2022 American Athletic Conference football season

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Rankings

Team	ESPN[3]	Rivals[4]	24/7[5]
Cincinnati		41	42
East Carolina		78	84
Houston		52	49
Memphis		47	62
Navy		92	104
SMU		85	80
South Florida		83	87
Temple			108
Tulane		68	74
Tulsa			111
UCF		53	52

The 2022 American Media day was held virtually on July 28, 2022^[6]

The American Athletic Conference preseason media poll was released at AAC Media Day on July 28, 2022.^[7]

• First place votes in ()

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Houston	243 (7)
2	Cincinnati	242 (10)
3	UCF	225 (7)
4	SMU	187
5	Memphis	162
6	East Carolina	157
7	Tulane	115
8	Tulsa	93
9	South Florida	71
10	Navy	61
11	Temple	28

	AP 1st Team	AP 2nd Team	WCFF 1st Team	WCFF 2nd Team	TSN 1st Team	TSN 2nd Team	ESPN	CBS 1st Team	CBS 2nd Team	CFN 1st Team	CFN 2nd Team	CFN HM	PFF 1st Team	PFF 2nd Team	PFF HM

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The American will enter the 2022 season with two new head football coaches:

• November 30, 2021 TCU hired Sonny Dykes of SMU as its new head coach.^[31] On November 29 SMU hired Rhett Lashlee formally the Offensive Coordinator at Miami as its new coach.^[32]
• November 29, 2021 Temple head coach Rod Carey was fired after having an 12–20 record in three seasons at Temple, including a 3–9 record in 2021.^[33] On December 15, Temple hired Texas associate head coach and run game coordinator Stan Drayton as its new head coach.^[34]

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	AAC Record
Cincinnati	Luke Fickell	6	54–22 (.711)	48–15 (.762)	29–9 (.763)
East Carolina	Mike Houston	4	94–44 (.681)	14–19 (.424)	9–15 (.375)
Houston	Dana Holgorsen	4	80–56 (.588)	19–15 (.559)	13–9 (.591)
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield	3	14–10 (.583)	14–10 (.583)	8–8 (.500)
Navy	Ken Niumatalolo	15	105–75 (.583)	105–75 (.583)	33–22 (.600)
SMU	Rhett Lashlee	0	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
South Florida	Jeff Scott	3	3–18 (.143)	3–18 (.143)	1–14 (.067)
Temple	Stan Drayton	0	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Tulane	Willie Fritz	7	185–112 (.623)	31–43 (.419)	16–32 (.333)
Tulsa	Philip Montgomery	8	38–46 (.452)	38–46 (.452)	24–29 (.453)
UCF	Gus Malzahn	2	86–42 (.672)	9–4 (.692)	5–3 (.625)

Note:

• Records shown after the 2021 season
• Years at school includes 2022 season

Source:^[35]

• On November 6, South Florida fired head coach Jeff Scott after posting a record of 4–26 during his tenure at the school. South Florida named special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato as the interim head coach.^[36] On December 4, South Florida announced that Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh would become the new head coach for the 2023 season.^[37]

• On November 27, Luke Fickell was announced as the new head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. In the wake of the announcement, Cincinnati named special teams coach Kerry Coombs as the interim head coach for the postseason.^[38] On December 5, Cincinnati announced that Louisville head coach Scott Satterfield would become the new head coach of the team for 2023.^[39]
• On November 27, Tulsa announced that it had fired head coach Philip Montgomery. Montgomery had posted a 43–53 record over eight seasons with the school.^[40] On December 6, Tulsa announced Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson as the new head coach.^[41]
• On December 11, Navy announced that it would not retain head coach Ken Niumatalolo for 2023, which would have been the last year of his contract. Niumatalolo had gone 109–83 in 15 years at the school, but ended his tenure with three consecutive losing seasons and five losses in the Midshipmen's last seven matchups against Army. Defensive coordinator Brian Newberry was named the interim head coach.^[42]

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

		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	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	21	20	RV	RV	22	21	RV	RV	RV
	C	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	19	19	RV	RV	21	21	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released											25	24
East Carolina	AP										RV
	C				RV
	CFP	Not released
Houston	AP	24	25
	C	25	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Navy	AP
	C
	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					RV	RV	RV	25	23	19	16	21	19	18	14	9
	C						RV	RV	25	24	21	17	22	20	18	17	9
	CFP	Not released									19	17	21	19	18	16
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCF	AP	RV	RV						RV		25	22	17	25	22	RV
	C	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	18	RV	23	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									25	22	20	22	22

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The 2022 American Athletic Conference football schedule was released on February 17, 2022.^[43] The regular season begins on Thursday September 1, 2022 and will end on Saturday December 15, 2022. The American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game is scheduled to be played on Saturday December 3, 2022 at the site of the regular season champion.

