Big 12 Tiebreaker Tracker 202620252024

The 2025 season as it finished, with the official tiebreaking procedures applied to the final results.

UCF Knights

5-7 overall · 2-7 Big 12 · 13th in the standings

The schedule

Week 1
Jacksonville State 10 at UCF 17 non-conf
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 80°F, 5 mph, 92% rain
UCF -19.2
model UCF +6.2 · actual +7 · covered by 0.8
Week 2
North Carolina A&T 7 at UCF 68 non-conf
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 79°F, 5 mph, 91% rain
UCF -37.5
model UCF +47.8 · actual +61 · covered by 13.2
Week 4
North Carolina 9 at UCF 34 non-conf
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 78°F, 5 mph, 85% rain
UCF -7.2
model UCF +7.7 · actual +25 · covered by 17.3
Week 5
UCF 20 at Kansas State 34
final
Bill Snyder Family Stadium · Manhattan, KS
Average 72°F, 8 mph, 29% rain
Kansas State -5.8
model UCF -10.5 · actual -14 · fell short by 3.5
Week 6
Kansas 27 at UCF 20
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 76°F, 7 mph, 72% rain
Kansas -3.8
model UCF -1.6 · actual -7 · fell short by 5.4
Week 7
UCF 11 at Cincinnati 20
final
Nippert Stadium · Cincinnati, OH
Average 63°F, 6 mph, 35% rain
Cincinnati -10.3
model UCF -5.8 · actual -9 · fell short by 3.2
Week 8
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 73°F, 7 mph, 46% rain
UCF -6.5
model UCF +6.8 · actual +32 · covered by 25.2
Week 10
UCF 3 at Baylor 30
final
McLane Stadium · Waco, TX
Average 62°F, 8 mph, 37% rain
Baylor -3.2
model UCF -4.4 · actual -27 · fell short by 22.6
Week 11
Houston 30 at UCF 27
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 71°F, 7 mph, 54% rain
UCF -1.3
model UCF -3.7 · actual -3 · covered by 0.7
Week 12
UCF 9 at Texas Tech 48
final
Jones AT&T Stadium · Lubbock, TX
Average 55°F, 9 mph, 17% rain
Texas Tech -24.3
model UCF -27.2 · actual -39 · fell short by 11.8
Week 13
final
FBC Mortgage Stadium · Orlando, FL
Average 65°F, 6 mph, 33% rain
UCF -13.2
model UCF +14.7 · actual +3 · fell short by 11.7
Week 14
UCF 21 at BYU 41
final
LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT
Average 36°F, 3 mph, 34% rain
BYU -17.5
model UCF -17.0 · actual -20 · fell short by 3.0

Every game, conference and not. Each game carries the blend's line on the season's final ratings against the result: what the systems made of the matchup with the whole season known, not what they said before kickoff.

The Nerds on UCF

Systemrating (pts)in the Big 12picking UCF games
SP+ (2025)-3.013 of 1611-0
Elo (2025)-2.513 of 1611-0
SRS (2025)-2.113 of 1612-0
Vegas11-1

Points better than an average FBS team, each system on its own scale. The record is each system's favorite in UCF's games this season, on the season's final ratings. See The Model.

The draw and the rotation

Expected conference wins on this slate: 3.4, +0.34 against the same team on the average draw, the 14th hardest of 16. Hardest slate for UCF would be Colorado's (2.4), easiest Houston's (3.7).

Misses this season:

From The Draw and The Rotation.

Home gates

  • Wk 1 vs Jacksonville State: 43,043 (77°F)
  • Wk 2 vs North Carolina A&T: 44,009 (79°F)
  • Wk 4 vs North Carolina: 44,206 (87°F)
  • Wk 6 vs Kansas: 43,229 (77°F)
  • Wk 8 vs West Virginia: 43,445 (81°F)
  • Wk 11 vs Houston: 44,206 (72°F)
  • Wk 13 vs Oklahoma State: 41,723 (80°F)
Seasonhome gamesaveragebest
2023644,01544,206
2024743,04745,702
2025743,40944,206

From Attendance.

In the Big 12

Seasonconf.overallfinish
20233-66-610
20242-74-813

Regular season, as the tracker keeps it, with ties left standing. Seasons this team was not in the conference are not listed.