College football expansion has captivated the country in the past few months, and it won't be ending anytime soon. Cal, Stanford, and SMU were the latest programs to leave and head to the ACC, and the future of the Pac-12 Conference is up in the air despite the Mountain West making an attempt to merge together. The AAC is losing SMU and is now searching to add other programs, and one program that has popped up is Army, although it would be only for football.

As it turns out, the AAC has had ‘encouraging' conversations with Army in hopes of bringing them on, per Eric Prisbell of On3.

‘The American Athletic Conference continues to have “encouraging” discussions with Army about joining the league as a football-only member. A league source on Friday confirmed ESPN’s initial report that the AAC has pinpointed Army as a top expansion target to replace SMU, which last week accepted an invitation from the ACC to join the league next year. No decision between the AAC and Army is expected for a few weeks, the source told On3.'

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The AAC is trying to figure out which programs to add, and the Oregon State and Washington State hopes were put to bed after the latest comments from Commissioner Mike Aresco.

So, adding Army makes sense, although it's only for football. Still, it would be a good move for them, and the immediate question is whether or not the classic Army-Navy game will still happen. All in all, the AAC is doing what it can to add teams after SMU left.