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CFB : ATS Matchup
Monday 1/1/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
UCF
 
AUBURN
+10.5  

-10.5  
+315

-425

66
 
34
Final
27

UCF (12 - 0) vs. AUBURN (10 - 3)
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Week 16 Monday, 1/1/2018 12:30 PM
CHICK-FIL-A BOWL - Mercedes-Benz Stadium - Atlanta, GA
Board OpenLatest
267UCF64.567
268AUBURN-9.5-11.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
UCF - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games12-0+9.77-37-449.428.3540.4(7.6)1.225.214.2428.5(5.8)2.4
Road Games5-0+5.73-12-339.223.4485.0(7.6)0.819.410.6378.6(5.1)2.4
Last 3 Games3-0+32-13-052.025.3547.7(7.1)1.738.721.3601.0(7.2)3.0
UCF - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)49.428.325.628:1639-201(5.2)23-3269.7%339(10.5)71-540(7.6)(10.9)
Opponents Defensive Avg.33.417.722.530:1640-179(4.5)20-3261.4%254(7.9)72-433(6)(13)
Offense Road Games39.223.420.625:2636-194(5.5)18-2864.5%291(10.3)64-485(7.6)(12.4)
Defense (All Games)25.214.221.030:2938-166(4.4)19-3654.4%263(7.4)73-428(5.8)(17)
Opponents Offensive Avg.30.115.221.730:4840-185(4.6)18-3158.4%240(7.6)72-424(5.9)(14.1)
Defense Road Games19.410.619.631:3439-161(4.1)18-3550.6%218(6.2)74-379(5.1)(19.5)

AUBURN - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games10-3+2.55-67-634.418.1454.0(6.3)1.317.37.8312.8(4.6)1.4
Road Games3-3-1.42-34-230.217.5389.5(5.4)0.721.79.5347.5(5.2)1.7
Last 3 Games2-1+0.71-20-325.010.3406.3(5.7)1.718.78.0356.0(5.3)1.3
Dome Games0-1-10-10-17.07.0259.0(4.1)2.028.010.0421.0(6.7)0.0
AUBURN - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)34.418.121.831:0846-228(5)17-2667.0%226(8.7)72-454(6.3)(13.2)
Opponents Defensive Avg.25.913.618.729:1737-160(4.3)17-2958.3%215(7.4)67-375(5.6)(14.5)
Offense Road Games30.217.519.831:5145-196(4.4)16-2759.4%193(7.2)71-389(5.4)(12.9)
Defense (All Games)17.37.816.428:5238-135(3.6)17-3055.0%178(5.9)68-313(4.6)(18.1)
Opponents Offensive Avg.30.51620.231:4242-201(4.8)16-2759.1%211(7.8)69-412(6)(13.5)
Defense Road Games21.79.517.528:0937-155(4.2)17-2958.5%192(6.6)66-347(5.2)(16)
Average power rating of opponents played: UCF 27.9,  AUBURN 41.5
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
UCF - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/4/2017@ SMU31-24W-14.5L74U36-20323-40-412337-20627-52-2831
11/11/2017CONNECTICUT49-24W-38L65.5O35-17325-38-346145-21218-31-2012
11/18/2017@ TEMPLE45-19W-12W59.5O40-13018-28-254035-19617-42-2015
11/24/2017S FLORIDA49-42W-10.5L64O40-16029-44-373139-15024-45-5032
12/2/2017MEMPHIS62-55W-6.5W79.5O39-23228-40-494445-28230-44-4712
1/1/2018*AUBURN            

AUBURN - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/4/2017@ TEXAS A&M42-27W-15T52O52-22820-27-268034-14316-33-2000
11/11/2017GEORGIA40-17W2.5W47.5O46-23717-25-251032-4613-29-1841
11/18/2017LA MONROE42-14W-39L67U48-31718-24-235241-11616-36-2173
11/25/2017ALABAMA26-14W4.5W47.5U49-16822-29-240138-21113-23-1031
12/2/2017*GEORGIA7-28L1.5L48U31-11416-32-145241-23816-22-1830
1/1/2018*UCF            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
UCF: Scott Frost was a miracle worker in his first year with UCF, as he inherited a 0-win team and got it to a bowl game. The Knights should be even better this season, as they return most of the starters from an impressive defense. They do, however, need the offense to be a lot better.
AUBURN: Auburn returns seven starters from a defense that allowed only 15.6 PPG last season (5th in CFB), and the Tigers also added highly touted Baylor transfer QB Jarrett Stidham. If he plays well then the sky is the limit.
PREVIEW
Auburn stands in way of UCF's perfect season
 

ATLANTA -- The Auburn Tigers hoped that the SEC Championship Game would be the first of two trips to Atlanta's new Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season.

