The American Athletic Conference undergoes a makeover on July 1 when North Texas, Rice, UTSA, UAB, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic join. Those six schools, all from Conference USA, sign on as Cincinnati, Central Florida and Houston move to the Big 12.
Those six schools won 15 tournament or regular-season titles in C-USA last season, highlighted by FAU's sweep in men's basketball and Charlotte winning men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track, men's golf, softball (regular season), baseball (tournament) and men's outdoor track.
The group of new AAC members also earned 13 of C-USA's Sport Academic Awards for its 16 sports.