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▲ Above its 5-year level +8▲ Up 8 this season
Career74since 1936
Peak891955
Last 571seasons
#16 nationally · 5-0 (3-0 conf)
Résumé #3 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #19
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
UCLA Bruins
Big Ten · Pasadena, CA · Rose Bowl · Head coach Bob Chesney
34-54-7 all time (95 meetings since 1929)
USC leads
Last: lost 29-10 (2025) · USC has won 2 straight
Wants it back
All-American Factory
0national titles
1Heisman
17AP top-10
37All-Americans
174NFL picks
59.5%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1928. Every season →
Chemistry
63
48Foundation
80Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +8Trending up
early · #44 of 138
HC year1
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 5-0 | Big Ten | #21 | #16 | 79 | Bob Chesney |
| 2025 | 3-9 | Big Ten | — | #75 | 63 | Tim Skipper; Deshaun Foster |
| 2024 | 5-7 | Big Ten | — | #58 | 67 | Deshaun Foster |
| 2023 | 8-5 | Pac-12 | — | #34 | 74 | Chip Kelly |
| 2022 | 9-4 | Pac-12 | #21 | #29 | 75 | Chip Kelly |
| 2021 | 8-4 | Pac-12 | — | #24 | 76 | Chip Kelly |
| 2020 | 3-4 | Pac-12 | — | — | — | Chip Kelly |
| 2019 | 4-8 | Pac-12 | — | #69 | 63 | Chip Kelly |
| 2018 | 3-9 | Pac-12 | — | #86 | 60 | Chip Kelly |
| 2017 | 6-7 | Pac-12 | — | #64 | 65 | Jim Mora; Jedd Fisch |
| 2016 | 4-8 | Pac-12 | — | #53 | 68 | Jim Mora |
| 2015 | 8-5 | Pac-12 | — | #32 | 75 | Jim Mora |
| 2014 | 10-3 | Pac-12 | #10 | #15 | 79 | Jim Mora |
| 2013 | 10-3 | Pac-12 | #16 | #10 | 84 | Jim Mora |
| 2012 | 9-5 | Pac-12 | — | #29 | 74 | Jim Mora |
| 2011 | 6-8 | Pac-12 | — | #63 | 63 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2010 | 4-8 | Pac-10 | — | #55 | 66 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2009 | 7-6 | Pac-10 | — | #49 | 68 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2008 | 4-8 | Pac-10 | — | #78 | 58 | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2007 | 6-7 | Pac-10 | — | #31 | 74 | Karl Dorrell; DeWayne Walker |
| 2006 | 7-6 | Pac-10 | — | #29 | 75 | Karl Dorrell |
| 2005 | 10-2 | Pac-10 | #16 | #29 | 75 | Karl Dorrell |
| 2004 | 6-6 | Pac-10 | — | #24 | 76 | Karl Dorrell |
| 2003 | 6-7 | Pac-10 | — | #63 | 64 | Karl Dorrell |
| 2002 | 8-5 | Pac-10 | — | #22 | 76 | Bob Toledo |
| 2001 | 7-4 | Pac-10 | — | #12 | 78 | Bob Toledo |
| 2000 | 6-6 | Pac-10 | — | #33 | 73 | Bob Toledo |
| 1999 | 4-7 | Pac-10 | — | #73 | 61 | Bob Toledo |
| 1998 | 10-2 | Pac-10 | #8 | #11 | 82 | Bob Toledo |
| 1997 | 10-2 | Pac-10 | #5 | #8 | 87 | Bob Toledo |
| 1996 | 5-6 | Pac-10 | — | #26 | 74 | Bob Toledo |
| 1995 | 7-5 | Pac-10 | — | #31 | 72 | Terry Donahue |
| 1994 | 5-6 | Pac-10 | — | #52 | 66 | Terry Donahue |
| 1993 | 8-4 | Pac-10 | #18 | #8 | 86 | Terry Donahue |
| 1992 | 6-5 | Pac-10 | — | #41 | 68 | Terry Donahue |
| 1991 | 9-3 | Pac-10 | #19 | #12 | 81 | Terry Donahue |
| 1990 | 5-6 | Pac-10 | — | #37 | 71 | Terry Donahue |
| 1989 | 3-7-1 | Pac-10 | — | #42 | 69 | Terry Donahue |
| 1988 | 10-2 | Pac-10 | #6 | #6 | 85 | Terry Donahue |
| 1987 | 10-2 | Pac-10 | #9 | #6 | 88 | Terry Donahue |
| 1986 | 8-3-1 | Pac-10 | #14 | #7 | 87 | Terry Donahue |
| 1985 | 9-2-1 | Pac-10 | #7 | #7 | 85 | Terry Donahue |
| 1984 | 9-3 | Pac-10 | #9 | #47 | 68 | Terry Donahue |
| 1983 | 7-4-1 | Pac-10 | #17 | #17 | 78 | Terry Donahue |
