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University of Central Florida · 2026 · Big 12

Efficiency
+5.7
51st FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
6th
proj. of 16
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UCF is 1-1 and ranked 51st in overall efficiency. Their 21st-ranked defense carries them, with a 97th-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 61% of offensive plays with a 98th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 39% of plays with a 44th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-1
+2 left
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
0-0
+6 left
Q4
1-0
+1 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.7 wins
Strength of Record
83rd
-0.5 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
43rd
full season
57th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
69th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.2 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs Bethune-CookmanSWACW 736+40.0100%17.1Q4
2@ PittsburghACC#27L 712-8.40%9.6Q1
3vs Georgia StateSun Belt#78Preview+11.475%Q4
4vs TCUBig 12#59Preview+4.761%Q3
5@ HoustonBig 12#26Preview-8.730%Q1
6@ Oklahoma StateBig 12#88Preview+8.068%Q3
8vs BYUBig 12#19Preview-6.036%Q1
9vs BaylorBig 12#36Preview+0.852%Q2
10@ KansasBig 12#77Preview+5.964%Q3
11vs Arizona StateBig 12#47Preview+2.656%Q3
12vs Iowa StateBig 12#60Preview+5.563%Q3
13@ ColoradoBig 12#81Preview+6.365%Q3

2 played · 1-1. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on UCF, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-1.6+6.9+15.41710Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 98th
SR 63rdYPP 86thEPA 108th
RushingEff 44th
SR 91stYPP 17thEPA 37th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 24th
SR 57thYPP 31stEPA 14th
Rush defenseEff 12th
SR 25thYPP 6thEPA 12th
Dropback rate 61%Tempo -3.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 4th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 57%1st · Defense allowed: 29%1st2nd · Offense: 33%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 28%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 14.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 17.0Q2 · Allowed: 7.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 28.0Q3 · Allowed: 0.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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UCF Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 97th
-4.1
Field position: +2.1Finishing drives: -6.2
Field position +2.1Finishing drives -6.2= -4.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 13th · Finishing 116th

Defensive EffRanked 21st
+6.5
Field position: +0.6Finishing drives: +5.9
Field position +0.6Finishing drives +5.9= +6.5
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 48th · Finishing 19th

2.92 points per drive on offense, 0.59 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 37.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(25)64% / 36%48%8.6
Q2(28)61% / 39%46%5.9
Q3(30)50% / 50%47%9.7
Q4(27)30% / 70%41%5.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(27)10.063%8.1
2nd(13)11.431%5.2
3rd(13)8.231%6.5
4th(3)4.70%-0.3
All (56)45%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(26)9.250%8.4
2nd(20)7.235%6.8
3rd(8)9.463%10.3
4th(0)
All (54)46%8.1

UCF, all games.

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