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Houston vs. UCF

Houston and UCF have 13 meetings on file, the first in 2005; UCF leads the series 8–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s UCF 6–⁠4, and Houston has won the last 2.

Houston wins
5
UCF wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
4 UCF
Current streak
2 Houston
Last 10 meetings
UCF 6–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠2
2010s2–⁠4
2020s2–⁠2
Average margin
12.7 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Houston
3–⁠3 Houston’s record at home
At UCF
5–⁠2 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. Houston’s biggest win2015: Houston 59, UCF 10by 49 points
  2. UCF’s biggest win2020: UCF 44, Houston 21by 23 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Houston and UCF, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

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

Shaquem Griffin UCF14 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 for loss, 1 INT2016 Defense
Phillip Dunnam UCF4 tackles, 3 INT, 1 TD2025 Defense

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

On television

2025FS10.7 million viewers
2026ESPN20.4 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 3, 202620Houston 27, UCF 17at Houston
Nov 7, 2025Houston 30, UCF 27at UCF
Nov 25, 2023UCF 27, Houston 13at UCF
Oct 31, 2020UCF 44, Houston 21at Houston
Nov 2, 2019UCF 44, Houston 29at UCF
Oct 29, 2016Houston 31, UCF 24at Houston
Oct 24, 201521Houston 59, UCF 10at UCF
Oct 2, 2014UCF 17, Houston 12at Houston
Nov 9, 201319UCF 19, Houston 14at UCF
Nov 5, 2010UCF 40, Houston 33at Houston
Nov 14, 2009UCF 37, 13Houston 32at UCF
Oct 28, 2006Houston 51, UCF 31at Houston
Nov 5, 2005UCF 31, Houston 29at UCF

Every game is listed as played on the field.