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Location Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland, United States Stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | ||
The 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2016. This will be the second football championship game for The American. Houston defeated Temple, 24–13, in last year's game.
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Navy
The Navy Midshipmen football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They will represent the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
Navy will host the title game. Since Navy and Temple both finished 7–1 in American play and did not play during the regular season, the next tiebreaker used to determine the home team is College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking. Under American Conference rules, if one or both division champions enter the final week of conference play in the CFP rankings, the higher-ranked team will host, provided that it wins its game that week. Since Navy entered its conference finale against SMU at #25 in the CFP rankings, and won that game 75–31, the Midshipmen earned hosting rights. This is Navy's first ever conference championship appearance.
Temple
The Temple Owls football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its East Division. Due to their win over South Florida, they will represent the East Division in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. This is their second straight conference championship appearance. They are angling for their first conference title since 1967 with the Middle Atlantic Conference.
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