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UCLA Bruins

Big TenPasadena, CARose Bowl

2026: 6–⁠0 (4–⁠0 Big Ten), No. 9 in the AP poll. Last: beat Wisconsin 17–⁠7 at home. Next: Michigan State, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 45–⁠24at California
  2. W 28–⁠10San Diego State
  3. W 52–⁠38Purdue
  4. W 54–⁠3at Maryland
  5. W 17–⁠15at No. 13 Oregon
  6. W 17–⁠7Wisconsin
  7. Oct 24Michigan State
  8. Oct 31Nevada
  9. Nov 7at Minnesota
  10. Nov 13Illinois
  11. Nov 21at Michigan
  12. Nov 28USC
  • Outfitted by Jordan Brand
  • Sudler Trophy, 1993

UCLA in the news

UCLA has played football since 1919 and is 629–⁠428–⁠31 in the 1,088 games on record here, which start in 1925. UCLA claims one national championship (1954). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 1954. They have won 11 Pac-12 Conference titles (the last in 1998) and six Pacific Coast Conference titles, counting shared titles. Gary Beban won the Heisman Trophy here in 1967. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 205 players from here in its first seven rounds, 35 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took seven players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 14 players and 3 coaches from UCLA. Terry Donahue (1976–⁠1995) won more games here than any other coach: 151. The most-played rival is Stanford: 95 meetings, UCLA leads 49–⁠43–⁠3. This season, under Bob Chesney, they’re 6–⁠0.

Rose Bowl in Pasadena
Rose BowlPhoto: Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • UCLA is one of six FBS teams that are unbeaten this season, with BYU, James Madison, Miami, Texas Tech and Utah.

Computed from every game through Oct 17 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2013No. 9 UCLA lost to No. 13 Stanford 24–⁠10 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
640–⁠449–⁠37 official; 629–⁠428–⁠31 on file; how we count
Postseason
17–⁠20 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
7 of 521 ranked
Elo now
1606 28th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 14 · Composite No. 8 in FBS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1954 rated 1778
Conference titles
17 last in 1998
Bowl record
17–⁠20–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
102 since 1925, 1,088 games

Identity

Fight song
Mighty Bruins
Mascot
Joe Bruin
Student section
The Den

2026 season 6–⁠0

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atCaliforniaW 45–⁠2438%
Sep 12vsSan Diego StateW 28–⁠1052%
Sep 19vsPurdueW 52–⁠3874%
Sep 26atMarylandW 54–⁠351%
Oct 10at13OregonW 17–⁠1525%
Oct 17vsWisconsinW 17–⁠763%
Oct 24vsMichigan StatePreview80%
Oct 31vsNevadaPreview81%
Nov 7atMinnesotaPreview53%
Nov 13vsIllinoisPreview68%
Nov 21atMichiganPreview41%
Nov 28vsUSCPreview49%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

UCLA’s Elo through 2026: 1451 going into the opener, 1606 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 21 to unranked.1450150015501600Elo 1451 going in; beat California 45–24Elo 1491 going in; beat San Diego State 28–10Elo 1520 going in; beat Purdue 52–38Elo 1533 going in; beat Maryland 54–3Elo 1571 going in; beat Oregon 17–15; AP No. 21Elo 1590 going in; beat Wisconsin 17–7; AP No. 12Now: Elo 1606 after the latest game1606
····2112·
CaliforniaSan Diego StatePurdueMarylandOregonWisconsinNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠32
202712 games: 6 home, 6 away
202811 games: 6 home, 5 away
20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 away, non-conference only

UCLA’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 5, 2023). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at UCLA.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Jordan Brand · Official source
Mascot
Joe Bruin · Official source
Student section
The Den · Official source
Athletic director
Tim Harris · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Dean Kennedy · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Colin Hitschler · Official source
Radio flagship
KABC · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike (Jordan Brand), July 2021 through 2027. Six years. Football has worn Jordan Brand since July 2021.

