Central FL will travel 95 miles to St. Petersburg to play in-state in a virtual home game while NC State will travel 601 miles to St. Petersburg

UCF brutal start at 0-2 including heartbreaking loss in Ireland and hangover to super underrated Missouri squad. All this while being rebuilt after losing Blake Bortles. Replacement sophomore Justin Holman coming on strong and if he started PSU game, may have won. UCF defense holds teams to .6 yards per rushing attempt below normal average and 1.0 yards per pass below. All three UCF losses were out of state (one out of country). They even won at USF so 7-0 straight up in state, 6-1 against the spread.

Home field, great defense, improving passing game means UCF is the play.