Cal Football Preview 2025: Golden Bears Season Prediction, Win Total Projection, Top Players

Miami Herald

12-07-2025

Cal Golden Bears Key to the Season
The offensive front has to keep defenses out of the backfield.The front five has a ton of work to do to get the starting lineup together. But after allowing close to four sacks and 8.5 sacks per game, everything about the season revolves around letting the skill guys work, especially …
Cal Golden Bears Key Player
Devin Brown, QB Jr.Or Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. Either way, the quarterback play has to be strong after losing the solid Fernando Mendoza. Brown was a super-recruit for Ohio State, but he never broke through.Worse yet, when Brown got his chance in the 2023 Cotton Bowl, he was hurt right away. The size and mobility are there. Now the promise and potential have to come through. - Cal Team Preview
Cal Golden Bears Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss
Top Transfer In: Hezekiah Masses, CB Sr.While he might not get the attention of some of the other key Cal transfers, he should be the steadiest. A three-year producer at FIU, he left with 105 tackles, two picks, and 12 broken up passes from his corner spot.Top Transfer Out: Jayden Ott, RB Sr.A whole slew of top backs left, and QB Fernando Mendoza (Indiana) might be the biggest-name transfer, Ott was a heart-and-soul guy when he was rolling in 2023. He had a rough 2024, but when he was on over his first two years - over 2,200 yards and 20 scores - he was special. Now he's at Oklahoma.
Cal Golden Bears Key Game
Minnesota, Sept.13If Cal is merely okay, it should be able to get by Oregon State to start the season, and it shouldn't have a problem at San Diego State. Beating Minnesota in Berkeley would be a giant moment in a likely 4-0 start. With no sure-thing loss in ACC play, get going early, and all of a sudden Cal might be in play for something large.- 2025 Cal Golden Bears Schedule Breakdown
Cal Golden Bears Top 10 Players
1. Cade Uluave, LB Jr.2. Nate Burrell, DE, Sr.3. Aidan Keanaaina, DT Sr.4. Hezekiah Masses, CB Sr.5. Devin Brown, QB Jr.6. Kendrick Raphael, RB Jr.7. Jordan Spasojevic-Moko, OG Sr.8. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, QB Fr.9. Odera Okaka, EDGE Jr.10. Leon Bell, OT Jr.
Cal Golden Bears 2024 Fun Stats
- Opponent Points Allowed: 3rd Quarter: 32, 4th Quarter 101- Field Goals: Cal 25-of-37, Opponents 10-of-16- Fumbles: Opponents 14 (lost 5), Cal 11 (lost 4)
Cal Golden Bears 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen
Can Cal be the SMU of the ACC?It's going through a total overhaul, the talent level is down from a team that went 5-7, but … the schedule.There's no Clemson or Miami - SMU missed those two last year, at least until playing the Tigers for the ACC Championship. There's no Florida State, NC State, Pitt or Syracuse, either.
SMU is a home game meaning the most dangerous games are at Virginia Tech, at Louisville, and at Boston College. Cal has GOT to take advantage of this slate. It has to catch fire, catch a few breaks, and it has to own Memorial Stadium.Nah, it's asking for too much to be as good as last year's SMU, but there's absolutely no excuse - again, even with the lack of proven playmakers and talent - to be any worse than a bowl team that wins more than six games for the first time in five years and the third time in 15.
Set The Cal Golden Bears Win Total At … 6.5Likely Wins: at San Diego State, Texas Southern50/50 Games: at Boston College, Duke, Minnesota, North Carolina, at Oregon State, SMU, at Stanford, Virginia, at Virginia TechLikely Losses: at Louisville- Cal Team Preview
© 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.