UCF by the numbers against P4 opponents (through 9/28)

[Bring Back Wackadoos]

I filtered out UCF's stats against New Hampshire and Sam Houston State to give all of us a better idea how UCF is stacking up against other P4 opponents. Small sample-size so far, but here is the story:

First Downs
UCF 54
OPP 52

3rd down
UCF 17-34 (50%)
OPP 15-26 (58%)

Total yards
UCF 980
OPP 878

Passing yards
UCF 514
OPP 692

Sacks
UCF 2
OPP 5

Rushing yards
UCF 98/466 (4.75)
OPP 46/186 (4.04)

Penalties
UCF 12/125
OPP 14/115

Turnovers
UCF 4
OPP 1

Kicking
UCF FG 0/3
OPP FG 4/5

 

[Bring Back Wackadoos]

The good:
-For as leaky as UCF's defense has been, UCF's offense has been able to keep pace in total yardage.
-The run game is obviously the strength of UCF's offense, although against P4 teams the numbers haven't been as dominant (compared to how UCF fared against FCS/G5 schools).
-Statistically, UCF"s run defense is much improved compared to last season. But running the football is not the strength of either TCU or Colorado. It remains to be seen if/how much UCF has improved in this area.

The bad and the ugly:
-Pass defense: UCF's pass rush is non-existent, and it's been that way for a few years now. With opposing quarterbacks having all the time in the world, UCF's secondary is getting cooked to the tune of nearly 350 yards a contest.
-Turnovers: Because UCF's defense is playing so poorly (and not forcing turnovers), unfortunately the offense has to play near perfectly to win (like they did against TCU in the second half, moving the ball, zero turnovers/mistakes). Same bad position the defense put the offense in against Colorado, but turning the ball over four times in that game obviously created a very different story.
-Kicking game: The two blocked kicks make these numbers look incredibly gross (and the other Boomer missed was from 55 yards), but still - have to get a lot better here.

 

[hemightbejeremy]

Colorado defense was supposedly terrible and TCU just gave up 30 to a team that hadn’t scored since early September and 60..70? To SMU. So I take these offensive numbers with a grain of salt.

 

[goodknightfl]

I don't know that we can figure anything out of those 2 games. TCU isn't good and we beat them in a come from behind nail biter.
Colorado is better but how much we don't know and they kicked our butt. Over all it doesn't make me hopeful.

 

[mattropolis]

The good:
-For as leaky as UCF's defense has been, UCF's offense has been able to keep pace in total yardage.
-The run game is obviously the strength of UCF's offense, although against P4 teams the numbers haven't been as dominant (compared to how UCF fared against FCS/G5 schools).
-Statistically, UCF"s run defense is much improved compared to last season. But running the football is not the strength of either TCU or Colorado. It remains to be seen if/how much UCF has improved in this area.

The bad and the ugly:
-Pass defense: UCF's pass rush is non-existent, and it's been that way for a few years now. With opposing quarterbacks having all the time in the world, UCF's secondary is getting cooked to the tune of nearly 350 yards a contest.
-Turnovers: Because UCF's defense is playing so poorly (and not forcing turnovers), unfortunately the offense has to play near perfectly to win (like they did against TCU in the second half, moving the ball, zero turnovers/mistakes). Same bad position the defense put the offense in against Colorado, but turning the ball over four times in that game obviously created a very different story.
-Kicking game: The two blocked kicks make these numbers look incredibly gross (and the other Boomer missed was from 55 yards), but still - have to get a lot better here.

He looked like he tweaked something when he shanked the kickoff last week as well. I don’t have high confidence in him.

 

[Bring Back Wackadoos]

Colorado defense was supposedly terrible and TCU just gave up 30 to a team that hadn’t scored since early September and 60..70? To SMU. So I take these offensive numbers with a grain of salt.

I tend to agree. Not super impressed with that win. It's funny, I mentioned a few days ago that TCU isn't very good and people on here told me it was too early in the season to tell if TCU was any good or not.

After last night's performance against Houston, I think we know.