IRVING, Texas – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the four-year football scheduling model for conference games that will be in place for the 2023-26 seasons.
The scheduling model was unanimously approved by The American’s athletic directors this week.
The 2023 season will be The American’s first with 14 football-playing institutions. The schedule format calls for each team to play eight conference games each year. Each team will face the other 13 conference teams at least twice during the four-year cycle – once at home and once on the road.
Six matchups will be played annually in this cycle: North Texas-SMU, UAB-Memphis, Rice-UTSA, Charlotte-East Carolina, Florida Atlantic-South Florida and Navy-Temple.
“This scheduling model fulfills all of the objectives that we identified as we look forward to competition among our 14 outstanding teams,” said Aresco. “Most important, it is a fair model that has the unanimous support of our athletic directors. It allows for all four-year student-athletes to play at all of our venues at least once during their careers. It reestablishes some longstanding geographic rivalries and provides a foundation for new rivalries to develop. It also provides all of our teams with annual access to the state of Texas and other important recruiting areas.”
The American will not have a divisional format during the four-year cycle. The top two teams in the final regular season standings will qualify for the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
The 2023 conference schedule will be announced following the completion of the 2022 season.
UAB
2023
Home: Memphis, South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: North Texas, UTSA, Tulane, Navy
2024
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Tulane, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Memphis, Charlotte, Temple
2025
Home: UTSA, Memphis, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2026
Home: SMU, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: UTSA, Memphis, South Florida, Navy
CHARLOTTE
2023
Home: Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Navy
Away: Tulsa, SMU, South Florida, East Carolina
2024
Home: SMU, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2025
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, Temple
Away: Rice, UAB, East Carolina, Navy
2026
Home: North Texas, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, South Florida
EAST CAROLINA
2023
Home: Tulsa, SMU, Tulane, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Navy
2024
Home: North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: SMU, UAB, South Florida, Charlotte
2025
Home: UAB, South Florida, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2026
Home: SMU, UTSA, Rice, Tulane
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, Memphis, Charlotte
FLORIDA ATLANTIC
2023
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina
Away: Rice, UAB, South Florida, Charlotte
2024
Home: North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Charlotte
Away: Tulsa, SMU, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: SMU, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, South Florida
2026
Home: Tulsa, Memphis, South Florida, Navy
Away: UTSA, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
MEMPHIS
2023
Home: SMU, Tulane, South Florida, Navy
Away: North Texas, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
2024
Home: Tulsa, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
Away: UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: North Texas, UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic
Away: Tulsa, SMU, UAB, South Florida
2026
Home: SMU, Tulane, UAB, East Carolina
Away: UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Temple
NAVY
2023
Home: North Texas, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Memphis, Charlotte, Temple
2024
Home: UTSA, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Tulane, South Florida
2025
Home: SMU, Rice, Tulane, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
2026
Home: Tulsa, UAB, South Florida, Temple
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
NORTH TEXAS
2023
Home: UTSA, Memphis, UAB, Temple
Away: Tulsa, SMU, Tulane, Navy
2024
Home: SMU, Rice, South Florida, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, UAB, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2025
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, Memphis, South Florida, Temple
2026
Home: SMU, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Tulane, Charlotte
RICE
2023
Home: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, South Florida, Charlotte
2024
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, South Florida, Navy
Away: North Texas, SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic
2025
Home: UAB, Charlotte, East Carolina, Temple
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Memphis, Navy
2026
Home: North Texas, UTSA, Tulane, Memphis
Away: SMU, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
SOUTH FLORIDA
2023
Home: Rice, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, Temple
Away: UTSA, Memphis, UAB, Navy
2024
Home: SMU, UTSA, East Carolina, Navy
Away: North Texas, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
2025
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, Tulane, East Carolina, Temple
2026
Home: Tulane, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, Florida Atlantic, Navy
SMU
2023
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, East Carolina, Temple
2024
Home: Rice, UAB, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Tulane, South Florida, Charlotte
2025
Home: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, South Florida
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Florida Atlantic, Navy
2026
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Rice, Temple
Away: North Texas, Memphis, UAB, East Carolina
TEMPLE
2023
Home: SMU, UTSA, Memphis, Navy
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, UAB, South Florida
2024
Home: Tulsa, Tulane, UAB, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, Memphis, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: North Texas, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Rice, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
2026
Home: UTSA, Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, UAB, South Florida, Navy
UTSA
2023
Home: Rice, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2024
Home: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, Temple
Away: Tulsa, Rice, South Florida, Navy
2025
Home: Tulsa, SMU, Rice, Navy
Away: North Texas, Memphis, UAB, Charlotte
2026
Home: Memphis, UAB, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
Away: SMU, Rice, East Carolina, Temple
TULANE
2023
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, UTSA, UAB
Away: Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2024
Home: SMU, Rice, Memphis, Navy
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, UAB, Temple
2025
Home: South Florida, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina, Temple
Away: North Texas, SMU, Charlotte, Navy
2026
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, South Florida, East Carolina
TULSA
2023
Home: North Texas, Rice, Charlotte, Temple
Away: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2024
Home: UTSA, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, UAB, Temple
2025
Home: SMU, Rice, Memphis, UAB
Away: North Texas, UTSA, South Florida, Charlotte
2026
Home: North Texas, South Florida, Charlotte, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Navy
The scheduling model was unanimously approved by The American’s athletic directors this week.
The 2023 season will be The American’s first with 14 football-playing institutions. The schedule format calls for each team to play eight conference games each year. Each team will face the other 13 conference teams at least twice during the four-year cycle – once at home and once on the road.
