In 2024, one of the top matchups on the California Golden Bears’ college football schedule is against Florida State on September 21 — see below to find out more.

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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule

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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule

• According to their opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Bears will be facing the 55th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
• Cal will have the 19th-ranked schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
• Cal will face the 58th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (66).
• In terms of difficulty, based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this year.
• In 2024, Cal will face seven teams that had winning records last season, including three that won nine or more games, while facing two squads that notched three or fewer wins a season ago.
• The Golden Bears will have seven games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

• Offensively, 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).
• Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal had more success on offense, ranking 48th in FBS by totaling 30.2 points per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 pass defense last season that ranked third-worst in FBS (280.7 passing yards allowed per game), the Golden Bears put up better results on offense, ranking 72nd in FBS by putting up 219.7 passing yards per game.
• Cal compiled 172.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 47th in FBS. On defense, it ranked 37th, giving up 132.5 rushing yards per game.
• With 27 forced turnovers (third in FBS) against 28 turnovers committed (130th in FBS), Cal (-1) owned the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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