Army Black Knights head coach Jeff Monken. Danny Wild-Imagn Images

Army HC fires warning shot at fellow undefeated rival Navy

By Austen Bundy | Last updated 10/16/24

The 2024-25 college football season has entered territory not seen since "The Greatest Generation" with No. 23 Army and No. 25 Navy simultaneously ranked for the first time since 1960 and both undefeated for the first time since 1945.

With both programs entering the season as members of the American Athletic Conference, the results through Week 7 suggest the two could meet twice in one season.

If the teams finish first and second in the conference, they would meet in either in Annapolis, Maryland, or West Point, New York, (whichever finished first would host) to battle it out for the AAC title.

The very next week (Dec. 14), they would meet again in Landover, Maryland, at Northwest Field for the annual Army-Navy Game to decide who claims the Commander-in-Chief Trophy.

Black Knights head coach Jeff Monken told the crew of "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday that that scenario is nowhere on his radar at the moment, while also taking a shot at the rival Midshipmen.

"Do they still have a football program at Navy

We're only worried about the game this weekend and East Carolina has a good football team"@CoachJeffMonken #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/wIf2tC4OgB
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 16, 2024

"Do they still have a football program at Navy?" Monken quipped at a question broaching the possibility of playing the Midshipmen twice this season. "We're only worried about the game this weekend."

Monken's comments are ironic given he spent time as the running backs and special teams coaches at Navy from 2002-07, in which the program appeared at five bowl games during that span (2-3).

Army (6-0) hosts East Carolina (3-3) — "a good football team," according to Monken — on Saturday, while Navy (5-0) hosts Charlotte (3-3). Both are in a good position to win and continue their undefeated seasons.

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