American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
| American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game | |
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| Conference Football Championship | |
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| Sport | Football |
| Conference | The American |
| Played | 2015–present |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN/ABC |
| Official website | Official site |
| Host stadiums | |
| Best conference team's home field (2015–present) | |
The American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game is a college football game currently held by the American Athletic Conference (The American) each year to determine the conference's season champion. The inaugural game was held on December 5, 2015, at 12:00 pm ET.
The game will pit the champion of Eastern division (Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, South Florida, Temple, and UCF) against the champion of the Western division (Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Tulane, and Tulsa). The game will be played at the home stadium of the division winner with the better conference record.
Television broadcast rights to the game are owned by ESPN/ABC.
The American was reorganized following the tumultuous period of realignment that hobbled the Big East between 2010 and 2013. In all, 14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference (eight as all-sports members, and four for football only). In December 2012, the Big East's seven remaining non-FBS schools, all Catholic institutions — DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova – announced that they voted unanimously to leave the conference.
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