Pregame analysis and predictions of the Cincinnati Bearcats vs. UCF Knights NCAAF game to be played on October 12, 2024 on ESPN.

The Knights took a 5-4 edge in the all-time series last season and simultaneously captured their first Big 12 win at the Bearcats' expense.

Fortunately, UCF is reopening campus and Saturday's 3:30 game between UC and UCF is on. UCF has had experience with weather issues when their home game with Sam Houston State was delayed by a storm early in the season.

The Knights were previously picked to finish last in their inaugural season in the league, but move up to 11th in Year 2.

Kansas State basketball forward Coleman Hawkins was voted co-newcomer and named to the preseason all-conference second team, but that was all the love the Wildcats got from Big 12 coaches Thursday ahead of the 2024-25 season.

The last time Colorado moved conferences and were picked to finish second last in the subsequent preseason media poll, the Buffs were crowned Pac-12 Champions. History probably won’t repeat itself, but Tad Boyle has a year’s worth of motivation that his team was picked 15th out of 16 teams in the Big 12 preseason media poll.

The leaders of the SEC and Big Ten want to see how the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff works before deciding what comes next.

The leaders of the SEC and Big Ten want to see how the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff works before deciding

The leaders of the Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference want to see how the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff works before deciding what comes next. Representatives from both powerful leagues met Thursday with Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to go over the changing landscape of college athletics.