UCF Knights

By Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The UCF Knights prepare for the 2026 football season after a busy transfer portal period. Contributors who covered the team throughout last season at Sons of UCF share their thoughts about the adjustments and new additions to the roster. This year’s panel includes beat reporter and Knights247 writer…

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The weekly release of the AP Top 25 poll usually comes with little surprise to Big 12 programs, which are routinely littered throughout the stanza, particularly in the Top 10. However, when the latest poll dropped on Monday, the Big 12 internet was caught off guard by one…

By Adam Eaton Wave two in the portal The UCF Knights coaching staff continued to work the transfer portal, searching for additions in key areas to bolster the 2026 roster. The most significant needs are along the offensive and defensive line, where the Knights lost key players to graduation and transfers.  To rebuild, the Knights…

By Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF UCF solidifies QB1 with Alonza Barnett III The UCF Knights wasted very little time locking down the QB position with the signing of Alonza Barnett III from James Madison University. With the portal opening on January 2nd, Scott Frost and staff made the redshirt senior Barnett a priority, hosting him on January…

By Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF Welcome to Portal Season We have now entered the offseason, when vague emojis and the phrase “with that being said” stir up all kinds of emotions among coaches, players, and fans. That’s right, folks: buckle up for portal season! For the UCF Knights, the portal intentions have been coming in…

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF  FINAL SCORE: UCF 21 – BYU 41 It’s happened to all of us football fans at some point in our lives. You see the score of a game you aren’t currently watching, and it is much different from what you expected. You likely let out an audible gasp…

BY Adam Eaton FINAL SCORE: UCF 17 – Oklahoma State 14 “Saying it wasn’t a great first half is probably an understatement” – Scott Frost No truer statement can be spoken about the first 30 minutes of UCF’s performance against Oklahoma State, which saw them trailing 14-0 as they walked through the tunnel and into…

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF An old moniker for the city of Lubbock, Texas, is “Lucky me, I live in Lubbock”, but for the UCF Knights, there was nothing lucky about their trip to the heart of Northwest Texas this past weekend. FINAL SCORE: Texas Tech 48 – UCF 9 The Red Raiders…

BY Trace Trylko | Sons of UCF “All good things must come to an end.” And so it goes for UCF’s once undefeated run in the Space Game as the Knights lost bragging rights to Houston – that other Space City. FINAL SCORE: Houston 30 – UCF 27 The Knights were hindered by the same…

BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The refrain of the 2025 UCF Knights football season has been one of patience. After all, Scott Frost took over a team that was 4-8 the year prior and had to put together a new roster and coaching staff with very little lead-up time. Frost also lost a…