The California Golden Bears will face UC Davis (FCS) on August 31, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the full slate.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Bears will be playing the 55th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• In terms of difficulty, using our predictions, Cal will be facing the 19th-ranked schedule this year.
• Cal is facing the 58th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• According to their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• Cal has a schedule that includes seven games in 2024 against teams with winning records in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and two of them totaled less than four wins).
• The Golden Bears have seven teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

• From an offensive standpoint, 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).
• With 32.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season, Cal had to rely on its 48th-ranked offense (30.2 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Golden Bears had the 72nd-ranked passing offense last year (219.7 passing yards per game), and they were less effective defensively, ranking third-worst with 280.7 passing yards allowed 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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