American Athletic Football Schedule 2016: Ranking Every Game

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2016 American Athletic Composite Schedule & Ten Best Conference, Non-Conference Games

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Ten Best American Athletic Conference Non-Conference Games

1. Oklahoma at Houston, Sept. 3
2. Louisville at Houston, Nov. 25
3. Memphis at Ole Miss, Oct. 1
4. Temple at Penn State, Sept. 17
5. East Carolina at Virginia Tech, Sept. 24
6. Navy vs. Notre Dame, Nov. 5
7. Florida State at South Florida, Sept. 24
8. East Carolina at South Carolina, Sept. 17
9. North Carolina State at East Carolina, Sept. 10

10. Navy vs. Army, Dec. 10

Ten Best American Athletic Conference Games

1. Houston at Memphis, Nov. 25
2. Houston at Navy, Oct. 8
3. Temple at Memphis, Oct. 6
4. Memphis at Navy, Oct. 22
5. East Carolina at Cincinnati, Oct. 22
6. Navy at East Carolina, Oct. 13
7. Connecticut at Houston, Sept. 29
8. South Florida at Memphis, Nov. 12
9. South Florida at Cincinnati, Oct. 1
10. East Carolina at South Florida, Oct. 8

Each week’s American Athletic games ranked by how good each matchup looks.

Thursday, September 1

8. Maine at Connecticut
10. UT Martin at Cincinnati

Saturday, September 3

1. Oklahoma at Houston
2. San Jose State at Tulsa
3. Tulane at Wake Forest
4. Army at Temple
5. SMU at North Texas
6. Fordham at Navy
7. Western Carolina at East Carolina
9. SE Missouri State at Memphis
10. South Carolina State at UCF
11. Towson at South Florida

Saturday, September 10

1. North Carolina State at East Carolina
2. Connecticut at Navy
3. Tulsa at Ohio State
4. Cincinnati at Purdue
5. Northern Illinois at South Florida
6. UCF at Michigan
7. SMU at Baylor
8. Stony Brook at Temple
9. Southern at Tulane
10. Lamar at Houston

Thursday, September 15

Houston at Cincinnati

Saturday, September 17

1. Temple at Penn State
2. East Carolina at South Carolina
3. South Florida at Syracuse
4. Kansas at Memphis
5. Virginia at Connecticut
6. Navy at Tulane
7. Maryland at UCF
8. Liberty at SMU
9. North Carolina A&T at Tulsa

Saturday, September 24

1. Florida State at South Florida
2. East Carolina at Virginia Tech
3. Syracuse at Connecticut
4. Bowling Green at Memphis
5. UCF at FIU
6. Tulsa at Fresno State
7. TCU at SMU
8. Miami University at Cincinnati
9. Louisiana at Tulane
10. Houston at Texas State

11. Charlotte at Temple

Thursday, September 29

2. Connecticut at Houston

Saturday, October 1

1. Memphis at Ole Miss
3. South Florida at Cincinnati
4. Navy at Air Force
5. UCF at East Carolina
6. SMU at Temple
7. Tulane at Massachusetts

Thursday, October 6

1. Temple at Memphis

Friday, October 7

5. Tulane at UCF
6. SMU at Tulsa

Saturday, October 8

2. Houston at Navy
3. East Carolina at South Florida
4. Cincinnati at Connecticut

Thursday, October 13

1. Navy at East Carolina

Friday, October 14

4. Memphis at Tulane

Saturday, October 15

2. Connecticut at South Florida
3. Tulsa at Houston
5. Temple at UCF

Friday, October 21

3. South Florida at Temple

Saturday, October 22

1. Memphis at Navy
2. East Carolina at Cincinnati
4. Tulane at Tulsa
5. Houston at SMU
6. UCF at Connecticut

Friday, October 28

1. Navy at South Florida

Saturday, October 29

2. Cincinnati at Temple
3. Connecticut at East Carolina
4. Tulsa at Memphis
5. UCF at Houston
6. SMU at Tulane

Friday, November 4

2. Temple at Connecticut

Saturday, November 5

1. Navy vs. Notre Dame
3. BYU at Cincinnati
4. East Carolina at Tulsa
5. Memphis at SMU

Saturday, November 12

1. South Florida at Memphis
2. Tulsa at Navy
3. Cincinnati at UCF
4. SMU at East Carolina
5. Tulane at Houston

Thursday, November 17

1. Louisville at Houston

Friday, November 18

2. Memphis at Cincinnati

Saturday, November 19

3. Connecticut at Boston College
4. Tulsa at UCF
5. Temple at Tulane
6. South Florida at SMU

Friday, November 25

1. Houston at Memphis
3. Cincinnati at Tulsa

Saturday, November 26

2. East Carolina at Temple
4. UCF at South Florida
5. Tulane at Connecticut
6. Navy at SMU