![]() The AAC emerged as the strongest of the so-called Group of Five conferences when it comes to football during the College Football Playoff era. The American was born in 2013 from the downfall of Big East football, rebuilding around mostly C-USA schools. The Sun Belt has said it is interested in expanding beyond its current 10 football members and some of C-USA’s remaining eight schools would be geographic fits. The AAC’s move strips Conference USA of six schools, leaving that league both searching for new members and trying to fend off other poachers. The Big 12 has said it is targeting 2023 for the arrival of its new members, which also includes BYU. The Sooners and Longhorns have said they will join the SEC in 2025, but a quicker departure is possible. ![]() Most recently, the Big 12 announced the additions of AAC powers Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida to replace Southeastern Conference-bound Oklahoma and Texas. The American, formerly the Big East, has been a feeder conference from Power Five leagues for nearly two decades. We are adding excellent institutions that are established in major cities and have invested in competing at the highest level,” AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco said in a statement. “This is a strategic expansion that accomplishes a number of goals as we take the conference into its second decade. The conference said when exactly the new members join is still to be determined. The AAC announced the additions Thursday, a move that it hopes will stabilize the conference in the short term and allow it to withstand future poaching of its members by wealthier leagues. ![]() We've announced the addition of and story □ - #AmericanPow6r /AYiQVgjksB
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