That is true it is about time. 34 years to beat their first legit ranked team? Wow. As bad as it gets for us I'll have comfort in knowing it can never be that bad.
UCF didn't play in FBS until 1996 (then called Division I-A) so probably it'd be more accurate to say 17 years. They did play at least one ranked FBS opponent before moving up to FBS (FSU in 1995). But really, unless you play in one of the 5 main conferences, you're not going to get many chances to play ranked teams after your conference schedule and the obligatory early season creampuffs -- maybe one or two chances a season if you're lucky and most likely on the road. I'm pretty sure there weren't many ranked teams in the MAC or CUSA for UCF to play and even if there were, people would say that they were not "legit ranked".