UCF Knights Football — Ratings, Schedule & Advanced Stats

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Offense

Total yards / game

378.9#76

Yards / play

5.8#64

Passing yards / game

220.8#75

Rushing yards / game

158.2#67

First downs / game

18.2#109

3rd down %

33.9%#117

4th down %

55.6%#61

Time of possession

29:55#68

Defense

Yards allowed / game

336.3#37

Yards / play allowed

5.1#34

Pass yards allowed / game

185.1#22

Rush yards allowed / game

151.2#72

3rd down % allowed

36.7%#47

Sacks

Turnovers & Discipline

Turnover margin

-4#98

Takeaways

14#89

Giveaways

18#86

Penalties / game

7.6#125

Penalty yards / game

57.2#86

Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.

2026 Recruiting Class

Commits

Avg stars

3.15

Avg rating

0.8717

2 4★11 3★

Recruit	Pos	Stars	Rtg	Hometown
Tyren Hornes#170 nat'l	WR	★★★★★	0.9302	Sarasota, FL
Rocco Marriott#338 nat'l	QB	★★★★★	0.9020	Platte City, MO
Dante Carr#603 nat'l	QB	★★★★★	0.8833	Minersville, PA
Kane Archer#667 nat'l	QB	★★★★★	0.8778	Greenwood, AR
Elijah Keys#1158 nat'l	CB	★★★★★	0.8678	Neptune Beach, FL
Kasiyah Charlton#1320 nat'l	OT	★★★★★	0.8644	Brunswick, GA
Amahn Williams#1320 nat'l	OT	★★★★★	0.8644	Marion, MA
Matthew Occhipinti#1422 nat'l	LB	★★★★★	0.8622	Ramsey, NJ
Arthur Lewis IV#1465 nat'l	RB	★★★★★	0.8611	Jacksonville, FL
Noah Mercer#1687 nat'l	DL	★★★★★	0.8567	Key West, FL
Amarion Queen#1687 nat'l	CB	★★★★★	0.8567	Stuart, FL
Ja'Cari Jackson#1722 nat'l	S	★★★★★	0.8556	Orlando, FL
Brooks Hall#1924 nat'l	TE	★★★★★	0.8500	Platte City, MO

Program History

recent seasons

Year	Overall	Conf	Win %	xW	Luck
2025	5-7	2-7	42%	5.8	-0.8
2024	4-8	2-7	33%	7.4	-3.4
2023	6-7	3-6	46%	9.3	-3.3
2022	9-5	6-3	64%	8.6	+0.4
2021	9-4	5-3	69%	7.3	+1.7
2020	6-4	5-3	60%	6.4	-0.4
2019	10-3	6-2	77%	9.6	+0.4
2018	12-1	9-0	92%	10.8	+1.2
2017	13-0	9-0	100%	11.1	+1.9
2016	6-7	4-4	46%	6.7	-0.7