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AmericanKnights

UCF

22nd of 13010–3

Rank

22nd

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+11.5

90% range 1.8 to 21.2

Offense

38.9

7th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

27.4

58th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

10–3

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Aug 29 · 7:30 PM ET vs Florida A&M W 62–0
Rating change+2.6
Wk 2Sep 7 · 7:00 PM ET at Florida Atlantic W 48–14
Rating change+2.0
Wk 3Sep 14 · 3:30 PM ET vs Stanford W 45–27
Rating change+1.6
Wk 4Sep 21 · 3:30 PM ET at Pittsburgh L 34–35
Rating change−2.2
Wk 5Sep 28 · 7:00 PM ET vs UConn W 56–21
Rating change+1.3
Wk 6Oct 4 · 8:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25 Cincinnati L 24–27
Rating change−0.3
Wk 8Oct 19 · 7:00 PM ET vs East Carolina W 41–28
Rating change−2.9
Wk 9Oct 26 · 7:00 PM ET at Temple W 63–21
Rating change+2.5
Wk 10Nov 2 · 12:00 PM ET vs Houston W 44–29
Rating change−1.0
Wk 11Nov 8 · 7:00 PM ET at Tulsa L 31–34
Rating change−1.6
Wk 13Nov 23 · 12:00 PM ET at Tulane W 34–31
Rating change−0.6
Wk 14Nov 29 · 8:00 PM ET vs South Florida W 34–7
Rating change+0.2
PostDec 23 · 2:30 PM ET vs MarshallBAD BOY MOWERS GASPARILLA BOWL W 48–25
Rating change−0.1

Rating through 2019

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2018American29 of 1309.237.228.112–1—
2017American11 of 13016.943.526.613–0—
2016American74 of 128−4.126.130.26–7—
2015American127 of 128−24.815.740.50–12—

Profile

UCF offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com