UCLA football senior quarterback Ty Dieffenbach warms up during the team’s practice at Spaulding Field on Wednesday. Dieffenbach is expected to make his second start as a Bruin on Saturday. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
No. 9 UCLA football (6-0, 4-0 Big Ten) enters its second consecutive home game Saturday against Michigan State (2-5, 0-4). The Bruins clinched a bowl game for the first time since 2023 after beating the Wisconsin Badgers 17-7 last weekend at the Rose Bowl.
Chip Kelly infamously proclaimed the best part about football is football.
Of course, that probably didn’t sound the best coming from a coach who went 3-9 in his first campaign leading UCLA football and had a record of 10-21 after two full seasons and the shortened, seven-game 2020 season.
The train keeps rolling.
No. 9 UCLA football made a statement in the AP Top 25 rankings, earning its highest placement since 2022. The squad is coming off a 17-7 victory over Wisconsin at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night.
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 8:57 p.m.
Saturday had the makings of a childhood dream.
Two Southern California locals playing backyard football in Pasadena – with a rainbow gracing the San Gabriel Mountains at golden hour and a pack of corgis racing in the Rose Bowl at halftime.
However, football doesn’t afford a storybook ending to everyone.
Calabasas, California, local and senior quarterback Ty Dieffenbach led No.
No. 12 UCLA football (5-0, 3-0 Big Ten) returns home to face Wisconsin (4-1, 2-0) on Saturday afternoon after securing its first ranked victory of the season against then-No.
The blue and gold are undefeated through five games and are ranked the highest they have been in four seasons.
There is no protocol. There is no precedent – outside of the 14 other times the program has started 5-0.
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