UCF·American Athletic

2022 — The Winning Chapter

UCF's 2022 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Military Bowl
AP final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +1.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Sta 56-10 L vs Louisv 14-20 W @ Flor Atl 40-14 W vs Geor Tec 27-10 W vs SMU 41-19 W vs Temple 70-13 L @ East Car 13-34 W vs Cincin 25-21 W @ Memphis 35-28 W @ Tulane 38-31 L vs Navy 14-17 W @ Sout Flo 46-39 L @ Tulane 28-45 L @ Duke 13-30 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2022.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: UCF 70, Temple 13. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UCF 13, East Carolina 34. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UCF fell to Duke 13-30 in the postseason.

"Charge On"
— UCF fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What it meant

2022 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.