What’s going to happen this season in the American Athletic Conference? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.
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American Athletic East Schedules & Predictions
American Athletic Team Previews
EAST: Cincinnati | East Carolina
Temple | UConn | UCF | USF
WEST: Houston | Memphis
Navy | SMU | Tulane | Tulsa
American Athletic East
1. USF
2. UCF
3. Temple
T4. Cincinnati
T4. Temple
T4. UConn
– Unlike the American Athletic Preseason Team Rankings, these are based on what’s predicted to happen and not based on how good the teams are. UCF comes into the season stronger than USF, but the showdown between the two is in Tampa at the end of the regular season.
– Cincinnati, East Carolina, and UConn will all be stronger, but they have way too many tough games at home and way too many nasty parts of the schedule to deal with. They’ll all have good moments, but not enough of them.
– Temple is the wild-card for the league as a whole late in the season, especially with a three-game stretch at UCF, at Houston and at home against USF.
2018 Cincinnati Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 2-6
– Preview 2018: Start Winning Again
Sept. 1 at UCLA L
Sept. 8 at Miami Univ. (in Cin) W
Sept. 15 Alabama A&M W
Sept. 22 Ohio W
Sept. 29 at UConn L
Oct. 6 Tulane W
Oct. 13 OPEN DATE
Oct. 20 at Temple L
Oct. 27 at SMU L
Nov. 3 Navy L
Nov. 10 USF L
Nov. 17 at UCF L
Nov. 23 East Carolina W
2018 East Carolina Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 2-6
– Preview 2018: When Will The Turnaround Come?
Sept. 1 NC A&T W
Sept. 8 North Carolina L
Sept. 15 at Virginia Tech L
Sept. 22 at USF L
Sept. 29 Old Dominion W
Oct. 6 at Temple L
Oct. 13 Houston L
Oct. 20 UCF L
Oct. 27 OPEN DATE
Nov. 3 Memphis W
Nov. 10 at Tulane L
Nov. 17 UConn W
Nov. 23 at Cincinnati L
2018 Temple Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 4-4
– Preview 2018: Not The Old Temple Anymore
Sept. 1 Villanova W
Sept. 8 Buffalo W
Sept. 15 at Maryland L
Sept. 20 Tulsa W
Sept. 29 at Boston College L
Oct. 6 East Carolina W
Oct. 13 at Navy L
Oct. 20 Cincinnati W
Oct. 27 OPEN DATE
Nov. 1 at UCF L
Nov. 10 at Houston L
Nov. 17 USF L
Nov. 24 at UConn W
2018 UCF Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 9-3
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 6-2
– Preview 2018: Love (And Shaw) Will Rule
Aug. 30 at UConn W
Sept. 8 South Carolina State W
Sept. 15 at North Carolina L
Sept. 21 Florida Atlantic W
Sept. 29 Pitt W
Oct. 6 SMU W
Oct. 13 at Memphis L
Oct. 20 at East Carolina W
Oct. 27 OPEN DATE
Nov. 1 Temple W
Nov. 10 Navy W
Nov. 17 Cincinnati W
Nov. 23 at USF L
2018 UConn Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 2-6
– Preview 2018: Start Winning Again
Aug. 30 UCF L
Sept. 8 at Boise State L
Sept. 15 Rhode Island W
Sept. 22 at Syracuse L
Sept. 29 Cincinnati W
Oct. 6 at Memphis L
Oct. 13 OPEN DATE
Oct. 20 at USF L
Oct. 27 UMass W
Nov. 3 at Tulsa L
Nov. 10 SMU W
Nov. 17 at East Carolina L
Nov. 24 Temple L
2018 USF Football Schedule
2018 Preseason Prediction: 9-3
2018 Preseason AAC Prediction: 7-1
– Preview 2018: It Worked, Now Do More
Sept. 1 Elon W
Sept. 8 Georgia Tech L
Sept. 15 at Illinois L
Sept. 22 East Carolina W
Sept. 29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 at UMass W
Oct. 12 at Tulsa W
Oct. 20 UConn W
Oct. 27 at Houston L
Nov. 3 Tulane W
Nov. 10 at Cincinnati W
Nov. 17 at Temple W
Nov. 23 UCF W
