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

• In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
• Using our predictions, Cal will be playing the 19th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (66), Cal has the 58th-ranked schedule in college football.
• According to their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• 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 totaled three or fewer wins).
• The Golden Bears will face seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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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.
• Cal had the 48th-ranked scoring offense last year (30.2 points per game), and it was less effective on defense, ranking 20th-worst with 32.8 points allowed per game.
• With 280.7 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked third-worst in FBS, the Golden Bears were forced to rely on their 72nd-ranked passing offense (219.7 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
• 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.
• 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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