California Golden Bears
FBS
Atlantic Coast Conference · CAL
Team Vitals
+6.6
power · 2026 · #107 D1
+3.4 / +3.2
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
112
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 43%ile 0.538
- Offense (PPA/play) 26%ile 0.119
- Defense (PPA allowed) 49%ile 0.156
- Offensive success rate 32%ile 0.404
- Defensive success rate allowed 43%ile 0.419
- Explosiveness 50%ile 1.271
- Explosiveness allowed 90%ile 1.155
- Plays per game 94%ile 68.8
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Wagner FCS | HOME | California 97% |
| 2026-09-25 | Wk 4 | Clemson FBS | HOME | Clemson 65% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | UNLV FBS | AWAY | UNLV 63% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Virginia Tech FBS | HOME | Virginia Tech 58% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Wake Forest FBS | HOME | Wake Forest 69% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | SMU FBS | AWAY | SMU 91% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | NC State FBS | AWAY | NC State 71% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Virginia FBS | AWAY | Virginia 86% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Stanford FBS | HOME | California 61% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Pittsburgh FBS | HOME | Pittsburgh 77% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Syracuse @ | W | 21–18 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | UCLA vs | L | 24–45 |
| 2025-12-24 | 2025 | Bowl | Hawai'i @ | L | 31–35 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | SMU vs | W | 38–35 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Stanford @ | L | 10–31 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Louisville @ | W | 29–26 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Virginia vs | L | 21–31 |
| 2025-10-24 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Virginia Tech @ | L | 34–42 |
| 2025-10-17 | 2025 | Wk 8 | North Carolina vs | W | 21–18 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Duke vs | L | 21–45 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Boston College @ | W | 28–24 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | San Diego State @ | L | 0–34 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 63 | -18 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 329 | 353 | -24 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 326 | 290 | +36 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 393 | 426 | -33 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 | 287 | 334 | -47 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 285 | 267 | +18 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 106 | -25 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 276 | 285 | -9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 280 | 265 | +15 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 333 | 341 | -8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 7 | 445 | 511 | -66 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 493 | 399 | +94 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Lopa | DB | 99 | #2 | 2 | 11 tkl · 4 INT |
| Daniel Harris | DB | 81 | #56 | 2 | 10 tkl · 2 PD |
| Adam Mohammed | RB | 81 | #28 | 2 | 194 rush yds · 1 TD · 12 rec |
| Mason Mini | TE | 76 | #28 | 2 | 6 rec · 96 yds · 1 TD |
| Chase Hendricks | WR | 75 | #90 | 2 | 11 rec · 97 yds · 2 TD |
| Nate Burrell | DL | 73 | #217 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Ian Strong | WR | 68 | #210 | 2 | 8 rec · 158 yds |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | QB | 64 | #120 | 2 | 453 pass yds · 4 TD · 2 INT |
| Derek Wilkins | DL | 63 | #638 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| AJ Tuitele | LB | 62 | #410 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Jericho Johnson | DL | 59 | #919 | 1 | 4 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Khamani Hudson | DB | 58 | #871 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1 PD |
| Jayden Wayne | LB | 58 | #553 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Ricky Fletcher | DB | 57 | #944 | 1 | 1 tkl · 2 PD |
| Tristan Jernigan | LB | 55 | #710 | 2 | 9 tkl |
| Jordan King | WR | 53 | #803 | 2 | 3 rec · 8 yds · 1 TD |
| Isaiah Crosby | DB | 53 | #1297 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Towns McGough | K | 53 | #174 | 2 | 1 FG · 6 XP · 9 pts |
| Kamar Mothudi | LB | 53 | #807 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Cam Sidney | DB | 50 | #1477 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| JD McKinley | LB | 50 | #915 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Taimane Purcell | TE | 50 | #316 | 1 | 2 rec · 14 yds |
| Solomon Williams | LB | 48 | #1021 | 1 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Quimari Shemwell | DB | 48 | #1716 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1 PD |
| Jae'on Young | DB | 47 | #1737 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Ashun Shepphard | DL | 47 | #1928 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Carter Vargas | RB | 47 | #780 | 1 | 14 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Cooper Perry | WR | 47 | #1128 | 2 | 2 rec · 31 yds |
| Aaron Hampton | LB | 44 | #1235 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Angus Davies | P | 43 | #185 | 2 | 10 punts · 37.6 yd avg |
| Michael Hurst Jr. | DB | 42 | #2120 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Jackson Brousseau | QB | 39 | #525 | 1 | 20 pass yds · 0 INT |
| Kyion Grayes | WR | 34 | #1647 | 1 | 1 rec · 3 yds |
| Tristan Dunn | DB | 34 | #2598 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Aiden Manutai | DB | 34 | #2600 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Ashten Emory | RB | 34 | #1139 | 2 | 7 rush yds |
| Jayden Williams | DL | 32 | #2929 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Odera Okaka | LB | 30 | #1711 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Joshua Pierce | LB | 30 | #1710 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Anthony League | RB | 28 | #1243 | 1 | 1 rush yds |