The committee severely underrated the Knights last year, but a No. 12 starting point is plenty fine this year. UCF was undeniably underrated in 2017, as we pointed out a year ago at this time . And, at least based on college football history , UCF was worthy of its national championship claim. This year is different, though. Last year, the Knights had a good argument that they were being constantly overlooked by the committee. This season, UCF’s No. 12 Playoff committee ranking pretty accurately reflects what this team is. And in the season’s stretch run, they run the risk of it coming back to bite them. They’re playing at a top-20 level, not a top-10 one. Through Week 9, of the 88 rankings system surveyed by the Massey Composite (both human and computer-based) UCF’s in the top 25 in only 80 of them. UCF averages a 16.6 ranking there. A year prior at this time, UCF ranked No. 8 in the Composite. Relatively, the 2018 committee’s No. 12 spot is great for UCF — it’s the highest in