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California
Best finish
No. 2
Seasons ranked
19 / 24
Best finish
No. 2 (2007-2008)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportBest ranking by season · 2001-2002 – 2024-2025
Each point is California's best rank that season. Lower is better; gaps are seasons unranked.
A year is lit when California was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s1 ranked
2010s10 ranked
2000s8 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2019-2020Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2019-2020 Schedule
8–5Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs | UC Davis | W 27–13 |
| Wk 2 | at | 14 Washington |
W 20–19 |
| Wk 3 | vs |  North Texas |
W 23–17 |
| Wk 4 | at |  Ole Miss |
W 28–20 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Arizona State |
L 17–24 |
| Wk 6 | at | 13 Oregon |
L 7–17 |
| Wk 8 | vs |  Oregon State |
L 17–21 |
| Wk 9 | at | 12 Utah |
L 0–35 |
| Wk 11 | vs |  Washington State |
W 33–20 |
| Wk 12 | vs |  USC |
L 17–41 |
| Wk 13 | at |  Stanford |
W 24–20 |
| Wk 14 | at |  UCLA |
W 28–18 |
| Bowl | vs |  Illinois · neutral |
W 35–20 |