RJ Young
FOX Sports National College Football Analyst
This isn’t your average college football ranking.
My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it’s my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list:
- Who do I think is good?
- Why do I think they’re good?
- What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations?
Here’s a take a look at the place UCLA lands in my Final 136.
UCLA rating: 48
Final 12 months’s rating: 74
High participant: QB Nico Iamaleava: Owns an 11-3 file as a beginning QB; totaled 2,930 passing yards, 21 passing TDs, 435 speeding yards, and 6 speeding TDs in his profession at Tennessee.
[UCLA’s 2025 schedule]
RJ’s take: As QB Nico Iameleava’s relationship with Tennessee grew extra acrimonious, it grew to become clear {that a} divorce was within the making. DeShaun Foster noticed a possibility, and he took it.
In what seemed like a straight swap, projected Bruins starter Joey Aguilar transferred to Tennessee after Iamaleava transferred to UCLA. And, for the primary time in his quick profession at UCLA, Foster has a former five-star at QB. However Bruins followers know that alone will not repair their drawback of breaking by way of within the Massive Ten. That they had Dante Moore, who will begin for Oregon this season, and all they managed to point out for it was a single top-25 win, a metropolis championship over rival USC and an 8-5 file.
With Iamaleava at QB, the staff feels prefer it ought to have a greater passing assault, one other succesful rusher on the sector always, and a playmaker when the play breaks down. However that will not matter a lot if UCLA would not enhance its speeding assault after rating 132nd amongst 134 FBS groups final season.
The slate is not type both. UCLA will tackle Utah and UNLV in its non-conference schedule, whereas additionally taking part in Penn State, at Indiana, Nebraska, at Ohio State and at USC.
[Check out RJ Young’s Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]
UCLA Win Complete Odds: Over 5.5 (+126) Underneath 5.5 (-154)
Have a difficulty with my rankings? Assume your alma mater is simply too low, or your college’s rival is simply too excessive? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young, and I will choose my favourite tweets and reply to them in a future article.
RJ Younger is a nationwide faculty soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities. Comply with him at @RJ_Young.
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