2014–2026 performance history

UCLA over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big TenHead coach: Bob ChesneyView UCLA games →
Offense · 2026 estimate44.8/100

93.6 average through 1 game

36.8 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate31.4/100

57.3 average through 1 game

28.4 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

UCLA individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Mora · ’14–’17Jim Mora, 2014–2017Kelly · ’18–’23Chip Kelly, 2018–2023FosterDeshaun Foster, 2024SkipperTim Skipper, 2025ChesneyBob Chesney, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: UCLA at Virginia · W 28–20; offense 17.6 percentile2014 Week 2: UCLA vs. Memphis · W 42–35; offense 92.3 percentile2014 Week 3: UCLA vs. Texas · W 20–17; offense 66.0 percentile2014 Week 6: UCLA vs. Utah · L 28–30; offense 73.6 percentile2014 Week 7: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 30–42; offense 66.5 percentile2014 Week 8: UCLA at California · W 36–34; offense 61.7 percentile2014 Week 9: UCLA at Colorado · W 40–37; offense 47.6 percentile2014 Week 10: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 17–7; offense 44.6 percentile2014 Week 11: UCLA at Washington · W 44–30; offense 88.5 percentile2014 Week 13: UCLA vs. USC · W 38–20; offense 84.4 percentile2014 Week 14: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 10–31; offense 53.3 percentile2014 Week 1: UCLA vs. Kansas State · W 40–35; offense 94.7 percentile2015 Week 1: UCLA vs. Virginia · W 34–16; offense 66.9 percentile2015 Week 2: UCLA at UNLV · W 37–3; offense 45.9 percentile2015 Week 3: UCLA vs. BYU · W 24–23; offense 79.4 percentile2015 Week 4: UCLA at Arizona · W 56–30; offense 88.4 percentile2015 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 23–38; offense 9.4 percentile2015 Week 7: UCLA at Stanford · L 35–56; offense 57.7 percentile2015 Week 8: UCLA vs. California · W 40–24; offense 73.8 percentile2015 Week 9: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 35–31; offense 49.0 percentile2015 Week 10: UCLA at Oregon State · W 41–0; offense 81.2 percentile2015 Week 11: UCLA vs. Washington State · L 27–31; offense 77.8 percentile2015 Week 12: UCLA at Utah · W 17–9; offense 40.0 percentile2015 Week 13: UCLA at USC · L 21–40; offense 50.3 percentile2015 Week 1: UCLA vs. Nebraska · L 29–37; offense 73.3 percentile2016 Week 1: UCLA at Texas A&M · L 24–31; offense 54.7 percentile2016 Week 2: UCLA vs. UNLV · W 42–21; offense 86.9 percentile2016 Week 3: UCLA at BYU · W 17–14; offense 15.2 percentile2016 Week 4: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 13–22; offense 34.8 percentile2016 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 45–24; offense 30.9 percentile2016 Week 6: UCLA at Arizona State · L 20–23; offense 5.5 percentile2016 Week 7: UCLA at Washington State · L 21–27; offense 26.8 percentile2016 Week 8: UCLA vs. Utah · L 45–52; offense 54.8 percentile2016 Week 10: UCLA at Colorado · L 10–20; offense 7.0 percentile2016 Week 11: UCLA vs. Oregon State · W 38–24; offense 54.2 percentile2016 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · L 14–36; offense 27.4 percentile2016 Week 13: UCLA at California · L 10–36; offense 12.0 percentile2017 Week 1: UCLA vs. Texas A&M · W 45–44; offense 77.0 percentile2017 Week 2: UCLA vs. Hawai'i · W 56–23; offense 92.6 percentile2017 Week 3: UCLA at Memphis · L 45–48; offense 76.1 percentile2017 Week 4: UCLA at Stanford · L 34–58; offense 89.6 percentile2017 Week 5: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 27–23; offense 32.8 percentile2017 Week 7: UCLA at Arizona · L 30–47; offense 72.8 percentile2017 Week 8: UCLA vs. Oregon · W 