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Ranking the 2016 UCLA Football Schedule By Difficulty

By Mike Regalado

September 5, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora leads players out onto the field against the Virginia Cavaliers before the first half at the Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
September 5, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora leads players out onto the field against the Virginia Cavaliers before the first half at the Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 18, 2014; Tempe, AZ, USA; Stanford Cardinal guard Johnny Caspers (57), offensive tackle Kyle Murphy (78), center Graham Shuler (52) and offensive tackle Andrus Peat (70) against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium. The Sun Devils defeated the Cardinal 26-10. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 18, 2014; Tempe, AZ, USA; Stanford Cardinal guard Johnny Caspers (57), offensive tackle Kyle Murphy (78), center Graham Shuler (52) and offensive tackle Andrus Peat (70) against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium. The Sun Devils defeated the Cardinal 26-10. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

1c. Stanford Cardinal (12-2, 8-1)

Game #4, Saturday, September 24

Of course this is the toughest game of the regular season, mostly because the Bruins have not beat Stanford since the Nixon Administration.

OKay, not that long, but it might as well be. Since facing Stanford in four years, Mora has lost five times and all of those were against former Cardinal QB Kevin Hogan (who apparently turns into Peyton Manning against the Bruins), but that changes this season.

Stanford loses a lot of players on both sides of the ball, but that means nothing when you have a mastermind like Head Coach David Shaw in charge of the program.

It does not matter if it is a true freshman or a fifth-year senior, Shaw always has his players ready. Will UCLA be?

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