The 2025 season's largest margin: California 35, Texas Southern 3. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jaron-Keawe SagapoluteleQB3,446 passing yards
- Kendrick RaphaelRB952 rushing yards
- Jacob De JesusWR1,022 receiving yards
- Trond GrizzellWR788 receiving yards
- Mason MiniTE387 receiving yards
- Cade UluaveLB97 tackles
- Luke FerrelliLB91 tackles
- Dru PolidoreDB62 tackles
- T.J. BushLB4.5 sacks
- Chris VictorLB3 sacks
- Jayden WayneLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: California 0, San Diego State 34. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: California fell to Hawai'i 31-35 in the postseason.
"Go Bears"
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.