  • Yahoo Sports, Dec 8, 2020: Six-year Nike and Jordan Brand deal starting July 2021 covering all UCLA teams
  • SportsLogos.Net News, Jul 21, 2021: UCLA football unveils Jordan Brand uniforms with the Jumpman logo

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1925

Best seasons ever
UCLA end-of-season Elo from 1925 to 2026, best in 1954 at 1778.1300150017001900194019601980200020201954 peak: Elo 1778
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Bob Chesney20266–⁠0
Tim Skipper20253–⁠6
Deshaun Foster2024–⁠20255–⁠10
Chip Kelly2018–⁠202335–⁠34
Jedd Fisch20171–⁠1
Jim Mora2012–⁠201746–⁠30
Mike Johnson20110–⁠1
Rick Neuheisel2008–⁠201121–⁠29
DeWayne Walker20070–⁠1
Karl Dorrell2003–⁠200735–⁠27
Ed Kezirian20021–⁠0
Bob Toledo1996–⁠200249–⁠32
Terry Donahue1976–⁠1995151–⁠74–⁠8
Dick Vermeil1974–⁠197515–⁠5–⁠3
Pepper Rodgers1971–⁠197319–⁠12–⁠1
Tommy Prothro1965–⁠197041–⁠18–⁠3
Bill Barnes1958–⁠196431–⁠34–⁠3
George Dickerson19581–⁠2
Red Sanders1949–⁠195766–⁠19–⁠1
Bert LaBrucherie1945–⁠194823–⁠16
Babe Horrell1939–⁠194424–⁠31–⁠6
William Spaulding1928–⁠193856–⁠43–⁠6

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUCLA record
Stanford9549–⁠43–⁠3
California9559–⁠34–⁠1 †
USC9534–⁠52–⁠7 †
Washington7842–⁠34–⁠2
Oregon7441–⁠33
Oregon State6543–⁠18–⁠4
Washington State6342–⁠20–⁠1
Arizona4727–⁠18–⁠2

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: USC, California, Stanford.

Every opponent (101)

Every program UCLA has played, A to Z, with UCLA’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

17, counting shared titles
Pac-12 Conference 11
1959 (shared), 1961, 1965, 1975 (shared), 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 (shared), 1993 (shared), 1997 (shared), 1998
Pacific Coast Conference 6
1935 (shared), 1942, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955
Pac-12 South 2
2011, 2012

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1919
  2. Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1920–⁠1927
  3. Pacific Coast Conference 1928–⁠1958
  4. AAWU 1959–⁠1967
  5. Pac-8 1968–⁠1977
  6. Pac-10 1978–⁠2010
  7. Pac-12 2011–⁠2023
  8. Big Ten since 2024
  • 1959Joined the AAWU from the Pacific Coast Conference. Source
  • 2024Joined the Big Ten from the Pac-12, announced June 30, 2022. Source

UCLA’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2023Laiatu Latu DELombardi, Hendricks
2015Kaʻimi Fairbairn KGroza
2014Eric Kendricks ILBButkus
2009Kai Forbath KGroza
2005Marcedes Lewis TEMackey
1998Kris Farris OTOutland
1998Cade McNown QBUnitas Golden Arm
1995Jonathan Ogden OTOutland
1988Troy Aikman QBDavey O’Brien
1967Gary Beban QBHeisman, Maxwell

Consensus All-Americans 42

2023Laiatu Latu DL
2015Kaʻimi Fairbairn K
2013Anthony Barr LB
2009Kai Forbath K
2006Justin Hickman DE
2006Justin Medlock K
2005Marcedes Lewis TE
2005Maurice Jones-Drew RS
2003Dave Ball DE
2001Robert Thomas LB
2000Freddie Mitchell WR
1998Cade McNown QB
1998Kris Farris OT
1997Chad Overhauser OL
1995Jonathan Ogden OT
1993Bjorn Merten K
1993J.J. Stokes WR
1993Jamir Miller LB
1992Carlton Gray DB
1988Darryl Henley DB
1988Troy Aikman QB
1985John Lee K
1983Don Rogers DB
1981Tim Wrightman TE
1980Kenny Easley S
1979Kenny Easley S
1978Jerry Robinson LB
1978Kenny Easley S
1977Jerry Robinson LB
1976Jerry Robinson LB
1975John Sciarra QB
1973Kermit Johnson RB
1969Mike Ballou LB
1967Don Manning LB
1967Gary Beban QB
1966Mel Farr RB
1957Dick Wallen E
1955Hardiman Cureton OG
1954Jack Ellena OT
1953Paul Cameron RB
1952Donn Moomaw C/LB
1946Burr Baldwin E

