UCLA
2-0Big Ten · Bob Chesney, year 1 (2-0) · Rose Bowl · 88,565 · 31,976 avg in 2026
LastW 28–10 vs San Diego State · Sat Sep 12 · Jalen Woods 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 INT
Nextvs Purdue · Sat Sep 19 · 11 pm ET · Rose Bowl · UCLA by 14.5 · series 3-0-2, won the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 92 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.14 EPA/play | 9 | 2 | 28 / 44 | 63.6 | 335 | 7.6 | 0 | 2 | 118.5 | 48 | 41.7 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.75 EPA/play | 3 | 2 | 21 | 168 #45 FBS | 8 | 6 #1 FBS | 36 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.78 EPA/play | 2 | 2 | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 0 | 45 | |
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| +0.44 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 31 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Gap Base | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 12 of 27 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · sophomore View Sahir West's full player page | |||||||
| 97 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 9 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. The most common profile in its group this season — 46 of 84 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class View Jalen Woods's full player page | |||||||||
| Thumper | 10 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 #9 FBS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 9 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate21.1% 99th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Sack rate5.3% 86th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint View Samuel Omosigho's full player page | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerfielder | 12 | 2 | 15 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. 11 of 46 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate13.3% 96th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Malik Hartford's full player page | |||||||
| 27 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 #5 FBS | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 | 1/1 | 100 | 10/10 | 13 | 38 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 2 | 9 | 414 | 46 | 55 | 5 | 0 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.16 EPA/play | 7 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 22 |
2026 stat leaders · UCLA
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · UCLAJalen Woods leads UCLA with 20 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025UCLA fields a limited methodical, ball-control offense behind a porous, bend-don't-break defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
UCLA reads strongest in explosive plays allowed (top 13%) and rushing epa (top 28%); the crux lives in success rate allowed, where UCLA sits at the 1st percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · UCLA · 2018–present · FBS opponents
UCLA has had no measurable home edge — +0.3 points, home against road.
No measurable home edge, 3rd percentile of 133 programs
47% at home, 45% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (23–26 home, 19–23 away). Interval ±3.9.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, UCLA has beaten the number by 8.5 points less at home than away over 74 games — outside the ±7.0 that many games can resolve. This is one of the few buildings where the results say something the flat number does not.
Rose Bowl seats 88,565 and has averaged 48% full (42,849, 27 games reported). Visitors face the 16th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 659 miles since 2018. The map isn't translating, though — the split above still reads no measurable home edge. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 41% of the 2026 roster (49 of 119 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 51 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
UCLA's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 99th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 99th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Halftime identity
UCLA by half
1st-half offense ranks 34th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 94th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
74°F average kickoff temp; 4% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 76 home games with weather data.