CBS Sports' ACC projections suggest the Bears will win more than six games
this week provided some predictions regarding the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football season, and both project Cal will finish near the middle of the pack with a chance to finish with a winning overall record.is filled with charts and graphs, and its rating system predicts Cal will finish 10th in the 17-team ACC, with a 1.3% chance of winning the ACC title but a 64.9% chance of winning six games or more in its 12-game schedule.: 52nd in SP+, 6.
California fooled me about four different times last year. After going just 10-18 over the last three seasons, Justin Wilcox's Golden Bears boasted one of the nation's better running backs in the country and a solid bend-don't-break defense that forced loads of mistakes and turnovers. They began the season 3-2 but lost four games in a row while incredibly scoring 40, 14, 49 and 19 points. They needed to win their last three games to bowl for the first time in four years ...
In their good moments, however, they looked awfully interesting, and in Ott, big-play slot man Trond Grizzell and three big linemen, their best offensive players return. Wilcox also got super aggressive in the portal -- always tricky for a smart-kid school -- adding both stellar Group of 5 and FCS starters and some unproven former blue-chippers like receiver Kyion Grays . Between Rogers and sophomore Fernando Mendoza, a good QB should emerge. And Ott's awesome.
After four straight years in the defensive SP+ top 30, Cal's defense collapsed to 79th in 2022, then 84th in 2023. If you made a mistake, they punished it with a takeaway, but the Bears were horrifically inefficient . Turnovers were all they had. Seven starters return , and sophomore linebacker Cade Uluave is a potential star. But if a defensive rebound comes, it will be because of FCS transfers like corner Marcus Harris and linebacker Liam Johnson .
CBS Sports advises to bet the “over” on an over/under line of 6.5 wins for the Bears, with this commentary and a predictions of the seven games it expects the Bears to win and the four ACC games it predicts Cal will win.: The range of possible outcomes seems to be from 6-6 to 8-4, so to see 6.5 offered at plus-money was a surprise after our initial tally. The Bears have a ton of experience throughout the roster, but it's the offense that could be special in 2024.
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