California Golden Bears

Team History

SEASON	NAME	W	L	T	W%	CONFERENCE	POSTSEASON
2026	California Golden Bears	2	2	0	.500	8th
2025	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583	7th	Lost Hawai'i Bowl
2024	California Golden Bears	6	6	0	.500	14th	Lost LA Bowl
2023	California Golden Bears	6	6	0	.500	8th	Lost Independence Bowl
2022	California Golden Bears	4	8	0	.333	9th
2021	California Golden Bears	5	7	0	.417	7th
2020	California Golden Bears	1	3	0	.250	10th
2019	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583	5th	Won Redbox Bowl
2018	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583	7th	Lost Cheez-It Bowl
2017	California Golden Bears	5	7	0	.417	11th
2016	California Golden Bears	5	7	0	.417	8th
2015	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583	6th	Won Armed Forces Bowl
2014	California Golden Bears	5	7	0	.417	9th
2013	California Golden Bears	1	11	0	.083	12th
2012	California Golden Bears	3	9	0	.250
2011	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583		Lost Holiday Bowl
2010	California Golden Bears	5	7	0	.417
2009	California Golden Bears	8	4	0	.667		Lost Poinsettia Bowl
2008	California Golden Bears	8	4	0	.667		Won Emerald Bowl
2007	California Golden Bears	6	6	0	.500		Won Armed Forces Bowl
2006	California Golden Bears	9	3	0	.750	1st	Won Holiday Bowl
2005	California Golden Bears	7	4	0	.636		Won Las Vegas Bowl
2004	California Golden Bears	10	1	0	.909		Lost Holiday Bowl
2003	California Golden Bears	7	6	0	.538		Won Insight Bowl
2002	California Golden Bears	7	5	0	.583
2001	California Golden Bears	1	10	0	.091
2000	California Golden Bears	3	8	0	.273
1999	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1998	California Golden Bears	5	6	0	.455
1997	California Golden Bears	3	8	0	.273
1996	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545		Lost Aloha Bowl
1995	California Golden Bears	3	8	0	.273
1994	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1993	California Golden Bears	8	4	0	.667		Won Alamo Bowl
1992	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1991	California Golden Bears	9	2	0	.818		Won Citrus Bowl
1990	California Golden Bears	6	4	1	.591		Won Copper Bowl
1989	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1988	California Golden Bears	5	5	1	.500
1987	California Golden Bears	3	6	2	.364
1986	California Golden Bears	2	9	0	.182
1985	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1984	California Golden Bears	2	9	0	.182
1983	California Golden Bears	5	5	1	.500
1982	California Golden Bears	7	4	0	.636
1981	California Golden Bears	2	9	0	.182
1980	California Golden Bears	3	8	0	.273
1979	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545		Lost Garden State Bowl
1978	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545
1977	California Golden Bears	7	4	0	.636
1976	California Golden Bears	5	6	0	.455
1975	California Golden Bears	8	3	0	.727	1st
1974	California Golden Bears	7	3	1	.682
1973	California Golden Bears	4	7	0	.364
1972	California Golden Bears	3	8	0	.273
1971	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545
1970	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545
1969	California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500
1968	California Golden Bears	7	3	1	.682
1967	California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500
1966	California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300
1965	California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500
1964	California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300
1963	California Golden Bears	4	5	1	.450
1962	California Golden Bears	1	9	0	.100
1961	California Golden Bears	1	8	1	.150
1960	California Golden Bears	2	7	1	.250
1959	California Golden Bears	2	8	0	.200
1958	California Golden Bears	7	3	0	.700	1st	Lost Rose Bowl
1957	California Golden Bears	1	9	0	.100
1956	California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300
1955	California Golden Bears	2	7	1	.250
1954	California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500
1953	California Golden Bears	4	4	2	.500
1952	California Golden Bears	7	3	0	.700
1951	California Golden Bears	8	2	0	.800
1950	California Golden Bears	9	0	1	.950		Lost Rose Bowl
1949	California Golden Bears	10	0	0	1.000		Lost Rose Bowl
1948	California Golden Bears	10	0	0	1.000		Lost Rose Bowl
1947	California Golden Bears	9	1	0	.900
1946	California Golden Bears	2	7	0	.222
1945	California Golden Bears	4	5	1	.450
1944	California Golden Bears	3	6	1	.350
1943	California Golden Bears	4	6	0	.400
1942	California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500
1941	California Golden Bears	4	5	0	.444
1940	California Golden Bears	4	6	0	.400
1939	California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300
1938	California Golden Bears	10	1	0	.909
1937	California Golden Bears	9	0	1	.950		Won Rose Bowl
1936	California Golden Bears	6	5	0	.545
1935	California Golden Bears	9	1	0	.900
1934	California Golden Bears	6	6	0	.500
1933	California Golden Bears	6	3	2	.636
1932	California Golden Bears	7	3	2	.667
1931	California Golden Bears	8	2	0	.800
1930	California Golden Bears	4	5	0	.444
1929	California Golden Bears	7	1	1	.833
1928	California Golden Bears	6	1	2	.778		Lost Rose Bowl
1927	California Golden Bears	7	3	0	.700
1926	California Golden Bears	3	6	0	.333
1925	California Golden Bears	6	3	0	.667
1924	California Golden Bears	8	0	2	.900
1923	California Golden Bears	9	0	1	.950
1922	California Golden Bears	9	0	0	1.000
1921	California Golden Bears	9	0	0	1.000		Tied Rose Bowl
1920	California Golden Bears	8	0	0	1.000		Won Rose Bowl
1919	California Golden Bears	6	2	1	.722
1918	California Golden Bears	6	2	0	.750
1917	California Golden Bears	5	5	1	.500
1916	California Golden Bears	6	4	1	.591
1899	California Golden Bears	0	1	0	.000

History


Seasons	112 (1899 to present)
Conference	Atlantic Coast
Regular Season	598-545-30 (.523)
Postseason	12-14-1 (.463)
National Championships	0

Franchise Leaders

PASS YDS

11,733

Jared Goff

RUSH YDS

3,246

Russell White

REC YDS

3,188

Geoff McArthur

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,271

Mestemaker

1,222

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

564

Toney

550

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

13

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.0

Lewis

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

544.7

537.0

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM