List of American Athletic Conference champions

The American Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division I conference that sponsors championships in 22 sports (10 men's and 12 women's). For every sport except football, the champion is determined using a postseason tournament or meet.

Members

Florida International

James Madison

Army

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– All-sports member

– Full, non-football member

– Affiliate member (football)

– Affiliate member (other)

The American has 13 full member institutions:^[1]

In addition, the conference has 6 current affiliate members:^[2]

Army (football)^[3]
FIU (men's soccer and women's swimming and diving)
James Madison (women's lacrosse)
Navy (football)
Old Dominion (women's lacrosse)
Vanderbilt (women's lacrosse)

Former members

Seven schools were formerly full members of The American:

Cincinnati (2013–23)
Houston (2013–23)
Louisville (2013–14)
Rutgers (2013–14)
SMU (2013–24)
UCF (2013–23)
UConn (2013–20)

Several other schools have been affiliate members in the past. Five have completely left The American. One current affiliate member had previously been an affiliate in a second sport. Five others, indicated in italics, were affiliate members for one season before becoming full conference members.

Charlotte (men's soccer, 2022–23)
Cincinnati (women's lacrosse, 2023–24)
Florida (women's lacrosse, 2018–24)
Florida Atlantic (men's soccer, women's swimming & diving; 2022–23)
North Texas (women's swimming & diving, 2022–23)
Old Dominion (women's rowing, 2020–24) — still a women's lacrosse affiliate
Rice (women's swimming, 2022–23) – Rice dropped diving from its women's aquatics program in 1991 and did not reinstate the discipline until 2024, after it had become a full conference member.
Sacramento State (women's rowing, 2015–24)
San Diego State (women's rowing, 2015–21)
UAB (men's soccer, 2022–23)
Villanova (women's rowing, 2013–15)

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Affiliate members (football only) Affiliate members (one sport, non-football) Affiliate members (multiple sports)

Key: MS – Men's Soccer; WSD – Women's Swimming and Diving; WR – Women's rowing; WL – Women's lacrosse

Most recent champions

2022–23

Sport	Champion
Baseball	East Carolina (regular season)
Baseball	Tulane (tournament)
Men's basketball	Houston (regular season)
Men's basketball	Memphis (tournament)
Women's basketball	South Florida (regular season)
Women's basketball	East Carolina (tournament)
Men's cross country	Tulsa
Women's cross country	Tulsa
Football	Tulane
Men's golf	Houston
Women's golf	SMU
Women's lacrosse	James Madison (regular season)
Women's lacrosse	Florida (tournament)
Women's rowing	SMU
Men's soccer	FIU (regular season and tournament)
Women's soccer	UCF (regular season)
Women's soccer	Memphis (tournament)
Softball	Wichita State (regular season)
Softball	UCF (tournament)
Men's swimming & diving	SMU
Women's swimming & diving	Houston
Men's tennis	SMU
Women's tennis	SMU
Men's indoor track & field	Cincinnati
Women's indoor track & field	UCF
Men's outdoor track & field	Wichita State
Women's outdoor track & field	UCF
Volleyball	Houston
	UCF
	(tied)

2021–22

Sport	Champion
Baseball	East Carolina (Regular season and tournament)
Men's basketball	Houston (Regular season and tournament)
Women's basketball	UCF (Regular season and tournament)
Men's cross country	Tulsa
Women's cross country	Tulsa
Football	Cincinnati
Men's golf	SMU
Women's golf	Tulane
Women's lacrosse	Florida (Regular season and tournament)
Women's rowing	SMU
Men's soccer	Tulsa (Regular season and tournament)
Women's soccer	South Florida (Regular season)
Women's soccer	Memphis (Tournament)
Softball	UCF (Regular season and tournament)
Men's swimming & diving	SMU
Women's swimming & diving	Houston
Men's tennis	SMU
Women's tennis	Memphis
Men's indoor track & field	Houston
Men's outdoor track & field	Wichita State
Women's indoor track & field	UCF
Women's outdoor track & field	UCF
Volleyball	UCF

