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American Athletic Conference rebrands to American Conference, controlling its destiny

The AAC was often confused in search engines queries with the ACC. It will now simply be called the American Conference and includes Army and Navy.
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American Athletic Conference rebrands as The American Conference

Navy became a football-only member of the American in 2015, while archrival Army did so in 2024. Initially, former commissioner Mike Aresco favored “America 12 Conference” as the league’s ...
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The American drops ‘Athletic’ from conference name, adds mascot as ...

The American has gone through a lot of change in the ensuing 12 years, losing and adding schools, but it also established itself as the top Group of 5 football conference in most years, and it ...
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Memphis picked atop the American Conference preseason women’s soccer poll

While the newly branded American Conference decided not to put out a preseason poll during football media days a few weeks ...

Two Texas A&M Stars Named to AP Preseason All-American Team

The hype surrounding the Texas A&M football program has been in full swing since coach Mike Elko hit the ground running in the offseason recruiting season, and ...

Need a College Football Playoff expansion plan that makes sense? Look to the FCS format

This format provides a path to the Playoff for virtually every team in the FBS. Win your conference and you are in.

The Mid-American Conference heads into the season with experienced quarterback at top teams

Quarterback Dequan Finn is returning to a very different Mid-American Conference than the one he left when he transferred to ...

Arizona State football's Jordyn Tyson lone Sun Devil on AP preseason All-America teams

The Associated Press preseason All-America teams include Arizona State football's Jordyn Tyson, but ASU football's Sam Leavitt was left off the list.