Six matchups will be played annually in this cycle: North Texas-SMU, UAB-Memphis, Rice-UTSA, Charlotte-East Carolina, Florida Atlantic-South Florida and Navy-Temple.
“This scheduling model fulfills all of the objectives that we identified as we look forward to competition among our 14 outstanding teams,” said Aresco. “Most important, it is a fair model that has the unanimous support of our athletic directors. It allows for all four-year student-athletes to play at all of our venues at least once during their careers. It reestablishes some longstanding geographic rivalries and provides a foundation for new rivalries to develop. It also provides all of our teams with annual access to the state of Texas and other important recruiting areas.”
The American will not have a divisional format during the four-year cycle. The top two teams in the final regular season standings will qualify for the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
The 2023 conference schedule will be announced following the completion of the 2022 season.
American Athletic Conference Football Schedule Format (2023-26)
UAB
2023
Home: Memphis, South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: North Texas, UTSA, Tulane, Navy
2024
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Tulane, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Memphis, Charlotte, Temple
2025
Home: UTSA, Memphis, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2026
Home: SMU, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: UTSA, Memphis, South Florida, Navy
CHARLOTTE
2023
Home: Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Navy
Away: Tulsa, SMU, South Florida, East Carolina
2024
Home: SMU, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2025
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, Temple
Away: Rice, UAB, East Carolina, Navy
2026
Home: North Texas, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, South Florida
EAST CAROLINA
2023
Home: Tulsa, SMU, Tulane, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Navy
2024
Home: North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: SMU, UAB, South Florida, Charlotte
2025
Home: UAB, South Florida, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2026
Home: SMU, UTSA, Rice, Tulane
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, Memphis, Charlotte
FLORIDA ATLANTIC
2023
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina
Away: Rice, UAB, South Florida, Charlotte
2024
Home: North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Charlotte
Away: Tulsa, SMU, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: SMU, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, South Florida
2026
Home: Tulsa, Memphis, South Florida, Navy
Away: UTSA, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
MEMPHIS
2023
Home: SMU, Tulane, South Florida, Navy
Away: North Texas, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
2024
Home: Tulsa, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
Away: UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: North Texas, UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic
Away: Tulsa, SMU, UAB, South Florida
2026
Home: SMU, Tulane, UAB, East Carolina
Away: UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Temple
NAVY
2023
Home: North Texas, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Memphis, Charlotte, Temple
2024
Home: UTSA, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Temple
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Tulane, South Florida
2025
Home: SMU, Rice, Tulane, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
2026
Home: Tulsa, UAB, South Florida, Temple
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
NORTH TEXAS
2023
Home: UTSA, Memphis, UAB, Temple
Away: Tulsa, SMU, Tulane, Navy
2024
Home: SMU, Rice, South Florida, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, UAB, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2025
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Tulane, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, Memphis, South Florida, Temple
2026
Home: SMU, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Tulsa, Rice, Tulane, Charlotte
RICE
2023
Home: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, South Florida, Charlotte
2024
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, South Florida, Navy
Away: North Texas, SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic
2025
Home: UAB, Charlotte, East Carolina, Temple
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Memphis, Navy
2026
Home: North Texas, UTSA, Tulane, Memphis
Away: SMU, UAB, East Carolina, Temple
SOUTH FLORIDA
2023
Home: Rice, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, Temple
Away: UTSA, Memphis, UAB, Navy
2024
Home: SMU, UTSA, East Carolina, Navy
Away: North Texas, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
2025
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Memphis, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, Tulane, East Carolina, Temple
2026
Home: Tulane, UAB, Charlotte, Temple
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, Florida Atlantic, Navy
SMU
2023
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, East Carolina, Temple
2024
Home: Rice, UAB, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Tulane, South Florida, Charlotte
2025
Home: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, South Florida
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, Florida Atlantic, Navy
2026
Home: Tulsa, UTSA, Rice, Temple
Away: North Texas, Memphis, UAB, East Carolina
TEMPLE
2023
Home: SMU, UTSA, Memphis, Navy
Away: Tulsa, North Texas, UAB, South Florida
2024
Home: Tulsa, Tulane, UAB, Charlotte
Away: UTSA, Memphis, East Carolina, Navy
2025
Home: North Texas, South Florida, East Carolina, Navy
Away: Rice, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
2026
Home: UTSA, Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic
Away: SMU, UAB, South Florida, Navy
UTSA
2023
Home: Rice, UAB, South Florida, East Carolina
Away: North Texas, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Temple
2024
Home: North Texas, Tulane, Memphis, Temple
Away: Tulsa, Rice, South Florida, Navy
2025
Home: Tulsa, SMU, Rice, Navy
Away: North Texas, Memphis, UAB, Charlotte
2026
Home: Memphis, UAB, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte
Away: SMU, Rice, East Carolina, Temple
TULANE
2023
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, UTSA, UAB
Away: Rice, Memphis, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2024
Home: SMU, Rice, Memphis, Navy
Away: Tulsa, UTSA, UAB, Temple
2025
Home: South Florida, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina, Temple
Away: North Texas, SMU, Charlotte, Navy
2026
Home: Tulsa, North Texas, Charlotte, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, South Florida, East Carolina
TULSA
2023
Home: North Texas, Rice, Charlotte, Temple
Away: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, East Carolina
2024
Home: UTSA, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Navy
Away: Rice, Memphis, UAB, Temple
2025
Home: SMU, Rice, Memphis, UAB
Away: North Texas, UTSA, South Florida, Charlotte
2026
Home: North Texas, South Florida, Charlotte, East Carolina
Away: SMU, Tulane, Florida Atlantic, Navy
