The UCLA offensive line isn’t looking quite so patchwork anymore.

Heading into the season with more question marks than a keyboard store, the “Filthy Five,” as they’ve been dubbed, has improved drastically week-to-week.

Behind left tackle Sean Sheller, left guard Darius Savage, center Ryan Taylor, right guard Eddie Williams and right tackle Mike Harris, the Bruins have blossomed, particularly in the running game, as they racked up more than 300-yards rushing for the first time since Sept. 18, 2004, against Washington.

With the 437 rushing yards against the Cougars, UCLA is averaging 262.4 rushing yards per game, which should place the Bruins in the top-10 nationally, depending on other results across the country. For measure, UCLA averaged 114.62 yards on the ground last season, good for 97th nationally.

“Our goal was to get 300 (yards), and eventually we look up and (Derrick) Coleman’s got 180 and (Johnathan) Franklin’s got over 200,” Sheller said. “That’s why they call us the ‘Filthy Five;’ we’re not just going to absorb blocks, we’re gonna be the hammer out there.”