Army to join the American Athletic Conference in football in 2024

[TrueOrange]

Sounds like they’re the replacement for SMU. Apparently the American is expected to agree to a scheduling format in which (1) Army and Navy will not meet each other as a regular season conference game and (2) Army and Navy will continue to meet at the year’s end as a non-conference matchup, after conference championship game weekend.

In a scenario in which the two finish as the top two teams in the conference’s standings will result in the schools playing in back to back weekends (first in the AAC Championship Game, then in their traditional rivalry game).

Army will also be keeping its traditional early November matchup with Air Force in its schedule, as well.

Army's inclusion keeps AAC 14 strong in football

The American Athletic Conference has voted to add Army into the league as a football-only member starting with the 2024 season.

www.espn.com

 

[TrueOrange]

That currently leaves only 3 remaining independent FBS schools starting next year (and before anyone asks, the other two are UConn and UMass).

 

[Pennheel]

Military schools join conferences,but yet of course Notre Dame is above that. It's just an annoyance of mine. I think Washington St and Oregon St. should follow suit with the dismantling of the PAC 12.

 

[YankeeVol]

Military schools join conferences,but yet of course Notre Dame is above that. It's just an annoyance of mine. I think Washington St and Oregon St. should follow suit with the dismantling of the PAC 12.

Living off history

 

[volbound1700]

Ironically AAC has a lot of teams that were once in Conf USA and when I started watching CFB, Army was in Conf USA.