^[2]

Baseball

Baseball is sponsored by 10 of the 14 full American Conference members. The only schools which do not sponsor baseball are North Texas, departing member SMU, Temple, and Tulsa (though Temple had a team in the 2014 season, which was dropped after that season).^[4]^[5]

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2014	Louisville^†	Houston^†
2015	Houston^†	East Carolina
2016	Tulane	UConn^†
2017	UCF^†	Houston^†
	Houston^†
	(tied)^[a]
2018	Houston^†	East Carolina
2019	East Carolina	Cincinnati^†
2020	No games played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	East Carolina	South Florida
2022	East Carolina
2023	East Carolina	Tulane

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Men's basketball

All 13 full members of The American support men's basketball, making it the only men's sport sponsored by every team in the conference.^[7]

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2013–14	Cincinnati^†	Louisville^† (vacated)
	Louisville^† (vacated)
	(tied)^[b]
2014–15	SMU^†
2015–16	Temple	UConn^†
2016–17	SMU^†
2017–18	Cincinnati^†
2018–19	Houston^†	Cincinnati^†
2019–20	Cincinnati^†	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
	Houston^†
	Tulsa
	(all tied)^[c]
2020–21	Wichita State	Houston^†
2021–22	Houston^†
2022–23	Houston^†	Memphis
2023–24	South Florida	UAB

†: No longer members of the conference

^ UCF is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2017 conference tournament
^ Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2014 conference tournament
^ Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2020 conference tournament, which was later canceled due to COVID-19

^[2]

Women's basketball

Like men's basketball, women's basketball is also sponsored by all 11 full members of the conference.^[8] It is also played by all six schools joining The American in 2023–24.

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2013–14	UConn^†
2014–15	UConn^†
2015–16	UConn^†
2016–17	UConn^†
2017–18	UConn^†
2018–19	UConn^†
2019–20	UConn^†
2020–21	South Florida
2021–22	UCF^†
2022–23	South Florida	East Carolina
2023–24	Tulsa	Rice
	North Texas
	Temple
	(all tied)^[a]

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Men's cross country

Men's cross country is supported by 12 of the 14 American Conference teams, with the only exceptions being UAB and departing member SMU.^[9]

Year	Champion
2013	Louisville^†
2014	Tulsa
2015	Tulsa
2016	Tulsa
2017	Tulsa
2018	Tulsa
2019	Tulsa
2020	Tulsa
2021	Tulsa
2022	Tulsa
2023	Tulsa

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Women's cross country

Unlike men's cross country, women's cross country is sponsored by every full member of the conference.^[9]

Year	Champion
2013	SMU
2014	Tulsa
2015	Tulsa
2016	SMU
2017	UConn^†
2018	Wichita State
2019	Tulsa
2020	Tulsa
2021	Tulsa
2022	Tulsa
2023	Tulane

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Football

Football is sponsored by every full member of The American except for Wichita State. Affiliate member Navy also plays football in the conference, and Army becomes a football affiliate in 2024.^[10]

Year	Champion
2013	UCF^†
2014	Memphis
	Cincinnati^†
	UCF^†
	(all tied)^[b]
2015	Houston^†
2016	Temple
2017	UCF^†
2018	UCF^†
2019	Memphis
2020	Cincinnati^†
2021	Cincinnati
2022	Tulane
2023	SMU^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^ Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2020 conference tournament, which was later canceled due to COVID-19
^ Prior to 2015 the conference champion was determined by regular season conference record, which allowed for ties in the standings. Memphis, Cincinnati, and UCF each went 7–1 in conference games with Memphis beating Cincinnati, Cincinnati beating UCF, and UCF beating Memphis. Memphis is listed first because they had a better overall record than Cincinnati and UCF.

