Amidst all of the made-up controversy over the UCF Knights’ home-and-home-or-bust scheduling philosophy vis-a-vis the rest of The American, I became intrigued at one question:

If UCF had to schedule a two-for-one, who should they schedule it with?

Of course, there’s only one completely scientific way of figuring this out: Conduct 65 Twitter polls in a 24-hour period.

So that’s what I did.

#UCF fans - Time to figure something out via a *totally scientific* series of Twitter polls.



Which teams would you be OK with @UCF_Football scheduling a 2-for-1 with?



We're going to go through each conference team by team, starting with the Big 12.



Ready? Here we go. — Black & Gold Banneret (@UCF_Banneret) June 1, 2019

I kept each poll to just 24 hours in order to minimize the possibility of trolling, and given the results, it looks like that worked, since no question left me scratching my head.

So before we get to the raw data, let’s summarize the findings.

There are four tiers of responses. I picked these tiers because it’s my damn poll and I’ll do whatever the hell I want with it.

Definitely OK with it (>67%)

Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Michigan

At least two in three respondents said yes to these five teams. Call this the CFP Prediction group, because it looks like these are the teams everyone across the country thinks might be in the College Football Playoff, given whoever comes out on top between Ohio State and Michigan in the Big Ten. All very fair.

Very much OK with it (>50%)

Georgia, Notre Dame, LSU, USC

These are the remaining teams that got a majority. Let’s call this group the Next Four In. All are traditional powers, and all are also fun travel destinations. And aside from Georgia, UCF has never played any of these teams on the road.

No, but we’re thinking about it (>33%)

Texas, Oregon, Penn State, Florida State, Auburn, Texas A&M

These teams got a majority thumbs-down, but I feel as though the fan base might soften their stance on them given the right circumstances. Note that UCF has already been to Texas and Penn State in the last decade, and that Florida State is the highest-voted team in-state.

No. Just no. Well, maybe. (>20%)

Michigan State, Wisconsin, Washington, Florida, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, West Virginia, Miami

Again, a majority say no to a two-for-one, but at least one in five yeses feels a bit squishy. UCF has previously played at Wisconsin (2004), Florida (twice), Nebraska (1997), West Virginia (2003), and Miami (2008). Interesting that T. Boone Pickens University, er, Oklahoma State made the list.

Shut up and go away (<20%)

Everyone else.

The only one I was surprised by was UCLA. You people don’t want two trips to the Rose Bowl?

So there it is: The people have spoken, and they have given Danny White license to break his promise with regard to a very select few power conference schools.

UCF Scheduling Twitter Poll Results

Are you OK with UCF scheduling a two-for-one with the following schools? School Conference Yes % No % Votes School Conference Yes % No % Votes North Carolina ACC 5 95 113 Georgia Tech ACC 5 95 112 Virginia ACC 5 95 115 Virginia Tech ACC 15 85 116 Clemson ACC 79 21 165 NC State ACC 5 95 116 Duke ACC 3 97 117 Miami ACC 21 79 119 Wake Forest ACC 2 98 103 Florida St. ACC 39 61 110 Louisville ACC 5 95 109 Pitt ACC 4 96 112 Syracuse ACC 8 92 117 BC ACC 4 96 101 Notre Dame Independent 63 37 163 Michigan B1G 68 32 187 Michigan State B1G 32 68 122 Ohio State B1G 77 23 182 Indiana B1G 2 98 112 Iowa B1G 10 90 125 Wisconsin B1G 28 72 130 Illinois B1G 2 98 127 Purdue B1G 4 96 126 Minnesota B1G 2 98 124 Penn State B1G 40 60 143 Rutgers B1G 3 97 117 Maryland B1G 4 96 116 Nebraska B1G 22 78 135 Northwestern B1G 6 94 124 Florida SEC 23 77 152 Georgia SEC 64 36 179 Alabama SEC 84 16 136 Auburn SEC 39 61 132 Tennessee SEC 15 85 120 South Carolina SEC 9 91 117 Kentucky SEC 6 94 171 Ole Miss SEC 8 92 131 Mississippi St. SEC 8 92 127 LSU SEC 61 39 133 Arkansas SEC 4 96 124 Texas A&M SEC 39 61 131 Vandy SEC 3 97 118 Missouri SEC 5 95 117 Stanford Pac-12 7 93 111 Oregon State Pac-12 3 97 109 Oregon Pac-12 42 58 115 California Pac-12 5 95 110 Washington Pac-12 27 73 158 Washington St. Pac-12 9 91 158 Arizona Pac-12 2 98 120 Arizona St. Pac-12 4 96 114 USC Pac-12 51 49 122 UCLA Pac-12 14 86 122 Utah Pac-12 8 92 112 Colorado Pac-12 6 94 124 Kansas Big 12 9 91 429 West Virginia Big 12 22 78 184 Oklahoma Big 12 74 26 309 Texas Big 12 47 53 293 Oklahoma State Big 12 23 77 193 Baylor Big 12 8 92 180 TCU Big 12 18 82 180 Texas Tech Big 12 13 87 186 Kansas St. Big 12 8 92 173 Iowa State Big 12 8 92 180

What I find really interesting about this is that it actually shows what UCF fans think the pecking order of college football is right now. Yeah, there’s a little bit of screw-you being lobbed at Florida, but for the most part, this passes the eye test at this given moment.

I’d be interested to see what the results would look like next year, or perhaps five years from now. But for now, this makes sense.