American Athletic Conference Bowl Affiliations
American Athletic Conference teams are guaranteed at least seven bowl appearances annually as part of the conference’s new postseason lineup, which began with the 2020 season and is in place through 2025.
The American will continue to send its champion to a New Year’s Six bowl if that team finishes higher than the champions of four other conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. American Athletic Conference teams are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they are among the top four teams in the final CFP rankings.
As part of the new bowl cycle, The American will annually send teams to the Military Bowl presented by Peraton against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent, the Fenway Bowl in Boston, also against an ACC team, and a third annual spot which will alternate between the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl and the EasyPost Hawaii Bowl.
Additionally, The American will annually have four appearances in a group of eight bowls. The American has extended its existing partnerships with the TicketSmarter Union Home Mortgage Birmingham Bowl, the Gasparilla Bowl, the RoofClaim Boca Raton Bowl, the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl and the Cure Bowl.
New to The American’s lineup were the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl and the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
2020-25 American Athletic Conference Bowl Lineup
Annual Appearances
Military Bowl presented by Peraton
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Annapolis, Maryland
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (2024)
Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas
EasyPost Hawaii Bowl (2025)
Rainbow Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii
Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park | Boston, Massachusetts
Four Selections Annually From:
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium | Frisco, Texas
Cure Bowl
Exploria Stadium | Orlando, Fla.
RoofClaim Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium | Boca Raton, Fla.
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium | Tampa, Florida
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field | Birmingham, Alabama
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium | Dallas, Texas
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium | Conway, South Carolina