American Athletic Conference
US college sports conference
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| 2025 | Memphis won the American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship. |
| 2025 | South Florida wins its second American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament championship. |
| 2025 | Temple is set to join the MAC (Mid-American Conference) for rowing. |
| 2025 | South Florida plans to begin competing in beach volleyball in the CUSA conference. |
| 2025 | James Madison University plans to join the American Athletic Conference as an affiliate member for women's swimming & diving. |
| 2025 | Missouri State University plans to join the American Athletic Conference for men's soccer, transitioning from Missouri Valley Conference to Conference USA. |
| 2024 | PJ Haggerty from Memphis wins the American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award as a Junior Shooting Guard. |
| 2024 | Rice wins their first American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament title. |
| 2024 | UAB and Florida Atlantic received NCAA Basketball Tournament bids. |
| 2024 | University of Cincinnati, Old Dominion University, California State University, Sacramento, and Rice University left the conference. |
| 2024 | Southern Methodist University (SMU) left the American Athletic Conference and joined the ACC. |
| 2024 | Army is set to join the conference as a football affiliate member. |
| 2024 | Cincinnati left The American as a women's lacrosse affiliate after the Big 12 added the sport. |
| 2024 | UAB wins the American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship. |
| December 12 2024 | James Madison, Liberty, and Marshall were announced as new associate members in women's swimming and diving, to begin in the 2025-26 season. |
| October 25 2024 | Missouri State announced it would become an associate member in men's soccer, set to start in the fall 2025 season. |
| June 1 2024 | Tim Pernetti replaced retiring Commissioner Mike Aresco as the leader of the American Athletic Conference. |
| 2023 | Chris Youngblood from South Florida wins the shared American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award as a Senior Shooting Guard. |
| 2023 | Johnell Davis from Florida Atlantic wins the shared American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award as a Junior Point Guard/Shooting Guard. |
| 2023 | East Carolina wins their first American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament title. |
| 2023 | Most recent Tulsa-Wichita State Rivalry game, with Wichita State defeating Tulsa 81-63. |
| 2023 | Memphis received its last NCAA Basketball Tournament bid. Florida Atlantic achieved multiple significant NCAA Basketball milestones, including Round of 32, Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four appearances. |
| 2023 | Memphis defeated UAB 45-21 in the most recent Battle for the Bones rivalry game. |
| 2023 | Army defeated Navy 17-11 in the most recent Army-Navy Game. |
| 2023 | The conference expanded to 14 teams while maintaining the single-table football championship format. |
| 2023 | End of NCAA Division I FBS football season, with comprehensive records compiled for American Athletic Conference schools including total wins, losses, conference performance, and bowl appearances. |
| 2023 | SMU wins the equestrian national title the year before leaving for the ACC, though this title is not fully recognized by the NCAA. |
| 2023 | University of Cincinnati joined the conference, specifically for women's lacrosse. |
| 2023 | University of Central Florida (UCF) left the American Athletic Conference and joined the Big 12. |
| 2023 | University of Alabama at Birmingham, Florida Atlantic University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and University of Texas at San Antonio joined the American Athletic Conference. |
| 2023 | Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA became full members of the conference. |
| 2023 | UCF accepted an offer of men's soccer membership from the Sun Belt Conference, aligning with West Virginia. |
| 2023 | Memphis wins the American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship. |
| October 25 2023 | Army announced it would join the American Athletic Conference as a football-only member, starting in 2024, alongside Navy as a service academy member. |
| September 1 2023 | SMU accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, which would take effect in the 2024-25 season, reducing the number of teams in the American Athletic Conference. |
| 2022 | Marcus Sasser from Houston wins the American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award as a Senior Point Guard/Shooting Guard. |
| 2022 | UCF wins their first American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament title. |
| 2022 | South Florida wins the women's basketball regular season championship with a 27-7 record, reaching the Round of 32. |
| 2022 | UCF wins the women's basketball regular season and tournament championship, reaching the Round of 32. |
| 2022 | Memphis last appeared in the Round of 32 in NCAA Basketball. |
| 2022 | Completed the men's basketball records analysis for the 2022–23 season, showcasing the all-time school records and performance metrics for teams in the American Athletic Conference. |
| 2022 | End of season record compilation for head football coach compensation and individual honors in the American Athletic Conference |
| 2022 | James Madison and FIU join the American Athletic Conference |
| 2022 | Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, and UAB began affiliate memberships in various sports. |
| 2022 | The American Athletic Conference expanded its men's soccer league by bringing in Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, and UAB as new members, with FIU remaining an affiliate. |
| 2022 | Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss moved to the Sun Belt Conference earlier than originally planned, leaving Conference USA and joining the SBC in 2022 after a brief legal settlement. |
| 2022 | The American Athletic Conference expanded its women's swimming & diving league by incorporating Marshall, Old Dominion, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, and FIU, with FIU remaining an affiliate. |
| 2022 | Men's basketball tournament relocated to Dickies Arena in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. |
| 2022 | Houston wins the American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship. |
| December 2022 | Houston wins the Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship with a 33-4 (17-1) record, ranked #2 in AP and #6 in Coaches' polls, and reaches the Sweet 16 in the postseason. |
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