| 1982 | 10-1-1 | Pac-10 | #5 | #4 | 87 | Terry Donahue |
| 1981 | 7-4-1 | Pac-10 | — | #13 | 80 | Terry Donahue |
| 1980 | 9-2 | Pac-10 | #13 | #10 | 85 | Terry Donahue |
| 1979 | 5-6 | Pac-10 | — | #27 | 76 | Terry Donahue |
| 1978 | 8-3-1 | Pac-10 | #14 | #18 | 79 | Terry Donahue |
| 1977 | 7-4 | Pac-8 | — | #19 | 77 | Terry Donahue |
| 1976 | 9-2-1 | Pac-8 | #15 | #10 | 85 | Terry Donahue |
| 1975 | 9-2-1 | Pac-8 | #5 | #18 | 79 | Dick Vermeil |
| 1974 | 6-3-2 | Pac-8 | — | #36 | 71 | Dick Vermeil |
| 1973 | 9-2 | Pac-8 | #12 | #7 | 88 | Pepper Rodgers |
| 1972 | 8-3 | Pac-8 | #15 | #10 | 79 | Pepper Rodgers |
| 1971 | 2-7-1 | Pac-8 | — | #54 | 63 | Pepper Rodgers |
| 1970 | 6-5 | Pac-8 | — | #15 | 79 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1969 | 8-1-1 | Pac-8 | #13 | #3 | 88 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1968 | 3-7 | Pac-8 | — | #53 | 67 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1967 | 7-2-1 | AAWU | — | #10 | 83 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1966 | 9-1 | AAWU | #5 | #13 | 81 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1965 | 8-2-1 | AAWU | #4 | #6 | 88 | Tommy Prothro |
| 1964 | 4-6 | AAWU | — | #50 | 68 | Bill Barnes |
| 1963 | 2-8 | AAWU | — | #62 | 61 | Bill Barnes |
| 1962 | 4-6 | AAWU | — | #58 | 66 | Bill Barnes |
| 1961 | 7-4 | AAWU | #16 | #31 | 71 | Bill Barnes |
| 1960 | 7-2-1 | AAWU | — | #28 | 75 | Bill Barnes |
| 1959 | 5-4-1 | AAWU | — | #32 | 71 | Bill Barnes |
| 1958 | 3-6-1 | Pacific | — | #52 | 64 | Bill Barnes; George Dickerson |
| 1957 | 8-2 | Pacific | — | #25 | 74 | Red Sanders |
| 1956 | 7-3 | Pacific | — | #28 | 72 | Red Sanders |
| 1955 | 9-2 | Pacific | #4 | #3 | 89 | Red Sanders |
| 1954 ★ | 9-0 | Pacific | #2 | #4 | 86 | Red Sanders |
| 1953 | 8-2 | Pacific | #5 | #11 | 80 | Red Sanders |
| 1952 | 8-1 | Pacific | #6 | #5 | 85 | Red Sanders |
| 1951 | 5-3-1 | Pacific | #17 | #14 | 78 | Red Sanders |
| 1950 | 6-3 | Pacific | — | #25 | 76 | Red Sanders |
| 1949 | 6-3 | Pacific | — | #18 | 77 | Red Sanders |
| 1948 | 3-7 | Pacific | — | #71 | 57 | Bert LaBrucherie |
| 1947 | 5-4 | Pacific | — | #12 | 79 | Bert LaBrucherie |
| 1946 | 10-1 | Pacific | #4 | #18 | 76 | Bert LaBrucherie |
| 1945 | 5-4 | Pacific | — | #43 | 60 | Bert LaBrucherie |
| 1944 | 4-5-1 | Pacific | — | #35 | 63 | Babe Horrell |
| 1943 | 1-8 | Pacific | — | #27 | 65 | Babe Horrell |
| 1942 | 7-4 | Pacific | #13 | #30 | 70 | Babe Horrell |
| 1941 | 5-5-1 | Pacific | — | #56 | 63 | Babe Horrell |
| 1940 | 1-9 | Pacific | — | #46 | 65 | Babe Horrell |
| 1939 | 6-0-4 | Pacific | #7 | #32 | 71 | Babe Horrell |
| 1938 | 7-4-1 | Pacific | — | #27 | 73 | William Spaulding |
| 1937 | 2-6-1 | Pacific | — | #63 | 61 | William Spaulding |
| 1936 | 6-3-1 | Pacific | — | #48 | 66 | William Spaulding |
| 1935 | 8-2 | Pacific | — | #13 | 79 early | William Spaulding |
| 1934 | 7-3 | Pacific | — | #49 | 64 early | William Spaulding |
| 1933 | 6-4-1 | Pacific | — | #22 | 75 early | William Spaulding |
| 1932 | 6-4 | Pacific | — | #35 | 69 early | William Spaulding |
| 1931 | 3-4-1 | Pacific | — | #25 | 73 early | William Spaulding |
| 1930 | 3-5 | Pacific | — | #75 | 50 early | William Spaulding |
| 1929 | 4-4 | Pacific | — | #58 | 57 early | William Spaulding |
| 1928 | 4-4-1 | Pacific | — | #63 | 55 early | William Spaulding |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.