UCF coach Scott Frost calls BYU best in Big 12 before homecoming game
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The gist
UCF head coach Scott Frost called BYU the best of the Big 12 ahead of their homecoming matchup.
BYU is the highest-ranked team UCF has ever hosted, with a 24-team playoff looming.
Background
Scott Frost is UCF's head coach and a former Nebraska head coach and Heisman-winning Cornhuskers quarterback who won the 1997 national title. He returned to Central Florida after a Nebraska tenure that produced more losses than wins, and now leads a UCF team that is 3-3 this season (1-2 in the Big 12) and coming off a bye week. The attention comes as No. 2 BYU, 6-0, visits UCF — the highest-ranked opponent UCF has ever hosted at the Bounce House, surpassing the 2007 No. 6 Texas Longhorns.
How it unfolded
- Dec 3, 2017Frost started as Nebraska head coach, with addenda extending the contract to Dec. 31, 2026.
- 2022Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts fired Frost midseason.
- Oct 10, 2026UCF fell 42-28 at No. 18 Oklahoma State after being tied 21-21 at halftime.
- Oct 18, 2026BYU beat previously No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 and climbed to No. 2 in the AP Poll.
- Oct 19, 2026At his Monday press conference, Frost called BYU 'the best of the bunch' in the Big 12 and said Alonza Barnett III's injury status was still uncertain.
- Oct 20, 2026Frost previewed facing BYU ahead of the game.
- Oct 22, 2026Attorneys for Frost and the University of Nebraska argued motions for judgment on the pleadings in Lancaster County District Court in Lincoln over his $5 million liquidated damages claim.
Who’s saying what
- Frost
- Frost said BYU is 'the best of the bunch' in the Big 12 and deserves its ranking, calling the game 'an awesome opportunity' on homecoming.
- Frost
- Frost said he believes a 24-team College Football Playoff will be 'even more competitive.'
- Nebraska
- Attorney Andre R. Barry, representing the university, argued the contract extension kept the liquidated damages term and right of offset in place, calling it 'very straightforward.'
- Frost legal
- Attorney Arthur D. Gregg, arguing for Frost, said Section 13 was replaced twice by self-contained liquidated damages provisions, so the old terms 'just weren't there anymore.'
Still unverified
Frost said he was not sure on the injuries yet, Alonza Barnett III or anyone else, and expected to know more later that day or the next; Barnett's availability against BYU remains uncertain, though Frost said he is making good progress.