Just one week after seven top-25 teams lost, five of them in the top-7, the No. 2-ranked team in the country, BYU, suffered its first loss of the season. The 6-0 Cougars came to Orlando to face the 3-3 UCF Knights in what, on paper, should have been an easy win. But games aren’t played on paper, and UCF showed they shouldn’t be overlooked.

The Cougars jumped out to a 7-0 first-quarter lead after quarterback Bear Bachmeier found wide receiver Kyler Kasper for a 27-yard touchdown. The Knights rallied in the second quarter, scoring on a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Landen Chambers. Then kicker Will Stone connected on a 20-yard field goal. BYU answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by Bachmeier. Then, with 4 seconds left in the half, UCF quarterback Keyone Jenkins passed to Chambers for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 17-14.

BYU pulled ahead again in the third quarter with a 1-yard rushing touchdown by Sione I Moa. UCF answered with a 1-yard rushing touchdown to make it 24-21 heading into the fourth quarter.…