UCF — Big 12
HC
Scott Frost · FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL · 44,206 cap
PPA off / def
0.15 / 0.11
2025
Class rank
#66
class of 2026
Returning PPA
25%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (5–7)
Statistical comps — 2025 UCF's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (32 in / 35 out)
Origins
Frost's 2017 team went 13-0, beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl, and declared itself national champion when the playoff would not have it — a claim that irritated everyone and was not obviously wrong.
Founded 1963 · Founded to supply engineers to the space program at Cape Canaveral · first football 1979 · defined by Scott Frost
All-time record
Win %
55.1%
39 seasons played
Winning seasons
17
44% of seasons
By level: D-II 1–5 (1983–1986) · FCS 4–6 (1990–1995) · FBS 207–162 (1996–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2017 | 13 | 0 | American Athletic |
| 2018 | 12 | 1 | American Athletic |
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | American Athletic |
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | Conference USA |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | American Athletic |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1983 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 285 | 49% |
41% | 90 of 136 | 6.1 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 226 | 46% |
39% | 86 of 136 | 5.9 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 34 | 71% |
56% | — | 3.5 | 9% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 50 | 28% |
38% | — | 5.2 | 14% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 63 | 22% |
16% | — | 5.1 | 14% |
| 4th down | 36 | 39% |
58% | — | 8.4 | 22% |
137 drives · 34% ended in points · 7.2 plays and 41.1 yards per drive · 0.77 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 5 | Kansas State |
DJ Black 82 Yd pass from Jacurri Brown (Noe Ruelas Kick) |
82 | 7.18 |
| 8 | West Virginia |
Jaden Nixon 83 Yd Run (Noe Ruelas Kick) |
83 | 6.91 |
| 2 | North Carolina A&T |
Jaden Nixon run for 87 yds for a TD (Noe Ruelas PAT MISSED) |
87 | 6.70 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State |
(14:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 T.Jackson pass complete deep right to #0 D.Wade caught at UCF… |
83 | 6.54 |
| 2 | North Carolina A&T |
Jaden Nixon run for 66 yds for a TD (Noe Ruelas KICK) |
66 | 6.24 |
| 8 | West Virginia |
Tayven Jackson pass complete to Chris Domercant for 40 yds for a TD (Noe Ruelas KICK) |
40 | 5.36 |
| 5 | Kansas State |
Jaden Nixon 54 Yd Run (Noe Ruelas Kick) |
54 | 5.34 |
| 8 | West Virginia |
Tayven Jackson pass complete to Chris Domercant for 34 yds for a TD (Noe Ruelas KICK) |
34 | 4.91 |