The biggest rivalry in college sports
UCLA vs USC Two schools. One city. No love lost.
This debate is about more than just a cross-town rivalry. It's about Public vs. Private. Basketball vs. Football. "Beat 'SC Week" vs. "Conquest". It's about the Lexus Gauntlet, Olympic sports greatness, and invitations to the Playboy mansion. It's about young stars shining in the LA sun.
UCLA vs. USC. It's the biggest rivalry in college sports. Which side are you on?!
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- UCLA-USC Rivalry on Wikipedia
- The Lexus Gauntlet
- UCLA Basketball vs. USC Football
- Quick Poll: UCLA Basketball. USC Football. Which one is better?
- UCLA Basketball -- Where Amazing Happens (Video)
- USC Trojans Football - A Montage (Video)
- Quick Poll: The NCAA doesn't count Football as an official NCAA Championship. Should it?
- UCLA's Sports Heritage
- USC's Sports Heritage
- The Intangibles
- Quick Poll: Which school has the better "intangibles"?
- More Proof that UCLA dominates USC
- More Proof that USC is superior to UCLA
- Quick poll: What's the SECOND BEST rivalry in college sports?
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UCLA - The Basic Facts
Sites and Stats about UCLA athletics
Location: Westwood, CA
Enrollment: 37,500
Founded: 1919
Type: Public
Tuition: $7,034 / $26,102 (out-of-state)
Colors: Blue & Gold
Motto: Let there be light.
Athletic Director: Dan Guerrero
UCLA Bruins Official Athletic Site
The home of the Bruins.2 points
The Daily Bruin - Sports
UCLA's school paper's sports page2 points
Bruin Basketball Report -- UCLA Basketball
Site dedicated to extensive coverage of the UCLA B more...2 points
The LA Times -- UCLA Bruins coverage
Complete coverage of the UCLA Bruins (when they're more...1 point
Bruin Gold -- UCLA Football
The fan's source for UCLA Bruins Football.1 point
Welcome to the Bruin Zone - UCLA Sports
All things UCLA sports.1 point
Gutty Little Bruins -- UCLA Bruins Football, Basketball and Recruiting
An in-depth look at UCLA football, basketball, and more...1 point
Bruins Nation :: A UCLA Bruins weblog
Ranting about the UCLA Bruins football and basketb more...1 point
The Trojan-Haters Club
Hating the Trojans, when not busy loving the UCLA more...0 points
UCLA Bruins - Wikipedia
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UCLA - USC Football Rivalry
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USC - The Basic Facts
Sites and Stats about USC athletics
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment: 33,500
Founded: 1880
Type: Private
Tuition: $35,212
Motto: Let whoever earns the palm bear it.
Colors: Maroon & Gold
Athletic Director: Mike Garrett
USC Trojans - Official Athletic Site
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The LA Times -- USC Trojans coverage
Complete coverage of USC Trojans athletics.0 points
TrojanWire -- USC Football As It Happens
USC football and other sports news.0 points
USC Trojans Football: USCFootball.com
Complete football, basketball, baseball and recrui more...0 points
USC Trojan Sports Blog
I think the title says it all.0 points
USC Fan Site
USC Football Schedule, News, Photos, Links, Blogs, more...0 points
TrojanFB.com - USC Trojan Football Videos, Wallpapers and more.
USC Trojan Football videos, wallpapers, and more.0 points
USC Trojans - Wikipedia
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(UCLA-USC Football is December 6, 2008)
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Lots more info below, for those who want to make an educated comment!
So which is it then? UCLA or USC?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byI'm a Bruin all the way.
Teddie says:
As a 50 year bruins fan and a 45 year ticket holder I say Go Bruins Beat SC. This is our year as we all know trojans brust under pressure!!
Posted November 25, 2009
Sharoo says:
go Bruins..UCLA ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted November 20, 2009
Bruin1 says:
"Trojan dominance asserted once again"?? Uhh JJ, Trojan dominance never WAS asserted. UCLA is ranked #12 in the world in Newsweek's "Top 100 Global Universities" rankings (USC was #54). Similarly, UCLA is the first university to reach 100 NCAA Championships (now at 104, after beating USC for the women's water polo NCAA title). The best part? We get all that for half the cost. Oh, did I mention that the average home price w/in 3 miles of UCLA is $2 Million? Looks like you all built your precious rich-kid school in the wrong part of town! UCLA...Champions Made Here!
