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UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles · 2026 · Big Ten

Efficiency
+9.7
31st FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
6th
proj. of 18
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UCLA is 2-0 and ranked 31st in overall efficiency. Their 23rd-ranked defense carries them, with a 37th-ranked offense. They run the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 4th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 109th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+3 left
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
1-0
+3 left
Q4
1-0
+3 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
7th
+0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
61st
full season
45th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
50th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.5 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1@ CaliforniaACC#72W 4524+9.2100%17.1Q3
2vs San Diego StatePac-12#64W 2810+11.7100%19.9Q4
3vs PurdueBig Ten#65Preview+12.677%Q4
4@ MarylandBig Ten#46Preview+1.052%Q2
6@ OregonBig Ten#24Preview-6.136%Q1
7vs WisconsinBig Ten#70Preview+14.580%Q4
8vs Michigan StateBig Ten#54Preview+7.467%Q3
9vs NevadaMountain West#114Preview+23.792%Q4
10@ MinnesotaBig Ten#76Preview+9.772%Q3
11vs IllinoisBig Ten#45Preview+6.565%Q3
12@ MichiganBig Ten#17Preview-8.431%Q1
13vs USCBig Ten#8Preview-9.729%Q1

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on UCLA, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

+0.9+9.6+18.31720Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 109th
SR 109thYPP 110thEPA 106th
RushingEff 4th
SR 8thYPP 7thEPA 4th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 12th
SR 7thYPP 13thEPA 15th
Rush defenseEff 77th
SR 92ndYPP 81stEPA 65th
Dropback rate 42%Tempo -1.1 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 44th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 53%1st · Defense allowed: 37%1st2nd · Offense: 50%2nd · Defense allowed: 24%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 39%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 7.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 17.0Q2 · Allowed: 10.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 7.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 42.0Q4 · Allowed: 10.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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UCLA Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 37th
+4.1
Field position: +0.8Finishing drives: +3.3
Field position +0.8Finishing drives +3.3= +4.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 37th · Finishing 42nd

Defensive EffRanked 23rd
+5.8
Field position: +2.6Finishing drives: +3.2
Field position +2.6Finishing drives +3.2= +5.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 2nd · Finishing 42nd

2.69 points per drive on offense, 1.36 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 40.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(24)58% / 42%38%5.2
Q2(41)49% / 51%51%8.6
Q3(24)46% / 54%38%3.2
Q4(29)14% / 86%69%9.6
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.035%7.4
2nd(16)9.038%8.5
3rd(15)7.533%4.2
4th(1)7.00%-2.0
All (49)35%6.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(40)9.860%8.0
2nd(22)6.059%6.7
3rd(7)4.371%5.0
4th(0)
All (69)61%7.3

UCLA, all games.