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3-3, 4-2 ATS
17
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5-1, 3-3 ATS
27
FinalESPN2ESPN Unlimited

Closing number

Spread
UCF +10.5
HOU -10.5
Open –
Total
Over 50.5
Under 50.5

Source: DraftKings.

UCF 17, HOU 27. UCF covered by 0.5, under by 6.5.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread1 capper on UCF
UCF 10 Houston

Each capper counts once. See their picks

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Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 4 common opponents
Opponent UCF Houston
Baylor
L 3-30 away
-27 · +3.5 Didn't cover
W 31-24 away
+7 · +2.5 Covered
Oklahoma St
W 17-14 home
+3 · -12.5 Didn't cover
W 39-17 away
+22 · -14.5 Covered
Texas Tech
L 9-48 away
-39 · +24.5 Didn't cover
L 11-35 home
-24 · +11.5 Didn't cover
West Virginia
W 45-13 home
+32 · -6.5 Covered
L 35-45 home
-10 · -12.5 Didn't cover

Against 4 common opponents: UCF lost by 7.8 on average, 1-3 against the spread. Houston lost by 1.2 on average, 2-2 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
1 UCF0 Houston
UCF -12.51
Big Cat 1u*Line -12.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Oct 1 1:20 PM ET · Record 94-66-4 (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original post
Total
No picks
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026 to date

UCF WWLWWL

ATSTotals
All games4-2 67%Small sample3-3 50% overSmall sample
Road2-1 67%Small sample1-2 33% overSmall sample
As underdog3-1 75%Small sample
Last 53-2 60%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Houston LWWLLW

ATSTotals
All games3-3 50%Small sample4-2 67% overSmall sample
Home1-2 33%Small sample2-1 67% overSmall sample
As favorite1-3 25%Small sample
Last 53-2 60%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 3, 2026UCF 17, HOU 27HOU -10.5UCF covered50.5Under
Nov 7, 2025HOU 30, UCF 27UCF -1.5HOU covered47.5Over
Nov 25, 2023HOU 13, UCF 27UCF -15.5HOU covered61Under
Oct 31, 2020UCF 44, HOU 21UCF -3UCF covered81.5Under
Nov 2, 2019HOU 29, UCF 44UCF -21.5HOU covered72.5Over

UCF 2-3 ATS in these meetings. 5 meetings is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

UCFHOU
3-3Record5-1
4-2Against the spread3-3
3-3Over-under4-2
+5.2Avg cover margin+5.8
31.7Points per game40.0
21.7Points allowed19.2
5.68Yards per play6.74
354.8Yards per game481.8
5.00Rush yards per carry5.50
68.2Completion %67.1
35.6Third down %62.7
+7Turnover margin+8
10Sacks allowed5
50.7Penalty yards per game58.2

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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