Posted June 07, 2009
Sara says:
UCLA for academics, USC for football. UCLA is more respected and considered the better school.
Posted January 06, 2009
angel says:
usc rules ucla drools
Posted December 27, 2008
Alex says:
UCLA why? Heres Why?
Every student earned their way in. UCLA accepts only top students, USC accepts anyone with money, including stupid children.
USC is south central LA, you might get stabbed.
UCLA is Brentwood, Beverly Hills and Bel Air.
UCLA is cheaper, usc over-priced.
UCLA ALWAYS RANKED HIGHER in world news reports college rankings.
UCLA Med school one of the best in the world!
And finally, do you want a degree thats known for its academic prowess, or do you want a degree from a school known for football? The answer is simple, UCLA Degree = Prestige
USC Degree in most parts of the country = "oh isn't that the football school"
Posted October 19, 2008
Pete Carroll says:
Tuition, Campus, Westwood Village, John Wooden..VS..Tuition, Campus, South Central, OJ Simpson. Need I say more?
Go Bruins!!!
Posted October 18, 2008
I'm a Trojan 'til the end.
SC Doc says:
SC baby...fight on
Posted November 19, 2009
Esme :3 says:
usc all the way :D
my future school :D
Posted September 14, 2009
susie trojans says:
zoomdrago
Posted August 23, 2009
JJ says:
USC is on the rise. Soon, the beloved rankings of the Bruins will be ours and Trojan dominance will be asserted once again.
Posted February 07, 2009
karen23 says:
usc is the bomb and ucla knows it so own up to losing ucla!!!!!!!!!
Posted December 27, 2008
josh says:
FIGHT ON SC!
Posted July 03, 2008
Keely says:
1. Cinema major, USC has a much better program (#1 in the nation baby!)
2. people are more attractive
3. we don't have to live 3 in a dorm
4. higher post-graduate income=superior college
5. FOOTBALL
Posted June 05, 2008
UCLA-USC Rivalry on Wikipedia
The UCLA?USC rivalry is the college rivalry between two universities located in Los Angeles, California: the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.
The athletic competition rivalry between the two schools is among the more notable in NCAA Division I sports because both schools are located within the same city. The campuses are only 12 miles apart. The sheer proximity of both alumni and students, and the likelihood of encountering each other and interacting on a daily basis make this one of the most intense college rivalries in the United States.
UCLA vs. USC: 75 Years of the Greatest Rivalry in Sports
by Lonnie White
UCLA vs. USC: 75 Years of the Greatest Rivalry in Sports
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I absolutely LOVE this fabulous anthology of the two greatest athletic departments in America! Lonnie White approaches this subject in a manner that I find to be unique to USC and UCLA; one that is particular to non-Southern Californians...
What is also great about this is it is not just about football. UCLA basketball, track, volleyball, baseball. . . the only school with more big leaguers than UCLA is USC. The only school with more NCAA track titles than UCLA IS USC...
Read this one. --Steven Travers, author of The USC Trojans, College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty
The Lexus Gauntlet
UCLA and USC see who can throw down harder
The Lexus Gauntlet is a year-long all sports competition between UCLA and USC. The series began in 2001-2002.UCLA and USC compete against one another in the following sports with the point total for each sport listed. In the event of a tie in the season series in a particular sport, both universities will split the point total for the sport equally. For those sports that do not compete head-to-head, PAC-10 and/or NCAA competition are used to determine the season series winner. For sports with multiple events, such as men's and women's track and women's swimming, the dual meet finish of the teams is used to award the points in each to the winner.
The 18 sports listed below are worth a total of 110 points. Football, women's volleyball and men's and women's basketball account for 10 points each; the 14 other sports are worth 70 points -- five points per sport. Tiebreakers are also included to settle the series.

Since the inception of the competition, USC and UCLA have traded victories, with no school winning two in a row.
2001-2002: USC
2002-2003: UCLA
2003-2004: USC
2004-2005: UCLA
2005-2006: USC
2006-2007: UCLA
2007-2008: USC
2008-2009: USC
Total Lexus Gauntlet Victories: USC 5 - UCLA 3
UCLA Basketball vs. USC Football
Each school's history is unsurpassed, except perhaps by each other!
