California Golden Bears FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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B Overall Grade 84

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vs UCLA, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

California Golden Bears has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

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

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	7-6	53.8%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	8-5	61.5%	—
2010-11	5-7	41.7%	#44
2011-12	7-6	53.8%	#48
2012-13	3-9	25.0%	#82
2013-14	1-11	8.3%	#99
2014-15	5-7	41.7%	#58
2015-16	8-5	61.5%	#33
2016-17	5-7	41.7%	#54
2017-18	5-7	41.7%	#71
2018-19	7-6	53.8%	#57
2019-20	8-5	61.5%	#36
2020-21	1-3	25.0%	#86
2021-22	5-7	41.7%	#88
2022-23	4-8	33.3%	#71
2023-24	6-7	46.2%	#46
2024-25	6-7	46.2%	#78
2025-26	7-6	53.8%	#66

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
4	Miami FL	13	3	1
25	Virginia	11	3	1
29	Duke	9	5
32	North Carolina St	8	5
33	SMU	9	4
35	Georgia Tech	9	4	1
37	Louisville	9	4
40	Wake Forest	9	4
48	Pittsburgh	8	5
61	Clemson	7	6
75	California	7	6	1
82	Florida St	5	7
98	Stanford	4	8
110	Virginia Tech	3	9	1
124	North Carolina	4	8
137	Syracuse	3	9
192	Boston College	2	10	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	at Oregon St (2-10) FBS Independents	W34-15
Sat Sep 6	vs Texas Southern (6-5) (FCS) SWAC · FCS	W35-3
Sat Sep 13	vs Minnesota (8-5) Big Ten	W27-14
Sat Sep 20	at San Diego St (9-4) Mountain West	L0-34
Sat Sep 27	at Boston College (2-10) ACC	W28-24
Sat Oct 4	vs Duke (9-5) ACC	L21-45
Fri Oct 17	vs North Carolina (4-8) ACC	W21-18
Fri Oct 24	at Virginia Tech (3-9) ACC	L34-42
Sat Nov 1	vs #24 Virginia (11-3) (#25 nationally) ACC	L21-31
Sat Nov 8	at Louisville (9-4) ACC	W29-26
Sat Nov 22	at Stanford (4-8) ACC	L10-31
Sat Nov 29	vs SMU (9-4) ACC	W38-35
Wed Dec 24	Hawai`i (9-4) Mountain West	L31-35

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	90	0	0
1	Sep 2	69	1	0	21
2	Sep 7	72	2	0	3
3	Sep 14	50	3	0	22
4	Sep 21	86	3	1	36
5	Sep 28	67	4	1	19
6	Oct 5	93	4	2	26
7	Oct 12	76	4	2	17
8	Oct 19	68	5	2	8
9	Oct 26	90	5	3	22
10	Nov 2	85	5	4	5
11	Nov 9	70	6	4	15
12	Nov 16	77	6	4	7
13	Nov 23	98	6	5	21
14	Nov 30	70	7	5	28
15	Dec 7	73	7	5	3
16	Dec 14	74	7	5	1
17	Dec 21	71	7	5	3
18	Dec 28	90	7	6	19
19	Jan 4	76	7	6	14
20	Jan 10	74	7	6	2
21	Jan 20	75	7	6	1

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