Poll Watch: UCLA's Revenue Sports Fail To Achieve Excellence

If it weren't for UCLA Women's Basketball, this would be the first time in the 2015-16 season in which UCLA didn't have at least one of its teams in the top-25 in the latest set of national polls. Significantly, neither UCLA Football nor UCLA Men's Basketball make an appearance in either the AP Poll or the USA Today Coaches Poll this week.

Two months ago, the OC Register had a feature on Dan Guerrero entitled "UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero won't change his successful, criticized ways." A caption under a photo of Dan Guerrero posing in from of some of UCLA's national championship trophies read "UCLA has won 26 national championships during the 13-year tenure of Dan Guerrero, although his critics would point out that none of those have come in football or men's basketball."

Thanks to Coach Adam Wright and the amazing student-athletes on UCLA's Men's Water Polo team, UCLA won its 27th national championship of the Guerrero era on Sunday, but that shouldn't shield Dan Guerrero from criticism of his utter failure to develop elite football and men's basketball programs during his tenure. For what it's worth, a full third of UCLA's national championships under Guerrero's watch have been in water polo.

I'll leave it to Bruins Nation readers to decide if the current state of UCLA Football and Men's Basketball is acceptable. Is "good" good enough as far as you're concerned?

Football

Last Week: UCLA didn't play.

Associated Press Poll (December 7, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Clemson (51)	13-0	1510	1
2	Alabama (9)	12-1	1465	2
3	Michigan St. (1)	12-1	1382	5
4	Oklahoma	11-1	1376	3
5	Stanford	11-2	1221	7
6	Iowa	12-1	1214	4
7	Ohio St.	11-1	1208	6
8	Notre Dame	10-2	1070	9
9	Florida St.	10-2	972	10
10	N. Carolina	11-2	949	8
11	TCU	10-2	936	11
12	Northwestern	10-2	776	13
13	Oklahoma St.	10-2	767	14
14	Houston	12-1	710	17
15	Oregon	9-3	685	15
16	Mississippi	9-3	656	16
17	Michigan	9-3	578	19
18	Baylor	9-3	426	12
19	Florida	10-3	420	18
20	Utah	9-3	323	21
21	Navy	9-2	271	22
22	LSU	8-3	270	23
23	Wisconsin	9-3	197	25
24	Temple	10-3	94	20
25	W. Kentucky	11-2	70	NR

UCLA (8-4) received 4 points (38th place).

USA Today Coaches Poll (December 6, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Clemson (55)	13-0	1,493	1
2	Alabama (5)	12-1	1,438	2
3	Oklahoma	11-1	1,363	4
4	Michigan State	12-1	1,341	5
5	Ohio State	11-1	1,205	6
6	Stanford	11-2	1,202	7
7	Iowa	12-1	1,184	3
8	Florida State	10-2	1,025	9
9	Notre Dame	10-2	1,016	10
10	TCU	10-2	927	11
11	North Carolina	11-2	914	8
12	Northwestern	10-2	775	13
13	Oklahoma State	10-2	764	14
14	Oregon	9-3	655	16
15	Ole Miss	9-3	627	17
16	Houston	12-1	626	18
17	Michigan	9-3	533	19
18	Florida	10-3	502	15
19	Baylor	9-3	485	12
20	Utah	9-3	362	20
21	LSU	8-3	261	23
22	Navy	9-2	251	22
23	Wisconsin	9-3	177	25
24	Temple	10-3	72	21
25	Georgia	9-3	68	NR

UCLA (8-4) received 15 points (30th place).

Men's Basketball

Last Week: UCLA defeated #1 Kentucky 87-77, and defeated Long Beach State 83-76.

Associated Press Poll (December 7, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Michigan State (62)	9-0	1,617	3
2	Kansas (1)	6-1	1,442	4
3	North Carolina (2)	7-1	1,425	9
4	Iowa State	6-0	1,347	5
5	Kentucky	7-1	1,325	1
6	Maryland	7-1	1,299	2
7	Oklahoma	5-0	1,283	6
8	Duke	8-1	1,243	7
9	Villanova	7-0	1,230	8
10	Virginia	7-1	1,003	10
11	Purdue	8-0	997	11
12	Xavier	8-0	930	12
13	Arizona	7-1	811	19
14	West Virginia	7-0	615	20
15	Providence	8-1	548	23
16	Baylor	6-1	488	25
17	Miami	7-1	469	21
18	Butler	6-1	416	NR
19	SMU	6-0	413	22
20	Gonzaga	5-2	399	13
21	Vanderbilt	6-2	377	16
22	Louisville	6-1	373	24
23	Cincinatti	8-1	331	17
24	Oregon	6-1	241	15
25	Utah	7-1	108	NR

UCLA (6-3) received 19 points (31st place).

