2016 American Athletic Conference football season information
Sports season
2016 American Athletic Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport
Football
Duration
September 1, 2016 through January 2017
Number of teams
12
TV partner(s)
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2017 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
Haason Reddick (Temple)
Picked by
Arizona Cardinals, 13th overall
Regular season
Top scorer
Will Worth (150 points)
East champions
Temple
East runners-up
South Florida
West champions
Navy
West runners-up
Tulsa
The American Championship
Champions
Temple
Runners-up
Navy
Football seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
East Division
Temple xy$
7
–
1
10
–
4
No. 19 South Florida x
7
–
1
11
–
2
UCF
4
–
4
6
–
7
Cincinnati
1
–
7
4
–
8
UConn
1
–
7
3
–
9
East Carolina
1
–
7
3
–
9
West Division
Navy xy
7
–
1
9
–
5
Tulsa
6
–
2
10
–
3
Memphis
5
–
3
8
–
5
Houston
5
–
3
9
–
4
SMU
3
–
5
5
–
7
Tulane
1
–
7
4
–
8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2016 American Athletic Conference football season was the 25th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the third since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, and the third season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American was 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 conference was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, the highest-ranked champion member of the G5 received a bid to one of the six major bowls.[1]
The American consisted of 12 members: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, UConn, Navy. In June 2015, the Collegiate Commissioner's Association announced that it would postpone final rankings until after the annual Army–Navy Game if Navy or Army are in contention for a spot in the semifinals or a New Years Six bowl. If Navy was the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion and loses to Army, it would be replaced by next highest-ranked Group of 5 champion in the New Years Six Bowl.[2]
In the 2016 season, the American had four new coaches. Willie Fritz, formerly the head coach at Georgia Southern, was hired by Tulane to replace Curtis Johnson. After beginning the 2013 season, Johnson lost 22 of his final 27 games against FBS opponents. He finished at Tulane with a 15–4 record through four full seasons. He compiled a 7–9 conference record in the C-USA (2012–2013), and a 3–13 conference record in the American Athletic Conference (2014–2015). On December 1, 2015, UCF hired Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost.[3] Frost replaced longtime UCF head coach George O'Leary and interim head coach Danny Barrett, who took over the Knights when O'Leary resigned following an 0–8 start. On December 3, 2015, Memphis hired Arizona State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Norvell, replacing Justin Fuente who took the job at Virginia Tech.[4] On December 13, 2015, East Carolina hired Duke (OC/QB) Scottie Montgomery.[5] replacing Ruffin McNeill who was relieved of his duties as ECU head coach after finishing the season with a record of 5–7.[6]
^About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.
^"Playoff committee will wait for Army-Navy game if necessary". FOXSports.com. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^"Frost a Knight - UCF Knights - Official Athletics Site". www.ucfknights.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015.
^Calkins, Geoff (December 3, 2015). "ASU's Mike Norvell tapped to coach U of M football". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
^Keeley, Laura (December 13, 2015). "Duke offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery named ECU head coach". The News & Observer. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
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