The 2014 American Athletic Conference football season was the 24th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the second since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until 2013. The American consisted of 11 members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF. The regular season and conference play began on August 28, when Temple visited Vanderbilt, and Tulane visited Tulsa.