Penn State vs. UCLA

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Penn State’s biggest win2024: Penn State 27, UCLA 11by 16 points
2. UCLA’s biggest win1966: UCLA 49, Penn State 11by 38 points
3. Upset2025: UCLA 42, Penn State 37UCLA had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1965: UCLA 24, Penn State 22UCLA had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Penn State’s side (Paterno 1–⁠2 against Prothro). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Penn State vs. Pittsburgh99 meetings, Penn State 52–⁠43–⁠4
• Penn State vs. Syracuse71 meetings, Penn State 43–⁠23–⁠5
• Penn State vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Penn State 50–⁠9–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Maryland48 meetings, Penn State 44–⁠3–⁠1
• UCLA vs. Stanford95 meetings, UCLA 49–⁠43–⁠3
• UCLA vs. California95 meetings, UCLA 59–⁠35–⁠1
• UCLA vs. USC95 meetings, UCLA 34–⁠54–⁠7
• UCLA vs. Washington78 meetings, UCLA 42–⁠34–⁠2