The California Golden Bears will open their 2024 college football schedule against UC Davis, an FCS opponent, on August 31 — see below for more.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Bears are facing the 55th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• In terms of difficulty, using our predictions, Cal will be facing the 19th-ranked schedule this season.
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this year, Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• The Golden Bears will face the 57th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year (54).
• Cal’s schedule features seven games against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that collected 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)

• The Golden Bears totaled 392.5 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 60th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, they ranked 105th, allowing 413.2 yards per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal put up better results offensively, ranking 48th in FBS by averaging 30.2 points 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 put up better results on offense, 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 season.
• Cal ranked 74th in college football with a -1 turnover margin last season after forcing 27 turnovers (third in FBS) while committing 28 (130th in FBS).

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