Index to colors and formatting
AAC member won
AAC member lost
AAC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 1	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN+	W 56–10	43,810
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Temple	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACCN	L 0–30	20,722
September 3	Noon	No. 13 NC State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN	L 20–21	51,711
September 3	Noon	No. 19 (FCS) Delaware	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 7–14	30,542
September 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 Cincinnati	No. 19 Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN	L 24–31	74,751
September 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Houston	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	CBSSN	W 37–35 3OT	37,526
September 3	3:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	FS1	L 37–40 2OT	20,574
September 3	4:00 p.m.	No. 25 BYU	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	L 21–50	31,521
September 3	7:00 p.m.	UMass	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN+	W 42–10	15,101
September 3	7:30 p.m.	Memphis	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPNU	L 23–49	54,360
September 3	7:30 p.m.	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl)	CBSSN	W 48–10	25,306
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 9	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	L 14–20	44,412
September 10	2:00 p.m.	Lafayette	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 30–14	18,430
September 10	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 (FCS) Kennesaw State	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN+	W 63–10	37,014
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	MEM 37–13	30,082
September 10	4:00 p.m.	No. 25 Houston	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FS1	L 30–33 2OT	56,271
September 10	6:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 39–21	36,853
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN+	W 52–0	14,501
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Lamar	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN+	W 45–16	26,509
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Howard	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN+	W 42–20	28,554
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	W 38–35	22,113
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 17	Noon	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Paycor Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPNU	W 38–17	30,109
September 17	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 14–16	33,297
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Tulane	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN+/B12N	W 17–10	50,887
September 17	4:00 p.m.	Kansas	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNU	L 30–48	30,317
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Campbell	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	W 49–10	43,036
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Paint Bucket Bowl)	ESPN+	W 44–32	32,620
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	W 54–17	17,311
September 17	7:30 p.m.	SMU	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD	FS1	L 27–34	31,194
September 17	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	No. 18 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 28–31	88,496
September 17	7:30 p.m.	UCF	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	W 40–14	30,991
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 17	Navy

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 24	Noon	TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 34–42	35,569
September 24	Noon	South Florida	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC RSN/ESPN3	L 3–41	41,217
September 24	2:00 p.m.	UMass	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 28–0	14,033
September 24	3:30 p.m.	Indiana	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	W 45–24	38,464
September 24	3:30 p.m.	North Texas	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN+	W 44–34	23,203
September 24	4:00 p.m.	Tulsa	No. 16 Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	L 27–35	60,641
September 24	4:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPNU	W 27–10	44,220
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Navy	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	NAVY 23–20 2OT	39,227
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 34–27	26,377
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Bell)	ESPN+	L 24–27	20,422
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Tulane	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	TULN 27–24 OT	24,319
October 1	Noon	Temple	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	MEM 24–3	23,239
October 1	Noon	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBS	L 10–13	36,947
October 1	2:30 p.m.	East Carolina	South Florida	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL [a]	ESPN+	ECU 48–28	3,708
October 1	7:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	CIN 31–21	21,111
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 1	SMU	UCF

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5 [b]	7:00 p.m.	SMU	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	UCF 41–19	27,495
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	HOU 33–32	28,126
October 8	2:30 p.m.	South Florida	No. 24 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN+	CIN 28–24	38,557
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 53–21	30,658
October 8	3:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	TULN 24–9	14,193
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 8	Temple

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Temple	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	UCF 70–13	41,729
October 14	7:30 p.m.	Navy	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (Gansz Trophy)	ESPN	SMU 40–34	24,583
October 15	4:00 p.m.	Tulane	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	TULN 45–31	31,053
October 15	7:30 p.m.	Memphis	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	ECU 47–45 4OT	38,059
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 15	No. 21 Cincinnati	Houston	Tulsa

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 21	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2	TLSA 27–16	13,607
October 22	Noon	No. 21 Cincinnati	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN	CIN 29–27	23,566
October 22	Noon	Houston	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPNU	HOU 38–20	32,443
October 22	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	No. 25 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	TULN 38–28	30,100
October 22	7:30 p.m.	UCF	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	ECU 34–14	38,245
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 22	South Florida

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 28	8:00 p.m.	East Carolina	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 27–24	55,525
October 29	Noon	South Florida	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2	HOU 42–27	24,228
October 29	3:30 p.m.	Temple	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	NAVY 27–20 OT	31,141
October 29	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN+	SMU 45–34	22,993
October 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 20 Cincinnati	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	UCF 25–21	44,313
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
October 29	Memphis	No. 23 Tulane

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 5	Noon	No. 19 Tulane	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	TULN 27–13	15,122
November 5	2:00 p.m.	South Florida	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	TEM 54–28	13,862
November 5	4:00 p.m.	Navy	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	CIN 20–10	38,461
November 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 UCF	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	UCF 35–28	28,048
November 5	7:00 p.m.	Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (rivalry)	NFLN	SMU 77–63	23,841
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 5	East Carolina

