Central Florida and Navy Clash in AAC Football Action

Central Florida and Navy Should be a Shootout

The 20th-ranked Central Florida Knights and the Navy Midshipmen meet on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. These American Athletic Conference rivals will kick-off at 3:30 pm EST. CBS Sports Network will have all the action.

High-scoring and Eastern Division Leader, Central Florida and  West division foe Navy have offenses that are enough to create plenty of sleepless nights for opposing defensive coordinators. Navy and its option-oriented offense and Central Florida with its spread option attack are expected to put up a lot of points today.

Oddsmakers have Central Florida at 10-point favorites. The total is at 65.5. This line opened at UCF as 6-point favorites.

Navy Poses Special Challenges for Central Florida

The Midshipmen, under 10th-year coach Ken Niumatalolo, are averaging 6.2 yards per carry as a team. They lead the nation with an average of 397.5 rushing yards.

Navy is averaging 35.5 points per game. Navy was ranked 25th last week before falling 30-27 on Saturday at Memphis. Quarterback Zach Abey lost three fumbles and had two passes intercepted.

It was the most turnovers for Navy since making six against Boston College nearly 15 years ago.

Abey is a definitive threat on the ground. He has carried 183 times for 1,016 yards and 12 scores.

Central Florida Looks to Keep Offense Rolling

Central Florida is averaging a nation's best 50.6 points per game. They are coming off a 63-21 home shellacking of East Carolina on Saturday.

Quarterback McKenzie Milton completed 21 of 27 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns. Greg McCrae ran six times for 67 yards. Mike Hughes returned a punt 66 yards for a touchdown against ECU. Milton's passing efficiency rating of 203.6 ranks second nationally behind Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Central Florida	5-0	5-0	50.60	16.80	33.8	3-0	2-0	3-2	2-1	1-1
Navy	5-1	4-2	35.50	28.00	7.5	1-2	3-0	2-4	2-1	0-3

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
UCF	10.8	19.83	-9.03
NAVY	13.5	14.22	-0.72

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
UCF	15.47	11.15	4.32
NAVY	28.88	13.72	15.16

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
UCF	5.76	3.67	2.09
NAVY	6.19	4.52	1.67

Team Records

Central Florida Knights

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-0	3-0	2-0	5-0	3-0	2-0	50.60	16.80	33.80
vs Conf	3-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	51.33	19.00	32.33
Last 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	51.33	19.00	32.33

Navy Midshipmen

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	5-1	3-0	2-1	4-2	1-2	3-0	35.50	28.00	7.50
vs Conf	3-1	2-0	1-1	3-1	1-1	2-0	30.75	26.00	4.75
Last 3	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-1	0-1	2-0	35.33	32.00	3.33

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	50.60	1	28.00	82
Away Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	276.00	27	244.33	96
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	195.50	39	196.33	99
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	35.50	30	16.80	14
Home Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	90.33	127	216.50	49
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	411.33	1	77.50	13

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Central Florida	--	--	--
Navy	--	--	--

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
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NCAA Football Betting Trends

Central Florida Knights
Central Florida is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Central Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Central Florida's last 21 games at home
Central Florida is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Central Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Central Florida's last 13 games
Central Florida is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Central Florida is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Central Florida's last 6 games on the road

Navy Midshipmen
Navy is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Navy is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Navy's last 6 games
Navy is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Navy is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Navy's last 13 games at home

Team Last 5 Games

Central Florida Knights

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 14, 2017	E.CAR	63-21	W	-35/70	W/O	235	365	600	187	160	347	0	H
Oct 7, 2017	CINCIN	51-23	W	-15/52.5	W/O	141	374	515	113	278	391	-1	A
Sep 30, 2017	MEMPHS	40-13	W	-5.5/68.5	W/U	350	253	603	75	321	396	-3	H
Sep 23, 2017	MARYL	38-10	W	5/61.5	W/U	250	178	428	42	155	197	-2	A
Aug 31, 2017	FIU	61-17	W	-17/56	W/O	148	439	587	134	201	335	-2	H

Navy Midshipmen

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 14, 2017	MEMPHS	27-30	L	3.5/73	W/U	314	20	334	118	279	397	4	A
Oct 7, 2017	AIRFOR	48-45	W	-9.5/52	L/O	471	86	557	340	281	621	-2	H
Sep 30, 2017	TULSA	31-21	W	-8.5/70.5	W/U	421	90	511	229	115	344	1	A
Sep 23, 2017	CINCIN	42-32	W	-7/52	W/O	569	53	622	58	381	439	0	H
Sep 9, 2017	TULANE	23-21	W	-8/48.5	L/U	194	132	326	191	71	262	2	H

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Next up:
UCF home to Austin Peay Saturday, October 28
Navy at Temple Thursday, November 2

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