ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF's 2025 football schedule features seven home games, including four Big 12 games and a home matchup with Bill Belichick's North Carolina Tar Heels, the league announced Tuesday.
The Knights open their season with two non-conference home games at FBC Mortgage Stadium — the first on Thursday, Aug. 28 against Jacksonville State and then North Carolina A&T on Saturday, Sept. 6, to kick off Family Weekend. Kickoff times have not been announced yet.
UCF's other non-conference game will be against Atlantic Coast Conference opponent North Carolina on Sept. 20.
When UCF begins conference play, coach Scott Frost's first in the Big 12 with the Knights will be on the road at Kansas State on Sept. 27. Their home conference games will be against Kansas on Oct. 4, West Virginia on Oct. 18 for Homecoming, Houston on Nov. 8 for the Space Game, and Oklahoma State on Nov. 22. No Black Friday game will be played this season.
The schedule includes two home games each in September, October and November, and the Knights don't play any back-to-back road games.
- Aug. 28 vs. Jacksonville State
- Sept. 6 vs. NC A&T (Family Weekend)
- Sept. 13 — Off
- Sept. 20 vs. North Carolina
- Sept. 27 at Kansas State
- Oct. 4 vs. Kansas
- Oct. 11 at Cincinnati
- Oct. 18 vs. West Virginia (Homecoming)
- Oct. 25 — Off
- Nov. 1 at Baylor
- Nov. 8 vs. Houston (Space Game)
- Nov. 15 at Texas Tech
- Nov. 22 vs. Oklahoma State (Senior Knight)
- Nov. 29 at BYU