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California
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
24 / 43
Best finish
No. 1 (2011-2012)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball · Women's Volleyball
Polls
Media · Coaches
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 1982-1983 – 2015-2016
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's BasketballWomen's Volleyball
Each point is California's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
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
2000s9 ranked
1990s0 ranked
1999Unranked
1998Unranked
1997Unranked
1996Unranked
1995Unranked
1994Unranked
1993Unranked
1992Unranked
1991Unranked
1990Unranked
1980s4 ranked
1989
Best · No. 8
VB
1988Unranked
1987
Best · No. 19
VB1986Unranked
1985Unranked
1984Unranked
1983
Best · No. 12
VB1982
Best · No. 10
VBRecent 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 |