This week, Scott Frost’s UCF Knights play the first game of Frost’s second stint as their head coach. They’ll begin this new era against a team that’s also gone through quite a bit of change over the last nine months: the defending Conference USA champion Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The game also marks the first ever matchup between the two programs who have seen significant rises through the college football ranks over the last 25 years.
If Frost can secure the victory, it would be his 14th straight for UCF after going 13-0 as the Knights’ head coach in 2017 before leaving to take head coach position at Nebraska, his alma mater. It would also be UCF’s tenth straight win in a season opener and the 300th victory in the program’s history.
Here’s the broadcast information for the Knights’ first contest of the year.
UCF Knights (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (0-0, 0-0 Conference USA)
Date: Thursday, August 28
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Acrisure Bounce House (Orlando, Florida)
TV: ESPN+ (PxP: AJ Ricketts, Analyst: Rene Ingola)
Radio: FM 96.9 / AM 740 The Game (PxP: Marc Daniels, Analyst: Gary Parris, Sideline: Scott Adams)
Spanish Radio: YouTube.com/UCFKnights (PxP: Carlos Bohorquez, Analyst: Sergio Ruiz Torres)
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2025 UCF Football Schedule:
Aug. 28 – Jacksonville State – ESPN+ – 7 p.m.
Sep. 6 – North Carolina A&T – ESPN+ – 7 p.m.
BYE WEEK
Sep. 20 – North Carolina – TBD
Sep. 27 – at #17/20 Kansas State – TBD
Oct. 4 – Kansas – TBD
Oct. 11 – at Cincinnati – TBD
Oct. 18 – West Virginia – TBD
BYE WEEK
Nov. 1 – at Baylor – TBD
Nov. 7 – Houston – FS1
Nov. 15 – at #23/24 Texas Tech – TBD
Nov. 22 – Oklahoma State – TBD
Nov. 29 – at -/#23 BYU – TBD
2025 Jacksonville State Football Schedule:
Aug. 28 – at UCF – ESPN+ – 7 p.m.
Sep. 6 – Liberty – CBS Sports Network – Noon
Sep. 13 – at Georgia Southern – ESPN+ – 7 p.m.
Sep. 20 – Murray State – ESPN+ – 7 p.m.
Sep. 27 – at Southern Miss – ESPN Platforms – TBD
BYE Week
Oct. 9 – at Sam Houston – CBS Sports Network – 8 p.m.
Oct. 15 – Delaware – ESPN2 – 7 p.m.
BYE WEEK
Oct. 29 – at Middle Tennessee – ESPN2 – 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 8 – at UTEP – ESPN Platforms – 3 p.m.
Nov. 15 – Kennesaw State – ESPN Platforms – 2 p.m.
Nov. 22 – at FIU – CBS Sports Network – 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 – Western Kentucky -ESPN Platforms – 2 p.m.
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