The Bruins are one win away from the next chapter.
But before the championship bracket opens, the road back to a national title begins with a familiar postseason rhythm: a long layoff, a corrective training stretch and an opening round opponent built to test composure.

This post was updated Dec. 4 at 7:02 p.m.
No one needs a reminder of how quickly fortunes can shift in the postseason.
The last time the Bruins made it to the NCAA tournament was in 2021, where they fell in the regional semifinals.

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 10:09 p.m.
Pauley Pavilion’s season finale stretched deep into a deciding fifth set.
And the Bruins made sure the last word belonged to the home team.

Some problems don’t announce themselves.
They show up over and over and over on film until the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.
For the Bruins, that pattern is tied to the quarterback – the signal callers they have, the field general they just faced and the commander they will see next.

This post was updated Nov. 14 at 7:50 p.m.
Regular season down to one.
Conference race down to two.
And the final hurdle is the same one that tripped them last time.

Saturday felt familiar for fans in Pasadena.
A slow start, a late push and a final score that looked closer than the game ever felt have become the three pillars of the Bruins’ 2025 mantra, and Saturday only corroborated the sentiment.

They do not know what they’re facing.
And that is the point.
With Nebraska’s starting quarterback Dylan Raiola ruled out for the rest of the season following a broken fibula sustained Saturday, UCLA football enters the weekend facing a signal-caller they have barely seen – an athlete without a collegiate start but with the tools to potentially break structure and expose a Bruin defense scrambling to steady itself.

Crosstown rivals.
Conference challengers.
And this time, it all goes down at the Galen Center.
UCLA women’s volleyball (12-8, 6-4 Big Ten) will head across Los Angeles on Wednesday to face No.

UCLA men’s water polo has been led by Ryder Dodd for the last two seasons. The sophomore attacker has led the Bruins in goals each of the past two years, including their 2024 national championship run.

This post was updated Oct. 26 at 11:12 p.m.
UCLA football (3-5, 3-2 Big Ten) saw its three-game win streak end in crushing fashion in a 56-6 battering to No.