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UCLA and Stanford split against each other, though UCLA won more recently.
UCLA has three losses (to Hawaii, Stanford, and Texas), while Stanford only has 2 (USC and UCLA)
This week end UCLA went 3-1, while Stanford went 4-0 against the same opponents (Texas, LSU, Florida Atlantic, and North Florida).
After last week’s rankings, UCLA was #1, Stanford was #2.  Under most rankings, if the top ranked team loses and the #2 doesn’t lose, unless there is a brobdingnagian gap between #1 and #2, usually they will switch places.  In this case, I think that’s exactly what will happen.

Things may change again next week end, as Stanford and UCLA (along with USC, Cal Poly, and Long Beach State) will play in Laguna Beach.

And, regardless, none of the in season rankings will matter much other than for seed when the only tournament that matters, the NCAA championship, is played.

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UCLA and Stanford split against each other, though UCLA won more recently.
UCLA has three losses (to Hawaii, Stanford, and Texas), while Stanford only has 2 (USC and UCLA)
This week end UCLA went 3-1, while Stanford went 4-0 against the same opponents (Texas, LSU, Florida Atlantic, and North Florida).
After last week’s rankings, UCLA was #1, Stanford was #2.  Under most rankings, if the top ranked team loses and the #2 doesn’t lose, unless there is a brobdingnagian gap between #1 and #2, usually they will switch places.  In this case, I think that’s exactly what will happen.

Things may change again next week end, as Stanford and UCLA (along with USC, Cal Poly, and Long Beach State) will play in Laguna Beach.

And, regardless, none of the in season rankings will matter much other than for seed when the only tournament that matters, the NCAA championship, is played.

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