2014 American Athletic Conference football season information
Sports season
2014 American Athletic Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport
Football
Duration
August 28, 2014 through January 2015
Number of teams
11
TV partner(s)
ESPN
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
Breshad Perriman (UCF)
Picked by
Baltimore Ravens, 26th overall
Regular season
League champions
UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis
Football seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 25 Memphis +
7
–
1
10
–
3
Cincinnati +
7
–
1
9
–
4
UCF +
7
–
1
9
–
4
East Carolina
5
–
3
8
–
5
Houston
5
–
3
8
–
5
Temple
4
–
4
6
–
6
South Florida
3
–
5
4
–
8
Tulane
2
–
6
3
–
9
Tulsa
2
–
6
2
–
10
UConn
1
–
7
2
–
10
SMU
1
–
7
1
–
11
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2014 American Athletic Conference football season was the 24th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the second since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until 2013.
The 2014 season was the first with the new College Football Playoff in place. From 1998 to 2013, FBS postseason football was governed by the Bowl Championship Series. With the move to the new format, The American is no longer an Automatic Qualifying conference (AQ), and is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of The American was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, now only the highest-ranked member of the "Group of Five" is guaranteed to receive a bid to one of the six major bowls.[1]
The American consisted of 11 members: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, and UConn. The regular season and conference play began on August 28, when Temple visited Vanderbilt, and Tulane visited Tulsa.[2]
^About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.
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