TicketsCINCINNATI - Coming off back-to-back off weeks, the No. 9/10 University of Cincinnati football team heads out on the road for the first time in 2020, traveling to Dallas to face No. 16 SMU on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 9 p.m. ET inside Ford Stadium. UC's Oct. 17 game against Tulsa was shifted to Dec. 5.
The 3-0 Bearcats are ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press poll, no. 10 in the Amway USA Today Coaches poll and playing their first night game of the season. It's UC's first Top-10 ranking since the final poll of the 2009 season when the Bearcats were No. 4 in the final AP poll and No. 9 in the final Coaches Poll.
UC leads the American in scoring defense and total defense and is tied for fifth in the NCAA FBS with seven interceptions.
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the fourth meeting between the two schools and first since 2018. UC leads the series 3-1. UC holds a 2-0 edge at Ford Stadium as SMU's lone win in the series came at Nippert Stadium. Each of the last two matchups have finished in overtime with each team winning on the road.
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