UCF has concluded its 10-year tenure in the American Athletic Conference, and during that decade the Knights won more league titles than any other conference member.
UCF teams won 52 AAC titles from 2013-14 through 2022-23—21 regular-season crowns and 31 more via conference postseason tournaments, league title games or other conference champion designations.
Behind the Knights on the AAC list are Houston (45), SMU (34), Tulsa (30), South Florida (28) and Cincinnati (21).
The highest-achieving Knight sports over those 10 years have been volleyball (11 overall titles—5 regular season), football (8 titles—4 regular season), softball (6 titles—3 regular season), women's soccer (5 titles—4 regular season) and rowing (5 titles).
In certain years in football and volleyball, the league awarded two championships in years when title games or tournaments were not played.
Here's a summation of AAC championships won by UCF during its decade in that league:
--Football (8 overall, 4 regular season)
2013 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
2014 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and championship game)
2018 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and championship game)
*The AAC awarded two championships in years title games were not played, honoring the 2013 and 2014 teams as both regular-season champions and conference champions.
--Men's Soccer (4 overall, 3 regular season)
2018 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
2019 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
2020 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament--played spring 2021)
--Women's Soccer (5 overall, 4 regular season)
2013 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament)
2014 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
2022 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
--Volleyball (11 overall, 5 regular season)
2014 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
2018 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
2019 American Athletic Conference Champion (tournament)
2020 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament--played spring 2021)
2021 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
2022 *American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and conference champion)
*The AAC awarded two championships in certain years tournaments were not played, honoring the 2014, 2018, 2021 and 2022 teams as both regular-season champions and conference champions.
--Women's Basketball (2 overall, 1 regular season)
2022 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament)
--Women's Indoor Track and Field (3)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion
2022 American Athletic Conference Champion
2023 American Athletic Conference Champion
--Women's Outdoor Track and Field (2)
2022 American Athletic Conference Champion
2023 American Athletic Conference Champion
--Men's Tennis (1)
2021 American Athletic Conference Champion
--Women's Tennis (2)
2019 American Athletic Conference Champion
2021 American Athletic Conference Champion
--Women's Golf (2)
2015 American Athletic Conference Champion
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion
--Baseball (1 regular season)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
--Softball (6 overall, 3 regular season)
2014 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season)
2015 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament)
2022 American Athletic Conference Champion (regular season and tournament)
2023 American Athletic Conference Champion (tournament)
--Rowing (5)
2015 American Athletic Conference Champion
2016 American Athletic Conference Champion
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion
2018 American Athletic Conference Champion
2019 American Athletic Conference Champion
UCF was most successful in terms of winning league titles in 2041-15 (9) and 2021-22 (8). Here's a year-by-year list of AAC championships won in each athletic year:
--UCF's AAC Championships by Year
5 in 2013-14: +football (also RS), women's soccer (also RS), softball RS
9 in 2014-15: +football (also RS), +volleyball (also RS), women's golf, rowing, softball (also RS), women's soccer RS
1 in 2015-16: rowing
4 in 2016-17: rowing, women's golf, women's indoor track and field, baseball RS
4 in 2017-18: football (also RS), rowing, women's soccer RS
7 in 2018-19: football (also RS), rowing, women's tennis, men's soccer RS, +volleyball (also RS),
2 in 2019-20: volleyball, men's soccer RS
6 in 2020-21: volleyball (also RS), men's soccer (also RS), men's tennis, women's tennis
8 in 2021-22: +volleyball (also RS), women's basketball (also RS), softball (also RS), women's indoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field
6 in 2022-23: +volleyball (also RS), women's soccer RS, softball, women's indoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field
+The AAC awarded two championships in certain years tournaments and title games were not played, honoring the 2014, 2018, 2021 and 2022 UCF volleyball teams and 2013 and 2014 UCF football teams as both regular-season champions and conference champions.
Here's the full list of league titles won by conference members over the past decade:
--All-Time AAC Championships (2013-14 to 2022-23)
1. UCF 52 (21 regular season)
2. Houston 45 (11 regular season)
3. SMU 34 (8 regular season)
4. Tulsa 30 (4 regular season)
5. South Florida 28 (10 regular season)
6. Cincinnati 21 (8 regular season)
7. Memphis 13 (5 regular season)
8. Wichita State 10 (4 regular season)
9. East Carolina 12 (4 regular season)
10. Tulane 6 (2 regular season)
11. Temple 4 (3 regular season)
12. Navy 1 (1 regular season)
UCF officially joins the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2023, and will begin league play in the 2023-24 athletic year. The Knights' opening conference contests come Sept. 14 in women's soccer (a home match vs. West Virginia), Sept. 21-22 in volleyball (at Cincinnati) and Sept. 23 in football (at Kansas State).
