UCF Football 2026 Season Prediction
Backdoor Cover’s college football model projects UCF to finish 8-4 in 2026, with 7.6 expected wins. Up 1.2 wins from the preseason projection. UCF makes the 12-team Playoff in 1% of my simulated seasons.
The model gives UCF a 1% chance to win the Big 12 outright. The model has picked 4 of 6 UCF games correctly this season.
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UCF earns a first-round bye in 0% of simulations.
Game by game
Upcoming games show my model’s win probability for UCF. Played games show the result.
- Week 1Thu Sep 3
vs Bethune-CookmanWon73-6 - Week 2Sat Sep 12
at PittsburghLost7-12 - Week 3Sat Sep 19Won44-30
- Week 4Sat Sep 26
vs TCUWon21-13 - Week 5Sat Oct 3
at HoustonLost17-27 - Week 6Sat Oct 10Lost28-42
- Week 8Sat Oct 24
vs BYUWon39-31 - Week 9Fri Oct 30
vs Baylor68% chance UCF wins - Week 10Sat Nov 7
at Kansas63% chance UCF wins - Week 11Sat Nov 1478% chance UCF wins
- Week 12Fri Nov 20
vs Iowa State78% chance UCF wins - Week 13Sat Nov 28
at Colorado73% chance UCF wins
How many games UCF wins
Share of 4,000 simulated seasons ending on each regular-season win total.
Most likely: 8-4 (38% of simulations). Regular season, 12 games.
Expected wins since the preseason
From 6.4 in the preseason to 7.6 now.
How the model is doing. 232–205–7 against the spread (53.1%), 156–131 on totals (54.4%) and 317–127 straight up (71.4%) on every game this season, graded at DraftKings’ closing line.
Backdoor Cover Picks
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