UCF vs. Cincinnati Prediction 10-12-24 College Football Tips

The Cincinnati Bearcats and the UCF Knights meet on Saturday afternoon in Week 7 college football action at FBC Mortgage Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and identify the best bets for this game. Here is a UCF vs. Cincinnati prediction.

Summary of Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Bearcats come into this game looking to bounce back from the loss early in their bye week. They lost to Texas Tech 44-41 in their last game and fell to 3-2 on the year. After that game, Cincinnati travels home for a matchup against Arizona State.

Bearcats want to get back on track

Brendan Sorsby has thrown for 1,481 yards, 12 touchdowns and one interception on a 66.3% pass rate, while Corey Kiner has thrown for a team-high 413 yards with 2 touchdowns and Evan Pryor has 239 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. Xzavier Henderson leads the Bearcats in receiving with 32 grabs for 453 yards and 4 touchdowns, while Joe Royer has 263 receiving yards with 2 touchdowns. Four other Bearcats also have over 100 receiving yards this year. On defense, Jared Bartlett has a team-high 24 total tackles with two sacks, while Eric Phillips has a team-high 4 sacks and Josh Minkins has two interceptions. As a unit, Cincinnati’s defense totaled 10 sacks and 3 interceptions.

Why the Cincinnati Bearcats will win

• UCF has lost each of its last three games in October as a favorite against teams not in the AP rankings.
• Cincinnati has won eight of its last 10 road games in October.
• UCF failed to cover the spread in each of its last four games in October against teams not ranked in the AP rankings.
• The underdog has covered the lead in 11 of UCF’s last 14 games.

UCF Summary

The UCF Knights come into this game looking to rebound from two straight losses after losing to Florida 24-13 last time out and falling to 3-2 on the year. After this game, UCF will head to a matchup with Iowa State.

Knights try to right the ship

KJ Jefferson threw for 1,012 yards, 7 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on a 59.3% pass rate, while RJ Harvey also threw for 600 yards and 9 touchdowns this year. Peny Boones has added 208 rushing yards with 2 touchdowns while Kobe Hudson has a team-high 363 receiving yards and 16 receiving yards with 2 touchdowns. Harvey and Randy Pittman Jr. also each have over 150 receiving yards this year. On defense, Deshawn Pace has a team-high 27 total tackles, including 20 solo tackles and two interceptions.

Why the UCF Knights will win

• Cincinnati has lost each of its last four games in October.
• UCF has won 36 of its last 42 games against non-AP ranked teams at FBC Mortgage Stadium.
• Cincinnati has failed to cover the spread in each of its last nine October games against teams not ranked in the AP.
• UCF has covered the spread in four of its last five home games in October.

UCF vs Cincinnati Prediction

I’m here in Cincinnati. I know going into the bounce house is never easy, but I’m very worried about UCF as they haven’t looked good the last few weeks and quite frankly have been overrun, to put it nicely. The Bearcats have a rock-solid offense that has worked well in most of their games so far, and I think the Bearcats can do it here. Give me Cincinnati.