UCF is National Team of the Week

November 19, 2018 by Courtesy FWAA

The UCF Knights dominated the final three quarters with 35 unanswered points and rolled to a 38-13 win over Cincinnati with the nation watching in prime time. For extending the nation's longest win streak to 23 games, a school and American Athletic Conference record, and securing the conference's East Division title, UCF (10-0) has earned National Team of the Week honors for the college football week of November 13-17.

The award is sponsored this season by Reveal Suits.

This is the second time for UCF to earn the honor that dates to 2002 and the Knights' first since 2013.

Following a rough start – Cincinnati scored on a strip sack fumble in the end zone on UCF's first play – the Knights found their rhythm as McKenzie Milton ran in for a score and then threw two highlight-reel touchdown tosses to Adrian Killins Jr. (17 yards) and Tre Nixon (36 yards) to post a 21-6 halftime lead. Milton has now thrown a touchdown pass in 23 consecutive games. Defensively, Titus Davis had sacks on back-to-back plays in the second quarter and three for the game – the first UCF player with three sacks in a game since 2016. The Knights also forced at least one turnover for a 29th consecutive game dating back to the 2016 season, a streak that leads the nation.

The other National Team of the Week nominee was:

Utah (8-3):The Utes won the Pac-12 South Division title for the first time with a resounding 30-7 win at Colorado, scoring the final 30 points. Utah rolled up 390 total yards and held Colorado to 196, including only 34 on the ground. Jaylen Dixon had a career-high 125 receiving yards and a touchdown. Utah has never played in a conference championship game dating back to its membership in the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conference.