Two 5-4 teams riding one-game winning streaks meet Saturday with nothing but pride and tape to settle.
Arizona State Sun Devils (5-4, W1) travel to face the UCF Knights (5-4, W1) on Saturday, November 14, 2026, with kickoff set for 5:30 PM ET at Acrisure Bounce House, televised on ESPN2.
Arizona State enters having won three of its last five, while UCF has also won three of its last five, each club coming off a victory last week.
Game details
| When | Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM ET |
| Where | Acrisure Bounce House |
| TV | ESPN2 |
| Line | UCF Knights -3.5 | O/U 47.5 (market view) |
| Arizona State Sun Devils record | 5-4 |
| UCF Knights record | 5-4 |
The matchup
Arizona State closed out Week 10 with a 20-10 win over the Colorado Buffaloes at home. Before that it was a mixed bag: a 20-27 road loss to the BYU Cougars, a 28-17 home win over the Kansas State Wildcats, a lopsided 25-53 road loss to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and a 30-12 home win over the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors. The Sun Devils have scored 256 points this season against 246 allowed, a margin that lines up with a team capable of blowing teams out and getting blown out in the same month.
UCF enters off a 33-32 road win over the Kansas Jayhawks, a game that came down to the wire. The Knights have had their own swings, too: a 9-41 home loss to the Baylor Bears, a 39-31 home win over BYU, a 28-42 road loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and a 17-27 road loss to the Houston Cougars. UCF has outscored opponents 271 to 234 on the year, the better scoring margin of the two sides heading into Saturday.
Key matchups
With no individual stat lines to lean on, the storyline here is about which team's scoring trend shows up. Arizona State has been capable of smothering an opponent, as it did against Colorado and Hawai'i, but it's also allowed 53 points in a single game to Texas Tech this season. UCF's defense, which has given up 234 points on the year, will want to avoid letting the Sun Devils find that same big-play rhythm.
On the other side, UCF's offense has been streaky but productive, scoring in bunches against BYU and grinding out a one-point win over Kansas. Arizona State's defense, which has allowed 246 points overall, faces a UCF attack that just found 33 points on the road last week. Whichever offense sets the tone early could dictate how this one finishes.
The pick
UCF is favored by 3.5 points with the market pointing to a 26-22 final, and the number tracks with a Knights team that owns the better scoring margin this season. Arizona State has shown it can hang in shootouts and in low-scoring grinds alike, so a tight finish wouldn't be a shock given both teams' recent form. Call it a slight edge to UCF at home, but Arizona State's one-game winning streak makes this one worth watching into the fourth quarter.
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Arizona State Sun Devils | Wk10 W 20-10 vs Colorado Buffaloes, Wk9 L 20-27 vs BYU Cougars, Wk8 W 28-17 vs Kansas State Wildcats |
| UCF Knights | Wk10 W 33-32 vs Kansas Jayhawks, Wk9 L 9-41 vs Baylor Bears, Wk8 W 39-31 vs BYU Cougars |
Written by Cole Saturday, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores and box scores), and checked against that data before it published automatically. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.