In 2024, one of the best games on the California Golden Bears’ college football schedule is against Florida State on September 21 — see below to find out more.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Bears are playing the 55th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
• Cal is playing the 19th-ranked schedule (based on our predictions) this year.
• Cal will have the 58th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (66).
• The Golden Bears are playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Cal will play seven games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and two of them picked up less than four wins).
• The Golden Bears have seven games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

• Offensively, the Golden Bears ranked 60th in FBS with 392.5 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 105th in total defense (413.2 yards allowed per contest).
• Cal owned the 48th-ranked scoring offense last year (30.2 points per game), and it was worse on the other side of the ball, ranking 20th-worst with 32.8 points allowed per game.
• Despite having a bottom-25 pass defense last season that ranked third-worst in FBS (280.7 passing yards allowed per game), the Golden Bears had more success offensively, ranking 72nd in FBS by totaling 219.7 passing yards per game.
• Cal ranked 47th in run offense (172.8 rushing yards per game) and 37th in run defense (132.5 rushing yards allowed per game) last year.
• With 27 forced turnovers (third in FBS) against 28 turnovers committed (130th in FBS), Cal (-1) owned the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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