The War on I-4 is going to be a annual contest, as the Big East officially announced the division structure for the new-look conference on Tuesday.
UCF and USF are both in the East division along with Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville and Rutgers. The West division will consist of Boise State, Houston, Memphis, San Diego State, SMU, and Temple.
These divisions are not set in stone for the long term, however. An ESPN report speculated that once Navy joins the Big East in 2015, the divisions will change again promoting cross-geographic play. The report has UCF and USF joining different divisions, but the annual contest between the two would remain.
In 2013, UCF will play eight conference games and four non-conference games. Five of those games will be against conference rivals, including the USF Bulls and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. For non-conference games the Knights will face Akron, FIU, Bethune-Cookman, and South Carolina, respectively.
The Knights have their next game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at noon on Saturday, November 17th. This is a key matchup for the Knights being that UCF and Tulsa have the two best records in Conference USA.