31–14; offense 80.6 percentile2017 Week 9: UCLA at Washington · L 23–44; offense 40.3 percentile2017 Week 10: UCLA at Utah · L 17–48; offense 39.1 percentile2017 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona State · W 44–37; offense 49.7 percentile2017 Week 12: UCLA at USC · L 23–28; offense 55.6 percentile2017 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · W 30–27; offense 31.7 percentile2017 Week 1: UCLA vs. Kansas State · L 17–35; offense 31.9 percentile2018 Week 1: UCLA vs. Cincinnati · L 17–26; offense 44.3 percentile2018 Week 2: UCLA at Oklahoma · L 21–49; offense 12.0 percentile2018 Week 3: UCLA vs. Fresno State · L 14–38; offense 41.4 percentile2018 Week 5: UCLA at Colorado · L 16–38; offense 51.7 percentile2018 Week 6: UCLA vs. Washington · L 24–31; offense 87.7 percentile2018 Week 7: UCLA at California · W 37–7; offense 67.4 percentile2018 Week 8: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 31–30; offense 24.6 percentile2018 Week 9: UCLA vs. Utah · L 10–41; offense 55.2 percentile2018 Week 10: UCLA at Oregon · L 21–42; offense 64.9 percentile2018 Week 11: UCLA at Arizona State · L 28–31; offense 71.5 percentile2018 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · W 34–27; offense 85.6 percentile2018 Week 13: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 42–49; offense 40.2 percentile2019 Week 1: UCLA at Cincinnati · L 14–24; offense 28.1 percentile2019 Week 2: UCLA vs. San Diego State · L 14–23; offense 16.0 percentile2019 Week 3: UCLA vs. Oklahoma · L 14–48; offense 23.6 percentile2019 Week 4: UCLA at Washington State · W 67–63; offense 63.0 percentile2019 Week 5: UCLA at Arizona · L 17–20; offense 28.8 percentile2019 Week 6: UCLA vs. Oregon State · L 31–48; offense 55.1 percentile2019 Week 8: UCLA at Stanford · W 34–16; offense 26.8 percentile2019 Week 9: UCLA vs. Arizona State · W 42–32; offense 67.9 percentile2019 Week 10: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 31–14; offense 36.1 percentile2019 Week 12: UCLA at Utah · L 3–49; offense 34.0 percentile2019 Week 13: UCLA at USC · L 35–52; offense 57.0 percentile2019 Week 14: UCLA vs. California · L 18–28; offense 26.7 percentile2020 Week 10: UCLA at Colorado · L 42–48; offense 84.9 percentile2020 Week 11: UCLA vs. California · W 34–10; offense 69.6 percentile2020 Week 12: UCLA at Oregon · L 35–38; offense 80.9 percentile2020 Week 13: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 27–10; offense 19.1 percentile2020 Week 14: UCLA at Arizona State · W 25–18; offense 53.0 percentile2020 Week 15: UCLA vs. USC · L 38–43; offense 56.0 percentile2020 Week 16: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 47–48; offense 42.6 percentile2021 Week 1: UCLA vs. Hawai'i · W 44–10; offense 61.1 percentile2021 Week 1: UCLA vs. LSU · W 38–27; offense 76.8 percentile2021 Week 3: UCLA vs. Fresno State · L 37–40; offense 70.7 percentile2021 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 23–42; offense 26.7 percentile2021 Week 6: UCLA at Arizona · W 34–16; offense 85.3 percentile2021 Week 7: UCLA at Washington · W 24–17; offense 72.7 percentile2021 Week 8: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 31–34; offense 32.1 percentile2021 Week 9: UCLA at Utah · L 24–44; offense 59.9 percentile2021 Week 11: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 44–20; offense 88.6 percentile2021 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · W 42–14; offense 84.5 percentile2022 Week 1: UCLA vs. Bowling Green · W 45–17; offense 87.2 percentile2022 Week 2: UCLA vs. Alabama State · W 45–7; offense 71.6 percentile2022 Week 3: UCLA vs. South Alabama · W 32–31; offense 63.7 percentile2022 Week 4: UCLA