	–	0
UCF		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 5, 2020
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of August 17, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The Memphis Tigers secured their third consecutive West division title and faced the East champion Cincinnati Bearcats in the American Athletic Conference title, defeating Cincinnati in the 2019 AAC Championship game.[2]

Seven teams participated in bowl games during the 2019 season; the league went 4–3.

SMU lost to Florida Atlantic 28–52 in the 2019 Boca Raton Bowl.[3] UCF defeated Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl 48–25.[4] Temple lost to North Carolina 13–55 in the Military Bowl.[5] No. 23 Navy defeated Kansas State 20–17 in the 2019 Liberty Bowl.[6] No. 21 Cincinnati defeated Boston College 38–6 in the 2020 Birmingham Bowl after a ninety-minute rain delay.[7] In the latest addition of the Battle for the Bell, Tulane defeated Southern Miss 30–13 in the Armed Forces Bowl.[8]

In the New Year's Six Game, No. 17 Memphis lost to No. 10 Penn State 39–53 in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[9]

Preseason

Departure of UConn

The Huskies' Big East entrance date was confirmed for July 1, 2020 after UConn and The American reached a buyout agreement. At the time this agreement was announced, UConn also announced that its football team would become an FBS independent once it joined the Big East.[10] The American has no immediate plan to add another team to rebalance division, so divisions have been eliminated from the conference for the time being.

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[11]	Rivals[12]	24/7[13]
Cincinnati	49	39	40
East Carolina	73	65	74
Houston	71	79	72
Memphis		70	65
Navy		83	127
SMU	68		70
South Florida			109
Temple		77	100
Tulane	67	64	69
Tulsa		84	115
UCF	66	58	75

American Athletic Conference Media Days

The 2020 American Athletic Conference Media Day was originally schedule for July 12–14 in Newport, Rhode Island. On May 4, 2020 The American Announced due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the media day was cancelled and that in a place a virtual version would be held instead with a new date to be announced.[14]

Preseason Media Poll

The preseason Poll will be released at a later date due to the postponement of American Media Day

Head coaches

Coaching changes

At the end of his third season ended in a 4–8 record, South Florida fired Charlie Strong. On December 9, 2019, Jeff Scott, offensive coordinator for Clemson, was hired as the new head coach.[15]

On December 8, 2019 after Norvell's departure to Florida State, Silverfield served as the interim head coach before being promoted to head coach on December 13, 2019.[16]

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2019 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	AAC record
Cincinnati	Luke Fickell	4	32–20 (.615)	26–13 (.667)	15–9 (.625)
East Carolina	Mike Houston	2	84–33 (.718)	10–8 (.556)	1–7 (.125)
Houston	Dana Holgorsen	2	65–49 (.570)	4–8 (.333)	2–6 (.250)
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield	1	0–1 (.000)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)
Navy	Ken Niumatalolo	13	98–60 (.620)	98–60 (.620)	27–13 (.675)
SMU	Sonny Dykes	2	56–56 (.500)	15–11 (.577)	10–6 (.625)
South Florida	Jeff Scott	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Temple	Rod Carey	2	60–35 (.632)	8–5 (.615)	5–3 (.625)
Tulane	Willie Fritz	5	177–96 (.648)	23–27 (.460)	12–20 (.375)
Tulsa	Philip Montgomery	6	25–37 (.403)	25–37 (.403)	14–26 (.350)
UCF	Josh Heupel	3	22–4 (.846)	22–4 (.846)	14–2 (.875)

Source:[17]

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Cincinnati	AP
	C	22
	CFP	Not released
East Carolina	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Houston	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Navy	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
SMU	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
South Florida	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Temple	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Tulane	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCF	AP
	C	21
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

The regular season will begin on September 5, 2020 and will end on November 28, 2020. The season will conclude with the 2020 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game game will be played on Dec. 5, 12 or 19 the exact date will be announced by December 1. (depending on where where Navy fits into the picture, as the Army-Navy game remains scheduled for Dec. 12.)[18]. Note: The schedule is subject to changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes may include postponed games with the possibility of makeup at a later date in the season, cancellation of individual games, cancellation of non-conference games, games played without fans in attendance, or the cancellation of the entire season. Multiple conferences have already cancelled portions of or the entire season. American teams will play the eight conference games on their originally scheduled dates.[19] American schools may schedule up to four Non-conference games at the discretion of individual schools.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
Amercian member lost
American teams in bold

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		Arkansas State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Paint Bucket Bowl)
September 5		SMU	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX
September 7	8:00 PM	BYU	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 5	Cincinnati	East Carolina	Houston	South Florida	Temple	Tulane	Tulsa	UCF

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	8:00 PM	Tulane	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL
September 12		FIU	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL
September 12		Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
September 12		Marshall	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 12		SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 12	Cincinnati	Houston	Memphis	Navy	South Florida	Temple

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19		Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
September 19		Navy	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
September 19		SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl)
September 19		UCF	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
September 19		Austin Peay	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 19	East Carolina	Tulsa

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24		UCF	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 26		Memphis	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas
September 26		North Texas	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX
September 26		Temple	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
September 26		Tulsa	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
September 26		South Florida	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
September 26		Tulane	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS (Battle for the Bell)
September 26		Stephen F. Austin	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 26	Cincinnati

