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Pac-12Golden Bears

California

62nd of 1305–7

Rank

62nd

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+1.6

90% range −8.0 to 11.2

Offense

24.1

90th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.5

26th: 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 4 · 10:30 PM ET vs Nevada L 17–22
Rating change−0.5
Wk 2Sep 11 · 3:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#18 TCU L 32–34
Rating change+0.7
Wk 3Sep 18 · 4:00 PM ET vs Sacramento State W 42–30
Rating change−2.8
Wk 4Sep 25 · 9:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 Washington L 24–31
Rating change+0.8
Wk 5Oct 2 · 5:30 PM ET vs Washington State L 6–21
Rating change−2.5
Wk 7Oct 15 · 10:30 PM ET at Oregon L 17–24
Rating change−0.7
Wk 8Oct 23 · 3:30 PM ET vs Colorado W 26–3
Rating change+2.7
Wk 9Oct 30 · 7:00 PM ET vs Oregon State W 39–25
Rating change+1.2
Wk 10Nov 6 · 3:00 PM ET at Arizona L 3–10
Rating change−2.8
Wk 12Nov 20 · 7:00 PM ET at Stanford W 41–11
Rating change+2.4
Wk 13Nov 27 · 10:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25 UCLA L 14–42
Rating change−2.6
Wk 14Dec 4 · 11:00 PM ET vs USC W 24–14
Rating change+0.2

Rating through 2021

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2020Pac-1264 of 1270.325.024.71–3—
2019Pac-1254 of 1302.223.621.48–5—
2018Pac-1249 of 1304.925.620.87–6—
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