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California

University of California, Berkeley · 2024 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#75
Efficiency
+1.7
60th FBS
Record
6-7
Conf. record
2-6
Conf. finish
T-14th
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California went 6-7 and was ranked 75th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 41st-ranked defense carried them, with a 100th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 69th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 72nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

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

Q1
0-2
Q2
1-2
Q3
1-1
Q4
4-2

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
84th
-3.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
66th
full season
66th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
53rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.7 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 UC DavisBig SkyW 3113+8.4100%-3.9Q4
2@ AuburnSEC#67W 2114-8.2100%14.1Q2
3vs San Diego StateMountain West#125W 3110+22.9100%1.1Q4
4@ Florida StateACC#117L 914+6.10%-10.0Q4
6vs Miami-FLACC#20L 3839-11.80%16.3Q1
7@ PittsburghACC#55L 1517-4.30%4.3Q2
8vs NC StateACC#87L 2324+7.90%-8.9Q4
9vs Oregon StatePac-12#100W 447+15.8100%23.7Q4
11@ Wake ForestACC#102W 4636+5.5100%4.4Q3
12vs SyracuseACC#29L 2533-1.00%-8.0Q3
13vs StanfordACC#106W 2421+9.7100%-3.5Q4
14@ SMUACC#14L 638-17.80%-7.6Q1
Postseason
vs UNLVMountain West#31L 1324-8.00%-0.3Q2

13 played · 6-7. 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.

-7.3+6.8+21.0-4141-10164-9244-8-4-8Week 0Week 20
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 69th
SR 63rdYPP 75thEPA 64th
RushingEff 72nd
SR 91stYPP 41stEPA 75th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 46th
SR 26thYPP 35thEPA 66th
Rush defenseEff 40th
SR 41stYPP 35thEPA 44th
Dropback rate 59%Tempo +6.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 65th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 41%1st2nd · Offense: 37%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 40%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 69.0Q1 · Allowed: 82.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 96.0Q2 · Allowed: 69.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 71.0Q3 · Allowed: 31.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 64.0Q4 · Allowed: 100.0Q4
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, 2024
Offensive EffRanked 100th
-4.4
Field position: -0.6Finishing drives: -3.7
Field position -0.6Finishing drives -3.7= -4.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 81st · Finishing 97th

Defensive EffRanked 41st
+4.1
Field position: -1.1Finishing drives: +5.2
Field position -1.1Finishing drives +5.2= +4.1
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 107th · Finishing 30th

2.01 points per drive on offense, 1.95 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

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

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(174)56% / 44%47%6.9
Q2(248)65% / 35%42%6.1
Q3(212)58% / 42%38%4.7
Q4(209)50% / 50%41%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(196)10.353%7.0
2nd(144)9.837%5.6
3rd(130)8.435%5.6
4th(17)5.441%5.0
All (487)43%6.2
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(176)9.838%4.7
2nd(125)7.238%5.6
3rd(50)5.852%5.3
4th(5)1.260%1.6
All (356)40%5.1

California, all games.