^[2]

Men's golf

Tulane and Tulsa are the only schools in the conference that do not sponsor men's golf, though Tulsa did until the 2016 season.^[11]^[12]

Year	Champion
2014	SMU
2015	South Florida
2016	South Florida
2017	South Florida
2018	South Florida
2019	Memphis
2020	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	South Florida
2022	SMU
2023	Houston^†

†: No longer members of the conference ^[2]

Women's golf

Rice and Temple are the only full members of the conference that do not sponsor women's golf.^[11]

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	UCF^†
2016	Houston^†
2017	UCF^†
2018	Houston^†
2019	Houston^†
2020	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	UCF^†
2022	Tulane
2023	SMU^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Women's lacrosse

Only two full members of the conference offer women's lacrosse, which the conference began sponsoring in 2019. Those schools are East Carolina and Temple. Five affiliate members play women's lacrosse in the AAC: Cincinnati, Florida, James Madison, Old Dominion, and Vanderbilt.^[13] South Florida has announced plans for a women's lacrosse team to begin play in the 2024 season (later pushed back to 2025).^[14] None of the six schools that joined the conference in 2023–24 sponsored women's lacrosse, though Charlotte has announced that it will have a team beginning in 2025. Cincinnati remained an affiliate member of The American for women's lacrosse after otherwise joining the Big 12, which at the time did not sponsor the sport.^[15] ^[16] Cincinnati will leave after the 2024 season when the Big 12 adds women's lacrosse as a sponsored sport.

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2019	Florida
2020	Not played due to COVID-19
2021	Florida
2022	Florida
2023	James Madison	Florida

^[2]

Women's rowing

4 full members offer women's rowing: SMU, Temple, Tulsa, and UCF. They are joined by affiliate members Old Dominion and Sacramento State.^[17] Villanova competed as an affiliate member in rowing from 2013 to 2015 before leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association (now known as the Coastal Athletic Association) and San Diego State competed as an affiliate member in rowing from 2015 to 2021 but discontinued their program because of financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. None of the six schools that joined The American in 2023–24 sponsor the sport.

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	UCF^†
2016	UCF^†
2017	UCF^†
2018	UCF^†
2019	UCF^†
2020	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	SMU^†
2022	SMU^†
2023	SMU^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Men's soccer

Men's soccer is offered by 8 full members of the conference: Charlotte, FAU, Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulsa, and UAB; it is also sponsored by affiliate member FIU.^[18] Cincinnati also had a men's soccer team before cutting it in April 2020.^[19] Charlotte, FAU, FIU and UAB joined the conference in 2022–23 as affiliate members for men's soccer. This was one year before those schools (besides FIU) joined as full members.^[20]

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2013	Louisville^†	South Florida
2014	UConn^†	Tulsa
2015	SMU^†	Tulsa
2016	South Florida	Tulsa
2017	SMU^†
2018	UCF^†	SMU^†
2019	UCF^†	SMU^†
2020	UCF^†
2021	Tulsa
2022	FIU
2023	SMU^†	Charlotte

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Women's soccer

Women's soccer is sponsored by every school in the conference except Tulane and Wichita State.^[21]

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2013	UCF^†
2014	UCF^†	UConn^†
2015	UConn^†	Cincinnati^†
2016	UConn^†
2017	UCF^†	South Florida
2018	South Florida	Memphis
2019	Memphis	South Florida
2020	South Florida
2021	South Florida	Memphis
2022	UCF^†	Memphis
2023	Memphis

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Softball

Softball is sponsored by 10 of the 14 schools in the conference, the exceptions being Rice, departing member SMU, Temple, and Tulane (though Temple sponsored it until 2014).^[22]^[5]

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2014	UCF^†	Louisville^†
2015	UCF^†
2016	South Florida	Tulsa
2017	Tulsa
2018	South Florida	Tulsa
2019	South Florida	Tournament canceled due to weather^[a]^[23]
2020	No games played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	Wichita State
2022	UCF^†
2023	Wichita State	UCF^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^ The tournament title officially went unawarded. Under conference rules for this scenario, South Florida was given the AAC's autobid to the NCAA tournament as the regular season champion.

