As UCF prepares to open the season under new coach Scott Frost , the Knights hope to answer plenty of questions heading into the 2025-26 season.

Can UCF recapture lightning in a bottle?

It took Frost two short seasons to take UCF from the depths of disappointment to the pinnacle of perfection with an undefeated season that included a win over Auburn in a New Year’s Six Access Bowl game and a claimed national championship in 2017.

“There’s no way you can have a better two-year turnaround than what we had,” said Frost. “I thought it would be a three-year turnaround when I came, so I thought we’d have to recruit to it and develop to it.”

Eight years later, under different circumstances, Frost believes the Knights can find success despite being in a tough league with established teams

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