The UCF Knights have secured a BCS bid for the first time ever.
Louisville’s win against Cincinnati on Thursday night means the No. 16 Knights have clinched the first BCS bowl bid in school history. The Cardinals rallied for a 31-24 overtime win at Cincinnati giving UCF the American Athletic Conference’s automatic Bowl Championship Series bid.
Current projections have UCF playing in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2. CBS Sports currently has the Knights playing Auburn in that matchup. Final bowl selections won’t be made until Sunday night on the Vizio BCS Selection Show at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.
UCF plays SMU this Saturday and a win would give UCF an outright conference championship. A loss would still mean UCF gets the BCS berth since the Knights already defeated Louisville.
“The football team’s concern this week is SMU,” Coach O’Leary said. “If we win that game then we win the championship outright. That’s what our goal is. Anything else that happens, we have no control over.”
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