^[2]

Men's swimming and diving

The American dropped men's swimming & diving after the 2022–23 season. Of the conference's 14 members in 2023–24, only Florida Atlantic and departing member SMU offer men's swimming and diving.^[24] East Carolina competed in the sport until 2020 but eliminated the program in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[25] Both FAU and SMU joined the ASUN Conference for that conference's inaugural swimming & diving season in 2023–24, with SMU moving from there to the ACC in 2024–25.

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	East Carolina
2016	East Carolina
2017	East Carolina
2018	Cincinnati^†
2019	Cincinnati^†
2020	East Carolina
2021	SMU
2022	SMU
2023	SMU

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Women's swimming and diving

The conference features 7 women's swimming and diving teams: full members FAU, East Carolina,^[a] North Texas, Rice, SMU, and Tulane plus affiliate member FIU.^[24] FAU, North Texas, and Rice joined as affiliate members along with FIU in 2022–23, the year before the former three joined the conference as full members. Note: Rice only competes in swimming, not diving.^[20]

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	SMU
2016	SMU
2017	Houston^†
2018	Houston^†
2019	Houston^†
2020	Houston^†
2021	Houston^†
2022	Houston^†
2023	Houston^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

^ ECU's women's swimming and diving team was discontinued after the 2019–20 season, but returned for 2021–22 after not fielding a team in the 2020–21 season.^[26]

Men's tennis

Every school in The American apart from East Carolina and North Texas offers men's tennis; though East Carolina offered the sport until 2020 when it was dropped due to budget concerns brought on by the COVID-19.^[25]^[27]

Year	Champion
2014	South Florida
2015	South Florida
2016	South Florida
2017	South Florida
2018	Tulane
2019	South Florida
2020	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	UCF^†
2022	SMU
2023	SMU

†: No longer members of the conference ^[2]

Women's tennis

All current American Conference schools sponsor women's tennis.^[a]^[28]

Year	Champion
2014	South Florida
2015	Tulsa
2016	Tulsa
2017	South Florida
2018	Tulsa
2019	UCF^†
2020	Not played due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	UCF^†
2022	Memphis
2023	SMU

†: No longer members of the conference ^[2]

^ ECU's women's tennis team was discontinued after the 2019–20 season, but returned for 2021–22 after not fielding a team in the 2020–21 season.^[26]

Men's track and field

Men's indoor

Men's indoor track & field is sponsored by seven AAC schools: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Tulsa, and Wichita State.^[29] Of the members joining in 2023–24, it is sponsored by Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, and UTSA. Temple sponsored the sport in 2014 but dropped it after that season.^[5]

Year	Champion
2014	UConn^†
2015	Houston^†
2016	Houston^†
2017	Houston^†
2018	Houston^†
2019	Houston^†
2020	Houston^†
2021	Not held due to COVID-19
2022	Houston^†
2023	Cincinnati^†

Men's outdoor

Men's outdoor track and field is sponsored by all the same schools that sponsor men's indoor track and field with the addition of Tulane.^[30] It is sponsored by the same four future members that sponsor indoor track and field. Like with men's indoor track and field, Temple sponsored men's outdoor track and field until 2014.^[5]

Year	Champion
2014	Houston^†
2015	UConn^†
2016	Houston^†
2017	Houston^†
2018	Houston^†
2019	Houston^†
2020	Not held due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	Houston^†
2022	Wichita State
2023	Wichita State

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Women's track and field

Every school in the conference sponsors both indoor and outdoor women's track and field.^[29]^[30]

Women's indoor

Year	Champion
2014	SMU
2015	UConn^†
2016	UConn^†
2017	UCF^†
2018	Cincinnati^†
2019	Houston^†
2020	Houston^†
2021	Not held due to COVID-19
2022	UCF^†
2023	UCF^†

Women's outdoor

Year	Champion
2014	SMU
2015	SMU
2016	Cincinnati^†
2017	Cincinnati^†
2018	Houston^†
2019	Wichita State
2020	Not held due to COVID-19^[6]
2021	Houston^†
2022	UCF^†
2023	UCF^†

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Volleyball

Every American Conference school sponsors women's volleyball.^[31] No conference member sponsors men's volleyball.

