UCONN at No. 22 UCF

When: Saturday, 7 p.m. Where: Spectrum Stadium, Orlando Records: UConn, 1-2; UCF, 3-1 TV: ESPN2

Radio: 97.9 ESPN, WINE-940, WAVZ-1300; WATR-1320, WGCH-1490, WILI-1400 (simulcast on 95.3 FM).

Last week: UConn, 38-3 loss to Indiana; UCF, 35-34 loss to Pittsburgh

History: UCF, 4-2 Last meeting: UCF, 56-17 on Aug. 30, 2018

Notable: This is UConn’s first game of its last season in the American Athletic Conference.The Huskies are 0-6 in AAC openers. Since the creation of the AAC in 2014, UConn is 11-27 vs. league opponents. … UConn hasn’t beaten UCF since 2015, a year after Bob Diaco declared the Knights as his team’s rival. The Civil ConFliCT had a trophy — courtesy of Diaco — although UCF never acknowledged the rivalry. Since Diaco’s imaginary rivalry, UCF has emerged as a nationally-ranked program while UConn’s program has struggled. … The Knights’ loss to Pittsburgh last week snapped a 27-game regular season winning streak. UCF’s last regular season loss came Nov. 26, 2017 to South Florida and its only loss over the past two seasons came to LSU in last year’s Fiesta Bowl. … This year, UCF is ranked 22nd in the country. Freshman quarterback Dillon Gabriel has passed for 1,057 yards and 11 touchdowns with just two interceptions. … UCF is averaging 47.2 points this season and have scored 30 or more points in 30 consecutive games, the longest streak in the AP Poll era that began in 1936. … UConn is coming off consecutive losses to Big Ten opponents (Illinois and Indiana). The Huskies were limited to 145 yards of total offense against the Hoosiers while surrendering 430 yards. … Freshman quarterback Jack Zergiotis was limited to 90 yards in the air by Indiana. … UConn coach Randy Edsall said his team is healthy after a handful ofl starters — including defensive backs Tyler Coyle and Tahj Herring-Wilson, and linebacker D.J. Morgan — were banged up against Indiana. … UCF is tabbed as anywhere from a 43 to a 44.5 point favorite.