The big picture

California Golden Bears are 3–6 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 21.9 points for and 31.6 against.

Stanford Cardinal are 4–5 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 20.3 points for and 37.3 against.

Form

California Golden Bears have won one of their last five and most recently lost to NC State Wolfpack 10–31.

Stanford Cardinal have won two of their last five and most recently lost to Louisville Cardinals 24–52.

California Golden Bears have lost their last three.

Head to head

These sides have met 13 times on our records since 2013: California Golden Bears 5, Stanford Cardinal 8.

Last time out (2025, Week 13), Stanford Cardinal won 31–10 at Stanford Stadium.

Biggest margin between these two: Stanford Cardinal by 50 points in 2013 (63–13).

Players to watch

For California Golden Bears, watch Kaleb Elarms-Orr (7 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Matthew Littlejohn (6 def total tackles a game in 2023).

For Stanford Cardinal, watch Gaethan Bernadel (6.7 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Alaka'i Gilman (5.7 def total tackles a game in 2023).

At California Memorial Stadium

California Golden Bears have won 11 of their last 19 at California Memorial Stadium.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.