How to Watch UCLA Bruins Football Without Cable

UCLA is one of the most storied NCAA football teams. Read on to learn how to watch all their games without cable!

In a hurry? UCLA is featured on network TV, ESPN, FS1, and the Pac-12 Network. These services have you covered:

• Fubo: The ultimate sports streaming service, it’s a bit more expensive but you get a lot more. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
• Sling TV: It offers the six regional Pac 12 Network channels and is a great deal with a bunch of other sports channels. Save 50% on Sling TV now!

The Rose Bowl (Sling Guide) is one of the most beautiful settings in college football, but many UCLA fans are not able to regularly make their way out to Pasadena to watch their Bruins play there or when they are on the road.

For times when this is not possible, finding a way to watch UCLA football without cable becomes the focus. Fortunately, doing so can be done quite easily.

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This Week’s UCLA Bruins Game

• The 2023 UCLA Bruins football season is over.

UCLA Channels

As for 2023, some games will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network. However, during conference play, Fox, ABC, and ESPN will carry most of the load.

For example, in 2022, only UCLA’s conference opener and the school’s three non-conference tilts to open the season were shown on the Pac-12 Network. Five of the eight remaining league games were showcased on Fox while FS1 broadcast one contest, and ESPN had two on its channel.

A wild card type of situation does exist for non-conference games that are played away from home as the Pac-12 Conference does not own those broadcasting and streaming rights. For example, the team’s Sun Bowl game a year ago was on CBS while UCLA’s 2023 regular-season contest at San Diego State will also be on CBS.

2024 and Beyond

Once the Bruins join the Big Ten in 2024, they will go under that conference’s broadcast deal, which consists of games being shown on CBS, NBC, Peacock, and the Big Ten Network as well as on Fox and FS1.

Stream UCLA Football

How can you stream UCLA football games this fall? By taking advantage of one of the following options. Fortunately, each of these carries FS1, ESPN, and ESPN2, and several of them offer access to your local Fox and ABC affiliates.

The following services offer all these channels as well as Pac-12 Network:

• Fubo: Offers ABC, Fox, FS1, ESPN, and ESPN2 in its base 150-channel plann for $79.99/mo. You can get Pac-12 Network with either the Fubo Extra ($7.99/mo) or Sports Extra ($10.99/mo) add-ons. Fubo Extra comes with 48 total channels and Sports Extra provides 35 channels including NFL RedZone. (Fubo Review)
• Sling TV: Offers ABC and Fox in select markets and FS1 in its Blue plan for $45.00/mo. ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3 (which provides ABC Sports) is available for $40.00/mo. You can get them together for $60/mo. The Sports Extras add-on provides Pac-12 Network.
• Vidgo: Provides 110+ channels including ABC and Fox (select markets) along with ESPN, ESPN2, and Pac-12 Network for $69.99/mo.

The following streaming services are great but they don’t provide access to the Pac-12 Network:

• DIRECTV STREAM: provides comprehensive coverage of local broadcast affiliates as well as several sports-focused channels through its Entertainment plan for $79.99/mo.
• Hulu + Live TV: Get all the channels you need (except for Pac-12 Network) as well as Disney+ and ESPN+ for $76.99/mo.
• YouTube TV: Offers livestreams of Fox, FS1, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 to subscribers.

Livestreaming Devices for UCLA Football

Getting a streaming service that was compatible with your streaming device used to be hard. It isn’t anymore. Most services now support most devices.

You can use any of the services we’ve discussed with Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku devices. And that’s also true of tablets and smartphones running iOS and Android. Finally, you can use any of the many smart TVs running Android TV.

All the services but Vidgo support Samsung smart TVs. Other smart TVs like those from LG and Vizio as well as Xbox One gaming systems are compatible with Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV.

Sling TV runs on Oculus VR devices. Hulu runs on the Nintendo Switch. Both Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV support PlayStation consoles.

Get full information in our streaming reviews.

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UCLA Football

UCLA is a proud program although it has not reached its own lofty expectations in some time, last winning a conference championship in 1998, when the Pac-12 was still known as the Pac-10. That was the team’s 17th league title while it has one national title to its name, which was achieved in 1954.