at Colorado · W 45–17; offense 83.5 percentile2022 Week 5: UCLA vs. Washington · W 40–32; offense 97.5 percentile2022 Week 6: UCLA vs. Utah · W 42–32; offense 95.8 percentile2022 Week 8: UCLA at Oregon · L 30–45; offense 91.7 percentile2022 Week 9: UCLA vs. Stanford · W 38–13; offense 75.6 percentile2022 Week 10: UCLA at Arizona State · W 50–36; offense 99.7 percentile2022 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona · L 28–34; offense 30.5 percentile2022 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · L 45–48; offense 76.4 percentile2022 Week 1: UCLA vs. Pittsburgh · L 35–37; offense 87.7 percentile2023 Week 1: UCLA vs. Coastal Carolina · W 27–13; offense 78.3 percentile2023 Week 2: UCLA at San Diego State · W 35–10; offense 94.6 percentile2023 Week 3: UCLA vs. North Carolina Central · W 59–7; offense 77.9 percentile2023 Week 4: UCLA at Utah · L 7–14; offense 3.7 percentile2023 Week 6: UCLA vs. Washington State · W 25–17; offense 40.1 percentile2023 Week 7: UCLA at Oregon State · L 24–36; offense 76.9 percentile2023 Week 8: UCLA at Stanford · W 42–7; offense 55.8 percentile2023 Week 9: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 28–16; offense 65.5 percentile2023 Week 10: UCLA at Arizona · L 10–27; offense 25.8 percentile2023 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 7–17; offense 5.0 percentile2023 Week 12: UCLA at USC · W 38–20; offense 42.0 percentile2023 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · L 7–33; offense 5.2 percentile2023 Week 1: UCLA vs. Boise State · W 35–22; offense 93.8 percentile2024 Week 1: UCLA at Hawai'i · W 16–13; offense 16.7 percentile2024 Week 3: UCLA vs. Indiana · L 13–42; offense 70.3 percentile2024 Week 4: UCLA at LSU · L 17–34; offense 21.9 percentile2024 Week 5: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 13–34; offense 0.8 percentile2024 Week 6: UCLA at Penn State · L 11–27; offense 41.0 percentile2024 Week 7: UCLA vs. Minnesota · L 17–21; offense 36.6 percentile2024 Week 8: UCLA at Rutgers · W 35–32; offense 75.6 percentile2024 Week 10: UCLA at Nebraska · W 27–20; offense 73.1 percentile2024 Week 11: UCLA vs. Iowa · W 20–17; offense 82.9 percentile2024 Week 12: UCLA at Washington · L 19–31; offense 18.5 percentile2024 Week 13: UCLA vs. USC · L 13–19; offense 31.1 percentile2024 Week 14: UCLA vs. Fresno State · W 20–13; offense 48.9 percentile2025 Week 2: UCLA at UNLV · L 23–30; offense 41.4 percentile2025 Week 3: UCLA vs. New Mexico · L 10–35; offense 21.8 percentile2025 Week 5: UCLA at Northwestern · L 14–17; offense 32.7 percentile2025 Week 6: UCLA vs. Penn State · W 42–37; offense 62.6 percentile2025 Week 8: UCLA vs. Maryland · W 20–17; offense 21.7 percentile2025 Week 9: UCLA at Indiana · L 6–56; offense 36.4 percentile2025 Week 11: UCLA vs. Nebraska · L 21–28; offense 59.9 percentile2025 Week 12: UCLA at Ohio State · L 10–48; offense 58.2 percentile2025 Week 13: UCLA vs. Washington · L 14–48; offense 9.6 percentile2025 Week 14: UCLA at USC · L 10–29; offense 39.4 percentile2026 Week 1: UCLA at California · W 45–24; offense 93.6 percentile2014 offense season mean: 69.1 percentile2015 offense season mean: 61.7 percentile2016 offense season mean: 31.1 percentile2017 offense season mean: 61.6 percentile2018 offense season mean: 54.4 percentile2019 offense season mean: 37.7 percentile2020 offense season mean: 59.0 percentile2021 offense season mean: 67.