The California Golden Bears will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus UC Davis of the FCS. Keep scrolling for more.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Bears will have the 55th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (72).
• In terms of difficulty, based on our predictions, Cal will be playing the 19th-ranked schedule this year.
• Cal is playing the 58th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• The Golden Bears are facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Cal’s schedule features seven games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and two against squads that had less than four wins).
• The Golden Bears’ schedule in 2024 includes seven returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Bears ranked 60th in total offense (392.5 yards per game) and 105th in total defense (413.2 yards allowed per game) last season.
• With 32.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season, Cal was forced to lean on its 48th-ranked offense (30.2 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• With 280.7 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked third-worst in FBS, the Golden Bears had to lean on their 72nd-ranked passing offense (219.7 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
• Cal totaled 172.8 rushing yards per game offensively last year (47th in FBS), and it gave up 132.5 rushing yards per game (37th) on the defensive side of the ball.
• Cal ranked 74th in college football with a -1 turnover margin last season after forcing 27 turnovers (third in FBS) and committing 28 (130th in FBS).

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