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Men's Soccer - NSCAA Coaches Poll
October 27, 2015
Headline: UCLA Climbs Into Top-25 Despite Winless Week
Last Week: UCLA drew with #3 Stanford 2-2, and lost to California 4-3.
Likelihood Of Postseason Play (out of 5): 
[Updated] Somehow UCLA is back in the top-25 of the Coaches Poll after a disappointing weekend. The Bruins (7-7-1, 3-3-1) are currently in second place in the conference, but the Huskies are close behind. UCLA has a tough non-conference game this week at #6 Akron, and then closes out its season with conference games against Oregon State, Washington, and San Diego State. The Bruins can't afford to lose more than one of their remaining four matches to have a realistic shot at an NCAA tournament berth. Ordinarily I'd identify the final three games as the most likely opportunities for UCLA to pick up wins, but Coach Salcedo's team is incredibly talented and equally inconsistent, so the Bruins are capable of beating any team and losing to any team. Three wins should get the Bruins into the tournament; two wins, a draw and a loss might see them sneak in, but that's a dangerous scenario. The path to getting those three wins isn't terribly difficult, but considering the many ways the team has found to fail this season, I rate their chances of qualifying for the postseason at slightly less than 50/50.
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
1 | Creighton (21) | 15-0-0 | 592 | 1 |
2 | Wake Forest (1) | 12-1-2 | 576 | 2 |
3 | Clemson | 13-1-2 | 550 | 4 |
4 | Stanford (2) | 13-1-2 | 527 | 3 |
5 | North Carolina | 13-1-1 | 505 | 6 |
6 | Akron | 11-2-2 | 463 | 5 |
7 | Georgetown | 10-2-2 | 457 | 9 |
8 | Denver | 11-0-3 | 417 | 7 |
9 | SMU | 11-2-3 | 382 | 12 |
10 | Coastal Carolina | 11-1-1 | 350 | 11 |
11 | South Florida | 10-3-2 | 346 | 13 |
12 | Syracuse | 10-4-2 | 338 | 15 |
13 | Old Dominion | 8-2-2 | 326 | 14 |
14 | Notre Dame | 8-3-5 | 321 | 8 |
15 | Seattle | 14-3-0 | 249 | 19 |
16 | Kentucky | 8-3-2 | 245 | 16 |
17 | Hofstra | 11-5-0 | 177 | 24 |
18 | Virginia | 9-3-2 | 174 | 21 |
19 | Elon | 12-4-0 | 130 | 10 |
20 | Cal Poly | 9-3-4 | 116 | 23 |
21 | Rutgers | 10-4-1 | 100 | NR |
22 | Monmouth | 11-3-3 | 87 | 25 |
23 | Ohio State | 9-5-2 | 76 | 18 |
24 | Dartmouth | 8-3-1 | 61 | RV |
25 | UCLA | 7-7-1 | 43 | RV |
Women's Soccer - NSCAA Coaches Poll
October 27, 2015
Headline: A Weekend Sweep Keeps The Bruins' Slim Postseason Hopes Alive
Last Week: UCLA defeated Colorado 2-1, and defeated Utah 1-0.
Likelihood Of Postseason Play (out of 5):
Unfortunately, in spite of the Bruins winning both games last weekend, UCLA (8-7-1, 4-3-1) is a longshot to make the NCAA tournament. The Bruins have a very difficult trio of games to close out the 2015 regular season: #20 California on Thursday, #4 Stanford on Sunday, and #16 Southern California next Friday. All of those teams appear to be NCAA tournament-bound this season, so the Bruins probably need to win a minimum of two of those three games to have a realistic shot of earning a postseason bid. That makes beating California (12-4-2, 5-3-0) tomorrow essential as it will allow the Bruins to leapfrog the Golden Bears in the Pac-12 standings. Even so, the Bruins will need help to pass #21 Arizona and Washington in the conference standings.
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
1 | Virginia (27) | 13-1-1 | 767 | 2 |
2 | West Virginia (1) | 15-1-1 | 732 | 3 |
3 | Florida State (2) | 13-2-2 | 709 | 1 |
4 | Stanford (1) | 14-2-0 | 692 | 4 |
5 | Virginia Tech | 14-2-2 | 627 | 7 |
6 | Florida | 13-3-1 | 612 | 8 |
7 | Clemson | 12-3-1 | 565 | 6 |
8 | North Carolina | 13-3-1 | 556 | 9 |
9 | Rutgers | 13-2-2 | 508 | 12 |
10 | Penn State | 12-3-2 | 500 | 10 |
11 | Connecticut | 16-2-0 | 456 | 11 |
12 | Mississippi | 13-3-2 | 425 | 13 |
13 | Brigham Young | 12-2-2 | 410 | 5 |
14 | Notre Dame | 12-4-1 | 364 | 15 |
15 | Santa Clara | 11-5-1 | 306 | 20 |
16 | Southern California | 11-4-1 | 280 | 24 |
17 | South Carolina | 11-4-2 | 221 | 17 |
18 | Texas Tech | 9-3-5 | 191 | 21 |
19 | Auburn | 13-4-0 | 178 | 16 |
20 | California | 12-4-2 | 164 | 14 |
21 | Arizona | 12-4-1 | 135 | NR |
22 | Duke | 9-5-4 | 132 | 22 |
23 | St. John's | 14-2-1 | 109 | NR |
24 | South Florida | 14-3-2 | 96 | 18 |
25 | Wisconsin | 11-4-4 | 78 | NR |
UCLA (8-7-1, 4-3-1) earned 0 points.