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 85.9 percentile2023 offense season mean: 49.4 percentile2024 offense season mean: 39.0 percentile2025 offense season mean: 36.8 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 44.8 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 93.6 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: UCLA at Virginia · W 28–20; defense 58.7 percentile2014 Week 2: UCLA vs. Memphis · W 42–35; defense 34.0 percentile2014 Week 3: UCLA vs. Texas · W 20–17; defense 44.2 percentile2014 Week 6: UCLA vs. Utah · L 28–30; defense 48.3 percentile2014 Week 7: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 30–42; defense 16.3 percentile2014 Week 8: UCLA at California · W 36–34; defense 78.5 percentile2014 Week 9: UCLA at Colorado · W 40–37; defense 51.3 percentile2014 Week 10: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 17–7; defense 93.2 percentile2014 Week 11: UCLA at Washington · W 44–30; defense 31.1 percentile2014 Week 13: UCLA vs. USC · W 38–20; defense 81.5 percentile2014 Week 14: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 10–31; defense 11.3 percentile2014 Week 1: UCLA vs. Kansas State · W 40–35; defense 75.9 percentile2015 Week 1: UCLA vs. Virginia · W 34–16; defense 65.9 percentile2015 Week 2: UCLA at UNLV · W 37–3; defense 98.9 percentile2015 Week 3: UCLA vs. BYU · W 24–23; defense 49.3 percentile2015 Week 4: UCLA at Arizona · W 56–30; defense 55.8 percentile2015 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 23–38; defense 64.8 percentile2015 Week 7: UCLA at Stanford · L 35–56; defense 27.2 percentile2015 Week 8: UCLA vs. California · W 40–24; defense 63.6 percentile2015 Week 9: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 35–31; defense 42.2 percentile2015 Week 10: UCLA at Oregon State · W 41–0; defense 85.5 percentile2015 Week 11: UCLA vs. Washington State · L 27–31; defense 54.9 percentile2015 Week 12: UCLA at Utah · W 17–9; defense 79.9 percentile2015 Week 13: UCLA at USC · L 21–40; defense 68.1 percentile2015 Week 1: UCLA vs. Nebraska · L 29–37; defense 13.9 percentile2016 Week 1: UCLA at Texas A&M · L 24–31; defense 71.5 percentile2016 Week 2: UCLA vs. UNLV · W 42–21; defense 23.2 percentile2016 Week 3: UCLA at BYU · W 17–14; defense 98.6 percentile2016 Week 4: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 13–22; defense 35.7 percentile2016 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 45–24; defense 71.8 percentile2016 Week 6: UCLA at Arizona State · L 20–23; defense 97.0 percentile2016 Week 7: UCLA at Washington State · L 21–27; defense 88.8 percentile2016 Week 8: UCLA vs. Utah · L 45–52; defense 28.6 percentile2016 Week 10: UCLA at Colorado · L 10–20; defense 79.3 percentile2016 Week 11: UCLA vs. Oregon State · W 38–24; defense 90.7 percentile2016 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · L 14–36; defense 30.5 percentile2016 Week 13: UCLA at California · L 10–36; defense 74.0 percentile2017 Week 1: UCLA vs. Texas A&M · W 45–44; defense 25.3 percentile2017 Week 2: UCLA vs. Hawai'i · W 56–23; defense 30.7 percentile2017 Week 3: UCLA at Memphis · L 45–48; defense 69.8 percentile2017 Week 4: UCLA at Stanford · L 34–58; defense 12.2 percentile2017 Week 5: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 27–23; defense 64.0 percentile2017 Week 7: UCLA at Arizona · L 30–47; defense 16.0 percentile2017 Week 8: UCLA vs. Oregon · W 31–14; defense 83.6 percentile2017 Week 9: UCLA at Washington · L 23–44; defense 33.6 percentile2017 Week 10: UCLA at Utah · L 17–48; defense 3.1 percentile2017 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona State · W 44–37; defense 39.6 percentile2017 Week 12: UCLA at USC · L 23–28; defense 59.4 percentile2017 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · W 30–27; defense 31.9 percentile2017 Week 1: UCLA vs. Kansas State · L 17–35; defense 9.8 percentile2018 Week 1: UCLA vs. Cincinnati · L 17–26; defense 85.4 