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 1		Memphis	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX
October 3		East Carolina	Georgia State	Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA
October 3		Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
October 3		Tulsa	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL
October 3		South Florida	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 10	Temple

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10		Tulane	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX
October 10		East Carolina	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 10	Cincinnati	Memphis	Navy	SMU	Temple	Tulsa	UCF

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 16		Houston	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT
October 16		UCF	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
October 17		Cincinnati	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
October 17		Navy	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
October 17		SMU	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
October 17		USF	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23		Tulsa	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
October 24		Cincinnati	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX
October 24		Houston	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
October 24		Temple	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
October 24		Tulane	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 24	East Carolina

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 30		East Carolina	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
October 31		Memphis	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)
October 31		Navy	SMU	Gerald R. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX
October 31		Temple	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
October 31		UCF	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 31	South Florida

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5		SMU	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
November 7		Houston	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
November 7		Tulane	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
November 7		Tulsa	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
November 7		South Florida	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 7	UCF

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 12		East Carolina	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
November 14		Army	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 14		Memphis	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
November 14		SMU	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
November 14		Temple	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL
November 14		South Florida	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Tampa, FL
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 21		Cincinnati	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL
November 21		East Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
November 21		Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (rivalry)
November 21		Navy	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
November 21		Tulane	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 27		UCF	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (rivalry)
November 28		Cincinnati	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA
November 28		Memphis	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 28		SMU	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC
November 28		Tulsa	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 28	Navy

Championship game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA • TBA	ESPN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Fifteen

Main article: Army–Navy Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 12		Army	Navy	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Post Season

Bowl games

For the 2020-2025 bowl cycle, The American will annually send teams to the Military Bowl, Fenway Bowl, and a third annual spot alternating between the Armed Forces Bowl and Hawaii Bowl annually. The American will have annually four appearances in the following bowls: Birmingham Bowl, Gasparilla Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, Frisco Bowl, Cure Bowl, First Responder Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl and New Mexico Bowl. The American champion will go to a New Year’s Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Group of Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. American teams are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.[20]

Legend
	American win
	American loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	American team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
College Football Playoff bowl game

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. American teams shown in bold. [21]

The American vs other conferences

The American vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the Power Five conferences teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame, BYU and SEC). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most power five games for the American have been cancelled, All of the Power Five conferences initially announced that they would go on with their season as scheduled, but with cuts to non-conference games in order to overcome logistical concerns and reduce travel. The Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC were all limiting play to in-conference opponents only.[22][23] The ACC and Big 12 are allowing one non-conference game each, with the ACC restricting them to in-state opponents.[24] The Big Ten and Pac 12 have postponed fall sports due to COVID-19 concerns. [25]

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 7	Independent	BYU	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
September 12	Big 12	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
September 12	Big 12	SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX
September 19	ACC	UCF	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
October 16	Independent	Houston	BYU	LaVelle Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT

The American vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include American teams competing against teams from C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt. On August 8, the MAC announced announced the postponement of all fall sports for the 2020 season, including football. [26] On August 10, the Mountain West followed the MAC as the second Group of Five conference to postpone fall sports indefinitely.[27]. On August 10, Rice announced it was the delaying the start of it season until September 26.[28]

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	C-USA	Rice	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	PPD
September 5	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
September 5	Sun Belt	SMU	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX
September 12	Sun Belt	Tulane	South Alabama	Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, AL
September 12	C-USA	Marshall	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC
September 19	C-USA	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
September 26	C-USA	Memphis	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
September 26	C-USA	Tulsa	Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR
September 26	C-USA	South Florida	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
September 26	C-USA	Tulane	Southern Miss	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
October 3	Sun Belt	East Carolina	Georgia State	Center Parc Stadium Atlanta, GA
October 3	MWC	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium• Colorado Springs, CO

The American vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include American teams competing against FBS Independents which include Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn and UMass. UConn, announced that they would opt out of the 2020 season.[29][30] UMass announced that they would opt of playing fall football and hopes to construct a season in spring 2021.[31] New Mexico State announced that they would opt out of playing fall football and try to play in spring 2021.[32]

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
November 14	Army	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA
November 21	Navy	Army	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA

The American vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs. All conferences and teams have postponed their fall conference schedules[33], The Big South, (James Madison, Elon, Villanova from the CAA), Missouri Valley Football Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, SoCon, and Southland Conference[34] are allowing the option of playing out-of-conference games only

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 19	Austin Peay	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
September 19	Stephen F. Austin	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX
November 7	Florida A&M	UCF	Bounce House • Orlando, FL	PPD
November 21	UT-Martin	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN

Records against other conferences

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–0 Other FBS Conferences Record C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 0–0 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 0–0 Total Non-Conference Record 0–0

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–0 Other FBS Conferences Record C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 Other FBS Total 0–0 Total Bowl Record 0–0

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Specialist
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position

American Athletic Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Special Teams Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Coach of the Year

All-conference teams

Position Player Team First Team Offense First Team Defense First Team Special Teams

Position Player Team Second Team Offense Second Team Defense Second Team Special Teams

*Denotes Unanimous Selection

All Conference Honorable Mentions:

All-Americans

The 2020 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.[35][36]

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Third Team All-Americans

National award winners

2020 College Football Award Winners

NFL Draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team

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