The University of Central Florida travels down the coast to take on South Florida in the final regular season game for both teams. UCF blew their opportunity to control their own destiny to host the AAC title game after falling to Navy at home last week in an upset. The Knights are now 8-3 on the season and 5-2 in the conference and won't be able to host the AAC title game after the loss. South Florida comes into this game at 1-10 overall and 0-7 in the conference. Game time is scheduled for 7:00pm EST.
The Knights of Central Florida have everything in front of them as they head into South Florida on Saturday night. A win and the Knights are assured of a spot in the AAC title game on December 3rd. A loss and they will have more conference losses than both Tulane and Cincinnati, who square off on Saturday. UCF blew an opportunity to host the game with an upset loss to Navy last week. Navy's triple-option offense controlled the time of possession, finishing with a 39:36 – 20:24 advantage. UCF also struggled in the red zone, settling for two field goals in the red zone en route to a 17-14 loss.
“First of all, extremely tough loss. It was real disappointing for our guys, especially our seniors in their last home game and everything that went with that,” said UCF head coach Gus Malzahn. “Give them [Navy] credit. They did what it took to win the game. First half, they had the ball quite a bit. We had opportunities, but we got field goals down there going in and you have to score touchdowns.”
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UCF will certainly have plenty of motivation on Saturday night against the struggling Bulls of South Florida. UCF brings the 30th ranked scoring offense in the nation to the game. They are an impressive 8th in the country running the ball and 51st through the air. Defensively, the Knights have been solid as well, ranking 24th in scoring defense. They are 57th against the run and 76th against the pass.
Key Injuries: LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste is questionable with an ankle.