Florida (The State of) Football

UCF KNIGHTS 2024 Record: 4-8 2025 FPI Projection: 7-5 2025 Over/Under: 5.5 Aug. 28 Jacksonville State (W) Sep. 6.  North Carolina A&T (W) Sep. 20 North Carolina (L) Sep. 27 at Kansas State (L) Oct. 4    Kansas (L) Oct. 11  at Cincinnati (L) Oct. 18 West Virginia (W) Nov. 1   at Baylor (L) Nov. 7   Houston (W) Nov 15  at Texas Tech (L) Nov. 22 Oklahoma State (W) Nov. 29 at BYU (L) Biggest Game -- at Cincinnati: I have this game as the difference between the Knights making a bowl in year one of Scott Frost 2.0 or missing out on the postseason.There are a few potential toss ups in here, but the home game against Kansas comes at a time when I have projected them to lose two straight. A win here stops the bleeding. Trap Game -- Jacksonville State: There's a new coach (Charles Kelly), but I don't expect the Gamecocks to be an easy out. It's a programs that won 9 or more games in 10 of the past 12 seasons (FCS and FBS). This is a very tough o...

UCF KNIGHTS 2023 Record: 6-7 2024 FPI Projection: 7-5 2024 Over/Under Total: 7.5 BIGGEST GAME: Colorado (September 28) Yeah, you better expect Deion Sanders' return to the state of Florida is going to get a lot of attention. UCF should be 3-0 going into the game. Colorado's schedule is a little more tricky, but 4-0 is a possibility. If that happens, you might as well shut the area down for four hours on the final Saturday of September. Wherever Deion goes is going to draw attention, but Shedeur Sanders is a top quarterback prospect and Travis Hunter is going to be an early Heisman candidate. The environment for this game is going to be exciting and it's a great chance for UCF to make noise on the national stage.  TRAP GAME: at Iowa State (October 19) The Big XII schedule wore down UCF in their first year of the conference because they just struggled to stay healthy on the lines week after week. The Cyclones catch UCF after games against Florida and Colorado, so I wonde...