Year	Regular Season champion	Tournament champion
2013	Louisville^†	N/A^[a]
2014	UCF^†
2015	SMU
2016	SMU
2017	Wichita State
2018	UCF^†
2019	Cincinnati^†	UCF^†
2020	UCF^†
2021	UCF^†	N/A^[a]
2022	Houston^†
	UCF^†
	(tied)

^ ^a ^b The American Athletic Conference only sponsored a postseason tournament in volleyball in 2018, 2019, and 2020. In all other years, the regular season conference champion received the conference's autobid to the NCAA tournament.^[32]

†: No longer members of the conference

^[2]

Summary

Note: Shared titles (ex: 2014 football, 2020 men's basketball) are counted as a full title for each co-champion.

Accurate as of June 14, 2023.

School	Years in conference	Number of titles	Titles by sport	Sports played
UCF†	2013–2023	46	Baseball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Women's basketball: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Football: 4 Women's golf: 3 Women's rowing: 5 Men's soccer: 4 (3 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's soccer: 5 (4 regular season, 1 tournament) Softball: 6 (3 regular season, 3 tournament) Men's tennis: 1 Women's tennis: 2 Women's track & field: 5 (3 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 8 (5 regular season, 3 tournament)	16: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Houston†	2013–2023	41	Baseball: 5 (3 regular season, 2 tournament) Men's basketball: 6 (4 regular season, 2 tournament) Football: 1 Men's golf: 1 Women's golf: 3 Women's swimming & diving: 7 Men's track & field: 13 (7 indoor, 6 outdoor) Women's track & field: 4 (2 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)	17: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's soccer Softball Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
SMU	2013–present	30	Men's basketball: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) Women's cross country: 2 Men's golf: 2 Women's golf: 1 Women's rowing: 3 Men's soccer: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament) Men's swimming & diving: 3 Women's swimming & diving: 2 Men's tennis: 2 Women's tennis: 1 Women's track & field: 3 (1 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 2 (2 regular season, 0 tournament)	16: Men's basketball Women's basketball Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Tulsa	2014–present	28	Men's basketball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's cross country: 9 Women's cross country: 6 Men's soccer: 5 (1 regular season, 4 tournament) Softball: 4 (1 regular season, 3 tournament) Women's tennis: 3	17:^[a] Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf (until 2015–16) Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
South Florida	2013–present	27	Baseball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's basketball: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's golf: 5 Men's soccer: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's soccer: 6 (3 regular season, 3 tournament) Softball: 3 (3 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's tennis: 5 Women's tennis: 2	18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
UConn†	2013–2020	26	Baseball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's basketball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's basketball: 14 (7 regular season, 7 tournament) Women's cross country: 1 Men's soccer: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Women's soccer: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) Men's track & field: 2 (1 indoor, 1 outdoor) Women's track & field: 2 (2 indoor, 0 outdoor)	21:^[b] Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's lacrosse (beginning in 2018–19) Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Cincinnati†	2013–2023	17	Baseball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's basketball: 5 (3 regular season, 2 tournament) Football: 3 Women's soccer: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's swimming & diving: 2 Men's track & field: 1 (1 indoor, 0 outdoor) Women's track & field: 3 (1 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)	18:^[c] Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's lacrosse (beginning in 2018–19) Men's soccer (until 2019–20) Women's soccer Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
East Carolina	2014–present	12	Baseball: 7 (4 regular season, 3 tournament) Women's basketball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's swimming & diving: 4	18:^[d] Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's lacrosse (beginning in 2018–19) Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving (until 2019–20) Women's swimming and diving (on hiatus in 2020–21) Men's tennis (until 2019–20) Women's tennis (on hiatus in 2020–21) Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Louisville†	2013–2014	9*	Baseball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's basketball: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament), vacated Men's cross country: 1 Women's golf: 1 Women's rowing: 1 Men's soccer: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Softball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's swimming & diving: 1 Women's swimming & diving: 1 Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)	21: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Memphis	2013–present	9	Men's basketball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Football: 2 Men's golf: 1 Women's soccer: 4 (1 regular season, 3 tournament) Women's tennis: 1	18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Wichita State	2017–present	9	Men's basketball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Women's cross country: 1 Softball: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's track & field: 2 (0 indoor, 2 outdoor) Women's track & field: 1 (0 indoor, 1 outdoor) Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)	15: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Men's golf Women's golf Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
Florida‡	2018–present	7	Women's lacrosse: 7 (3 regular season, 4 tournament)	1: Women's lacrosse
Tulane	2014–present	5	Baseball: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Football: 1 Women's golf: 1 Men's tennis: 1	14: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Women's golf Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
FIU‡	2022–present	2	Men's soccer: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)	2: Men's soccer Women's swimming and diving
Temple	2013–present	2	Men's basketball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Football: 1	15:^[e] Baseball (until 2013–14) Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's lacrosse (beginning in 2018–19) Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball (until 2013–14) Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field (until 2013–14) Men's outdoor track and field (until 2013–14) Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
James Madison‡	2022–present	1	Women's lacrosse: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)	1: Women's lacrosse
Navy‡	2015–present	0	–	1: Football
Old Dominion‡	2018–present	0	–	2:^[f] Women's lacrosse Women's rowing (beginning in 2020–21)
Sacramento State‡	2015–present	0	–	1: Women's rowing
Vanderbilt‡	2018–present	0	–	1: Women's lacrosse
Rutgers†	2013–2014	0	–	19: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball
San Diego State†‡	2015–2021	0	–	1: Women's rowing
Villanova†‡	2013–2015	0	–	1 Women's rowing

*- Does not include vacated championships

†- No longer a member of the AAC

‡- Affiliate member

^ Tulsa had 18 teams compete in AAC play from 2014–16 and 17 in all other years
^ UConn had 20 teams compete in AAC play from 2013–18 and 21 in all other years
^ Cincinnati had 19 teams compete in AAC play from 2018–20 and 18 in all other years
^ ECU had 19 teams compete in AAC play from 2014–18, 20 from 2018–20, 16 in 2020–21, and 18 in all other years
^ Temple had 17 teams compete in AAC play in 2013–14, 14 from 2014–18, and 15 in all other years
^ Old Dominion had 1 team compete in AAC play from 2018–20 and 2 in all other years

References

^ "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "All-Time American Athletic Conference Champions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "United States Military Academy at West Point to Join American Athletic Conference" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
^ "Baseball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Writer, By Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff. "Temple to drop 7 sports, including baseball, rowing". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "American Athletic Conference Announces Cancellation of Competition and Championships for 2019-20". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Men's Basketball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Women's Basketball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "Cross Country". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Football". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "Golf". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ Writer, KELLY HINES World Sports. "Derrick Gragg on eliminating TU men's golf: 'This is the last thing you want to do'". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ "Women's Lacrosse". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "USF to Add Women's Lacrosse in 2023-24". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
^ "Charlotte to Add Women's Lacrosse, Country's Fastest-Growing Sport". Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
^ "American Adds James Madison University as Affiliate Member in Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Women's Rowing". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Men's Soccer". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "UC Discontinues Men's Soccer Program". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ ^a ^b "American Announces Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer and Women's Swimming and Diving" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ "Women's Soccer". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Softball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Swimming & Diving". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "East Carolina cuts swimming and diving, tennis". ESPN.com. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ ^a ^b "ECU To Restart Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis". ecupirates.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ "Men's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Women's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "Indoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ ^a ^b "Outdoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "Women's Volleyball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^ "American Athletic Conference Championships by Sport". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

American Athletic Conference website

[6] UCF is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2017 conference tournament

[9] Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2014 conference tournament

[10] Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2020 conference tournament, which was later canceled due to COVID-19

[12] Cincinnati is listed first because they were named the 1 seed for the 2020 conference tournament, which was later canceled due to COVID-19

[15] Prior to 2015 the conference champion was determined by regular season conference record, which allowed for ties in the standings. Memphis, Cincinnati, and UCF each went 7–1 in conference games with Memphis beating Cincinnati, Cincinnati beating UCF, and UCF beating Memphis. Memphis is listed first because they had a better overall record than Cincinnati and UCF.

