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Best of teams: No. 12, UCLA

No. 12: UCLA

COACH: Jim Mora

2014 RECORD: 10-3

PROJECTED 2015 RECORD: 11-2

CIRCLE THE DATE: Nov. 28 at Southern Cal

WHY NO. 12: Only one Power Five school (Notre Dame) has more than UCLA’s 18 returning starters. Ten of those players are on offense. And the schedule isn’t particularly difficult. The nonconference portion includes Virginia, UNLV and BYU. In the Pac-12, the Bruins don’t have to play Oregon or Washington. They do have to travel to Arizona, Utah, Stanford and Southern Cal, but host Arizona State in a critical game early in the season.