The 2017 American Athletic Conference football season is the 26th

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Football season of the

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(The American). The season is the fifth since the former

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dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference,The American is the legal all-sports successor to the Big East Conference (1979–2013). The Big East was rebranded and reorganized as the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013. and the fourth season with the

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in place. The American is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5),The other conferences in the "Group of Five" are Conference USA (C-USA), the

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(MAC), the

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, and the Sun Belt Conference. meaning that the conference shares with the other G5 conferences one automatic spot in the

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bowl games. The conference game schedule for the 2017 season was released on February 9, 2017.

American Athletic Conference Media Day

The American Athletic Conference Media Day took place July 18– in

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Preseason poll

East Division *1. USF (30), 180 pts *2. UCF, 126 pts *3. Temple, 119 pts *4. Cincinnati, 100 pts *5. East Carolina, 63 pts *6. UConn, 42 pts West Division *1. Memphis (22), 169 pts *2. Houston (6), 137 pts *3. Navy (1), 128 pts *4. Tulsa (1), 102 pts *5. SMU, 64 pts *6. Tulane, 30 pts Predicted American Championship Game Winner *1. USF (26) *2. Houston (2) *3. Memphis (1) *4. Navy (1)

Head coaches

''Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2016 season ''* Randy Edsall coached UConn from 1999–2010, and is returning in 2017. UConn was a member of the Big East from 2004–2012.''
''† Major Applewhite was hired to replace Tom Herman in December 2016 at Houston and coached the Cougars in their 2016 bowl game.'' Source:

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Schedule

The conference's schedule was released on February 9, 2017. The regular season began on August 27, 2017, when South Florida visits San Jose State. The first conference games played on September 9. The conference season ended with the AAC Championship game on December 2, 2017.

Week 1

:The game between Houston and UTSA was cancelled due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. It was originally scheduled for September 2 at the

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in San Antonio.

Week 2

:The game between UCF and Memphis was cancelled due to

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. It was originally scheduled for September 9 at 8:00 p.m. before it was moved to September 8 at 6:30 p.m. The game has been rescheduled for September 30. :The game between UConn and USF was cancelled due to

. It was originally scheduled for September 9 at 12:00 p.m. before it was moved to 10:30 a.m. The game has been rescheduled for November 4.

Week 3

:The game between UCF and Georgia Tech was cancelled due to the aftermath of

. It was originally scheduled for September 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14 – AAC Championship game

Week 15

Records against other conferences

2017 records against other college football conferences.

FBS conferences

FCS conferences

Postseason

Bowl games

American Athletic Conference bowl games for the 2017 season are: Rankings are from CFP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.

Selection of teams

*Bowl eligible: UCF, South Florida, Memphis, Houston, Navy, SMU, Temple *Bowl-ineligible: Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Tulsa, Tulane

Awards and honors

Players of the week

NFL Draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the

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Notes

References

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