PASADENA, Calif. — After UCLA won every nonconference game, it was dismissed as having persevered through a soft schedule.
After UCLA beat winless Colorado, the college football world continued to shrug.
After UCLA toppled nationally ranked Washington, some buzz finally started to build.
On Saturday afternoon, a new narrative might have formed: Maybe there’s no better team in the Pac-12 Conference.
Having gone from disregarded to dominant, the No. 18 Bruins knocked off the defending conference champions in convincing fashion, their 42-32 victory over No. 11 Utah at the Rose Bowl not fully reflected in the final score.