The Bruins are preparing for one of their toughest matchups of the season as they hit the road and travel to Minneapolis to take on the 5-3 Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The depth of this UCLA basketball team has already started to show, as many players got involved in the win over Arizona in the season opener. Nine players were involved in the game, each of them making a difference in one way or another.
The initial rankings for the College Football Playoff have finally been released, and UCLA finds itself in an interesting position due to the committee's ranking.
The next time the new AP poll comes out for the college basketball season, the Bruins can expect a major rise in their ranking after taking down No. 5 Arizona in the season opener.
UCLA is 8-0 and No. 5 in both the AP poll and the Coaches Poll, but the College Football Playoff selection committee ranked the Bruins at No. 8 in its first rankings Tuesday night.
The Bruins are entering their toughest stretch of the schedule they've seen so far, and it starts with a crucial road matchup against a tough Minnesota team looking for an upset.
The college basketball season has started off with a bang, as the No. 22 Bruins took down No. 5 overall Arizona in a big-time contest to tip things off.
Ivan Kharchenkov scored 38 points, but Arizona couldn't overcome a 16-point second-half deficit against UCLA in the season opener on Monday night.
UCLA vs. Arizona is arguably the best opening matchup in college basketball. With so many eyes on the Bruins in the opening week, here are the four biggest questions I have that I'll be watching for as UCLA takes on the Wildcats.
When speaking with UCLA fans, it seems they have mixed reactions to head coach Mick Cronin. Many fans acknowledge the strengths of Cronin, while also being optimistic about the roster he's built ahead of the 2026-2027 season.
The Bruins' sloppy performance at home wasn't enough for Nevada to take advantage of, as UCLA’s 27-0 win over the Wolf Pack allowed them to advance to 8-0.
The UCLA Bruins are now 8-0 thanks to a 27-0 shutout win over Nevada at the Rose Bowl in Week 9. It wasn't a perfect game by any means, and in fact, it looked sloppy at times.
It wasn't the most pristine performance from the Bruins in the Week 9 win over Nevada. However, they did manage to get the job done and improve to 8-0 on the season.
The Bruins got the job done and improved to 8-0 behind a sloppy offensive win, backed by another elite performance from this Bruins defense. Due to the lack of offensive firepower, most of the standouts in Week 9's action came from the defensive side of the ball.
Now it’s for real. UCLA is one of three unbeaten teams remaining, along with Miami and Utah, and it has a favorable enough schedule to get through the last five games 5-2, at least, to get into the College Football Playoff.
The UCLA Bruins are going to get quarterback Nico Iamaleava back for the 2027 season. This is huge news.
For three months, it appeared that UCLA was on a glide back to Omaha. The Bruins were the consensus top team for nearly the entire 2026 regular season.
Carson Steele’s brief and injury-interrupted stint with the Philadelphia Eagles ended Tuesday when the team waived the former UCLA Bruins running back from injured reserve with an injury settlement.
Chesney has UCLA at 7-0 and ranked No. 7 in the country. He looks like the next Cignetti.
The hottest football ticket right now in Los Angeles is not the Los Angeles Rams, the Los Angeles Chargers or even the USC Trojans. It’s about 30 minutes northeast in Pasadena with the No. 7 UCLA Bruins.
When the UCLA Bruins entered the 2026 college football season they did so with just a 1% chance to reach the College Football Playoffs. Now, seven games into the season and the Bruins sit with a 7-0 record and now have a 45% chance to make it to the postseason.
The UCLA Bruins are 5-0 and ranked No. 12 in the nation. Bob Chesney's team appears to be for real.
The UCLA Bruins are rolling on the gridiron, and they look like a program that could make College Football Playoff noise. When was the last time that could be said about UCLA football?
UCLA is off to a great start in 2026, but things just got much more difficult for the Bruins as they push for a CFB Playoff spot.
Only five games into his tenure at UCLA, head coach Bob Chesney is putting the program back on the map.
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