List of American Conference champions
The American Conference is an NCAA Division I conference that sponsors championships in 22 sports. For every sport except football, the champion is determined using a postseason tournament or meet.
Members
The American has 13 full member institutions:- Charlotte
- East Carolina
- Florida Atlantic
- Memphis
- North Texas
- Rice
- [South Florida Gators|Florida Bulls|South Florida]
- Temple
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- UAB
- UTSA
- Wichita State
Former members
Seven schools were formerly full members of The American:Several other schools have been affiliate members in the past. Five have completely left the American. One current affiliate member had previously been an affiliate in a second sport. Five others, indicated in italics, were affiliate members for one season before becoming full conference members.Charlotte
- Cincinnati
- Florida Florida Atlantic North Texas
- Old Dominion — still a women's lacrosse affiliateRice – Rice dropped diving from its women's aquatics program in 1991 and did not reinstate the discipline until 2024, after it had become a full conference member.
- Sacramento State
- San Diego State UAB
- Villanova
Membership timeline
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Key: MS – Men's Soccer; WSD – Women's Swimming and Diving; WR – Women's rowing; WL – Women's lacrosse
Baseball
Baseball is sponsored by 10 of the 13 full American Conference members. The only schools which do not sponsor baseball are North Texas, Temple, and Tulsa.†: No longer members of the conference
Men's basketball
All 13 full members of The American support men's basketball, making it the only men's sport sponsored by every team in the conference.†: No longer members of the conference
Women's basketball
Like men's basketball, women's basketball is also sponsored by all 13 full members of the conference.†: No longer members of the conference
Men's cross country
Men's cross country is supported by 12 of the 13 American Conference teams, with the only exception being UAB.| Year | Champion |
| 2013 | Louisville† |
| 2014 | Tulsa |
| 2015 | Tulsa |
| 2016 | Tulsa |
| 2017 | Tulsa |
| 2018 | Tulsa |
| 2019 | Tulsa |
| 2020 | Tulsa |
| 2021 | Tulsa |
| 2022 | Tulsa |
| 2023 | Tulsa |
| 2024 | Tulane |
| 2025 | Tulsa |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's cross country
Unlike men's cross country, women's cross country is sponsored by every full member of the conference.| Year | Champion |
| 2013 | SMU |
| 2014 | Tulsa |
| 2015 | Tulsa |
| 2016 | SMU |
| 2017 | UConn† |
| 2018 | Wichita State |
| 2019 | Tulsa |
| 2020 | Tulsa |
| 2021 | Tulsa |
| 2022 | Tulsa |
| 2023 | Tulane |
| 2024 | Tulsa |
| 2025 | Tulane |
†: No longer members of the conference
Football
Football is sponsored by every full member of The American except for Wichita State. Affiliate members Army and Navy also play football in the conference.| Year | Champion |
| 2013 | UCF† |
| 2014 | Memphis |
| 2014 | Cincinnati† |
| 2014 | UCF† |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | Houston† |
| 2016 | Temple |
| 2017 | UCF† |
| 2018 | UCF† |
| 2019 | Memphis |
| 2020 | Cincinnati† |
| 2021 | Cincinnati |
| 2022 | Tulane |
| 2023 | SMU† |
| 2024 | Army |
| 2025 | Tulane |
†: No longer members of the conference
Men's golf
Tulane and Tulsa are the only schools in the conference that do not sponsor men's golf, though Tulsa did until the 2016 season.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | SMU† |
| 2015 | South Florida |
| 2016 | South Florida |
| 2017 | South Florida |
| 2018 | South Florida |
| 2019 | Memphis |
| 2020 | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | South Florida |
| 2022 | SMU† |
| 2023 | Houston† |
| 2024 | South Florida |
| 2025 | Charlotte |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's golf
Through 2025–26, Rice and Temple are the only full members of the conference that do not sponsor women's golf. Rice will add the sport in 2026–27.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | Louisville† |
| 2015 | UCF† |
| 2016 | Houston† |
| 2017 | UCF† |
| 2018 | Houston† |
| 2019 | Houston† |
| 2020 | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | UCF† |
| 2022 | Tulane |
| 2023 | SMU† |
| 2024 | SMU† |
| 2025 | Tulsa |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's lacrosse
Four full conference members offer women's lacrosse, which The American first sponsored in the 2019 season. These schools are Charlotte, East Carolina, South Florida, and Temple. Three affiliate members also compete: James Madison, Old Dominion, and Vanderbilt.The most recent departures from American Conference women's lacrosse are affiliate members Cincinnati and Florida. Cincinnati had kept women's lacrosse in The American after otherwise leaving for the Big 12 Conference in 2023, but left after the spring 2024 season when the Big 12 began sponsoring the sport. Florida followed Cincinnati to Big 12 women's lacrosse.
