California @ Syracuse: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 2, 2026)

Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 2 · at Syracuse · Conference game

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California

0-1 · Power #85

▲ winner

Final

Syracuse

1-0 · Power #70

final

Closing spread

SYR -4

✓ CAL W

Total

56.5

▼ Under · 39 pts

Model before kickoff

CAL 24–29 SYR

✗ SYR (64%) lost

Closing line · DraftKings

SourceDraftKings closing line

OpenCAL -1.5

CloseSYR -4

Total52.5 → 56.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
CAL L	0-1	0%	—	0-1
SYR W	1-0	100%	1-0	1-0

Venue/role: CAL away, as underdog; SYR home, as favorite. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
CAL O	1-0	100%	0-1
SYR O	1-0	100%	1-0

Stayed under: it needed 25 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 50% of games with totals 52.5–60.5 went over.

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Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
CAL	4-6 40%	3-7 30%	6-4 60%
SYR	2-8 20%	4-6 40%	5-5 50%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Recent meetings

Last 1 since 2023

CAL 2–2 SYR Series tied · 4 games since 1967 · CAL has won the last meeting

All-time series from CollegeFootballData.

Date	Result	Line	ATS
Nov 16 2024	Syracuse 33 @ California 25	CAL -10.5	SYR W

Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams

Power rating this season

pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot

CAL−0.3 →−3.8▼ 3.5#80

SYR−3.6 →+0.1▲ 3.7#66

Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW1

CAL

Longer bar = better

SYR

#108

Offense

SYR better ▶

#23

#128

Defense

SYR better ▶

#18

−2.0 #124

Turnovers

SYR better ▶

+3.0 #10

87 plays #5

Pace

◀ CAL faster

78 plays #25

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When CAL has the ball

Advantage: SYR defense

	CAL off	SYR def	Edge
Points / game	24.0 #88	3.0 #13	SYR
Yards / play	4.71 #108	2.65 #11	SYR
PPA / play	−0.06 #115	−0.34 #15	SYR
Success rate	34% #119	28% #33	SYR

When SYR has the ball

Advantage: SYR offense

	SYR off	CAL def	Edge
Points / game	66.0 #8	45.0 #124	SYR
Yards / play	6.59 #57	8.54 #133	SYR
PPA / play	+0.62 #12	+0.41 #124	SYR
Success rate	62% #13	57% #132	SYR

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; PPA from CollegeFootballData (garbage time excluded). Descriptive only: the model already uses these.