Cal Poly
2-1Big Sky · Alex G. Spanos Stadium · 11,075 · 9,610 avg in 2026
LastL 20–30 at San José State · Sat Sep 12 · Fidel Tau Pitts 2 rush yds, 1 TD, 103 rec yds
Nextvs San Diego · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Alex G. Spanos Stadium · series 9-2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #199 | #171 | +5.5✓ | Idaho | W 38–34 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| 1 | Sep 6 | #199 | #270 | — | Central Washington | W 24–17 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sep 13 | #222 | #133 | +21.5✓ | @San José State | L 20–30 147 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #221 | #172 | San Diego | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #222 | #178 | @Eastern Washington | ||||
| 5 | Oct 4 | Weber State | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Idaho State | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 18 | @Northern Colorado | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Utah Tech | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Montana State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Northern Arizona | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @UC Davis |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | @San José State | L 20–30 | 340 | 2 | 28:58 | +0.064 | 45.8% | 108.8% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 6 | Central Washington | W 24–17 | — | — | — | +0.114 | 42.9% | 120.4% | Most explosive |
| Aug 29 | Idaho | W 38–34 | — | — | — | +0.344 | 51.2% | 118.5% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | 340 | 2.0 | +0.174 | 46.6% | 115.9% | ||||
A Central Coast program with a real Pro Football Hall of Fame pedigree and a Division II national title in its past, trying to remember what a winning season feels like after nine years without one.
There isn't a rival Cal Poly measures itself against out of resentment so much as a quiet frustration with itself -- a program with a Hall of Fame coaching alumnus and a real (if small-division) natio…
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Big Sky teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Cal Poly has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 20
vs San Diego · at home
Outcome band · Cal Poly · 2026
Outcome band · Cal Poly · 2026Cal Poly's most likely season is 7-6 — a bowl game. The floor is 3-9; the ceiling is 10-3.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Cal Poly football is a Central Coast program with real history — a 1980 NCAA Division II national championship, three straight Buck Buchanan Award winners (2004-2006, tied with Montana for the most in FCS history), and alumni in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame (John Madden, Bobby Beathard) — now trying to find its footing again. The Mustangs haven't posted a winning season since 2016 and enter 2026 under their third head coach since 2020, Tim Skipper, hired December 2025.
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Tayvion McCoy: 10 rec · 170 yds · 1 TD vs Idaho
Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021. vs Idaho (FCS) W 38-34.
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