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's rowing
The American dropped women's rowing after the 2023–24 school year. In the final season, full members SMU, Temple, and Tulsa were joined by affiliate members Old Dominion and Sacramento State. Villanova competed as an affiliate member in rowing from 2013 to 2015 before leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association and San Diego State competed as an affiliate member in rowing from 2015 to 2021 but discontinued its program because of financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.SMU left for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024, leading The American to drop the sport. Old Dominion and Tulsa became affiliates of the Big 12 Conference; Sacramento State became an affiliate of the West Coast Conference; and Temple was an independent for the 2024–25 school year before becoming an affiliate of the Mid-American Conference.
| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | Louisville† |
| 2015 | UCF† |
| 2016 | UCF† |
| 2017 | UCF† |
| 2018 | UCF† |
| 2019 | UCF† |
| 2020 | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | SMU† |
| 2022 | SMU† |
| 2023 | SMU† |
| 2024 | SMU† |
†: No longer members of the conference
Men's soccer
Men's soccer is offered by seven full members of the conference: Charlotte, FAU, Memphis, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa, and UAB; it is also sponsored by affiliate member FIU. Cincinnati also had a men's soccer team before cutting it in April 2020. Charlotte, FAU, FIU and UAB joined the conference in 2022–23 as affiliate members for men's soccer. This was one year before those schools joined as full members.†: No longer members of the conference
Women's soccer
Women's soccer is sponsored by every school in the conference except Tulane and Wichita State.†: No longer members of the conference
Softball
Softball is sponsored by 10 of the 13 schools in the conference, the exceptions being Rice, Temple, and Tulane.†: No longer members of the conference
Men's swimming and diving
The American dropped men's swimming & diving after the 2022–23 season. Of the conference's 13 members in 2024–25, only Florida Atlantic offers men's swimming and diving. East Carolina competed in the sport until 2020 but eliminated the program in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both FAU and SMU joined the Atlantic Sun Conference for that conference's inaugural swimming & diving season in 2023–24, with SMU moving from there to the ACC in 2024–25.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | Louisville† |
| 2015 | East Carolina |
| 2016 | East Carolina |
| 2017 | East Carolina |
| 2018 | Cincinnati† |
| 2019 | Cincinnati† |
| 2020 | East Carolina |
| 2021 | SMU |
| 2022 | SMU |
| 2023 | SMU |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's swimming and diving
In 2025–26, the conference features nine women's swimming and diving teams: full members FAU, East Carolina, North Texas, Rice, and Tulane plus affiliate members FIU, James Madison, Liberty, and Marshall. FAU, North Texas, and Rice joined as affiliate members along with FIU in 2022–23, the year before the former three joined the conference as full members. Note: Rice only competed in swimming until 2024–25, when it reinstated diving after an absence of more than 30 years.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | Louisville† |
| 2015 | SMU |
| 2016 | SMU |
| 2017 | Houston† |
| 2018 | Houston† |
| 2019 | Houston† |
| 2020 | Houston† |
| 2021 | Houston† |
| 2022 | Houston† |
| 2023 | Houston† |
| 2024 | FIU |
| 2025 | Rice |
†: No longer members of the conference
Men's tennis
Every school in the American apart from East Carolina and North Texas offers men's tennis; though East Carolina offered the sport until 2020 when it was dropped due to budget concerns brought on by the COVID-19.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | South Florida |
| 2015 | South Florida |
| 2016 | South Florida |
| 2017 | South Florida |
| 2018 | Tulane |
| 2019 | South Florida |
| 2020 | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | UCF† |
| 2022 | SMU |
| 2023 | SMU |
| 2024 | Charlotte |
| 2025 | Rice |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's tennis
All current American Conference schools sponsor women's tennis.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | South Florida |
| 2015 | Tulsa |
| 2016 | Tulsa |
| 2017 | South Florida |
| 2018 | Tulsa |
| 2019 | UCF† |
| 2020 | Not played due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | UCF† |
| 2022 | Memphis |
| 2023 | SMU† |
| 2024 | SMU† |
| 2025 | Memphis |
†: No longer members of the conference
Men's track and field
Men's indoor
Men's indoor track & field is sponsored by 9 of the current 13 full members, with the exceptions being Florida Atlantic, Temple, Tulane, and UAB. Temple sponsored the sport in 2014 but dropped it after that season.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | UConn† |
| 2015 | Houston† |
| 2016 | Houston† |
| 2017 | Houston† |
| 2018 | Houston† |
| 2019 | Houston† |
| 2020 | Houston† |
| 2021 | Not held due to COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Houston† |
| 2023 | Cincinnati† |
| 2024 | South Florida |
| 2025 | South Florida |
Men's outdoor
Men's outdoor track and field is sponsored by all the same schools that sponsor men's indoor track and field with the addition of Tulane. Like with men's indoor track and field, Temple sponsored men's outdoor track and field until 2014.| Year | Champion |
| 2014 | Houston† |
| 2015 | UConn† |
| 2016 | Houston† |
| 2017 | Houston† |
| 2018 | Houston† |
| 2019 | Houston† |
| 2020 | Not held due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Houston† |
| 2022 | Wichita State |
| 2023 | Wichita State |
| 2024 | South Florida |
| 2025 | South Florida |
†: No longer members of the conference
Women's track and field
Every school in the conference sponsors both indoor and outdoor women's track and field.Women's outdoor
†: No longer members of the conferenceVolleyball
Every American Conference school sponsors women's volleyball. No conference member sponsors men's volleyball.†: No longer members of the conference
Summary
Note: Shared titles are counted as a full title for each co-champion.Accurate as of June 14, 2023.
