ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Ridder three two landing passes and ran for 2 scores as No. 7 Cincinnati defeated Central Florida 36-33 Saturday to move into the discharge of the primary School Soccer Playoff rankings unbeaten.

The Bearcats (8-0, 6-Zero American) fell behind 14-Three within the first quarter towards their hardest opponent but, however grabbed the lead by halftime.

Dillon Gabriel threw for 243 yards, three touchdowns and one interception because the Knights (5-3, 4-3) misplaced at residence for the second time this season.

UCF took a 25-22 lead within the third quarter with a 19-yard landing move from Gabriel to Marlon Williams.

The interception Gabriel threw was expensive for UCF.

Bearcats security Darrick Forest picked off Gabriel’s move early within the fourth quarter and returned it 20 yards to the Knights’ 16. 4 performs later, a 1-yard sneak by Ridder gave UC a 29-25 lead with 13:07 remaining.

Rider handed for 338 yards and ran for 57.

Cincinnati used 10 performs to go 71 yards on its subsequent possession to go up two scores. The Bearcats transformed a fourth-and-1 on the UCF 26 and three performs later Ridder threw a 7-yard landing move to Leonard Taylor for a 36-25 lead with 7:15 remaining.

UCF made it 36-33 with 4:27 remaining on a 10-yard landing move from Gabriel to Jaylon Robinson and a 2-point conversion move to Jacob Harris

The Bearcats ran down all however one second of the clock, making an attempt not rating down close to the purpose line. Cincinnati was reducing it shut after which an errant snap on fourth down gave everybody a jolt, however was recovered by Ridder. The Knights bought one play from their Eight that went nowhere.

The primary CFP rankings come out Tuesday night time and the Bearcats are hoping to develop into the primary crew from outdoors the Energy 5 conferences to crack the top-10 within the choice committee’s first high 25 of the season.

THE TAKEAWAY

Cincinnati: The Bearcats are 8-Zero for the primary time since 2009, after they completed the common season 12-Zero and went to the Sugar Bowl.

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UCF: The Knights have misplaced extra convention video games this season than the previous three mixed however they’ve come by a mixed 12 factors.

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Cincinnati is at Temple subsequent Saturday.

UCF will shut out its common season at USF on Friday.