Led the nation 10

2005Maurice Jones-Drew punt return average (28.5)
1997Cade McNown passer rating (168.6)
1997Randy Moss points (156 pts)
1997Skip Hicks points per game (13)
1993Bryan Reeves receiving touchdowns (17 TD)
1982Tom Ramsey passer rating (153.5)
1960Billy Kilmer total offense (1,889 yds), total offense per game (188.9)
1940Jackie Robinson punt return average (21.0)
1939Jackie Robinson yards per carry (12.2), punt return average (20.0)
1939Kenny Washington total offense (1,370 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1998Cade McNown QB3rd
1988Troy Aikman QB3rd
1966Gary Beban QB4th
1960Billy Kilmer RB5th
1953Paul Cameron RB3rd
1952Donn Moomaw C/LB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
14
Coaches
3
2024Paul Cameron RB
2020Cade McNown QB
2014John Sciarra QB
2012Jonathan Ogden OT
2010Randy Cross C/OG
2008Troy Aikman QB
2000Terry Donahue coach here, 1976–⁠1995
1999Billy Kilmer RB
1996Jerry Robinson LB
1996Red Sanders coach here, 1949–⁠1957
1991Kenny Easley S
1991Tommy Prothro coach here, 1965–⁠1970
1988Gary Beban QB
1983Al Sparlis OG
1976Tom Fears E
1973Donn Moomaw C/LB
1956Kenny Washington RB

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
205 since 1936
First-round picks
35
AAFC and AFL picks
7 1947, 1961, 1963
2024Laiatu Latu DENo. 15, Indianapolis Colts
2018Josh Rosen QBNo. 10, Arizona Cardinals
2018Kolton Miller OTNo. 15, Oakland Raiders
2017Takkarist McKinley DENo. 26, Atlanta Falcons
2016Kenny Clark DTNo. 27, Green Bay Packers
2014Anthony Barr OLBNo. 9, Minnesota Vikings
2013Datone Jones DENo. 26, Green Bay Packers
2006Marcedes Lewis TENo. 28, Jacksonville Jaguars

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of California–Los Angeles
Enrollment
47,335 33,475 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Los Angeles, California
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1919
Graduates’ median earnings
$82,511 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @UCLAFootballInstagram @uclafootballFacebook uclafootball

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones uclabruins.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1985–⁠89Joel Meyers
  2. 2015–⁠16Bill Roth

With them: David Norrie (analyst, from 1991), Steve Hartman (analyst, 1996–⁠97), Billy Ray Smith Jr. (analyst, 1997–⁠2000).

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s UCLA football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

