Frost takes Nebraska job as UCF goes 12-0

CENTRAL FLORIDA coach Scott Frost’s tenure was fast, fierce and fleeting.

Frost, 42, is leaving the Knights to become Nebraska’s sixth head coach since his idol and former head coach Tom Osborne retired in 1997. Former ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy was the first to report Frost’s departure, releasing it as the No. 14 Knights were battling No. 20 Memphis in overtime of the American Athletic Conference Championship Game. UCF won, 62-55, in a double overtime. The confirmation of Frost’s departure ended weeks of speculation Frost would return to coach his alma mater pending the termination of previous coach Mike Riley.

Frost inherited an 0-12 football team at the end of the 2015 season and quickly turned it around, helping the Knights earn their first 11-0 regular-season record in school history and a No. 14 ranking by the College Football Playoff committee — the highest mark by any Group of 5 school since the playoff system started in 2014. FLORIDA ATLANTIC 41, NORTH TEXAS 17: Lane Kiffin’s first season at FAU (10-3) delivered a Conference USA title, as the Owls won the league crown in Boca Raton, Fla.

Devin Singletary had 26 carries for 164 yards and three touchdowns for the Owls, who extended their unbeaten streak to nine games and finished undefeated against C-USA opponents this season. Jason Driskel completed 15 of 27 passes for 269 yards and a touchdown for FAU, and Kalib Woods had a schoolrecord 208 receiving yards. TOLEDO 45, AKRON 28: Logan Woodside threw four TD passes and Terry Swanson ran for 180 yards and two scores as Toledo beat Akron in the Mid-American Conference championship game at Ford Field. FCS PLAYOFFS JAMES MADISON 26,

STONY BROOK 7: Bryan Schor threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, and defending champion James Madison (120) tied a Division I program record with five interceptions in a 26-7 victory over 10th-ranked Stony Brook (10-3). The Dukes have won 24 straight, dating to last season, for the longest active streak in Division I. JMU scored 26 straight points until Joe Carbone found Harrison Jackson for a 37-yard touchdown with 11:40 remaining in the game. Carbone threw for 207 yards and a score for Stony Brook, but was intercepted five times. Jackson made seven catches for 124 yards.