UCF adds Big Ten, ACC opponents, finishes football schedule through 2027. Here's a look.
UCF announced future football home-and-home series with both Pittsburgh and Northwestern on Thursday morning, officially filling its schedule through 2027.
The Knights will head to Pittsburgh in 2026 and to Northwestern in 2028, with the respective return trips to Orlando booked for 2029 and 2031, respectively. UCF is 1-2 all-time against Pitt, splitting a home-and-home series in consecutive seasons in 2018-19. The Knights have never met Northwestern.
"We look forward to welcoming visitors to Orlando from Pitt and Northwestern and the road games are fantastic cities for our fans to travel," UCF vice president and director of athletics Terry Mohajir said in a statement. "Pennsylvania is currently ranked a top-five state UCF students come from, and Chicago is home to one of our top alumni communities.
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"With a nine-game Big 12 schedule, we're very strategic in how we schedule each year. Our philosophy for non-conference has been to play a Power Four, a Group of Five team and an FCS program. As we navigate the analytics of the new College Football Playoff, we will continue to evaluate how we schedule."
UCF's schedule is booked for the next four seasons. In addition, the Knights will face Maine and Florida Atlantic in 2028, James Madison in 2029 and Florida in both 2030 and '33 to conclude their three-game series.
Listed below are the Knights' confirmed opponents for 2024-27:
UCF football schedule
2024
Non-conference: New Hampshire, Sam Houston, at Florida
Big 12 home: Arizona, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Utah
Big 12 road: Arizona State, Iowa State, TCU, West Virginia
2025
Non-conference: Jacksonville State, North Carolina, North Carolina A&T
Big 12 home: Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma State, West Virginia
Big 12 road: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Texas Tech
2026
Non-conference: Bethune-Cookman, Massachusetts, at Pittsburgh
Big 12 home: Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, TCU
Big 12 road: Colorado, Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma State
2027
Non-conference: Louisiana, at North Carolina, Tennessee-Martin
Big 12 home: Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, Texas Tech
Big 12 road: Arizona, Baylor, Iowa State, Utah, West Virginia
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: UCF football: Knights announce games with Pittsburgh, Northwestern
