UCF wins on Hail Mary, claims share of AAC

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UCF converts Hail Mary to burn East Carolina

Breshad Perriman hauled in a 51-yard touchdown pass on a Hail Mary from Justin Holman on the final play of the game, lifting Central Florida over East Carolina 32-30 on Thursday night to claim a share of the American Athletic Conference title. From ESPN.com - College Football - UCF converts Hail Mary to burn East Carolina

Hail Mary TD pass for win gives UCF a share of the AAC title (GIF)

Central Florida got a share of the American Athletic Conference with an improbable 32-30 win over East Carolina thanks to a Hail Mary pass from Justin Holman to Breshad Perriman.

UCF got the ball with 10 seconds left and completed a 14-yard pass on the first play. The second was this bomb to Perriman, who ECU inexplicably let get behind the coverage to catch the winning touchdown with no time left on the clock.

The Knights turned the ball over on downs with one timeout remaining and 1:47 left on the clock. The comeback win for ECU was pretty much a done deal, right? Wrong.

After East Carolina kneeled the ball down twice, UCF called a timeout with 1:02 seconds left and after a running play and an ECU timeout as the play clock ran to zero before fourth down, ECU QB Shane Carden took a sack on the Pirates' last offensive play as he tried to run more time off the clock.

However, he lost 11 yards in the process and only took six seconds off the clock, setting up Centra Florida's game-winning drive.

UCF was up one point 26-9 after a fourth field goal by Shawn Moffitt. But ECU scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and took the lead with 2:17 to go when Carden hit Justin Hardy, the all-time leader in receptions at the FBS level, for a 13-yard touchdown.

WIth the win, UCF moves to 7-1 in the AAC and tied with Memphis at the top of the standings. Because the conference has 11 teams it does not have a conference championship game. And with eight conference games, not everyone plays each other. Memphis and UCF didn't meet in the regular season.

Cincinnati, 6-1, has a chance to move to 7-1 on Saturday and join the party at the top of the standings with a win against Houston. The Bearcats didn't play UCF during conference play and lost to Memphis. Per the rules for the conference, if more than one team has the same winning percentage, the teams are declared co-champions.

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LSU hands No. 16 WVU first loss of season

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