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UCLA Moves Up to #11 in AP Poll; Remains at #10 in the Coaches' Poll

The bye week improves UCLA's position in the AP Poll where they moved to #11, but the Bruins remain #10 in the Coaches' Poll despite LSU's loss because the coaches rewarded Michigan State for a cupcake blowout.

By Joe Piechowski
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Apparently, not playing seems to give the Bruins more help in the polls than they get from playing or, at least, as much help as beating Texas gave them. After beating Virginia, they dropped in the polls. After beating Memphis, they dropped again. Last week, after beating Texas, they moved up in the Coaches' Poll but stayed put in the AP Poll.

It reminds me of the conclusion the computer reached at the end of the movie WarGames: "The only winning move is not to play."

With yesterday off, the Bruins stayed put at #10 in the Coaches' Poll. Meanwhile, the coaches rewarded Michigan State's blowout of that Midwestern powerhouse Eastern Michigan by giving them enough votes to jump us and move to #9.

The team did move up one spot in the AP Poll to #11.

Well, Thursday night, the team will have an opportunity to finally move up as we play Arizona State which is ranked #12 in the Coaches Poll and #15 in the AP Poll.

Here are both polls with first-place votes in parentheses:

AP Points LW Coaches Points LW
1 Florida State (34) 1439 1 Florida State (36) 1494 1
2 Oregon (12) 1400 2 Alabama (11) 1466 2
3 Alabama (6) 1377 3 Oklahoma (12) 1425 4
4 Oklahoma (4) 1343 4 Oregon (3) 1403 3
5 Auburn 1268 5 Auburn 1316 5
6 Texas A&M (4) 1232 6 Baylor 1213 6
7 Baylor 1143 7 Texas A&M 1197 7
8 Notre Dame 967 9 Notre Dame 1022 9
9 Michigan State 905 11 Michigan State 920 11
10 Ole Miss 889 10 UCLA 899 10
11 UCLA 806 12 Ole Miss 875 12
12 Georgia 789 13 Arizona State 792 13
13 South Carolina 764 14 Georgia 768 14
14 Mississippi St. 706 NR Stanford 657 15
15 Arizona State 702 15 South Carolina 630 16
16 Stanford 564 16 Mississippi St. 523 NR
17 LSU 541 8 Wisconsin 518 17
18 USC 459 17 LSU 514 8
19 Wisconsin 451 19 Nebraska 433 22
20 BYU 376 21 Ohio State 407 18
21 Nebraska 296 24 BYU 381 23
22 Ohio State 196 23 USC 309 21
23 East Carolina 180 NR Duke 155 NR
24 Oklahoma State 132 25 East Carolina 153 NR
25 Kansas State 131 20 Kansas State 128 20

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