UCF pulled off the biggest win in program history on Saturday, knocking off previously unbeaten and second-ranked BYU, 39-31, in double overtime at the Bounce House in Orlando, Florida. The game marked the first time in school history the Knights had beaten a top-five opponent.
The result came just eight days after BYU's signature win over Notre Dame in Provo, a stretch that turned the Cougars' season from a potential Playoff run into a sudden reality check. BYU suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, falling to UCF 39-31 in double overtime just eight days after beating Notre Dame.
Keyone Jenkins' coming-out party
The story of the afternoon belonged to a backup. With UCF's offense needing a spark, Keyone Jenkins was sensational, passing for 293 yards and three touchdowns while running for another score, turning what looked like a mismatch into a signature victory for the Knights.
Jenkins matched BYU's star freshman throw for throw, and by the final whistle it was the UCF passer who had outdueled Bear Bachmeier in a shootout that neither defense could solve.
The numbers behind the shootout
UCF's offense piled up 463 total yards, with Landen Chambers scoring twice on the ground and Tyren Hornes hauling in six catches for 137 yards. Duke Watson added 94 rushing yards on 15 carries to keep the Knights' attack balanced all afternoon.
Bachmeier was far from bad in defeat, throwing for 257 yards and two touchdowns with one interception, while Oregon transfer Kyler Kasper caught six passes for 129 yards and a score to lead BYU's receiving corps.
A chaotic finish to regulation
The path to overtime was as strange as the final score. Late in the fourth quarter, a potential game-winning UCF field goal was blocked, and the kicker recovered the loose ball with two seconds left, seemingly setting up another try. A penalty on the ensuing play forced a 10-second runoff that instead sent the game directly to overtime.
Two overtimes of touchdowns
BYU struck first in the extra session as Bachmeier connected with Legend Glasker for a 28-yard touchdown. UCF answered immediately, with Jenkins escaping pressure to find Josh Derry for a 25-yard score that forced a second overtime.
In the second OT, Jenkins found tight end Grayson Brousseau — a Lehi, Utah, native who grew up in Utah County before stops at Utah State and Oklahoma State on his way to Orlando — for a short touchdown, then hit freshman Tyren Hornes for the two-point conversion to push UCF ahead 39-31. BYU drove to the UCF 4-yard line on the final possession, but Bachmeier's fourth-down pass to Walker Lyons fell incomplete, sealing the upset.
Frost and the reaction around college football
UCF head coach Scott Frost, back for his second stint leading the program, summed up the bizarre sequence to a sideline reporter afterward: “That's the weirdest end of a game I've ever seen.”
The finish set off plenty of debate about the officiating in the closing minutes, though most analysts agreed BYU's larger issues — allowing 10 explosive plays and wasting several scoring chances across 12 possessions — did more damage than any single penalty.
What changes for both programs
BYU falls to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 play, and with the loss the Cougars are no longer in complete control of their own path to the College Football Playoff. The defeat snaps a seven-game winning streak that stretched back to last season and will almost certainly knock BYU out of the top five in next week's rankings.
For UCF, the win pushes the Knights to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference, snapping a two-game losing streak and giving the program its first win over a ranked opponent since beating Oklahoma State in November 2023. For a team that endured back-to-back losing seasons before this year, Saturday's upset instantly becomes one of the signature moments of the Frost era's second act. You can revisit the full build-up to the showdown for more on how both teams arrived at this point.