The 2017 season's largest margin: UCF 61, Florida International 17. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Top-10 Year
UCF finished 2017 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- McKenzie MiltonQB4,037 passing yards
- Adrian Killins Jr.RB790 rushing yards
- Otis AndersonRB494 rushing yards
- Taj McGowanRB235 rushing yards
- Tre'Quan SmithWR1,171 receiving yards
- Dredrick SnelsonWR695 receiving yards
- Jordan AkinsWR515 receiving yards
- Pat JasinskiLB104 tackles
- Chequan BurkettILB82 tackles
- Shaquem GriffinLB74 tackles
- Jamiyus PittmanDL4.5 sacks
- Shawn Burgess-BeckerLB2 sacks
- Trysten HillDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's last act: UCF beat Auburn 34-27 in the postseason.
"Charge On"
2017 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.