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	MEM 26–10	23,980
November 11	8:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	CIN 27–25	38,199
November 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Notre Dame	Navy	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD (Rip Miller Trophy)	ABC	L 32–35	62,124
November 12	12:00 p.m.	SMU	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	SMU 41–23	24,907
November 12	3:00 p.m.	Temple	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN+	HOU 43–36	21,731
November 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 UCF	No. 17 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	UCF 38–31	27,317
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 17	7:30 p.m.	SMU	No. 21 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	TULN 59–24	20,894
November 18	9:00 p.m.	South Florida	Tulsa	H.A. Champman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	TLSA 48–42	13,819
November 19	11:00 a.m.	Navy	No. 20 UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	NAVY 17–14	44,813
November 19	2:00 p.m.	North Alabama	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN+	W 59–0	24,154
November 19	2:00 p.m.	Houston	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN+	HOU 42–3	42,475
November 19	4:00 p.m.	No. 25 Cincinnati	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	CIN 23–3	14,673
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Tulane	No. 24 Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ABC	TULN 27–24	37,989
November 26	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	ECU 49–46	13,037
November 26	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	ESPN2	SMU 34–31	15,759
November 26	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 UCF	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (War on I-4)	ESPN2	UCF 46–39	32,217
November 26	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNU	TLSA 37–30	21,785
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Bye Week
November 26	Navy

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 3	4:00 p.m.	No. 22 UCF	No. 18 Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA (American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game)	ABC	TULN 45–28	30,118
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 10	3:00 p.m.	Navy	Army	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (123rd Army–Navy Game, Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	L 17–20 2OT	69,117
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

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The following games include AAC teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, BYU/Notre Dame, Pac-12, and SEC). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 2	ACC	Temple	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	L 0–30
September 3	SEC	No. 23 Cincinnati	No. 19 Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 24–31
September 3	ACC	No. 13 NC State	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC	L 20–21
September 3	SEC	Memphis	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	L 23–49
September 3	Independent	No. 25 BYU	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 21–50
September 9	ACC	Louisville	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	L 14–20
September 10	Big 12	No. 25 Houston	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	L 30–33 2OT
September 17	Big 12	Kansas	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	L 30–48
September 17	Big Ten	SMU	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD	L 27–34
September 17	SEC	South Florida	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 28–31
September 17	Big Ten	Rutgers	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 14–16
September 17	Big 12	Tulane	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 17–10
September 24	Big Ten	Indiana	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 45–24
September 24	Big 12	TCU	SMU	Gerald R. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	L 34–42
September 24	ACC	South Florida	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 3–41
September 24	SEC	Tulsa	No. 16 Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 27–35
September 24	ACC	Georgia Tech	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	W 27–10
October 29	Independent	East Carolina	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	W 27–24
November 12	Independent	Notre Dame	Navy	M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD†	L 32–35

The following games include AAC teams competing against "Group of Five" teams from C-USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	C-USA	No. 24 Houston	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	W 37–35 3OT
September 3	C-USA	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	W 48–10
September 3	Mountain West	Tulsa	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	L 37–40 2OT
September 10	C-USA	Old Dominion	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC	W 39–21
September 10	MAC	Northern Illinois	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	W 38–35
September 17	MAC	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Paul Brown Stadium† • Cincinnati, OH	W 38–17
September 17	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 44–32
September 17	C-USA	UCF	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 40–14
September 24	C-USA	Rice	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	W 34–27
September 24	C-USA	North Texas	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 44–34
September 24	C-USA	Southern Miss	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 24–27
October 1	Mountain West	Navy	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	L 10–13

The following games include AAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn and UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 3	UMass	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 42–10
September 24	UMass	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 28–0
December 10	Navy	Army	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA†	L 17–20 2OT

The following games include AAC teams competing against Football Championship Subdivision teams, which comprises 14 conferences and two independent programs.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 1	South Carolina State	UCF	FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL	W 56–10
September 3	Delaware	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	L 7–14
September 10	Kennesaw State	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 63–10
September 10	Lamar	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX	W 45–16
September 10	Howard	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 42–20
September 10	Lafayette	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	W 30–14
September 10	Alcorn State	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 52–0
September 17	Campbell	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium • Greenville, NC	W 49–10
September 17	Jacksonville State	Tulsa	H.A. Champman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	W 54–17
November 19	North Alabama	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 59–0

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Bowl games will begin on December 17, 2022, and will end with the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023.

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.^[46]

Legend
	AAC win
	AAC loss

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	AAC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Fenway Bowl	December 17	Fenway Park • Boston, MA	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	Cincinnati	Louisville	L 7–24	15,000
New Mexico Bowl	December 17	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	7:30 p.m.	SMU	BYU	L 23–24	22,209
Independence Bowl	December 23	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	ESPN	3:00 p.m.	Houston	Louisiana	W 23–16	23,410
First Responder Bowl	December 27	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	3:15 p.m.	Memphis	Utah State	W 38–10
Birmingham Bowl	December 27	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	ESPN	6:45 p.m.	East Carolina	Coastal Carolina	W 53–29	15,901
Military Bowl	December 28	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	UCF	Duke	L 13–30	17,974
New Year's Six Bowl
Cotton Bowl Classic	January 2, 2023	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ESPN	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Tulane	No. 10 USC	W 46–45	55,329

Rankings are from CFP Poll • All times Eastern Time Zone.

• Bowl eligible (7): Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane, UCF
• Bowl-ineligible (4): Navy, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa