{"id":107119,"date":"2024-07-01T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosportsprod.wpengine.com\/?p=107119"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T22:15:26","slug":"fbs-teams-in-the-aac-bcbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-teams-in-the-aac-bcbc\/","title":{"rendered":"New-Look League: Which Teams Are In The AAC In 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The American Athletic Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AAC<\/a>) will look significantly different in 2024 than two years ago. The conference lost some of its best programs, but it\u2019s also been reloading with a few up-and-coming programs and could be adding more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, the conference has been the best among the <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group of Five<\/a> leagues. Outside of the Power Five, AAC teams were frequently the best in the nation. Some AAC teams were notably better than Power Four counterparts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can the league maintain consistent success in 2024 and beyond? That will depend largely on the success of the league\u2019s newest members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b673653d gb-headline-text\"><strong>New Customer Offers at BetMGM<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=green_button&amp;utm_campaign=registration_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New Customers: Up to $1,500 in Bonus Bets<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0cebdcd1 gb-headline-text\"><em>Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. One New Customer Offer Only. Add\u2019l Terms<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-teams-are-in-the-aac\">What Teams Are In The AAC?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte, East Carolina, FAU, Memphis, Navy, North Texas, Rice, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UTSA, and now Army are the 14 football teams in the AAC in 2024. The conference will feature just one division, with the top two teams meeting in the league title game in early December.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teams Leaving The AAC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF left the AAC for the Big 12 last year, while SMU is headed to the ACC this year. There\u2019s no sugarcoating it, that\u2019s a tough blow for the conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati recently played in the College Football Playoff, becoming the first team outside the Power Five to make the four-team field. Houston is a solid football team, and the school\u2019s men\u2019s basketball program has been among the best in the nation. UCF\u2019s recent football success rivals just about any other Group of Five team, and the Knights could fare well at the Power Four level. SMU won the AAC in 2023 before leaving the league in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replacing them is arguably impossible, but that doesn\u2019t mean the league isn\u2019t trying to maintain its spot atop the Group of Five.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teams Joining The AAC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The AAC added six teams from <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/c-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conference USA<\/a> in 2023, a huge loss for that league. Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA joined the AAC for the 2023 season. Army, formerly an independent program, was added for this upcoming season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the immediate future, UTSA looks like a major football addition. The Roadrunners should possess the offensive firepower to quickly compete for an AAC title.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FAU also brings significant immediate interest to the league, as former Texas head coach Tom Herman is leading the Owls. Herman was highly successful at Houston. Could FAU become a Group of Five power?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other programs all offer potential, and a group of new coaches should make the incomers exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bennett Conlin is a college football contributor for HERO Sports, and he works full-time covering sports betting industry news and legislation for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sportshandle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Sports Handle<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>US Bets<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Athletic Conference (AAC) will look significantly different in 2024 than two years ago. The conference lost some of its best programs, but it\u2019s also been reloading with a few up-and-coming programs and could be adding more. For years, the conference has been the best among the Group of Five leagues. 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