Recording two double-digit victories just hours apart on day one, the Bruins have set the tone for the season to come.
Reigning back-to-back national champion No.

Martin Jarmond is out of Westwood.
Chancellor Julio Frenk said in a campuswide email and written statement that Jarmond, who has served as UCLA’s athletic director since 2020, was dismissed from his position Monday.

2026 is a fresh era for UCLA football. A new head coach who has revolutionized the program from top to bottom creates an unfamiliar feeling of optimism after a 3-9 campaign last year.

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 1:38 a.m.
UCLA football is days away from opening the 2026 campaign against former Pac-12 rival California. Daily Bruin Sports gathered some of the biggest questions surrounding the squad in its first season under coach Bob Chesney.

I knew hardly anything about college sports when I graduated high school.
But it didn’t take long to learn that UCLA was not a football school.

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 1:25 a.m.
The Chesney era is just around the corner, with UCLA set to kick off Sept. 5 against former Pac-12 rival California in Berkeley.