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Pac-12Golden Bears

California

62nd of 1305–7

Rank

62nd

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+1.5

90% range −8.9 to 12.0

Offense

29.5

65th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

27.9

53rd: points allowed vs an average team

Record

5–7

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 2 · 12:20 PM ET at North Carolina W 35–30
Rating change+1.2
Wk 2Sep 9 · 5:00 PM ET vs Weber State W 33–20
Rating change−2.6
Wk 3Sep 16 · 10:30 PM ET vs Ole Miss W 27–16
Rating change+2.0
Wk 4Sep 23 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#9 USC L 20–30
Rating change+1.6
Wk 5Sep 30 · 10:30 PM ET at Oregon L 24–45
Rating change−2.9
Wk 6Oct 7 · 10:45 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#4 Washington L 7–38
Rating change−1.7
Wk 7Oct 13 · 10:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#18 Washington State W 37–3
Rating change+3.9
Wk 8Oct 21 · 8:00 PM ET vs Arizona L 44–45
Rating change−0.6
Wk 9Oct 28 · 2:00 PM ET at Colorado L 28–44
Rating change−1.0
Wk 10Nov 4 · 5:00 PM ET vs Oregon State W 37–23
Rating change+0.7
Wk 12Nov 18 · 8:00 PM ET at Stanford L 14–17
Rating change+1.0
Wk 13Nov 24 · 10:30 PM ET at UCLA L 27–30
Rating change+0.7

Rating through 2017

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2016Pac-1264 of 1280.838.537.75–7—
2015Pac-1224 of 12811.440.529.18–5—

Profile

CAL offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com