UCF vs Jacksonville State Prediction, Game Preview & Betting Lines 2025

UCF vs Jacksonville State: How To Watch
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
TV: ESPN+
Location: FBC Mortgage Stadium, Orlando, FL

Why Jacksonville State Will Win

Can the new passing game work right away?

The Gamecocks are going away from the Rich Rodriguez high-powered running game and looking to add more big things through the air. Gavitt Wimsatt played for Kentucky and Rutgers before coming to Jacksonville State, and he can run for scores.

On the other side, the secondary should be an early plus to go along with a linebacking corps that can move. It'll take a little while before the UCF offense gets up to speed, but ...

Why UCF Will Win

UCF might be all about the transfers in too many key spots, but they're good ones. 

Jacksonville State will need to run the ball, even without the parts that were so devastating over the last few seasons. The idea will be to do more through the air, but that will take a long, long time before the offense is consistent.

The Knight secondary is full of playmakers at every spot, the pass rush will be there to bother the Gamecock backfield, and ...

UCF vs Jacksonville State: Who Will Win

Expect a whole lot of points.

The UCF defense will set up the offensive side with plenty of big stops and good field position. The reworked Knight line will take over for a huge day from the ground attack. 

Jacksonville State will move fast enough to put up a few points to keep the Knights pressing, but this will quickly look like everything UCF fans were hoping for out of the return of Frost - at least for one week.

UCF vs Jacksonville State Prediction, Betting Lines

UCF 38, Jacksonville State 17
Consensus Line: UCF -17.5, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Must See Rating: 2

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