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What we learned: No. 7 Cincinnati is still standing after taking UCF's best punch

The University of Cincinnati football team was left woozy and stammering on several occasions Saturday. But after taking UCF's best punch, the Bearcats are still standing and are still undefeated.

Desmond Ridder accounted for four touchdowns, Cincinnati's defense did enough to put the clamps on the No. 1 offense in the country, and the No. 7 Bearcats (both Associated Press and Coaches polls) defeated the Knights 36-33 in their first-ever win at UCF's Bounce House.

"Wow. What a hard, hard fought game," Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell said. "That is a really good football team that, on senior night, gave us everything we could handle.