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UCLA Basketball and USC Football are the two most storied programs in their respective sports*. Each team has won 11 national titles, has been coached by legends in the sport, and is currently at the top of its game thanks to coaches Ben Howland and Pete Carroll.
For every Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton produced within UCLA's basketball program, USC's football team has developed a Marcus Allen and Ronnie Lott. But that doesn't mean one can't be more impressive than the other! Check out below for amazing records held by the UCLA Basketball and USC Football Teams.
UCLA Basketball Records
-- 11 NCAA titles
-- 7 consecutive NCAA titles (1967-1973)
-- 13 NCAA title game appearances
-- 18 Final Four appearances
-- 10 consecutive Final Four appearances (1967-1976)
-- 26 Final Four wins
-- 38 game NCAA Tournament winning streak (1964-1974)
-- 134 weeks ranked #1 in AP Top 25 Poll
-- 221 consecutive weeks ranked in AP Top 25 Poll (1966-1980)
-- 54 consecutive winning seasons (1949-2002)
-- 88 game regular season winning streak (1971-1974)
Sites for UCLA Basketball Fans:
UCLA Bruins basketball on Wikipedia
Bruin Basketball Report
Bruin Hoop Scoop
USC Football Records
-- 11 National Titles
-- 37 PAC-10 Titles
-- 32 Rose Bowl appearances
-- 23 Rose Bowl victories
-- 7 Heisman Trophy winners
-- 34 College Football Hall of Fame inductees
-- 148 Football All-Americans
-- 67 First Round NFL Draft selections
-- 162 Trojans selected to Pro Bowl
Sites for USC Football Fans:
USC Trojans football on Wikipedia
USCFootball.com
Trojan Wire
*Notre Dame, please don't be offended, we just needed a little more hyperbole here.
Quick Poll: UCLA Basketball. USC Football. Which one is better?
UCLA Basketball -- Where Amazing Happens (Video)
Five Great UCLA Basketball Resources
For the biggest fans of the greatest basketball program in history
USC Trojans Football - A Montage (Video)
Five Great USC Football Resources
Everything you need to be the best USC Football fan in the world
Quick Poll: The NCAA doesn't count Football as an official NCAA Championship. Should it?
UCLA's Sports Heritage
The winningest program in NCAA history
UCLA is known for its champions. Jackie Robinson. Lew Alcindor. Bill Walton. Evelyn Ashford. Karch Kiraly. Rafer Johnson. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Lisa Fernandez. Arthur Ashe. Troy Aikman.
No other athletics department in the country has had as much success as UCLA. With 101 NCAA Championships, UCLA was the first school to reach the century mark. It's reached that point due to the abilities of coaches like John Wooden, Al Scates, Sue Enquist, Jim Bush, Bob Larsen, Andy Banachowski, Valorie Kondos Field, and J.D. Morgan.
UCLA's list of NCAA Championships by sport looks like this:
19 - Men's Volleyball
16 - Men's Tennis
11 - Men's Basketball
10 - Women's Softball
8 - Men's Water Polo
8 - Men's Track and Field
5 - Women's Track and Field
5 - Women's Gymnastics
6 - Women's Water Polo (2008!!)
4 - Men's Soccer
3 - Women's Volleyball
2 - Women's Golf
2 - Men's Gymnastics
1 - Men's Golf
1 - Men's Swimming
1 - Women's Tennis (2008!!)
Other amazing facts about UCLA athletics:
-- UCLA has won a nation-leading total of 121 collegiate championships -- 101 NCAA crowns and 21 other titles.
-- Over the last 36 years, UCLA has won at least two collegiate titles 28 times.
-- UCLA has placed amongst the top six schools in each of the 13 years of the Directors' Cup. In 1992-93, UCLA earned the award as the nation's top combined program, according to the annual USA Today All-Sports Survey.
-- In the 23-year history of the All-Sports Survey for men's programs (formerly conducted by the Knoxville Journal), UCLA finished first 11 times (no other school had more than six titles), second seven times, third once and fourth once and was in the top 10 each year. The Bruins won five of the last eight men's surveys and placed fifth in 1993.
-- In the women's survey (formerly sponsored by the Santa Monica Evening Outlook), UCLA won 10 titles in 18 years, including four straight (1988-1991), and finished second in 1992 and 1993.
