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University of California, Berkeley · 2026 · ACC

Efficiency
-2.2
72nd FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
1-0
Conf. finish
10th
proj. of 17
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California is 1-1 and ranked 72nd in overall efficiency. Their 65th-ranked defense carries them, with an 84th-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 105th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 124th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+2 left
Q2
0-1
+3 left
Q3
1-0
+1 left
Q4
0-0
+4 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.3 wins
Strength of Record
77th
-0.4 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
32nd
full season
54th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
61st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.8 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs UCLABig Ten#31L 2445-9.20%-9.7Q2
2@ SyracuseACC#71W 2118-2.8100%3.1Q3
3vs WagnerNECPreview+32.097%Q4
4vs ClemsonACC#67Preview+1.854%Q4
5@ UNLVMountain West#104Preview+4.360%Q4
6vs Virginia TechACC#37Preview-7.234%Q2
7vs Wake ForestACC#41Preview-6.136%Q3
8@ SMUACC#20Preview-19.313%Q1
9@ NC StateACC#53Preview-10.327%Q2
11@ VirginiaACC#22Preview-18.314%Q1
12vs StanfordACC#108Preview+10.573%Q4
13vs PittsburghACC#27Preview-10.826%Q2

2 played · 1-1. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on California, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-8.7-3.3+2.0-103Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 105th
SR 91stYPP 105thEPA 101st
RushingEff 124th
SR 122ndYPP 127thEPA 122nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 49th
SR 40thYPP 62ndEPA 48th
Rush defenseEff 128th
SR 125thYPP 128thEPA 127th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo +7.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 25th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 35%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 28%2nd · Defense allowed: 34%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 41%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 48%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 7.0Q1 · Allowed: 10.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 17.0Q2 · Allowed: 27.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 14.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 0.0Q4 · Allowed: 21.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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California Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 84th
-2.3
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -2.0
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -2.0= -2.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 84th

Defensive EffRanked 65th
+0.4
Field position: -1.4Finishing drives: +1.9
Field position -1.4Finishing drives +1.9= +0.4
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 120th · Finishing 52nd

1.19 points per drive on offense, 2.22 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 26.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(35)54% / 46%34%4.6
Q2(38)66% / 34%29%6.0
Q3(35)51% / 49%49%4.5
Q4(38)53% / 47%26%3.2
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(25)9.840%6.2
2nd(29)8.631%4.0
3rd(25)8.840%7.5
4th(3)8.30%0.7
All (82)35%5.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(37)9.532%3.4
2nd(18)6.822%2.1
3rd(8)4.163%6.6
4th(1)3.00%-4.0
All (64)33%3.3

California, all games.