2026 AAC Football Schedule, Dates, Opponnents, Full Week-by-Week Schedule

American Athletic Conference: AAC Football Schedule 2026, How to Watch, Dates, Times, TV Channel, Live stream info..

The American Conference has released its 2026 football schedule, featuring 111 total games (including 56 conference matchups). Each of the 14 teams will play eight conference games (four home, four away). The season culminates with the AAC Championship Game on Saturday, December 5 (time and network TBA) and the traditional Army vs. Navy Game on Saturday, December 12 in East Rutherford, NJ.

Note: All kickoff times and TV designations are TBA and will be announced later (first three weeks + weeknight games by June 1; remaining games 12 days out).

2026 American Athletic Football schedule, scores, dates, start-times.

Week 0

Saturday, August 29, 2026  Memphis at UNLV

American Athletic Football Week 1 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Saturday, September 5, 2026 

Bryant at Army  

The Citadel at Charlotte  

East Carolina at Alabama  

Arkansas State at Memphis  

Towson at Navy  

North Texas at Indiana  

Houston Christian at Rice  

Rhode Island at Temple  

Oklahoma State at Tulsa  

UAB at Illinois  

FIU at South Florida  

UTRGV at UTSA  

Tulane at Duke  

(Plus other non-conference games)

American Athletic Football Week 2 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Saturday, September 12, 2026 

South Florida at Army (Conference)  

Navy at Florida Atlantic (Conference)  

Charlotte at Ole Miss  

App State at East Carolina  

Memphis at Boise State  

UNLV at North Texas  

Rice at Notre Dame  

Penn State at Temple  

Tulsa at Sam Houston  

ULM at UAB  

UTSA at Texas State  

South Alabama at Tulane

American Athletic Football Week 3 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Saturday, September 19, 2026 

Charlotte at App State  

East Carolina at Old Dominion  

FIU at Florida Atlantic  

UT Martin at Memphis  

North Texas at Texas State  

Western Michigan at Rice  

Temple at Toledo  

East Texas A&M at Tulsa  

UAB at Louisiana  

Delaware State at South Florida  

UTSA at Texas  

Tulane at Kansas State

American Athletic Football Week 4 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Friday, September 25, 2026 

Navy at UAB (Conference)

Saturday, September 26, 2026 

Army at Temple (Conference)  

Louisiana at Charlotte  

NC Central at East Carolina  

Florida Atlantic at ULM  

Houston Christian at North Texas  

Rice at Fresno State  

Tulsa at Arkansas  

South Florida at Bowling Green  

Colorado State at UTSA  

Southern Miss at Tulane

American Athletic Football Week 5 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, October 1, 2026 

North Texas at Tulsa (Conference)

Saturday, October 3, 2026 

Memphis at Charlotte (Conference)  

UTSA at Rice (Conference)  

Army at Louisiana Tech  

Texas Southern at Florida Atlantic  

Navy at Air Force  

Temple at South Florida (Conference)  

Samford at UAB

American Athletic Football Week 6 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, October 8, 2026 

South Florida at UTSA (Conference)

Saturday, October 10, 2026 

UConn at Temple  

Tulane at Army (Conference)  

Charlotte at North Texas (Conference)  

Rice at East Carolina (Conference)  

UAB at Memphis (Conference)  

Tulsa at Navy (Conference)

American Athletic Football Week 7 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, October 15, 2026 

East Carolina at UAB (Conference)

Friday, October 16, 2026 

Memphis at Tulane (Conference)

Saturday, October 17, 2026 

Florida Atlantic at Army (Conference)  

Charlotte at Temple (Conference)  

Navy at UTSA (Conference)  

Tulsa at Rice (Conference)  

Kent State at South Florida

American Athletic Football Week 8 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, October 22, 2026 

East Carolina at Memphis (Conference)

Friday, October 23, 2026 

Army at Tulsa (Conference)

Saturday, October 24, 2026 

Rice at Florida Atlantic (Conference)  

North Texas at Navy (Conference)  

UTSA at Tulane (Conference)

American Athletic Football Week 9 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, October 29, 2026 

Florida Atlantic at North Texas (Conference)

Friday, October 30, 2026 

Tulane at Charlotte (Conference)

Saturday, October 31, 2026 

Army at Memphis (Conference)  

Temple at East Carolina (Conference)  

UAB at South Florida (Conference)  

Navy at Notre Dame

American Athletic Football Week 10 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, November 5, 2026 

UTSA at Florida Atlantic (Conference)

Friday, November 6, 2026 

South Florida at East Carolina (Conference)

Saturday, November 7, 2026 

Charlotte at UAB (Conference)  

Temple at Navy (Conference)  

Rice at North Texas (Conference)  

Air Force at Army  

Tulsa at Tulane (Conference)

American Athletic Football Week 11 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, November 12, 2026 

Memphis at South Florida (Conference)

Saturday, November 14, 2026 

East Carolina at Charlotte (Conference)  

Florida Atlantic at Tulsa (Conference)  

North Texas at UTSA (Conference)  

Tulane at Rice (Conference)  

UAB at Temple (Conference)

American Athletic Football Week 12 Schedule, Scores, Start-times,

Thursday, November 19, 2026 

Rice at Temple (Conference)

Saturday, November 21, 2026 

East Carolina at Army (Conference)  

Charlotte at Tulsa (Conference)  

South Florida at Florida Atlantic (Conference)  

Memphis at Navy (Conference)  

UTSA at UAB (Conference)  

North Texas at Tulane (Conference)

Week 13 (Black Friday / Rivalry Week)

Friday, November 27, 2026 (or Saturday, November 28) 

Florida Atlantic at East Carolina (Conference)  

Tulane at South Florida (Conference)  

Tulsa at UTSA (Conference)  

Temple at Memphis (Conference)

Saturday, November 28, 2026 

Army at Rice (Conference)  

Navy at Charlotte (Conference)  

UAB at North Texas (Conference)

AAC ChampionshipSaturday, December 5, 2026 

American Conference Championship Game (time & location TBA)

Army-Navy Game

Saturday, December 12, 2026  Navy at Army (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ)

This weekly format makes it simple to follow the season at a glance. Conference games are marked with (Conference).

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