IRVING, Texas — Commissioner Tim Pernetti has announced the American Athletic Conference’s 111-game football schedule, including the 56-game conference schedule, for the 2025 season.
Each of the 14 teams in The American will play eight conference games in 2025. The top two teams in the final single-division regular-season standings will meet in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played either Friday, Dec. 5, or Saturday, Dec. 6.
UTSA is set for its third season as a member of The American with four conference games scheduled for the Alamodome and four road contests against conference opponents. The Roadrunners will host Rice (Oct. 11), Tulane (Oct. 30), East Carolina (Nov. 22) and Army (Nov. 28 or 29), while they will hit the road to face Temple (Oct. 4), North Texas (Oct. 18), South Florida (Nov. 6) and Charlotte (Nov. 15).
The Roadrunners have four non-conference matchups already set for their sixth season under the direction of head coach Jeff Traylor. UTSA will host Texas State (Sept. 6) and UIW (Sept. 13) and travel to Texas A&M (Aug. 30) and Colorado State (Sept. 20).
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Traylor has guided UTSA to unprecedented success since his arrival in 2020. The Roadrunners are 46-20 (.697) over the past five years, the most victories among AAC teams and the ninth-most wins in the FBS during that stretch. Additionally, the Alamodome has turned into a true home-field advantage in the Traylor era, as UTSA is 29-3 (.906) over that span. Only Alabama (32) and Ohio State (30) own more home victories since 2020.
UTSA will kick off its 15th season on Saturday, Aug. 30, against Texas A&M at Kyle Field in College Station. This will mark the third meeting between the Roadrunners and Aggies and the first since 2019.
The Roadrunners then will return to San Antonio for back-to-back home games to at the Alamodome.
UTSA will renew the I-35 Rivalry with Texas State on Saturday, Sept. 6, in what will be their seventh all-time meeting. The Roadrunners lead the series, 5-1, including a perfect 3-0 at home.
On the following Saturday, Sept. 13, UTSA will take on UIW for the second time in school history. The Roadrunners registered a 35-7 home triumph over the Cardinals on Aug, 31, 2019, in the only previous meeting between the two San Antonio NCAA Division I institutions.
UTSA will wrap up the non-conference slate on Sept. 20 at Colorado State. The Rams won both previous matchups including a 23-14 decision in 2016 in Fort Collins in the last meeting.
Following the first of two idle weeks on the docket, the Roadrunners will open league action on Saturday, Oct. 4, when they travel to Philadelphia to take on Temple. UTSA has won each of the last two meetings, 49-34 in the program’s first-ever AAC contest on Oct. 7, 2023, at Lincoln Financial Field and 51-27 last November in the 2024 home finale.
UTSA will host Rice on Oct. 11 in what will be their 13th meeting. The Roadrunners hold an 8-4 advantage in the all-time series and had claimed eight consecutive victories before the Owls pulled out a 29-27 win in the final seconds last October in Houston.
The Roadrunners then will head to Denton to face North Texas on Oct. 18. This will mark the 14th meeting, making it the most-played series in program history. UTSA now has won the last four and eight overall matchups with the Mean Green after a 48-27 home victory last November.
After their second idle week of the season, the Roadrunners will welcome Tulane to the Alamodome on Oct. 30 in the first of two straight Thursday contests on the fall slate. The Green Wave posted a 29-16 win in the last meeting on Nov. 24, 2023, in New Orleans to even the series at 1-1.
UTSA will fly to Tampa, Florida, to face South Florida on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Raymond James Stadium. The Roadrunners recorded a 49-21 home triumph on Nov, 17, 2023, in the only previous meeting with the Bulls.
For the first time since 2016, UTSA will meet Charlotte on the gridiron when the Roadrunners travel to face the 49ers on Saturday, Nov. 15. UTSA came out victorious in the first two games in the series, 30-27 in overtime in 2015 in the last visit to Charlotte and 33-14 in the 2016 home finale.
The Roadrunners are slotted to close out the regular season with a pair of home games at the Alamodome.
On Saturday, Nov. 22, UTSA will face East Carolina for the third year in a row in a series that is tied at 1-1. The Roadrunners logged a 41-27 home victory two years ago in the first meeting, while the Pirates rallied for a 30-20 win last September in Greenville, North Carolina.
UTSA’s home finale versus defending conference champion Army is part of The American’s flexible Week 14 schedule to close the regular season. The sixth meeting between the Roadrunners and Black Knights — as well as the Temple-North Texas game — will be played either Friday, Nov. 28, or Saturday, Nov. 29. Additionally, Navy will face Memphis either Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27) or Black Friday (Nov. 28). Those selections will be made by Oct. 13.
The American Athletic Conference enjoyed a successful 2024 season in its first year of its current 14-team configuration. The American sent eight teams to Bowl Season and captured the Bowl Challenge Cup by virtue of a 6-2 postseason record. Teams from The American scored bowl wins against opponents from the SEC, Big 12, ACC, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Conference USA. The American was one of only five leagues (joining the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) to have three teams finish with 10 wins last season.
Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season, as well as the season-long weeknight games, will be finalized by June 1.The rest of the schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes. All dates announced today are subject to change.
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