2024 American Athletic Conference football season

In the Conference Championship Game, SMU defeated Tulane by a score of 26–14.

SMU was invited to the Fenway Bowl, where they lost to Boston College by a score of 14–23 Prior to the 2024 season, The American saw the departure of one team and the arrival of another.

[1] Army joined The American as a football-only member beginning in 2024 after having played as an independent school in football since 2005.

Though Army and Navy are now members of American Conference football, the annual Army–Navy Game will be played as a non-conference game to ensure that its traditional date of the second weekend of December will remain.

The following individuals received postseason honors as chosen by the league's head coaches.