The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team began the year with a blowout win over Rider and then a tough neutral floor road loss against New Mexico.
However, the Bruins are now out of both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Associated Press poll.
On Monday, the AP poll came out, and UCLA wasn’t just out of the top 25, but they weren’t even in the “Others Receiving Votes” category.
Here is the entire poll.
| Rank | Team | REC | PTS | TREND |
| 1 | Kansas (44) | 2-0 | 1525 | – |
| 2 | Alabama (6) | 2-0 | 1439 | – |
| 3 | UConn (7) | 2-0 | 1398 | – |
| 4 | Gonzaga (3) | 2-0 | 1371 | +2 |
| 5 | Auburn (2) | 2-0 | 1315 | +6 |
| 6 | Duke | 2-0 | 1222 | +1 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 1-0 | 1206 | -2 |
| 8 | Houston | 1-1 | 1070 | -4 |
| 9 | Arizona | 2-0 | 1004 | +1 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 1-1 | 992 | -1 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 2-0 | 930 | +1 |
| 12 | Baylor | 1-1 | 806 | -4 |
| 13 | Purdue | 2-0 | 795 | +1 |
| 14 | Creighton | 2-0 | 752 | +1 |
| 15 | Marquette | 2-0 | 603 | +3 |
| 16 | Indiana | 2-0 | 600 | +1 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | 2-0 | 454 | +3 |
| 18 | Arkansas | 1-1 | 357 | -2 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 2-0 | 353 | +4 |
| 20 | Florida | 2-0 | 332 | +1 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 273 | +5 |
| 22 | St. John’s | 2-0 | 178 | +4 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 1-1 | 169 | -10 |
| 24 | Rutgers | 1-0 | 157 | +1 |
| 25 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 147 | -1 |
Others receiving votes:
Illinois 144, Texas Tech 102, Wake Forest 84, Xavier 78, Texas 51, Michigan St. 41, BYU 26, Kansas St 24, UCF 20, Mississippi St. 15, New Mexico 15, Oregon 14, North Florida 14, Miami 14, Clemson 13, VCU 12, Memphis 8, Wisconsin 6, Grand Canyon 6, Providence 4, Maryland 3, Austin Peay 2, Arizona St 2, South Dakota St. 1, Michigan 1, Columbia 1, Dayton 1.
UCLA not being in the top 25 isn’t surprising, but them being left out of the others receiving votes category is a bit of a shock.
UCLA faces Boston University on Monday night and then Lehigh.