California·Pac-12

2018 — The 2018 Season

California's 2018 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Cheez-It Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +2.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs UNC 24-17 W @ BYU 21-18 W vs Idah Sta 45-23 L vs Oregon 24-42 L @ Arizona 17-24 L vs UCLA 7-37 W @ Oreg Sta 49-7 W vs Washin 12-10 L @ Wash St 13-19 W @ USC 15-14 W vs Colorado 33-21 L vs Stanford 13-23 L @ TCU 7-10 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: California 49, Oregon State 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: California 7, UCLA 37. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: California fell to TCU 7-10 in the postseason.

"Go Bears"
— California fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for California — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.