UCF·American Athletic

2018 — The Top-10 Year

UCF finished 2018 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-1
Final result 12-win season Lost the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #7 post-bowls
SP+ +7.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ UConn 56-17 W vs Sout Sta 38-0 W vs Flor Atl 56-36 W vs Pittsb 45-14 W vs SMU 48-20 W @ Memphis 31-30 W @ East Car 37-10 W vs Temple 52-40 W vs Navy 35-24 W vs Cincin 38-13 W @ Sout Flo 38-10 W vs Memphis 56-41 L vs LSU 32-40 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: UCF 56, UConn 17. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UCF 32, LSU 40. A 8-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UCF fell to LSU 32-40 in the postseason.

"Charge On"
— UCF fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for UCF — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.