USA Today Coaches Poll (December 7, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Michigan State Spartans (26)	9-0	765	3
2	Iowa State Cyclones (2)	6-0	668	4
3	North Carolina Tar Heels	7-1	631	9
4	Kentucky Wildcats	7-1	626	1
5	Duke Blue Devils	8-1	620	5
6	Villanova Wildcats (2)	7-0	615	7
7	Kansas Jayhawks	6-1	613	6
8	Oklahoma Sooners	5-0	603	8
9	Maryland Terrapins (1)	7-1	602	2
10	Virginia Cavaliers	7-1	503	10
11	Purdue Boilermakers	8-0	490	11
12	Arizona Wildcats	7-1	407	14
13	Xavier Musketeers	8-0	399	18
14	West Virginia Mountaineers	7-0	371	15
15	Baylor Bears	6-1	248	23
16	Vanderbilt Commodores	6-2	242	13
17	Gonzaga Bulldogs	5-2	233	12
18	Providence Friars	8-1	230	24
19	Louisville Cardinals	6-1	199	22
20	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	7-1	198	21
21	Butler Bulldogs	6-1	179	25
22	Cincinnati Bearcats	8-1	151	17
23	Oregon Ducks	6-1	116	16
24	Utah Utes	7-1	63	26
25	Texas A&M Aggies	7-2	58	20

UCLA (6-3) received 5 points (37th place).

Women's Basketball

Last Week: UCLA defeated CSU Bakersfield 82-68.

Associated Press Poll (December 7, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	UConn (32)	6-0	800	1
2	South Carolina	8-0	764	2
3	Notre Dame	7-1	717	3
4	Baylor	9-0	715	4
5	Maryland	8-0	656	5
5	Texas	7-0	656	6
7	Oregon State	6-0	598	7
8	Kentucky	7-0	533	11
9	Mississippi State	6-1	523	9
10	Ohio State	5-3	503	10
11	Florida State	7-1	480	13
12	Northwestern	8-0	418	15
13	Duke	7-2	386	14
14	Stanford	6-1	362	16
15	Texas A&M	6-2	356	12
16	Tennessee	6-2	354	8
17	Oklahoma	7-1	264	21
18	DePaul	6-2	189	23
19	Syracuse	5-2	130	20
20	UCLA	4-2	121	24
21	South Florida	5-2	115	24
22	California	6-2	106	18
23	Iowa	8-1	97	NR
24	Arizona State	4-3	95	17
25	Michigan State	5-2	87	19

USA Today Coaches Poll (December 8, 2015)

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Connecticut (32)	6-0	800	1
2	South Carolina	8-0	765	2
3	Notre Dame	7-1	717	3
4	Baylor	9-0	710	4
5	Maryland	8-0	678	5
6	Texas	7-0	639	6
7	Oregon State	6-0	600	7
8	Kentucky	7-0	538	10
9	Florida State	7-1	498	14
10	Mississippi State	6-1	482	9
11	Duke	7-2	413	13
12	Stanford	6-1	408	15
13	Ohio State	5-3	407	12
14	Northwestern	8-0	390	16
15	Tennessee	6-2	381	8
16	Texas A&M	7-2	344	11
17	DePaul	6-2	265	18
18	Oklahoma	7-1	241	22
19	Iowa	8-1	171	24
20	South Florida	5-2	156	23
21	California	6-2	145	17
22	Miami (Fla.)	10-0	118	NR
23	Michigan State	5-2	98	20
24	Arizona State	4-3	78	19
25	Syracuse	5-2	64	25

UCLA (4-2) received 39 points (28th place).

This Week In UCLA Sports

Saturday, December 12

• UCLA Men's Basketball vs. #17 Gonzaga in Spokane, WA (7:00 PM PST)

Sunday, December 6

• UCLA Women's Basketball vs. Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI (11:00 AM PST)

Go BRUINS!