UC is built on defense and often the scoreboard does not reflect the amount of how much they outplay teams as points are tough to come by. They are a dichotomous spread and straight up team. This means if a team is consistently winning outright but failing to cover or losing outright and covering, we ride the spread streak. This has proven to be a way to isolate over and undervalued teams.

Though 23-3 straight up, they have dropped four straight where it counts and 7-of-9. With Louisville on the horizon in three days, this is a huge look ahead situation.

On the other hand, this is the highest ranked team to play at Central Florida this season. In fact, will be the first time in UCF history that it has hosted an opponent ranked in the top 10. They will have a March Madness type intensity.

UCF is finally trending the right way off a very competitive road game at Memphis followed up with a road win at South Florida. Finally playing with some confidence and there is little doubt is much more important for UCF to look respectable than for a Cincinnati team with bigger fish to fry.

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