⚡ CFB Dashboard

The explicit UCF season projections range from 7-5 with a 4-5 Big 12 record to 8-4 with a 5-4 conference record.

UCF's strengths are returning production, quarterback stability and unusually deep secondary personnel, while both lines and replacing its edge-rushing production remain the principal concerns.

The outlook depends heavily on quarterback Barnett remaining available for most of the season, with the writers describing the season as resting on his shoulders.

UCF is expected to handle Bethune-Cookman and Georgia State and has identified Oklahoma State and Kansas as its most plausible conference road wins, while the Pitt trip is viewed as the difficult early swing game.