List of American Athletic Conference champions

The American Athletic Conference is a 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

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Locations of all full members (blue dots) and associate members (red dots)

The American has 11 full member institutions:[1]

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

Florida (women's lacrosse)
Navy (football)
Old Dominion (women's lacrosse and women's rowing)
Sacramento State (women's rowing)
San Diego State (women's rowing) – will drop women's rowing after the 2020–21 school year[3]
Vanderbilt (women's lacrosse)

Current Champions

Sport	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
Baseball	East Carolina	Cincinnati
Men's Basketball	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
	Houston
	Tulsa
	(all tied)
Women's Basketball	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
Men's Cross Country	N/A	Tulsa
Women's Cross Country	N/A	Tulsa
Football	N/A	Cincinnati
Men's Golf	N/A	Memphis
Women's Golf	N/A	Houston
Women's Lacrosse	Florida	Florida
Women's Rowing	N/A	Central Florida
Men's Soccer	Central Florida	SMU
Women's Soccer	Memphis	South Florida
Softball	South Florida	Tulsa
Men's Swimming & Diving	N/A	East Carolina
Women's Swimming & Diving	N/A	Houston
Men's Tennis	N/A	South Florida
Women's Tennis	N/A	Central Florida
Men's Track & Field	N/A	Houston (Indoor)
Men's Track & Field	N/A	Houston (Outdoor)
Women's Track & Field	N/A	Cincinnati (Indoor)
Women's Track & Field	N/A	Wichita State (Outdoor)
Volleyball	Cincinnati	Central Florida

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Baseball

Baseball is sponsored by 8 of the 11 full members of the AAC. The only schools which do not sponsor baseball are SMU, Temple, and Tulsa.[4]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2014	Louisville^†	Houston
2015	Houston	East Carolina
2016	Tulane	Connecticut^†
2017	Central Florida	Houston
2018	Houston	East Carolina
2019	East Carolina	Cincinnati
2020	No games played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Men's Basketball

All 11 full members of The American support men's basketball, making it the only men's sport sponsored by every team in the conference.[6]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2013–14	Cincinnati	Louisville^† (vacated)
2014–15	SMU	SMU
2015–16	Temple	Connecticut^†
2016–17	SMU	SMU
2017–18	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
2018–19	Houston	Cincinnati
2019–20	Cincinnati	Not played due to COVID-19[5]
	Houston
	Tulsa
	(all tied)

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Women's Basketball

Like men's basketball, women's basketball is also sponsored by all 11 full members of the conference.[7]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2013–14	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2014–15	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2015–16	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2016–17	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2017–18	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2018–19	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2019–20	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Men's Cross Country

Men's cross country is supported by 9 of the 11 teams in the AAC. The only full members that don't sponsor it are SMU and UCF.[8]

Year	Champion
2013	Louisville^†
2014	Tulsa
2015	Tulsa
2016	Tulsa
2017	Tulsa
2018	Tulsa
2019	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.[8]

Year	Champion
2013	SMU
2014	Tulsa
2015	Tulsa
2016	SMU
2017	Connecticut^†
2018	Wichita State
2019	Tulsa

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Football

Football is sponsored by every full member of the American except for Wichita State. Associate member Navy also plays football in the conference.[9]

Year	Champion
2013	Central Florida
2014[lower-alpha 1]	Memphis
	Cincinnati
	Central Florida
	(all tied)
2015	Houston
2016	Temple
2017	Central Florida
2018	Central Florida
2019	Memphis
2020	Cincinnati

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

[2]

Men's Golf

Tulane and Tulsa are the only schools in the conference that do not sponsor men's golf.[10]

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[5]

[2]

Women's Golf

Temple is the only full member of the conference that doesn't sponsor women's golf.[10]

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	Central Florida
2016	Houston
2017	Central Florida
2018	Houston
2019	Houston
2020	Not played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Women's Lacrosse

Only 3 full members of the conference offer women's lacrosse, which the conference began sponsoring in 2019. Those schools are Cincinnati, East Carolina, and Temple. 3 affiliate members play women's lacrosse in the AAC: Florida, Old Dominion, and Vanderbilt.[11]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2019	Florida	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, Sacramento State, and San Diego State.[12]

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	Central Florida
2016	Central Florida
2017	Central Florida
2018	Central Florida
2019	Central Florida
2020	Not played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Men's Soccer

Men's soccer is offered by 6 members of the conference: Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulsa, and UCF.[13]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2013	Louisville^†	South Florida
2014	Connecticut^†	Tulsa
2015	SMU	Tulsa
2016	South Florida	Tulsa
2017	SMU	SMU
2018	Central Florida	SMU
2019	Central Florida	SMU