-- Ralph Bunche, a Bruin basketball player, went on to become undersecretary-general of the U.N. and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
-- Five Bruins have won the prestigious Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in America: decathlete Rafer Johnson (1960), basketball player Bill Walton (1973), heptathlete Jackie Joyner Kersee (1985), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), and long jumper Mike Powell (1991).
-- Four Bruin women athletes have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Ann Meyers (1977-1978), Jackie Joyner (1984-1985), Lisa Fernandez (1992-1993), and Natasha Watley (2002-2003).
-- At the 2004 Athens Olympics, UCLA sent 56 athletes, more than any other university in the country.
USC's Sports Heritage
Arguably the most successful program in college history
USC is known first and foremost for it's amazing football heritage. "Tailback U" has generated no fewer than 7 Heisman Trophy winners and has won 11 national titles. It has also produced some of pro football's greatest players.
USC also has an unprecedented record in other sports, particularly track and field and baseball. The 26 national titles won by the USC track team is the most ever, as are the 12 won by the baseball team. Here is a list of every title won by a USC sports team:
26 - Men's Track and Field
16 - Men's Tennis
12 - Men's Baseball
11 - Men's Football*
9 - Men's Swimming & Diving
7 - Women's Tennis
6 - Men's Volleyball
6 - Women's Volleyball
3 - Men's Water Polo
2 - Women's Basketball
2 - Women's Water Polo
2 - Men's Indoor Track and Field
1 - Women's Golf
1 - Women's Track and Field
1 - Women's Swimming & Diving
1 - Men's Gymnastics
Other amazing facts about USC athletics:
-- Trojan teams have won more national championships, 86 men's (including a national-best 73 NCAA titles) and 20 women's, than all but 2 other schools**.
-- The Trojans won at least 1 national team title in 26 consecutive years (1959-60 to 1984-85).
-- USC won the National College All-Sports Championship - an annual ranking by USA Today (previously the Knoxville Journal) of the country's top athletic programs - 6 times since its inception in 1971.
-- Trojan men athletes have won more individual NCAA titles (301) than those from any other school in the nation (the Women of Troy have brought home another 51 individual NCAA crowns).
-- Troy has also established a stellar reputation and a long tradition of nurturing Olympic athletes. Since 1904, 362 Trojan athletes have competed in the Games, taking home 112 gold medals (with at least 1 gold in every summer Olympics since 1912), 66 silver and 58 bronze.
-- Four Trojans have won the prestigious Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in America: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry O'Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer Janet Evans (1989).
-- Two Women of Troy athletes have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983-84) and Angela Williams (2001-02). And Trojan women have won 10 Honda Awards, as the top female athlete in their sport.
*Men's football is not counted as an official NCAA Championship, but rather a "National Title".
**including UCLA
The Intangibles
The extras that make this rivalry so special
The Mascots

The Campuses
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The Football Stadiums
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The Basketball Arenas
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The Marching Bands
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The Cheerleaders
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Quick Poll: Which school has the better "intangibles"?
The campus. The stadiums. The bands. The mascots. (Oh yeah, and the Cheerleaders!)
More Proof that UCLA dominates USC
Hey Bruins, show those Trojans why we're the best!
Sports-related links are great, but Bruin dominance spans more than just sports. Let's put those Trojans in their place!
Schools with the Most NCAA Championships
UCLA tops the list with 100. Trojans in third with more...2 points
USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities: Top Schools
UCLA narrowly edges out USC.1 point
Top 100 Universities: Top 100 Colleges and Universities
It's not so close in this one.1 point
USC vs. UCLA: Sustainability
UCLA beats out USC in terms of environmental susta more...0 points
More Proof that USC is superior to UCLA
Hey Trojans, are you going to take that from the Bruins?
Trojans are always arguing that USC is better than UCLA. How about sharing those arguments with the rest of us?!
Hottest Student Bodies: The 50 Best Colleges Ranked By Looks: 1-10
USC's girls get the nod over UCLA's1 point
Top 25 college football stadiums - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com
USC's Colisseum barely squeaks past the Rose Bowl.1 point
Best College Marching Bands: Ranking the Top College Marching Bands
USC is here. Not sure where UCLA is, though.0 points
Quick poll: What's the SECOND BEST rivalry in college sports?
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- Bruins all the way baby. UCLA is ten times better than USC hands down.
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- Westwood versus Downtown Los Angeles... no contest. Bruins rule! Great debate. Squid Angel Blessed.
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