On August 31, the California Golden Bears will begin their 2024 college football schedule against UC Davis, an FCS opponent. See below for more information.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be playing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
• In terms of toughness, based on our predictions, Cal will be facing the 19th-ranked schedule this year.
• In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule this year.
• In terms of toughness, based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this year.
• Cal has seven games scheduled against teams that put up winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and two with less than four wins last season.
• The Golden Bears will play seven teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Bears put up 392.5 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 60th in FBS. On defense, they ranked 105th, allowing 413.2 yards per contest.
• Cal had the 48th-ranked scoring offense last season (30.2 points per game), and it was worse on defense, 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 on the other side of the ball, ranking 72nd in FBS by putting up 219.7 passing yards per game.
• Offensively, Cal ranked 47th in FBS last season with 172.8 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 37th in rushing yards allowed per contest (132.5).
• Cal had the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -1, forcing 27 turnovers (third in FBS) while turning it over 28 times (130th in FBS).

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