Auburn was aiming for the College Football Playoff title game, though, and not the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

Instead, Georgia ended the Tigers' national championship hopes with a 28-7 victory in Atlanta on Dec. 2 and now Auburn is spending New Year's Day in Atlanta with much less at stake.

The Peach Bowl is a consolation price for No. 7 Auburn (10-3). However, that isn't the case for No. 12 Central Florida (12-0).

The Knights, winless just three seasons ago, are major college football's only unbeaten team and in a New Year's Six Bowl for the first time as the best of the non-Power Five conference teams.

UCF won the American Athletic Conference title with a wild 62-55, double-overtime shootout against South Florida on Dec. 2 in what appeared to be third-year head coach Scott Frost's final game.

Frost, though, is sticking with the Knights for the Peach Bowl before moving on, along with most of his assistants, full time to Nebraska.

"There's some unusual circumstances, but our staff is completely committed and we're going to do everything we can for this football team," Frost said. "It's an honor to be invited to this game. These players have poured their hearts out to accomplish a lot this year."

Former Missouri assistant Josh Heupel, who quickly was named to replace Frost, will be a spectator for the Peach Bowl, spending his time in the Mercedes-Benz press box observing his future team.

Some rumors also had Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn potentially moving on, but he signed a seven-year contract extension worth a reported $49 million to stay with the Tigers.

"I'm happy at Auburn," Malzahn said. "Any time you have stability, especially in this day and time in college football, I think it gives you an advantage. We've got a very stable program right now. The future's very bright."

UCF comes into the Peach Bowl as the nation's top scoring team at 49.4 points per game, while Auburn is ranked ninth defensively at 17.3 points.

The Tigers never allowed more than 28 points this season, while the Knights never scored fewer than 31.

There's no questioning Auburn's credentials, but that isn't necessarily the case with UCF.

The Tigers beat No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama late in the regular season after an eight-point loss at No. 1 Clemson early in the year.

Auburn lost the rematch with Georgia, of course, but in that game, SEC Offensive Player of the Year Kerryon Johnson, who has 1,320 rushing yards and 19 total touchdowns, was severely hampered by a shoulder injury.

With the time off, the junior tailback is healthy now and he gives the Tigers a potent weapon on the ground to go with the passing of sophomore quarterback Jarrett Stidham.

UCF has a prolific sophomore quarterback to match Stidham, though.

McKenzie Milton ranks No. 5 nationally in passing touchdowns (35), No. 2 in passing efficiency (184.8), No. 2 in completion percentage (69.2), No. 5 in total offense (357.7 yards per game) and No. 6 in passing yards per completion (15.24).

Stidham, a transfer from Baylor who ranks second in the nation in career passing efficiency, is second in the SEC in passing yards (2,827) and leads the SEC in completion percentage (66.7).

Since the creation of the College Football Playoff, the Group of Five representative is 2-1 in New Year's Six games against Power Five competition. No. 21 Boise State defeated No. 12 Arizona 38-30 in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, and No. 18 Houston defeated No. 9 Florida State 38-24 in the 2015 Peach Bowl.

Auburn is 3-0 against UCF, with all three wins coming between 1997 and 1999.

UCF has never played in the Peach Bowl, while Auburn's appearance in the event, which is marking its 50th year, will be its sixth. The Tigers defeated Virginia 43-24 in December 2011.

Adrian Killins, the Knights' leading rusher with 762 yards and 10 touchdowns, gave the Tigers a little bulletin-board material when he said that Auburn "hasn't seen any speed like we have."

The Tigers didn't jump into a war of words, though.

"I give them credit," Auburn safety Stephen Roberts said. "They're a great team, they have good speed, but we come out and play. Speed and stuff and all that don't matter to us as a defense. We still have 11 guys that are going to play. Trash talk is a lot, but it's not much."


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