UCF Is No. 12 In First CFP Rankings
UCF remains one of four unbeaten teams in FBS football, along with Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame, as the Knights stand at 7-0 and riding a 20-game winning streak that dates to last season. UCF was ranked No. 12 Tuesday in the first in-season ranking by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. That slot matches the Knights’ final CFP ranking from last season and is the highest rank of an American Athletic Conference team in any of the initial rankings of the CFP’s first five seasons.
Three From The American Are Maxwell Award Semifinalists; Oliver On Bednarik Award List
Three players from the American Athletic Conference are among the 20 semifinalists for the 2018 Maxwell Award, which goes to the nation’s outstanding player.