California vs. UNLV

California and UNLV have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2022; UNLV leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s UNLV 2–⁠1, and UNLV has won the last 2.

California wins
1
UNLV wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2022
Longest streak
2 UNLV
Current streak
2 UNLV
Last 10 meetings
UNLV 2–⁠1
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2020s1–⁠2
Average margin
8.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
1–⁠0 California’s record at home
At UNLV
1–⁠0 UNLV’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 California first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California and UNLV, 2022 on1300150017002025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Jacob De Jesus UNLV2024
Jackson Woodard UNLV2024

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 3, 2026UNLV 39, California 31at UNLV
Dec 18, 202424UNLV 24, California 13SoFi StadiumLA Bowl
Sep 10, 2022California 20, UNLV 14at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.