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[Coach Andy Mac]

North Texas officially joined the American Athletic Conference on July 1, and will begin its first season competing in the American Conference this fall.

Mean Green’s inclusion into the American Conference has been in the works since October 2021. The switch is the second conference move this decade for North Texas, as the Mean Green moved from the Sun Belt Conference to Conference USA in 2013.

“We are excited to join the American Conference,” North Texas Athletics Director Jared Mosley said. “The timing was perfect.”

The AAC will consist of 14 teams, five of which are also joining the Mean Green from the Conference USA — The University of Alabama-Birmingham, Florida Atlantic, Rice, the University of Texas San Antonio and the University of North Carolina Charlotte.

The other teams in the American Conference are Southern Methodist University, East Carolina University, University of Memphis, University of South Florida, Temple, Tulane University, University of Tulsa and Wichita State University. North Texas will be joining multiple rivals in the conference.

“We are excited also to have some of our fellow Conference USA schools joining us in the American Conference, so we can continue some of our rivalries,” Mosley said.

North Texas’s entrance into the AAC marks the first time the Mean Green and SMU will play in the same conference. The two football teams have played 42 times, with the last game ending in a 48-10 loss for North Texas. Results in the rivalry have been one-sided, with SMU Football taking 35 victories over the last century.

“Tailgating at our sporting events will probably get bigger, especially when we play SMU in whatever sport,” Mosley said.

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