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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 10 2026 · Saturday, November 7

UCF vs Kansas prediction and pick

Our UCF Knights at Kansas Jayhawks pick: UCF by 2.1, 55% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 6 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±16.9, so about 51% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

UCF at Kansas

Sat, Nov 7, time to be announced · Memorial Stadium

UCF by 2.1 · 55% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
UCF win55.0%
Kansas win45.0%
Middle 50%: UCF by 14 to Kansas by 950%
Middle 90%: UCF by 30 to Kansas by 2690%
Middle 95%: UCF by 35 to Kansas by 3195%
Exactly UCF by 36.6%
Exactly Kansas by 36.3%
Exactly UCF by 75.1%
Exactly Kansas by 74.6%
Exactly UCF by 143.3%
P50
Half of games like this end between UCF by 14 and Kansas by 9.
P90
9 in 10 between UCF by 30 and Kansas by 26.
P95
19 in 20 between UCF by 35 and Kansas by 31.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsUCF+9.8
Last seasonKansas+4.6
Home fieldKansas+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
UCF 3–1 3.1 0.0
Kansas 1–2 1.3 −1.0

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

UCF vs Kansas: questions and answers

Who will win UCF vs Kansas?

Our forecast picks UCF, with 55% to win; Kansas win 45% of the time.

What’s the spread for UCF vs Kansas?

Our spread: UCF −2.1. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is UCF vs Kansas?

Saturday, November 7, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Memorial Stadium.