Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season. This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few hours to publish my 15th annual college football preview guide which will contain 19 entries in all. The records below reflect each team’s predicted regular season overall record followed by their conference record. These records include conference title games for the two division champions but exclude bowl games which will be previewed later on in a separate column on this blog. The team marked in bold font in each conference preview is my predicted champion for that particular league. Without further ado, here are my predictions for the American Athletic Conference in 2021.
| American Athletic | |
| 1 | Cincinnati (12-1, 8-0) |
| 2 | Houston (10-3, 7-1) |
| 3 | UCF (8-4, 6-2) |
| 3 | Tulsa (8-4, 6-2) |
| 5 | Memphis (8-4, 5-3) |
| 6 | SMU (6-6, 3-5) |
| 6 | East Carolina (5-7, 3-5) |
| 8 | Tulane (4-8, 2-6) |
| 8 | Navy (2-10, 2-6) |
| 10 | South Florida (2-10, 1-7) |
| 11 | Temple (2-10, 1-7) |
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 