Ever since the American Athletic Conference rose from the ashes of the Big East in 2013, the collection of teams that have claimed a league title has been pretty small. SMU has won two outright titles, Temple has won one and the Cincinnati Bearcats have won one and shared another with Louisville, which is now in the Atlantic Coast Conference. It’s a small sample size, but with three current teams in the conference holding the hardware, parity has not been exceptionally high.
UC was the most recent champion, having won both the regular season and conference tournament championships last spring.