2020 American Athletic Conference football season information
Sports season
2020 American Athletic Conference football season
League
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport
Football
Duration
September 2020 through January 2021
Number of teams
11
TV partner(s)
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and CBS Sports Network
2021 NFL Draft
Top draft pick
Zaven Collins (Tulsa)
Picked by
Arizona Cardinals, 16th overall
Regular season
Season champions
Cincinnati
Runners-up
Tulsa
The American Championship
Football seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 American Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 8 Cincinnati y$
6
–
0
9
–
1
Tulsa y
6
–
0
6
–
3
Memphis
5
–
3
8
–
3
UCF
5
–
3
6
–
4
SMU
4
–
3
7
–
3
Houston
3
–
3
3
–
5
Navy
3
–
4
3
–
7
Tulane
3
–
5
6
–
6
East Carolina
3
–
5
3
–
6
Temple
1
–
6
1
–
6
South Florida
0
–
7
1
–
8
Championship: Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 24
$ – Conference champion
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.
The 2020 American Athletic Conference football season is the 29th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the eighth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the seventh season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA (C–USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
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