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UC Santa Cruz

Banana Slugs

Good

B Overall Grade 84

Brutal Schedule

Mid Pack Menace

0-2 Record

0% Win %

#159 D3 Rank#768 nat'l

71 Pts / Game

L 2 Streak

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Performance Rankings: D3 (National)

	Rating	Rank
Overall	84 B	159 (768)
Power	82 B-	178 (837)
Offensive	84 B	159 (817)
Defensive	80 B-	197 (855)
Schedule (Current)	99 A+	0 (417)
Schedule (Full Season)	99 A+	0 (619)
Record (Current)	64 D	360
Record (Full Season)	81 B-	187

Records

Overall	0-2 (0%)
Versus D3 Top 25	0-1 (0%)
Versus > .500 Teams	0-2 (0%)
Versus < .500 Teams	0-0 (0%)
Last 10 Games	0-2 (0%)

Superlatives

Best Win	None
Worst Loss	#546 UC Merced
Largest MOV	None
Largest MOD	23 pts, #546 UC Merced

Other Statistics

Points per Game	71
Points Against	89
Opponent Record	3-0
Average Opponent Rank	437
Long Streak	L 2
Current Streak	L 2

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs Program History

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs has been rated by Versus for 5 seasons, from 2022-23 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2024-25; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2022-23	9-14	39.1%	—
2023-24	11-14	44.0%	—
2024-25	11-13	45.8%	#104
2025-26	10-12	45.5%	#87
2026-27	0-2	0.0%	#159

Coast-to-Coast

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
192	Mary Washington	2	0	4
426	Chris Newport	1	1	152
768	UC Santa Cruz	0	2	77
808	Salisbury	1	1	110
1003	Regent	1	3
1007	J&W NC	1	1	3
1053	Warren Wilson	0	2	15

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Nov 6	at #10 Redlands (2-0) (#328 nationally) SCIAC	L83-96
Thu Nov 12	at UC Merced (1-0) (D2) CCAA · D2	L59-82

Week	Date	Rank	L	Change
0	Oct 27	636	0
1	Nov 8	691	1	55
2	Nov 13	768	2	77

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