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Pac-12Golden Bears

California

49th of 1307–6

Rank

49th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+4.9

90% range −4.2 to 13.9

Offense

25.6

92nd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

20.8

21st: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–6

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 1 · 4:00 PM ET vs North Carolina W 24–17
Rating change+0.3
Wk 2Sep 8 · 10:15 PM ET at BYU W 21–18
Rating change−0.3
Wk 3Sep 15 · 6:00 PM ET vs Idaho State W 45–23
Rating change−1.1
Wk 5Sep 29 · 10:30 PM ET vs Oregon L 24–42
Rating change−1.1
Wk 6Oct 6 · 10:00 PM ET at Arizona L 17–24
Rating change+0.1
Wk 7Oct 13 · 7:00 PM ET vs UCLA L 7–37
Rating change−2.8
Wk 8Oct 20 · 4:00 PM ET at Oregon State W 49–7
Rating change+3.6
Wk 9Oct 27 · 6:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#7 Washington W 12–10
Rating change+1.3
Wk 10Nov 3 · 10:45 PM ET at Washington State L 13–19
Rating change−1.3
Wk 11Nov 10 · 10:30 PM ET at USC W 15–14
Rating change+0.3
Wk 13Nov 24 · 7:00 PM ET vs Colorado W 33–21
Rating change−0.8
Wk 14Dec 1 · 3:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Stanford L 13–23
Rating change−0.3
PostDec 26 · 9:00 PM ET vs TCUCHEEZ-IT BOWL L 7–10
Rating change+0.5

Rating through 2018

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2017Pac-1262 of 1301.529.527.95–7—
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