percentile2018 Week 2: UCLA at Oklahoma · L 21–49; defense 69.3 percentile2018 Week 3: UCLA vs. Fresno State · L 14–38; defense 39.6 percentile2018 Week 5: UCLA at Colorado · L 16–38; defense 8.0 percentile2018 Week 6: UCLA vs. Washington · L 24–31; defense 26.3 percentile2018 Week 7: UCLA at California · W 37–7; defense 75.4 percentile2018 Week 8: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 31–30; defense 19.5 percentile2018 Week 9: UCLA vs. Utah · L 10–41; defense 15.1 percentile2018 Week 10: UCLA at Oregon · L 21–42; defense 33.1 percentile2018 Week 11: UCLA at Arizona State · L 28–31; defense 26.0 percentile2018 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · W 34–27; defense 20.3 percentile2018 Week 13: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 42–49; defense 14.9 percentile2019 Week 1: UCLA at Cincinnati · L 14–24; defense 50.7 percentile2019 Week 2: UCLA vs. San Diego State · L 14–23; defense 70.3 percentile2019 Week 3: UCLA vs. Oklahoma · L 14–48; defense 8.1 percentile2019 Week 4: UCLA at Washington State · W 67–63; defense 7.6 percentile2019 Week 5: UCLA at Arizona · L 17–20; defense 58.1 percentile2019 Week 6: UCLA vs. Oregon State · L 31–48; defense 10.4 percentile2019 Week 8: UCLA at Stanford · W 34–16; defense 95.8 percentile2019 Week 9: UCLA vs. Arizona State · W 42–32; defense 48.3 percentile2019 Week 10: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 31–14; defense 81.4 percentile2019 Week 12: UCLA at Utah · L 3–49; defense 11.4 percentile2019 Week 13: UCLA at USC · L 35–52; defense 18.8 percentile2019 Week 14: UCLA vs. California · L 18–28; defense 14.9 percentile2020 Week 10: UCLA at Colorado · L 42–48; defense 29.4 percentile2020 Week 11: UCLA vs. California · W 34–10; defense 92.4 percentile2020 Week 12: UCLA at Oregon · L 35–38; defense 73.2 percentile2020 Week 13: UCLA vs. Arizona · W 27–10; defense 66.5 percentile2020 Week 14: UCLA at Arizona State · W 25–18; defense 53.5 percentile2020 Week 15: UCLA vs. USC · L 38–43; defense 36.7 percentile2020 Week 16: UCLA vs. Stanford · L 47–48; defense 10.7 percentile2021 Week 1: UCLA vs. Hawai'i · W 44–10; defense 98.0 percentile2021 Week 1: UCLA vs. LSU · W 38–27; defense 64.8 percentile2021 Week 3: UCLA vs. Fresno State · L 37–40; defense 57.4 percentile2021 Week 5: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 23–42; defense 13.4 percentile2021 Week 6: UCLA at Arizona · W 34–16; defense 53.6 percentile2021 Week 7: UCLA at Washington · W 24–17; defense 71.3 percentile2021 Week 8: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 31–34; defense 36.9 percentile2021 Week 9: UCLA at Utah · L 24–44; defense 10.5 percentile2021 Week 11: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 44–20; defense 24.5 percentile2021 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · W 42–14; defense 76.5 percentile2022 Week 1: UCLA vs. Bowling Green · W 45–17; defense 93.2 percentile2022 Week 2: UCLA vs. Alabama State · W 45–7; defense 55.0 percentile2022 Week 3: UCLA vs. South Alabama · W 32–31; defense 26.8 percentile2022 Week 4: UCLA at Colorado · W 45–17; defense 73.0 percentile2022 Week 5: UCLA vs. Washington · W 40–32; defense 70.9 percentile2022 Week 6: UCLA vs. Utah · W 42–32; defense 43.7 percentile2022 Week 8: UCLA at Oregon · L 30–45; defense 8.0 percentile2022 Week 9: UCLA vs. Stanford · W 38–13; defense 66.8 percentile2022 Week 10: UCLA at Arizona State · W 50–36; defense 19.5 percentile2022 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona · L 28–34; defense 30.7 percentile2022 Week 12: UCLA vs. USC · L 45–48; defense 37.3 percentile2022 Week 1: UCLA vs. Pittsburgh · L 35–37; defense 51.0 percentile2023 