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Stanford 35, UCLA 34. UCLA has beaten 3 teams with losing records (Cal and both Arizonas) and lost to 3 teams with winning records (CU, UO and USC). The trend continues against Stanford.
The Bruins will score against Stanford's porous defense, but Stanford will score against a defense that gave up 48 to CU, 38 to UO and 43 to USC. Stanford's improved red zone offense, turnovers--UCLA is -4 for 2020 and Stanford is +4--and a blocked XP will be the difference makers.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
