The American Athletic Conference (AAC) has found a replacement for the departing SMU Mustangs starting in 2024. The Army Black Knights will be joining the conference as football-only members beginning next season.
This will end a 19-year run as an Independent. The Black Knights were last part of a conference with Conference USA from 1998 to 2004. Army already holds a victory over a future conference foe this season. They defeated UTSA on Sept. 15, 37-29.
| Army | Rice |
| Charlotte | South Florida |
| East Carolina | Temple |
| Florida Atlantic | Tulane |
| Memphis | Tulsa |
| Navy | UAb |
| North Texas | UTSA |
Army is currently 2-5 with four straight losses to Syracuse, Boston College, Troy, and LSU.
According to the report from The Athletic, the annual Army-Navy game will remain a nonconference matchup played after the AAC title game. Since Navy is part of the AAC, if they were the top two teams in the conference, they would play in back-to-back weeks per ESPN’s Heather Dinich.
AAC votes to accept Army as football-only member starting in 2024: Sources @NicoleAuerbach @ChrisVannini https://t.co/mKQOSvfUvf
— Daniel Shirley (@DM_Shirley) October 25, 2023