[28] The tournament title officially went unawarded. Under conference rules for this scenario, South Florida was given the AAC's autobid to the NCAA tournament as the regular season champion.

[33] ECU's women's swimming and diving team was discontinued after the 2019–20 season, but returned for 2021–22 after not fielding a team in the 2020–21 season.^[26]

[35] ECU's women's tennis team was discontinued after the 2019–20 season, but returned for 2021–22 after not fielding a team in the 2020–21 season.^[26]

[volleyball-41] The American Athletic Conference only sponsored a postseason tournament in volleyball in 2018, 2019, and 2020. In all other years, the regular season conference champion received the conference's autobid to the NCAA tournament.^[32]

[42] Tulsa had 18 teams compete in AAC play from 2014–16 and 17 in all other years

[43] UConn had 20 teams compete in AAC play from 2013–18 and 21 in all other years

[44] Cincinnati had 19 teams compete in AAC play from 2018–20 and 18 in all other years

[45] ECU had 19 teams compete in AAC play from 2014–18, 20 from 2018–20, 16 in 2020–21, and 18 in all other years

[46] Temple had 17 teams compete in AAC play in 2013–14, 14 from 2014–18, and 15 in all other years

[47] Old Dominion had 1 team compete in AAC play from 2018–20 and 2 in all other years

[1] "American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "All-Time American Athletic Conference Champions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[3] "United States Military Academy at West Point to Join American Athletic Conference" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[4] "Baseball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:6-5] Writer, By Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff. "Temple to drop 7 sports, including baseball, rowing". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:1-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "American Athletic Conference Announces Cancellation of Competition and Championships for 2019-20". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[8] "Men's Basketball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[11] "Women's Basketball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:2-13] "Cross Country". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[14] "Football". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:3-16] "Golf". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[17] Writer, KELLY HINES World Sports. "Derrick Gragg on eliminating TU men's golf: 'This is the last thing you want to do'". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-11-11.

[18] "Women's Lacrosse". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:54-19] "USF to Add Women's Lacrosse in 2023-24". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-10.

[20] "Charlotte to Add Women's Lacrosse, Country's Fastest-Growing Sport". Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

[21] "American Adds James Madison University as Affiliate Member in Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[22] "Women's Rowing". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[23] "Men's Soccer". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[24] "UC Discontinues Men's Soccer Program". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-11.

[:7-25] "American Announces Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer and Women's Swimming and Diving" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

[26] "Women's Soccer". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[27] "Softball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[29] "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[:4-30] "Swimming & Diving". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[:5-31] "East Carolina cuts swimming and diving, tennis". ESPN.com. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[:ecuwswimten-32] "ECU To Restart Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Tennis". ecupirates.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.

[34] "Men's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[36] "Women's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[Indoor_Track_&_Field-37] "Indoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[Outdoor_Track_&_Field-38] "Outdoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[39] "Women's Volleyball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[40] "American Athletic Conference Championships by Sport". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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v t e American Athletic Conference
Full members	Charlotte 49ers East Carolina Pirates FAU Owls Memphis Tigers North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Gold Hurricanes UAB Blazers UTSA Roadrunners Wichita State Shockers (non-football member)
Football associates	Army Black Knights Navy Midshipmen
Women's lacrosse associates	James Madison Dukes Old Dominion Monarchs Vanderbilt Commodores
Men's soccer associates	FIU Panthers
Women's swimming & diving associates	FIU Panthers
Championships and awards	Conference champions
Media	American Digital Network
See also	2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment 2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment

v t e American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Years	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Venues	TDECU Stadium (2015) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (2016) Spectrum Stadium (2017–18) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (2019) Nippert Stadium (2020–21) Yulman Stadium (2022–2023)

