{"id":492722,"date":"2026-02-27T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/492722\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:56:08","slug":"2026-american-conference-football-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/492722\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 American Conference football schedule announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 American Conference Football Schedule has officially been <a href=\"https:\/\/theamerican.org\/news\/2026\/2\/26\/american-conference-announces-2026-football-schedule.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a>. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 season will be the third consecutive for The American as a 14-team conference. Each member will continue to play an eight-game league schedule with four non-conference contests.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Army-Navy Game continues to be played the second Saturday in December and it will be considered a non-conference contest. Army and Navy will not meet in the regular-season, but in any season they could possibly meet in the American Football Championship and then again one week later in the Army-Navy Game.<\/p>\n<p>Featured non-conference match-ups for each American team in 2026 include Army vs. Navy, Charlotte at Ole Miss, East Carolina at Alabama, Florida Atlantic at Florida, Memphis at UNLV, Navy vs. Army, Charlotte at Indiana, Rice at Notre Dame, Penn State at Temple, Tulane at Duke, Oklahoma State at Tulsa, UAB at Illinois, FIU at USF, and UTSA at Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 American Conference Football Championship Game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the home stadium of the team with the highest winning percentage in conference play. The game will be televised by either ABC or ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season will be finalized on or before June 1. The remaining kickoff times and TV will be announced six to 12 days prior to the date of the game.<\/p>\n<p>2026 American Conference Football Schedules<\/p>\n<p>2026 American Conference Football Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Aug 29<br \/>Memphis at UNLV<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept 5<br \/>Arkansas State at Memphis<br \/>FIU at USF<br \/>Oklahoma State at Tulsa<br \/>Rhode Island at Temple<br \/>The Citadel at Charlotte<br \/>Towson at Navy<br \/>Tulane at Duke<br \/>HCU at Rice<br \/>Florida Atlantic at Florida<br \/>East Carolina at Alabama<br \/>North Texas at Indiana<br \/>UTRGV at UTSA<br \/>UAB at Illinois<br \/>Bryant at Army<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept 12<br \/>Appalachian State at East Carolina<br \/>Memphis at Boise State<br \/>Penn State at Temple<br \/>South Alabama at Tulane<br \/>Tulsa at Sam Houston<br \/>ULM at UAB<br \/>UNLV at North Texas<br \/>UTSA at Texas State<br \/>Rice at Notre Dame<br \/>Charlotte at Ole Miss<br \/>Navy at Florida Atlantic<br \/>USF at Army<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept 19<br \/>Charlotte at Appalachian State<br \/>FIU at Florida Atlantic<br \/>North Texas at Texas State<br \/>Tulane at Kansas State<br \/>UAB at Louisiana<br \/>UTSA at Texas<br \/>Western Michigan at Rice<br \/>East Texas A&amp;M at Tulsa<br \/>East Carolina at Old Dominion<br \/>Delaware State at USF<br \/>Temple at Toledo<br \/>UT Martin at Memphis<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept 25<br \/>Navy at UAB<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Sept 26<br \/>Colorado State at UTSA<br \/>HCU at North Texas<br \/>Rice at Fresno State<br \/>Southern Miss at Tulane<br \/>Florida Atlantic at ULM<br \/>USF at Bowling Green<br \/>NC Central at East Carolina<br \/>Tulsa at Arkansas<br \/>Louisiana at Charlotte<br \/>Army at Temple<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 1<br \/>North Texas at Tulsa<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct 3<br \/>Navy at Air Force<br \/>Samford at UAB<br \/>Army at Louisiana Tech<br \/>Texas Southern at Florida Atlantic<br \/>Memphis at Charlotte<br \/>Temple at USF<br \/>UTSA at Rice<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 8<br \/>USF at UTSA<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct 10<br \/>UConn at Temple<br \/>Charlotte at North Texas<br \/>Rice at East Carolina<br \/>Tulane at Army<br \/>Tulsa at Navy<br \/>UAB at Memphis<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 15<br \/>East Carolina at UAB<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct 16<br \/>Memphis at Tulane<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct 17<br \/>Kent State at USF<br \/>Charlotte at Temple<br \/>Florida Atlantic at Army<br \/>Navy at UTSA<br \/>Tulsa at Rice<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 22<br \/>East Carolina at Memphis<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct 23<br \/>Army at Tulsa<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct 24<br \/>North Texas at Navy<br \/>Rice at Florida Atlantic<br \/>UTSA at Tulane<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 29<br \/>Florida Atlantic at North Texas<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct 30<br \/>Tulane at Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct 31<br \/>Notre Dame vs Navy (Foxborough, MA)<br \/>Army at Memphis<br \/>Temple at East Carolina<br \/>UAB at USF<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Nov 5<br \/>UTSA at Florida Atlantic<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Nov 6<br \/>USF at East Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov 7<br \/>Air Force at Army<br \/>Charlotte at UAB<br \/>Rice at North Texas<br \/>Temple at Navy<br \/>Tulsa at Tulane<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Nov 12<br \/>Memphis at USF<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov 14<br \/>East Carolina at Charlotte<br \/>Florida Atlantic at Tulsa<br \/>North Texas at UTSA<br \/>Tulane at Rice<br \/>UAB at Temple<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Nov 19<br \/>Rice at Temple<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov 21<br \/>Charlotte at Tulsa<br \/>East Carolina at Army<br \/>Memphis at Navy<br \/>North Texas at Tulane<br \/>USF at Florida Atlantic<br \/>UTSA at UAB<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov 28<br \/>Army at Rice<br \/>Florida Atlantic at East Carolina (or Fri.)<br \/>Navy at Charlotte<br \/>Temple at Memphis (or Fri.)<br \/>Tulane at USF (or Fri.)<br \/>Tulsa at UTSA (or Fri.)<br \/>UAB at North Texas<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2026 American Conference Football Schedule Grid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwqIDGdkqK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lwqIDGdkqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBSchedules.com (@FBSchedules) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBSchedules\/status\/2027096412102500742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbschedules.com\/american-football-schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Football Schedule<\/a> (Composite)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 American Conference Football Schedule has officially been announced. 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