| School | Years in conference | Number of titles | Titles by sport | Sports played |
| UCF† | 2013–2023 | 46 | Baseball: 1 Women's basketball: 2 Football: 4 Women's golf: 3 Women's rowing: 5 Men's soccer: 4 Women's soccer: 5 Softball: 6 Men's tennis: 1 Women's tennis: 2 Women's track & field: 5 Volleyball: 8 | 16: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Houston† | 2013–2023 | 41 | Baseball: 5 Men's basketball: 6 Football: 1 Men's golf: 1 Women's golf: 3 Women's swimming & diving: 7 Men's track & field: 13 Women's track & field: 4 Volleyball: 1 | 17: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's soccer Softball Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| SMU | 2013–present | 30 | Men's basketball: 4 Women's cross country: 2 Men's golf: 2 Women's golf: 1 Women's rowing: 3 Men's soccer: 5 Men's swimming & diving: 3 Women's swimming & diving: 2 Men's tennis: 2 Women's tennis: 1 Women's track & field: 3 Volleyball: 2 | 16: Men's basketball Women's basketball Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Tulsa | 2014–present | 28 | Men's basketball: 1 Men's cross country: 9 Women's cross country: 6 Men's soccer: 5 Softball: 4 Women's tennis: 3 | 17: Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| South Florida | 2013–present | 27 | Baseball: 1 Women's basketball: 3 Men's golf: 5 Men's soccer: 2 Women's soccer: 6 Softball: 3 Men's tennis: 5 Women's tennis: 2 | 18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| UConn† | 2013–2020 | 26 | Baseball: 1 Men's basketball: 1 Women's basketball: 14 Women's cross country: 1 Men's soccer: 1 Women's soccer: 4 Men's track & field: 2 Women's track & field: 2 | 21: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's lacrosse Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Cincinnati† | 2013–2023 | 17 | Baseball: 1 Men's basketball: 5 Football: 3 Women's soccer: 1 Men's swimming & diving: 2 Men's track & field: 1 Women's track & field: 3 Volleyball: 1 | 18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's lacrosse Men's soccer Women's soccer Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| East Carolina | 2014–present | 12 | Baseball: 7 Women's basketball: 1 Men's swimming & diving: 4 | 18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's lacrosse Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving ' Men's tennis Women's tennis ' Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Louisville† | 2013–2014 | 9* | Baseball: 1 Men's basketball: 2, vacated Men's cross country: 1 Women's golf: 1 Women's rowing: 1 Men's soccer: 1 Softball: 1 Men's swimming & diving: 1 Women's swimming & diving: 1 Volleyball: 1 | 21: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's swimming and diving Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Memphis | 2013–present | 9 | Men's basketball: 1 Football: 2 Men's golf: 1 Women's soccer: 4 Women's tennis: 1 | 18: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Wichita State | 2017–present | 9 | Men's basketball: 1 Women's cross country: 1 Softball: 3 Men's track & field: 2 Women's track & field: 1 Volleyball: 1 | 15: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Men's golf Women's golf Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| Florida‡ | 2018–present | 7 | Women's lacrosse: 7 | 1: Women's lacrosse |
| Tulane | 2014–present | 5 | Baseball: 2 Football: 1 Women's golf: 1 Men's tennis: 1 | 14: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Women's golf Women's swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| FIU‡ | 2022–present | 2 | Men's soccer: 2 | 2: Men's soccer Women's swimming and diving |
| Temple | 2013–present | 2 | Men's basketball: 1 Football: 1 | 15: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's lacrosse Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| James Madison‡ | 2022–present | 1 | Women's lacrosse: 1 | 1: Women's lacrosse |
| Navy‡ | 2015–present | 0 | – | 1: Football |
| Old Dominion‡ | 2018–present | 0 | – | 2: Women's lacrosse Women's rowing |
| Sacramento State‡ | 2015–present | 0 | – | 1: Women's rowing |
| Vanderbilt‡ | 2018–present | 0 | – | 1: Women's lacrosse |
| Rutgers† | 2013–2014 | 0 | – | 19: Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country Women's cross country Football Men's golf Women's golf Women's rowing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Women's swimming and diving Women's tennis Men's indoor track and field Men's outdoor track and field Women's indoor track and field Women's outdoor track and field Volleyball |
| San Diego State†‡ | 2015–2021 | 0 | – | 1: Women's rowing |
| Villanova†‡ | 2013–2015 | 0 | – | 1 Women's rowing |
†- No longer a member of the AAC
‡- Affiliate member