And 31 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by UCLA (1 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠04–⁠0Bob Chesney160615.3
20253–⁠93–⁠6Deshaun Foster, Tim Skipper1427-8.7
20245–⁠73–⁠6Deshaun Foster1512-1.3
20238–⁠54–⁠5Chip Kelly15879.7
20229–⁠46–⁠321Chip Kelly160815.0
20218–⁠46–⁠3Chip Kelly16129.4
20203–⁠43–⁠4Chip Kelly1502-1.1
20194–⁠84–⁠5Chip Kelly1444-3.9
20183–⁠93–⁠6Chip Kelly1432-0.4
20176–⁠74–⁠5Jim Mora, Jedd Fisch14914.9
20164–⁠82–⁠716Jim Mora14919.1
20158–⁠55–⁠413Jim Mora161818.6
201410–⁠36–⁠3710Jim Mora170017.7
201310–⁠36–⁠32116Jim Mora170520.0
20129–⁠56–⁠3Jim Mora156214.8
20116–⁠85–⁠4Rick Neuheisel, Mike Johnson14453.5
20104–⁠82–⁠7Rick Neuheisel14373.9
20097–⁠63–⁠6Rick Neuheisel15104.6
20084–⁠83–⁠6Rick Neuheisel1449-0.1
20076–⁠75–⁠414Karl Dorrell, DeWayne Walker155111.2
20067–⁠65–⁠4Karl Dorrell15868.8
200510–⁠26–⁠216Karl Dorrell16428.7
20046–⁠64–⁠4Karl Dorrell154810.0
20036–⁠74–⁠4Karl Dorrell1513-1.4
20028–⁠54–⁠4Bob Toledo, Ed Kezirian160316.0
Every season back to 1925 (77 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠44–⁠417Bob Toledo158816.8
20006–⁠63–⁠5Bob Toledo150611.6
19994–⁠72–⁠616Bob Toledo1496-0.3
199810–⁠28–⁠078Bob Toledo174423.0
199710–⁠27–⁠15Bob Toledo174025.8
19965–⁠64–⁠4Bob Toledo156412.7
19957–⁠54–⁠416Terry Donahue157811.9
19945–⁠63–⁠514Terry Donahue1562-0.4
19938–⁠46–⁠218Terry Donahue166324.9
19926–⁠53–⁠518Terry Donahue15242.8
19919–⁠36–⁠22419Terry Donahue163118.9
19905–⁠64–⁠419Terry Donahue15287.8
19893–⁠7–⁠12–⁠5–⁠19Terry Donahue15486.9
198810–⁠26–⁠256Terry Donahue176228.0
198710–⁠27–⁠139Terry Donahue175228.1
19868–⁠3–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1414Terry Donahue171124.9
19859–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2207Terry Donahue171325.5
19849–⁠35–⁠259Terry Donahue16717.3
19837–⁠4–⁠16–⁠1–⁠12017Terry Donahue171120.8
198210–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1205Terry Donahue172324.2
19817–⁠4–⁠15–⁠2–⁠113Terry Donahue165622.4
19809–⁠25–⁠213Terry Donahue167620.7
19795–⁠63–⁠4Terry Donahue158413.7
19788–⁠3–⁠16–⁠21214Terry Donahue165614.1
19777–⁠45–⁠211Terry Donahue164211.4
19769–⁠2–⁠16–⁠11715Terry Donahue169423.2
19759–⁠2–⁠16–⁠1145Dick Vermeil169018.1
19746–⁠3–⁠24–⁠2–⁠112Dick Vermeil16044.4
19739–⁠26–⁠11012Pepper Rodgers169922.5
19728–⁠35–⁠215Pepper Rodgers159719.2
19712–⁠7–⁠11–⁠4–⁠115Pepper Rodgers14771.4
19706–⁠54–⁠318Tommy Prothro160019.8
19698–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠11713Tommy Prothro1647
19683–⁠72–⁠416Tommy Prothro1500
19677–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠18Tommy Prothro1671
19669–⁠13–⁠145Tommy Prothro1698
19658–⁠2–⁠14–⁠04Tommy Prothro1618
19644–⁠62–⁠2Bill Barnes1419
19632–⁠82–⁠2Bill Barnes1385
19624–⁠61–⁠3Bill Barnes1480
19617–⁠43–⁠116Bill Barnes1590
19607–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2Bill Barnes1613
19595–⁠4–⁠13–⁠1Bill Barnes1541
19583–⁠6–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1George Dickerson, Bill Barnes1504
19578–⁠25–⁠2Red Sanders1657
19567–⁠35–⁠217Red Sanders1647
19559–⁠26–⁠014Red Sanders1758
19549–⁠06–⁠082Red Sanders1778
19538–⁠26–⁠145Red Sanders1735
19528–⁠15–⁠1186Red Sanders1730
19515–⁠3–⁠14–⁠1–⁠117Red Sanders1627
19506–⁠35–⁠2Red Sanders1600
19496–⁠35–⁠218Red Sanders1520
19483–⁠72–⁠6Bert LaBrucherie1409
19475–⁠44–⁠2Bert LaBrucherie1609
194610–⁠17–⁠054Bert LaBrucherie1623
19455–⁠42–⁠3Bert LaBrucherie1451
19444–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Babe Horrell1424
19431–⁠80–⁠4Babe Horrell1342
19427–⁠46–⁠113Babe Horrell1568
19415–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Babe Horrell1434
19401–⁠91–⁠6Babe Horrell1429
19396–⁠0–⁠45–⁠0–⁠37Babe Horrell1617
19387–⁠4–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1William Spaulding1537
19372–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1William Spaulding1450
19366–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1William Spaulding1540
19358–⁠24–⁠1William Spaulding1603
19347–⁠32–⁠3William Spaulding1535
19336–⁠4–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1William Spaulding1496
19326–⁠44–⁠2William Spaulding1449
19313–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3William Spaulding1431
19303–⁠51–⁠4William Spaulding1347
19294–⁠41–⁠3William Spaulding1315
19284–⁠4–⁠10–⁠4William Spaulding1216
19270–⁠11084
19260–⁠11091
19250–⁠11096

Officially 640–⁠449–⁠37 since 1919 (per Wikipedia, checked Sep 13, 2026); game by game here, 629–⁠428–⁠31 (−11 wins, −21 losses, −6 ties). Our file starts in 1925; the program began in 1919. Some games are missing from our source.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.