Early 2026 UCF Season Preview | Cover 3 Summer School
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Bud Elliott and Andrew Cherico of Knights247 preview UCF’s 2026 season.
They discuss Scott Frost entering year two back in Orlando, the expectations facing the Knights, and whether a favorable schedule could help UCF emerge as a contender in the Big 12. Plus, a look at the roster, key players, and what success looks like in 2026.
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(0:00) Vibes in Orlando
(0:50) Scott Frost
(2:40) Quarterbacks
(4:40) Running Backs
(7:13) Wide Receivers
(8:40) Offensive Line
(12:20) Defensive Line
(14:28) Linebackers
(16:14) Secondary
(19:44) Schedule Breakdown
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| 0:00.0 | Indiana can sort of cement itself as we are no longer this team that's going to be fighting for six wins anymore. |
| 0:07.3 | Malachi Tony, is he going to be ready? |
| 0:09.3 | Dante Moore, he showed improvement, better command. |
| 0:18.1 | What's going on, y'all, Bud Elliott, here up the Cover 3 College Ball podcast, and this is summer school. |
| 0:22.3 | We are back in session. It's Andrew Cherko. First-time guest here, nights 247. Orlando lives about 10 minutes from my house, I think, so could have done this in person, man. Good to meet you. But thank you for having me on, man. I look forward to this. This is a great opportunity for your bringing me here, and I can't wait to chat some UCF. |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, man, for sure. |
| 0:40.3 | So, you know, five and... But thank you for having me on, man. I look forward to this. This is a great opportunity for you bringing me here, and I can't wait to chat some UCF. |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, man, for sure. |
| 0:40.4 | So, you know, five and seven last year, I'd say like kind of about, well, if it's expected, how they got there was, you know, kind of a winding road, I guess. but, you know, Scott Frost's first year, how would you describe the overall kind of view of the job he's doing so far, |
| 0:56.1 | what he's trying to build the second time around UCF from your fans and people you interact with? |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah. So we look at his first year as year zero. He had over 70 players that he had to bring onto |
| 1:08.0 | this new roster. He was developed a whole new coaching staff as well as younger guys on the team. |
| 1:13.9 | So there was kind of like leeway given in the first year. |
| 1:17.0 | And they still did, I think, better than a lot of people have expected at five and seven |
| 1:21.2 | when they were ranked just about the lowest in the Big 12, quite into the season. |
| 1:25.5 | There was a couple pieces that you had to be really happy with last year. |
| 1:29.1 | There was a few games where, you know, the Knights felt like they were right in it until |
| 1:32.5 | the end and a few of those catastrophic mistakes, a few bad turnovers, bad penalties |
| 1:37.9 | that really derailed them. |
| 1:39.3 | I think that's what Coach Frost is aiming to clean up the second season in Orlando |
| 1:44.0 | during his second tenure |
| 1:45.3 | with the Knights. |
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