A compelling slate of Thursday and Friday prime time conference games on ESPN Networks, beginning with Tulane at Houston on either Thursday, Sept.

Some highlights of the 2022 schedule include: Teams in The American will have seven visits from power conference teams to their home stadiums – NC State at East Carolina (Sept. Teams from The American will play five games against opponents from the ACC, four games each against SEC and Big 12 teams, three against the Big Ten and one against Notre Dame. 21 Arkansas).Ī total of 17 of The American’s 44 nonconference games will be against Power 6 opponents or Notre Dame. The schedule features six nonconference games against teams ranked in the top 25 of the final Associated Press poll of 2021 (No. 3 in the eighth American Athletic Conference Football Championship.

The top two teams in the final single-division regular-season standings will meet Dec. IRVING, Texas – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the American Athletic Conference’s 88-game football schedule for the 2022 season, including the 44-game conference schedule.Įach of the 11 teams in The American will once again play eight conference games in 2022.