v t e University of Cincinnati
Located in: Cincinnati, Ohio
Campuses	Uptown West Campus Uptown Medical Campus Victory Parkway Campus Blue Ash College Clermont College
Academics	College Allied Health Sciences College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Carl H. Lindner College of Business College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) College of Engineering and Applied Science The Graduate School College of Law College of Medicine College of Nursing James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy Blue Ash College Clermont College
Athletics	Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball Basketball (men) Basketball (women) Football University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands
Athletic facilities	Fifth Third Arena Nippert Stadium UC Baseball Stadium Armory Fieldhouse
Media	Bearcast

v t e East Carolina University
Located in: Greenville, North Carolina
Academics	Undergraduate College of Allied Health Sciences College of Arts and Sciences College of Business College of Education College of Fine Arts and Communication The College of Health and Human Performance The College of Human Ecology College of Nursing College of Technology and Computer Science Graduate Graduate School Professional The Brody School of Medicine School of Dental Medicine Other History
Athletics	Pirates Clark–LeClair Stadium Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's soccer (defunct)
Campus	Campus: Main Campus · Health Sciences Campus/Vidant Medical Center · West Research · Mattamuskeet Field Station · Coastal Studies Institute Laboratory schools: South Greenville Elementary School · Wahl-Coates Elementary School Greenville North Carolina Eastern North Carolina Buildings Libraries
Chancellors and presidents	Robert Herring Wright Leon Renfroe Meadows Howard Justus McGinnis Dennis Hargrove Cooke John Decatur Messick Leo Warren Jenkins Thomas Bowman Brewer John McDade Howell Richard R. Eakin William Muse William Shelton Steven Ballard
Notable alumni	Alumni Faculty Steven Ballard Marc Basnight Sandra Bullock Randolph Chitwood Pat Dye Billy Godwin Terry Holland Leo Warren Jenkins Jeff Lebo Ruffin McNeill Robert Burren Morgan Emily Procter Billy Taylor Sergiy Vilkomir Kay Yow
Student life	The East Carolinian Student Government Association WZMB

v t e University of Memphis
Located in: Memphis, Tennessee
Academics	University of Memphis University of Memphis, School of Law FedEx Institute of Technology Advanced Distributed Learning Workforce Co-Lab
Athletics	Memphis Tigers Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's soccer Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium List of Memphis athletes FedEx Park Baseball Field, University of Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium University of Memphis Tennis Complex Elma Roane Fieldhouse
Journals	Southern Journal of Philosophy University of Memphis Law Review
Life	The Daily Helmsman Mighty Sound of the South FedEx Forum Art Museum at the University of Memphis WYXR TOM II TOM III Memphis Pom
Founded: 1912 Students: 20,585 Endowment: 199 million

v t e Temple University
Located in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campuses	Main Campus (location) Ambler Campus Japan Campus Rome Campus
Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine School of Pharmacy College of Science and Technology
Athletics	Temple Owls Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Erny Field Skip Wilson Field
People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association
Miscellaneous	2023 strike Temple Health Temple University station Cecil B. Moore station The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI
Founded: 1884 Students: 39,515 Endowment: 873 million

v t e University of Tulsa
Located in: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Academics	College of Law University School
Campus buildings	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Reynolds Center Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Athletics	Baseball Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer Softball
Student life	Sound of the Golden Hurricane Collegian Nimrod International Journal James Joyce Quarterly Captain Cane
Founded: 1894

v t e Wichita State University
Located in: Wichita, Kansas
Academics	Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football (defunct) Cessna Stadium Charles Koch Arena Eck Stadium American Athletic Conference
Museums	Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Media/arts	KMUW Personnages Oiseaux
People	List of Wichita State University people
Related	1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game 1905 Washburn vs. Fairmount football game Camellia Bowl Wichita State University football team plane crash

List of American Athletic Conference champions

Members

Former members

Membership timeline

Most recent champions

2022–23

2021–22

Baseball

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Men's cross country

Women's cross country

Football

Men's golf

Women's golf

Women's lacrosse

Women's rowing

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Softball

Men's swimming and diving

Women's swimming and diving

Men's tennis

Women's tennis

Men's track and field

Men's indoor

Men's outdoor

Women's track and field

Women's indoor

Women's outdoor

Volleyball

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