Women's Volleyball - AVCA Coaches Poll
October 26, 2015
Headline: The Bruins Extend Winning Streak to Seven Games
Last Week: #10 UCLA defeated #25 Oregon 3-1, and defeated Oregon State 3-2.
Likelihood Of Postseason Play (out of 5): 



It would take an epic meltdown by UCLA (17-3, 8-2) to miss the NCAA tournament in 2015. The Bruins have 10 remaining conference games, and they should be heavy favorites in at least half of them. There are three particularly important upcoming regular season games: a showdown with #5 Washington on Sunday, a meeting with #1 USC on November 25th, and a battle with #7 Stanford in the regular season finale. While UCLA is a virtual lock to make the NCAA tournament even if it loses all three of those games, the Bruins probably need to win eight of their last 10 to claim second place in the Pac-12.
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
1 | Southern California (64) | 1600 | 22-0 | 1 |
2 | Texas | 1533 | 18-1 | 2 |
3 | Penn State | 1451 | 19-2 | 5 |
4 | Minnesota | 1327 | 17-3 | 9 |
5 | Washington | 1306 | 18-2 | 4 |
6 | Hawai'i | 1177 | 18-1 | 8 |
7 | Stanford | 1151 | 13-5 | 11 |
8 | UCLA | 1145 | 17-3 | 10 |
9 | Nebraska | 1118 | 16-4 | 3 |
10 | Kansas | 1100 | 19-1 | 7 |
11 | Ohio State | 1042 | 19-3 | 6 |
T-12 | Florida | 801 | 15-4 | 15 |
T-12 | Wisconsin | 801 | 14-6 | 16 |
14 | Arizona State | 785 | 17-4 | 13 |
15 | Florida State | 673 | 17-4 | 17 |
16 | BYU | 639 | 18-3 | 12 |
17 | Purdue | 594 | 17-4 | 19 |
18 | Colorado State | 472 | 17-3 | 20 |
19 | Arizona | 440 | 14-8 | 14 |
20 | Kentucky | 418 | 15-6 | 21 |
21 | Illinois | 361 | 13-8 | 18 |
22 | Western Kentucky | 227 | 23-2 | 22 |
23 | Louisville | 202 | 16-4 | 24 |
24 | San Diego | 98 | 16-6 | NR |
25 | Michigan | 89 | 15-6 | 23 |
Men's Water Polo - CWPA Coaches Poll
October 28, 2015
Headline: UCLA Knocks Out Stanford for the Second Time this Season
Last Week: #1 UCLA defeated #4 Stanford 12-8, and defeated San Jose State 10-0.
Likelihood Of Postseason Play (out of 5): 



With just four games left before the MPSF tournament begins, it's hard to imagine a realistic scenario that doesn't see UCLA qualify for the NCAA tournament. That said, there are no easy games left for the Bruins. In the next couple of weeks, UCLA's opponents are #2 Pacific, #6 UC Santa Barbara, #8 Long Beach State, and #3 USC. But the #1 Bruins (21-0, 5-0) have a great track record against elite teams--they are 6-0 this season against the current top-5--so they look set to make a strong push for another national championship.
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
1 | UCLA | 100 | 1 |
2 | Pacific | 93 | 4 |
3 | Southern California | 90 | 2 |
4 | California | 87 | 3 |
5 | Stanford | 80 | 5 |
6 | UC Santa Barbara | 75 | 6 |
7 | UC Irvine | 70 | 7 |
8 | Long Beach State | 65 | 8 |
9 | Pepperdine | 60 | 9 |
10 | UC Davis | 46 | 10 |
10 | Princeton | 46 | 12 |
12 | Brown | 42 | 11 |
12 | Harvard | 42 | 19 |
14 | Bucknell | 33 | 14 |
15 | Loyola Marymount | 30 | 18 |
16 | Santa Clara | 29 | 16 |
17 | UC San Diego | 21 | 14 |
18 | Air Force | 17 | 13 |
19 | California Baptist | 9 | NR |
20 | Navy | 4 | 20 |
Go BRUINS!