University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Officially Joins Big Ten Conference
Friday, August 2, 2024
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA officially joined the Big Ten Conference on Friday, ushering in a new era in the Bruinsโ storied and illustrious athletic tradition. UCLA, along with previous conference foes Oregon, USC and Washington, have moved to an 18-team Big Ten Conference with a footprint spanning from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
UCLAโs approaching membership in the Big Ten Conference was initially announced more than two years ago, on June 30, 2022.
โThe day has finally come,โ said Martin Jarmond, The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics. โAfter two years of planning and preparation, UCLA is proud and excited to join the Big Ten Conference. I am grateful for the energy and effort that has been put into shaping this pivotal move by our hard-working staff members, as well as our coaches and student-athletes. The investments we have made into our programs and student-athletes over the past 24 months have set us up to continue to compete at the elite level that defines UCLA Athletics.โ
UCLA will compete against Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, USC, Washington and Wisconsin in the new-look Big Ten Conference, starting this fall.
The Bruinsโ first home Big Ten Conference game will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14, as the UCLA football team will host Indiana at 4:30 pm PT. UCLAโs home contest against Indiana at the Rose Bowl will be televised on NBC and streamed on Peacock (full football schedule).
In addition, both UCLA soccer teams will be in action with their Big Ten debuts that week. The menโs soccer team travels to play at Northwestern (Evanston, Ill.) on Friday, Sept. 13. The womenโs soccer team will open its Big Ten schedule at Oregon (Eugene, Ore.) on Saturday, Sept. 14.
UCLAโs football team will play nine Big Ten teams in a 12-game regular-season schedule. Home matchups in Big Ten action this season will include Indiana (Sept. 14), Oregon (Sept. 28), Minnesota (Oct. 12), Iowa (Nov. 8), and crosstown rival USC (Nov. 23). The Big Ten Conference will host its league championship contest at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, Dec. 7.
The Big Ten schedules for both menโs and womenโs basketball have not been finalized. The menโs basketball team will play 20 Big Ten contests (10 at home, 10 on the road). The womenโs basketball team will compete in an 18-game Big Ten slate during the 2024-25 season (nine games at home, nine on the road).
UCLA Football Ticket Info: Various UCLA football ticket packages, including season, mini-plan and single-game tickets, for the inaugural Big Ten season are now available. Fans can click here or contact UCLA Athletics Sales and Service at (310) 206-5991, or via email at tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information on personalized ticket options.
UCLA Faculty and Staff: Faculty and staff members are encouraged to take advantage of a faculty appreciation offer for the inaugural Big Ten football game against Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 14. Tickets start as low as $14.50ย and can be purchased hereย (Offer valid until Aug. 9, 2024). Please note, faculty and staff members must utilize their UCLA email address when checking out (orders place without a UCLA email address will be canceled).
Big Ten Network/B1G+:ย UCLA will have games televised on Big Ten television partners Fox, CBS, NBC and Big Ten Network (BTN). Non-televised games will air onย B1G+ (Big Ten Plus), BTN's subscription streaming service that offers access to BTN content and carries nearly 2,500 events annually, including next day on-demandย game replays of every Big Ten game,ย school-specific channels programmed 24 hours a day and access to BTNโs library of previous season classics and original programming. As a welcome to the conference gift, BTN is offering a free annual subscription to B1G+, valued at $89.99. Simplyย click hereย to receive your complimentary annual pass to B1G+. Redemption is only available on the web (www.bigtenplus.com/gobruins) and expires 9/6/24.
Over the Years: UCLA has won 123 NCAA team titles in its athletic history, which ranks second in the nation (behind Stanford) and first among all 18 Big Ten Conference programs. USC ranks second in the Big Ten with 113 team titles, while Penn State ranks third (54). Over the past 20 years, UCLA has captured 88 conference titles (both regular-season and tournaments) across 17 sports. That total of 88 titles includes 14 from menโs tennis, 10 from womenโs soccer, nine from womenโs gymnastics, eight from menโs basketball, eight from womenโs water polo, seven from menโs soccer, and seven from softball. Most recently, the UCLA athletics department won two NCAA championships during the 2023-24 academic year โ in menโs volleyball and womenโs water polo, both in May of 2024.