The Bruins went through an especially rough patch from 2016-2020, recording five straight losing seasons and going 20-36. However, head coach Chip Kelly has started turning around the program. After posting 3-9, 4-8, and 3-4 records his first three campaigns at the school, the 2021 Bruins went 8-4 while their 2022 counterparts compiled a 9-4 mark.

Those who are expected to contribute most on the defensive side of the ball for the 2023 Bruins include linebackers Laiatu Latu and Darius Muasau while a lot is expected of freshman quarterback Dante Moore, who many believe should get the snaps to start the season.

UCLA enters the campaign unranked in the AP and USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Polls but is in the “also receiving votes” category in both.

Rose Bowl

Since 1982, UCLA has played its home games at the Rose Bowl, a facility that is 25 miles from campus and that is famous for the bowl game by the same name that is played there.

They had shared the Memorial Coliseum with USC prior to then. UCLA does have an 11,700-capacity track and field facility on campus, Drake Stadium, but that is too small for the crowds that the football team garners.

2023 UCLA Bruins Football Schedule

• Sat Sep 2 10:30 pm: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (ESPN)
• Sat Sep 9 7:30 pm: at San Diego State Aztecs (CBS/Paramount+)
• Sat Sep 16 5:00 pm: NC Central Eagles (Pac-12)
• Sat Sep 23 3:30 pm: at Utah Utes (Fox)
• Sat Oct 7 12:00 pm: Washington State Cougars (Pac-12)
• Sat Oct 14 8:00 pm: at Oregon State Beavers (Fox)
• Sat Oct 21 10:30 pm: at Stanford Cardinal (ESPN)
• Sat Oct 28 7:30 pm: Colorado Buffaloes (ABC)
• Sat Nov 4 10:30 pm: at Arizona Wildcats (FS1)
• Sat Nov 11 TBD: Arizona State Sun Devils
• Sat Nov 18 TBD: at USC Trojans
• Sat Nov 25 TBD: California Golden Bears (ESPN)

Other UCLA Sports

UCLA has one of the nation’s top athletics departments, only trailing Stanford in total NCAA championships with 121 entering the 2023-24 school year. The 121st was claimed on May 6, 2023, when its men’s volleyball team defeated two-time defending champion Hawaii, 28-26, 31-33, 25-21, 25-21, in the title match. That was the program’s 20th while UCLA’s women’s volleyball team has four titles.

Of course, UCLA’s men’s basketball team is one of that sport’s most prestigious, and it has secured the national championship trophy on 11 occasions, including 10 in a 12-year span from 1964-75 with the 11th coming in 1995. That squad and UCLA’s women’s basketball and gymnastics and men’s and women’s volleyball teams play at historic Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA’s softball program is also highly revered within its sport, and those Bruins have won the Women’s College World Series 12 times, including four this century, in 2003, 2004, 2010, and 2019. Meanwhile, the school’s other diamond sports team, its baseball squad, has one national title, claimed in 2013.

Two other teams have recorded double-digit title totals: men’s tennis (16) and men’s water polo (12). On the women’s side, gymnastics and water polo are tied for the second-most championships behind softball with seven apiece.

Meanwhile, UCLA’s women’s soccer team won the school’s 120th title, taking that trophy to Westwood in 2022.

Summing Up

Are you ready to see what UCLA’s football team has to offer in 2023? Then take advantage of one of several options that will allow you to see the Bruins play this season.

Fubo is our top choice for watching UCLA Bruins football. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

FAQs

Who is UCLA’s biggest rival?

USC is unquestionably UCLA’s biggest rival, partially because they are only separated by 15 miles. The teams are also in the Pac-12 together and will both move to the Big Ten for their respective 2024 campaigns. They meet in a rivalry showdown every year. In 2023, USC will host that matchup on November 18.

Why is UCLA leaving the Pac-12?

Unsurprisingly, most view UCLA’s decision to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten to be financially based as the television money in their new league will far surpass what it would have earned in the Pac-12. That financial surplus is also expected to more than compensate for the much greater travel costs in the Big Ten.

How can I stream college sports beyond the UCLA Bruins?

Check out our thorough guides on watching college football and college bowl games. We also have guides on particular football teams:

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