The American Athletic Conference announced its home and away opponents for the 2014 football season on Wednesday.

UCF will host SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa at Bright House Networks Stadium, while traveling to UCONN, East Carolina, Houston and USF.

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For the second season in a row, the Knights will not play another conference favorite in the Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats finished third in the conference in 2013, behind Louisville who is no longer in the American Athletic Conference.

The Knights will kick off their 2014 campaign in Ireland to take on Penn State in the Croke Park Classic on August, 30.