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Women's Soccer

Women's soccer is sponsored by every school in the conference besides Tulane and Wichita State.[14]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2013	Central Florida	Central Florida
2014	South Florida	Connecticut^†
2015	SMU	Cincinnati
2016	Connecticut^†	Connecticut^†
2017	Central Florida	South Florida
2018	South Florida	Memphis
2019	Memphis	South Florida

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Softball

Softball is sponsored by 7 of the 11 schools in the conference, the only ones who don't play are Cincinnati, SMU, Temple, and Tulane.[15]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
2014	Central Florida	Louisville^†
2015	Central Florida	Central Florida
2016	South Florida	Tulsa
2017	Tulsa	Tulsa
2018	South Florida	Tulsa
2019	South Florida	Canceled due to inclement weather[16]
2020	No games played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Men's Swimming & Diving

Only 2 schools in the conference, Cincinnati and SMU, offer men's swimming & diving.[17] East Carolina eliminated their program which had just won a conference championship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Year	Champion
2014	Louisville^†
2015	East Carolina
2016	East Carolina
2017	East Carolina
2018	Cincinnati
2019	Cincinnati
2020	East Carolina

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Women's Swimming & Diving

The conference features 4 women's swimming & diving teams: Cincinnati, Houston, SMU, and Tulane.[17]

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

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Men's Tennis

Every school in the American besides Cincinnati, East Carolina, and Houston offers men's tennis.[19]

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[5]

[2]

Women's Tennis

All AAC schools sponsor women's tennis besides East Carolina.[20]

Year	Champion
2014	South Florida
2015	Tulsa
2016	Tulsa
2017	South Florida
2018	Tulsa
2019	Central Florida
2020	Not played due to COVID-19[5]

[2]

Men's Track & Field

Indoor

Men's indoor track & field is sponsored by 7 AAC schools: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Tulsa, and Wichita State.[21]

Year	Champion
2014	Connecticut^†
2015	Houston
2016	Houston
2017	Houston
2018	Houston
2019	Houston
2020	Houston

Outdoor

Men's outdoor track & field is sponsored by all the same schools that sponsor men's indoor track & field with the addition of Tulane.[22]

Year	Champion
2014	Houston
2015	Connecticut^†
2016	Houston
2017	Houston
2018	Houston
2019	Houston
2020	Not played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Women's Track & Field

Every school in the conference sponsors both indoor and outdoor women's track & field.[21][22]

Indoor

Year	Champion
2014	SMU
2015	Connecticut^†
2016	Connecticut^†
2017	Central Florida
2018	Cincinnati
2019	Houston
2020	Houston

Outdoor

Year	Champion
2014	SMU
2015	SMU
2016	Cincinnati
2017	Cincinnati
2018	Houston
2019	Wichita State
2020	Not played due to COVID-19[5]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Volleyball

Every AAC school sponsors volleyball.[23]

Year	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion [lower-alpha 1]
2013	Louisville^†	N/A
2014	Central Florida	N/A
2015	SMU	N/A
2016	SMU	N/A
2017	Wichita State	N/A
2018	Central Florida	Central Florida
2019	Cincinnati	Central Florida

The American Athletic Conference did not sponsor a postseason tournament in volleyball until 2018. Prior to this, the regular season conference champion was declared the champion.[24]

†: No longer members of the conference

[2]

