AAC ramps up interest in adding Air Force to conference with Army and Navy, AP source says

The American Athletic Conference has ramped up interest in adding Air Force as a member to put all three service academies into the same league for the first time, a person with knowledge of the AAC's discussions told The Associated Press on Monday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because conference officials were not making their internal discussions public.

ESPN first reported the American was targeting Air Force, a charter member of the Mountain West, which is now the next conference in danger of being picked apart in another wave of realignment.

In a statement, the AAC declined to address possible expansion.