UC Davis beats Portland State 31-24
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Box score
UC Davis 31, Portland State 24
Portland State covered +25.5 by 18.5. The total, 55, stayed under 60.5.
UC Davis leaders
- Passing Treynor Cleeland 22 of 39, 287 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Rushing Jordan Fisher 14 for 65 yds, 2 TD; Matteo Perez 5 for 17 yds
- Receiving Samuel Gbatu Jr. 8 for 107 yds, 1 TD; Laviel Pickett 3 for 53 yds, 1 TD
Portland State leaders
- Passing Tyrese Smith 23 of 36, 268 yds, 1 INT
- Rushing Delon Thompson 15 for 48 yds; Tyrese Smith 13 for 33 yds, 2 TD
- Receiving Devon Anderson 6 for 99 yds; Cru Newman 7 for 66 yds
Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
UC Davis · 9-4
Rated 116th in our preseason ratings.
L 31-42 vs Illinois State #93 of 667
lost by 11 as a 3-point favorite
W 47-26 vs Rhode Island #100 of 667
W 31-27 vs Sacramento State #109 of 667
won by 4 as a 5-point favorite
L 17-38 @ Montana State #44 of 667
lost by 21 as a 19-point underdog
W 28-14 @ Idaho #162 of 667
won by 14 as a 2.5-point favorite
L 36-38 vs Idaho State #194 of 667
lost by 2 as an 11.5-point favorite
W 27-16 @ Northern Colorado #201 of 667
won by 11 as an 8.5-point favorite
W 45-24 vs Northern Arizona #179 of 667
won by 21 as a 7-point favorite
W 34-27 @ Cal Poly #172 of 667
W 34-12 vs Weber State #192 of 667
won by 22 as a 16.5-point favorite
W 50-34 vs Southern Utah #163 of 667
won by 16 as a 6.5-point favorite
L 10-70 @ WashingtonTop 25 #34 of 667
lost by 60 as a 29.5-point underdog
W 31-24 @ Utah Tech #229 of 667
won by 7 as an 18.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Portland State · 1-11
Rated 252nd in our preseason ratings.
L 13-24 @ Northern Colorado #235 of 667
lost by 11 as a 10.5-point underdog
L 17-63 vs Montana #70 of 667
lost by 46 as a 30.5-point underdog
L 24-52 vs Sacramento State #102 of 667
lost by 28 as a 20.5-point underdog
W 40-35 @ Cal Poly #195 of 667
won by 5 as an 18-point underdog
L 6-45 @ Idaho #154 of 667
lost by 39 as a 21.5-point underdog
L 27-43 vs Weber State #205 of 667
lost by 16 as a 6-point underdog
L 27-35 @ Eastern Washington #199 of 667
lost by 8 as an 11-point underdog
L 17-31 vs Northern Arizona #144 of 667
lost by 14 as a 21-point underdog
L 3-23 @ Hawai'i #147 of 667
lost by 20 as a 36.5-point underdog
L 20-50 @ North Dakota #143 of 667
lost by 30 as a 36.5-point underdog
L 0-69 @ BYUTop 25 #53 of 667
lost by 69 as a 44.5-point underdog
L 0-42 vs Tarleton State #104 of 667
lost by 42 as a 16.5-point underdog
The series
UC Davis leads the series 7-6
13 meetings since 2004 · UC Davis has won the last 4
- 2024UC Davis 27-26
- 2023UC Davis 37-23
- 2019UC Davis 45-28
- 2017 · neutral siteUC Davis 37-14
- 2016Portland State 51-29
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Portland State’s chances here.
UC Davis favored by 25.5 · Total 60.5
The market
The spread moved 1 point toward UC Davis.
The total fell 2 points.
Spread: +24.5 → +25.5 · Total: 62.5 → 60.5
The books’ cut: 5.3%, the margin built into the odds
Home field
Portland State is worth +1.4 points (±6.4) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom tenth of FBS, 9th percentile.
0% at home, 11% on the road against FBS opponents (0-2 home, 2-17 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -1.2 at home vs. away over 56 games — inside the ±8.4 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 488 miles to get here.
Where next
Conference standings
Place in the conference, then conference record.
- Portland State6th0-0
- UC Davis8th0-0