For the first time since last season, UCF started the same quarterback that it had the previous week. It was Dillon Gabriel, the true freshman from Hawaii, who passed for 347 yards and four touchdowns in UCF’s Week 3 victory over Stanford—but that’s not to say the Knights’ job is Gabriel’s. For now, it could be anyone’s, and that might not be a bad thing.
By throttling Stanford, 45–27, Saturday, UCF delivered the biggest regular-season win since it rose to national prominence with an undefeated 2017. Since the start of that season, the Knights (who play in the American Athletic Conference) have had five Power 5 opponents on their schedule, and they’ve gone 4–1 in such matchups.