2025 UCLA Bruins football team

2025 UCLA Bruins football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–9 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTino Sunseri (1st season; first four games)
Jerry Neuheisel (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorIkaika Malloe (2nd season; first three games)
Kevin Coyle (interim; remainder of season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Uniform
2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Indiana y$#^   9 0     16 0  
No. 5 Ohio State y^   9 0     12 2  
No. 4 Oregon ^   8 1     13 2  
No. 21 Michigan   7 2     9 4  
No. 20 USC   7 2     9 4  
No. 17 Iowa   6 3     9 4  
Illinois   5 4     9 4  
Washington   5 4     9 4  
Minnesota   5 4     8 5  
Nebraska   4 5     7 6  
Northwestern   4 5     7 6  
Penn State   3 6     7 6  
UCLA   3 6     3 9  
Rutgers   2 7     5 7  
Wisconsin   2 7     4 8  
Maryland   1 8     4 8  
Michigan State   1 8     4 8  
Purdue   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Indiana 13, Ohio State 10
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of March 18, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins played their home games at the Rose Bowl located in Pasadena, California.

The Bruins were led by second-year head coach DeShaun Foster, but he was fired on September 14 after the team opened the season 0–3; special assistant to the head coach Tim Skipper was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Three days later, on September 17, UCLA parted ways with defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe. After a demoralizing loss to Northwestern, UCLA and offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri mutually parted ways, ending his tenure with an offense that averaged 14.3 points per game, which ranked No. 132 out of 134 major college teams. In their next game, on October 4, UCLA upset No. 7 Penn State 42–37, becoming the first team to enter a game 0–4 or worse and beat an AP poll top ten opponent since UTEP defeated No. 7 BYU in 1985.

The UCLA Bruins drew an average home attendance of 37,282, the 60th-highest of all college football teams.