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The first college football poll of the 2019 season has dropped, and the UCF Knights will start the campaign tied with Wisconsin at #17 in the USA Today/Amway Coaches’ Poll.
It’s the highest-ever preseason ranking for UCF in the Coaches’ Poll. The Knights were 23rd coming into last season.
Here’s the link to the full poll:
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— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) August 1, 2019
Some notes:
- UCF plays #23 Stanford in Orlando on September 14th.
- UCF is the only non-A5 school in the Top 25. Boise State would be 27th.
- Among The American, Cincinnati, Memphis and Houston all received votes but were not ranked.
- UCF didn’t jump above #17 last year until Week 4, when they moved from #18 to #14.
- The Knights peaked at #7 last year and finished in 12th.
- It took until Week 8 for UCF to reach #17 in the Coaches’ Poll in 2017, and Week 14 in 2013.
Here’s a look at UCF in the Coaches’ Poll:
UCF in the Coaches’ Poll
Week | 2013 | 2017 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|
Week | 2013 | 2017 | 2018 |
Preseason | – | – | 23 |
1 | – | – | 20 |
2 | – | – | 18 |
3 | – | – | 18 |
4 | – | – | 14 |
5 | – | 25 | 13 |
6 | – | 21 | 9 |
7 | – | 10 | 9 |
8 | 25 | 17 | 10 |
9 | 22 | 14 | 9 |
10 | 21 | 12 | 11 |
11 | 19 | 12 | 11 |
12 | 20 | 12 | 9 |
13 | 19 | 11 | 7 |
14 | 17 | 10 | 7 |
15 | 15 | (No Week 15 Poll) | (No Week 15 Poll) |
Final | 12 | 7 | 12 |
The AP Poll drops on August 19th.