2022 American Athletic Conference football season

2022 American Athletic Conference
football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 1, 2022–January 31, 2023
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2023 NFL draft
Top draft pickWR Rashee Rice, SMU
Picked byKansas City Chiefs, 55th overall
Regular season
Season championsTulane
  Runners-upUCF
American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
ChampionsTulane
  Runners-upUCF
Finals MVPMichael Pratt, QB, Tulane
Seasons
2022 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Tulane y$   7 1     12 2  
UCF y   6 2     9 5  
Cincinnati   6 2     9 4  
SMU   5 3     7 6  
Houston   5 3     8 5  
East Carolina   4 4     8 5  
Navy   4 4     4 8  
Memphis   3 5     7 6  
Tulsa   3 5     5 7  
Temple   1 7     3 9  
South Florida   0 8     1 11  
Championship: Tulane 45, UCF 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 American Athletic Conference football season is the 31st NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the tenth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the ninth season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA, the MAC, Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. In September 2021, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF accepted invitations to join the Big 12 Conference.[1] The three schools had been contractually required to remain with The American through 2024, but the conference and its departing members reached a buyout agreement that allowed those schools to leave in 2023.[2]

  1. ^ "Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. September 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "American Announces Agreements With UCF, Cincinnati and Houston on Departure" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.