It is not ideal, but the UCLA Football team made an outside-looking-in appearance in the first AP Poll of 2017. Though the Bruins received 9 votes, it was not enough to get them into the Top 25.
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The Bruins are coming off of the first losing season in Head Coach Jim Mora’s tenure as they only managed to muster up 4 wins and succumbed to 8 loses.
A change in offensive scheme, injuries and general underperformance led to the downfall, but hope in Westwood is that off-season changes will take them in a different direction.