Week 1: UCLA vs. Coastal Carolina · W 27–13; defense 85.6 percentile2023 Week 2: UCLA at San Diego State · W 35–10; defense 81.1 percentile2023 Week 3: UCLA vs. North Carolina Central · W 59–7; defense 68.7 percentile2023 Week 4: UCLA at Utah · L 7–14; defense 96.3 percentile2023 Week 6: UCLA vs. Washington State · W 25–17; defense 99.1 percentile2023 Week 7: UCLA at Oregon State · L 24–36; defense 22.0 percentile2023 Week 8: UCLA at Stanford · W 42–7; defense 93.2 percentile2023 Week 9: UCLA vs. Colorado · W 28–16; defense 80.7 percentile2023 Week 10: UCLA at Arizona · L 10–27; defense 38.1 percentile2023 Week 11: UCLA vs. Arizona State · L 7–17; defense 61.2 percentile2023 Week 12: UCLA at USC · W 38–20; defense 99.2 percentile2023 Week 13: UCLA vs. California · L 7–33; defense 54.2 percentile2023 Week 1: UCLA vs. Boise State · W 35–22; defense 83.7 percentile2024 Week 1: UCLA at Hawai'i · W 16–13; defense 96.7 percentile2024 Week 3: UCLA vs. Indiana · L 13–42; defense 6.1 percentile2024 Week 4: UCLA at LSU · L 17–34; defense 25.2 percentile2024 Week 5: UCLA vs. Oregon · L 13–34; defense 29.5 percentile2024 Week 6: UCLA at Penn State · L 11–27; defense 53.1 percentile2024 Week 7: UCLA vs. Minnesota · L 17–21; defense 76.3 percentile2024 Week 8: UCLA at Rutgers · W 35–32; defense 18.3 percentile2024 Week 10: UCLA at Nebraska · W 27–20; defense 52.8 percentile2024 Week 11: UCLA vs. Iowa · W 20–17; defense 67.8 percentile2024 Week 12: UCLA at Washington · L 19–31; defense 47.4 percentile2024 Week 13: UCLA vs. USC · L 13–19; defense 82.6 percentile2024 Week 14: UCLA vs. Fresno State · W 20–13; defense 52.0 percentile2025 Week 2: UCLA at UNLV · L 23–30; defense 33.8 percentile2025 Week 3: UCLA vs. New Mexico · L 10–35; defense 10.8 percentile2025 Week 5: UCLA at Northwestern · L 14–17; defense 47.3 percentile2025 Week 6: UCLA vs. Penn State · W 42–37; defense 46.9 percentile2025 Week 8: UCLA vs. Maryland · W 20–17; defense 79.5 percentile2025 Week 9: UCLA at Indiana · L 6–56; defense 25.3 percentile2025 Week 11: UCLA vs. Nebraska · L 21–28; defense 2.5 percentile2025 Week 12: UCLA at Ohio State · L 10–48; defense 22.4 percentile2025 Week 13: UCLA vs. Washington · L 14–48; defense 34.4 percentile2025 Week 14: UCLA at USC · L 10–29; defense 17.5 percentile2026 Week 1: UCLA at California · W 45–24; defense 57.3 percentile2014 defense season mean: 52.8 percentile2015 defense season mean: 62.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 72.2 percentile2017 defense season mean: 33.5 percentile2018 defense season mean: 34.1 percentile2019 defense season mean: 37.3 percentile2020 defense season mean: 52.5 percentile2021 defense season mean: 52.4 percentile2022 defense season mean: 47.9 percentile2023 defense season mean: 81.5 percentile2024 defense season mean: 51.4 percentile2025 defense season mean: 28.4 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 31.4 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 57.3 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2017Jim Mora / Jedd Fisch
2018Chip Kelly
2024Deshaun Foster
2025Tim Skipper / Deshaun Foster
2026Bob Chesney

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateBob ChesneyCoaching change1
44.8 estimate93.6 games-only average
31.4 estimate57.3 games-only average
2025Tim Skipper / Deshaun FosterCoaching change1036.828.4
2024Deshaun FosterCoaching change1239.051.4
2023Chip Kelly1349.481.5
2022Chip Kelly1285.947.9
2021Chip Kelly1067.752.4
2020Chip Kelly759.052.5
2019Chip Kelly1237.737.3
2018Chip KellyCoaching change1254.434.1
2017Jim Mora / Jedd FischCoaching change1361.633.5
2016Jim Mora1231.172.2
2015Jim Mora1361.762.5
2014Jim Mora1269.152.8