Summary

Full members

School	Number of Conference Championships	Championships by sport
Houston	28	Baseball: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) Men's Basketball: 2 (2 regular season, 0 tournament) Football: 1 Women's Golf: 3 Women's Swimming & Diving: 4 Men's Track & Field: 11 (6 indoor, 5 outdoor) Women's Track & Field: 3 (2 indoor, 1 outdoor)
Central Florida	26	Baseball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Football: 4 Women's Golf: 2 Women's Rowing: 5 Men's Soccer: 2 (2 regular season, 0 tournament) Women's Soccer: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament) Softball: 3 (2 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's Tennis: 1 Women's Track & Field: 1 (1 indoor, 0 outdoor) Volleyball: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament)
South Florida	20	Men's Golf: 4 Men's Soccer: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament) Women's Soccer: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) Softball: 3 (3 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's Tennis: 5 Women's Tennis: 2
SMU	20	Men's Basketball: 4 (2 regular season, 2 tournament) Women's Cross Country: 2 Men's Golf: 1 Men's Soccer: 5 (2 regular season, 3 tournament) Women's Soccer: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Women's Swimming & Diving: 2 Women's Track & Field: 3 (1 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 2 (2 regular season, 0 tournament)
Tulsa	20	Men's Basketball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's Cross Country: 6 Women's Cross Country: 3 Men's Soccer: 3 (0 regular season, 3 tournament) Softball: 4 (1 regular season, 3 tournament) Women's Tennis: 3
Cincinnati	15	Baseball: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's Basketball: 5 (3 regular season, 2 tournament) Football: 2 Women's Soccer: 1 (0 regular season, 1 tournament) Men's Swimming & Diving: 2 Women's Track & Field: 3 (1 indoor, 2 outdoor) Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
East Carolina	7	Baseball: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Men's Swimming & Diving: 4
Memphis	5	Football: 2 Men's Golf: 1 Women's Soccer: 2 (1 regular season, 1 tournament)
Wichita State	3	Women's Cross Country: 1 Women's Track & Field: 1 (0 indoor, 1 outdoor) Volleyball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament)
Temple	2	Men's Basketball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Football: 1
Tulane	2	Baseball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) Men's Tennis: 1

Affiliate members

School	Number of Conference Championships	Sport(s) played
Florida	1	1 (women's lacrosse)
Navy	0	1 (football)
Old Dominion	0	2 (women's lacrosse, women's rowing)
Sacramento State	0	1 (women's rowing)
San Diego State	0	1 (women's rowing)
Vanderbilt	0	1 (women's lacrosse)

Former members

School	Number of Conference Championships	Championships by sport	Years in conference	Membership type
Connecticut	25	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: 3 (1 regular season, 2 tournament) Men's Track & Field: 2 (1 indoor, 1 outdoor) Women's Track & Field: 2 (2 indoor, 0 outdoor)	2013–2020	Full
Louisville	9	Baseball: 1 (1 regular season, 0 tournament) 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)	2013–2014	Full
Rutgers	0		2013–2014	Full
Villanova	0		2013–2014	Affiliate (women's rowing)

References

"American Athletic Conference". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"All-Time American Athletic Conference Champions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Open Letter to the San Diego State University Community" (Press release). San Diego State Aztecs. November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
"Baseball". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"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.
"Cross Country". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Football". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Golf". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Women's Lacrosse". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Women's Rowing". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Men's Soccer". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"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.
"Swimming & Diving". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"East Carolina cuts swimming and diving, tennis". ESPN.com. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
"Men's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Women's Tennis". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"Indoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
"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

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

[26] The American Athletic Conference did not sponsor a postseason tournament in volleyball until 2018. Prior to this, the regular season conference champion was declared the champion.[24]

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

[:0-2] "All-Time American Athletic Conference Champions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[3] "Open Letter to the San Diego State University Community" (Press release). San Diego State Aztecs. November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

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

[:1-5] "American Athletic Conference Announces Cancellation of Competition and Championships for 2019-20". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

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

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

[:2-8] "Cross Country". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[17] "2019 American Softball Championship Will Not Be Completed Due to Conditions". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[:4-18] "Swimming & Diving". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

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

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

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

[Indoor_Track_&_Field-22] "Indoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

[Outdoor_Track_&_Field-23] "Outdoor Track & Field". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

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

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

American Athletic Conference
Full members	Cincinnati Bearcats East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers SMU Mustangs South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF Knights Wichita State Shockers (non-football member)
Associate members	Football: Navy Midshipmen Women's lacrosse: Florida Gators Old Dominion Monarchs Vanderbilt Commodores Women's rowing: Old Dominion Monarchs Sacramento State Hornets San Diego State Aztecs (leaving in 2021)
Championships and awards	Conference champions
Media	American Digital Network
See also	2010–13 Big East Conference realignment

American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
Years	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Venues	TDECU Stadium (2015) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (2016) Spectrum Stadium (2017–18) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (2019) Nippert Stadium (2020)

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

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 University of Memphis Stadium List of Memphis athletes FedEx Park Baseball Field, University of Memphis Mike Rose Soccer Complex 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

Temple University
Located in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campuses	Main Campus (location) Ambler Campus Japan 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	Temple Health Temple University station Cecil B. Moore station The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI
Founded: 1884 Students: 39,515 Endowment: 494.2 million

List of American Athletic Conference champions

Members

Current Champions

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 & Diving

Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's Tennis

Women's Tennis

Men's Track & Field

Indoor

Outdoor

Women's Track & Field

Indoor

Outdoor

Volleyball

Summary

Full members

Affiliate members

Former members

See also

References

External links