California·ACC

2025 — The 2025 Season

California's 2025 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 Hawaii Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Oreg Sta 34-15 W vs Texa Sou 35-3 W vs Minnes 27-14 L @ San Sta 0-34 W @ Bost Col 28-24 L vs Duke 21-45 W vs UNC 21-18 L @ Virg Tec 34-42 L vs Virginia 21-31 W @ Louisv 29-26 L @ Stanford 10-31 W vs SMU 38-35 L @ Hawai'i 31-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: California 35, Texas Southern 3. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: California 0, San Diego State 34. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: California fell to Hawai'i 31-35 in the postseason.

"Go Bears"
— California fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 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.