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at its 5-year level
Career64since 1936
Peak862017
Last 569seasons
#52 nationally · 3-3 (1-2 conf)
Résumé #53
Schedule so far #35
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
UCF Knights
Big 12 · Orlando, FL · FBC Mortgage Stadium · Head coach Scott Frost
Rival
Cincinnati · also East Carolina
Building rivalry
5-6 all time (11 meetings since 2015)
Cincinnati leads
Last: lost 20-11 (2025) · Cincinnati has won 2 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
2AP top-10
1All-Americans
43NFL picks
55.3%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1996. Every season →
Chemistry
64
70Foundation
57Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +7
early · #39 of 138
HC year4
Ret. starters46%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-3 | Big 12 | — | #52 | 69 | Scott Frost |
| 2025 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #71 | 63 | Scott Frost |
| 2024 | 4-8 | Big 12 | — | #42 | 72 | Gus Malzahn |
| 2023 | 6-7 | Big 12 | — | #38 | 73 | Gus Malzahn |
| 2022 | 9-5 | American Athletic | — | #47 | 71 | Gus Malzahn |
| 2021 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #68 | 65 | Gus Malzahn |
| 2020 | 6-4 | American Athletic | — | — | — | Josh Heupel |
| 2019 | 10-3 | American Athletic | #24 | #22 | 77 | Josh Heupel |
| 2018 | 12-1 | American Athletic | #11 | #16 | 79 | Josh Heupel |
| 2017 ★ | 13-0 | American Athletic | #6 | #10 | 86 | Scott Frost |
| 2016 | 6-7 | American Athletic | — | #71 | 63 | Scott Frost |
| 2015 | 0-12 | American Athletic | — | #119 | 40 | George O'Leary |
| 2014 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #65 | 64 | George O'Leary |
| 2013 | 12-1 | American Athletic | #10 | #31 | 74 | George O'Leary |
| 2012 | 10-4 | Conference USA | — | #45 | 71 | George O'Leary |
| 2011 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #72 | 62 | George O'Leary |
| 2010 | 11-3 | Conference USA | #21 | #45 | 70 | George O'Leary |
| 2009 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #65 | 63 | George O'Leary |
| 2008 | 4-8 | Conference USA | — | #100 | 53 | George O'Leary |
| 2007 | 10-4 | Conference USA | — | #41 | 72 | George O'Leary |
| 2006 | 4-8 | Conference USA | — | #100 | 52 | George O'Leary |
| 2005 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #81 | 59 | George O'Leary |
| 2004 | 0-11 | Mid-American | — | #115 | 34 | George O'Leary |
| 2003 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #106 | 46 | Mike Kruczek; Alan Gooch |
| 2002 | 7-5 | Mid-American | — | #65 | 64 | Mike Kruczek |
| 2001 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #52 | 68 | Mike Kruczek |
| 2000 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #69 | 63 | Mike Kruczek |
| 1999 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #84 | 57 | Mike Kruczek |
| 1998 | 9-2 | FBS Independents | — | #37 | 71 | Mike Kruczek |
| 1997 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #39 | 71 | Gene McDowell |
| 1996 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #87 | 55 | Gene McDowell |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.