The big picture

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

Pittsburgh Panthers are 6–3 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 31.9 points for and 19.8 against.

Form

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

Pittsburgh Panthers have won two of their last five and most recently beat Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 34–11.

California Golden Bears have lost their last three.

Head to head

These sides have met 1 time on our records since 2024: California Golden Bears 0, Pittsburgh Panthers 1.

Last time out (2024, Week 7), Pittsburgh Panthers won 17–15 at Acrisure Stadium.

Players to watch

For California Golden Bears, watch Cade Uluave (9 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Kaleb Elarms-Orr (7 def total tackles a game in 2023).

For Pittsburgh Panthers, watch Donovan McMillon (8.3 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Javon McIntyre (7.7 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.