For the first time in school history, UCF has received enough votes to be ranked in the Top 25, ranking No. 23 and No. 25 in the Coaches’ Poll and AP Polls, respectively.
UCF (7-2, 5-0 in C-USA) received 99 points in the coaches’ poll, putting them at No. 23 in the Top 25. They also received 74 votes in the Assosciated Press Top 25 poll. UCF is the highest-ranked team in Florida in the Coaches’ poll, ahead of No. 24 Florida, Florida State and Miami.
In the AP poll, they are second highest, behind Florida at No. 24.
UCF also received some good news as they were awarded a Top 25 spot in the Harris Interactive poll as well. They received 109 votes in that as well and are behind No. 23 Florida for the top spot in the state.
Unfortunately, the Knights were held out of the BCS rankings. Florida is ranked as the No. 22 team in the country according to the BCS. The BCS rankings are decided from 1/3 of the Coaches’ poll, 1/3 of the Harris poll and 1/3 computers.
The Knights are coming off a 40-33 win over Houston on Friday, a game shown nationally on ESPN2. It was their fifth-consecutive victory of the season and their 11th straight win in conference play, the third-longest conference winning streak in the nation.
Prior to the move to the FBS (Division I-A) in 1996, UCF was a regularly ranked in the lower division Top 25 rankings.
More updates to come.
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