Cincinnati vs. UCF

Cincinnati and UCF have 11 meetings on file, the first in 2015; Cincinnati leads the series 6–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Cincinnati has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2027 at UCF. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Cincinnati wins
6
UCF wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2015
Longest streak
3 UCF
Current streak
2 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s2–⁠3
2020s4–⁠2
Both ranked
1 meeting: Cincinnati 0, UCF 1
Average margin
16.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
4–⁠2 Cincinnati’s record at home
At UCF
3–⁠2 UCF’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win2015: Cincinnati 52, UCF 7by 45 points
  2. UCF’s biggest win2017: UCF 51, Cincinnati 23by 28 points
  3. Ranked showdown2018: UCF 38, Cincinnati 13No. 19 Cincinnati at No. 11 UCF

Coach against coach

YearsCincinnatiSeriesUCF
2018–⁠2020Luke Fickell2–⁠1Josh Heupel

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Fickell 2–⁠1 against Heupel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and UCF, 2015 on130015001700201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jerome Ford Cincinnati20 carries, 189 yards, 4 TD2021 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2018.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 11, 2025Cincinnati 20, UCF 11at Cincinnati
Oct 12, 2024Cincinnati 19, UCF 13at UCF
Nov 4, 2023UCF 28, Cincinnati 26at Cincinnati
Oct 29, 2022UCF 25, 20Cincinnati 21at UCF
Oct 16, 20213Cincinnati 56, UCF 21at Cincinnati
Nov 21, 20207Cincinnati 36, UCF 33at UCF
Oct 4, 2019Cincinnati 27, 18UCF 24at Cincinnati
Nov 17, 201811UCF 38, 19Cincinnati 13at UCF
Oct 7, 201725UCF 51, Cincinnati 23at Cincinnati
Nov 12, 2016UCF 24, Cincinnati 3at UCF
Oct 31, 2015Cincinnati 52, UCF 7at Cincinnati

Every game is listed as played on the field.