San Diego Toreros
PioneerSan Diego, CATorero Stadium
2026: 3–4 (2–2 Pioneer). Last: beat Valparaiso 38–13 at home. Next: at Dayton, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- L 17–49UC Davis
- L 17–59at Idaho State
- W 38–35at Cal Poly
- L 17–50at St. Thomas (MN)
- W 63–14Davidson
- L 10–41at Butler
- W 38–13Valparaiso
- Oct 24at Dayton
- Oct 31Marist
- Nov 7at Drake
- Nov 21Stetson
San Diego has played football since 1956 and is officially 354–242–7; 248 of its 603 games are in our file. They have won 11 Pioneer Football League titles (the last in 2019), counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Drake: 20 meetings, San Diego leads 15–5. This season, they’re 3–4.
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Résumé
- All-time record
- 354–242–7 official; 173–74–1 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1295
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 98 · Composite No. 101 in FCS, Oct 17; up 5 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 11 last in 2019
- Seasons
- 26 since 1958, 248 games
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs UC Davis | L 17–49 | 48% |
| Sep 12 | at Idaho State | L 17–59 | 36% |
| Sep 19 | at Cal Poly | W 38–35 | 46% |
| Sep 26 | at St. Thomas (MN) | L 17–50 | 39% |
| Oct 3 | vs Davidson | W 63–14 | 79% |
| Oct 10 | at Butler | L 10–41 | 37% |
| Oct 17 | vs Valparaiso | W 38–13 | 67% |
| Oct 24 | at Dayton | Preview | 33% |
| Oct 31 | vs Marist | Preview | 61% |
| Nov 7 | at Drake | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 21 | vs Stetson | Preview | 81% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Dom Nankil1,614 passing yards, 8 TD (leads San Diego in passing yards)
- Adam Criter572 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads San Diego in rushing yards)
- Elijah Taylor40 catches, 503 yards (leads San Diego in receiving yards)
- Cole Monach35 catches, 462 yards, 6 TD (leads San Diego in receiving touchdowns)
- Ruben Lopez38 tackles, 2 INT (leads San Diego in tackles)
- Omar Mbakwe268 rushing yards, 4 TD
Program strength since 1958
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Drake
15–5 in 20
- 2016 W 38–7
- 2017 W 45–15
- 2018 W 27–10
- 2019 W 49–7
- 2020 W 13–10
- 2021 W 13–10
- 2022 W 22–10
- 2023 L 20–25
- 2024 L 28–30
- 2025 L 16–19
Lost the last three.
Next: Nov 7
- Davidson
15–4 in 19
- 2017 W 63–7
- 2018 W 56–52
- 2019 W 37–17
- 2020 L 25–31
- 2021 L 16–28
- 2022 W 31–14
- 2023 L 33–55
- 2024 W 40–13
- 2025 W 40–28
- 2026 W 63–14
Won the last three.
- Marist
16–2 in 18
- 2013 W 35–33
- 2014 W 20–16
- 2015 W 30–27
- 2016 W 27–3
- 2017 W 35–7
- 2018 W 31–14
- 2019 W 31–7
- 2023 L 16–30
- 2024 W 34–6
- 2025 L 14–19
Lost the last one.
Next: Oct 31
| Opponent | Games | USD record |
|---|---|---|
| Drake | 20 | 15–5 |
| Davidson | 19 | 15–4 |
| Marist | 18 | 16–2 |
| Valparaiso | 18 | 16–2 |
| Dayton | 18 | 12–6 |
| Butler | 17 | 14–3 |
| Morehead State | 17 | 17–0 |
| Cal Poly | 12 | 3–9 |
Rivals the program names: Cal Poly.
Every opponent (44)
Every program San Diego has played, A to Z, with San Diego’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Azusa Pacific 6–1
- Butler 14–3
- Cal Poly 3–9
- Campbell 4–1
- Central Washington 1–0
- Chapman 1–0
- Colorado Mesa 0–1
- Davidson 15–4
- Dayton 12–6
- Drake 15–5
- Harvard 1–3
- Holy Cross 2–0
- Idaho State 0–1
- Jacksonville 7–4
- La Verne 1–0
- Marist 16–2
- Menlo 1–0
- Mercer 1–0
- Monmouth 1–0
- Montana 1–1
- Montana State 0–2
- Morehead State 17–0
- Nicholls 0–1
- North Dakota 0–1
- North Dakota State 0–2
- Northern Arizona 1–0
- Northern Colorado 1–1
- Northern Iowa 0–1
- Pacific 0–1
- Pennsylvania 0–1
- Presbyterian 5–0
- Princeton 2–4
- San Diego State 0–1
- Southern Oregon 1–0
- Southern Utah 1–2
- St. Thomas (MN) 2–4
- Stetson 11–0–1
- UC Davis 1–10
- Utah Tech 1–0
- Valparaiso 16–2
- Wagner 1–0
- Warner 1–0
- Western New Mexico 8–0
- Yale 2–0
Conference titles
11, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1960–1961 and 1969–1992
- Pioneer Conference since 1993
- 1993Joined the Pioneer Conference from independence in football. Source
San Diego’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 2 since 2008
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
University of San Diego- Enrollment
- 9,714 5,851 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- San Diego, California
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 2
- Founded
- 1949
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $86,522 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Media guides 29
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San Diego’s football media guides, from the University of San Diego library’s repository. Where our roster source has no full roster for a season, the roster page shows the guide’s printed one.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1295 | ||||
| 2025 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1381 | ||||
| 2024 | 8–3 | 6–2 | 1365 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1247 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–5–1 | 4–3–1 | 1331 | ||||
| 2021 | 7–4 | 7–1 | 1372 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–2 | 1406 | |||||
| 2019 | 9–3 | 8–0 | 1472 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–3 | 8–0 | 1451 | ||||
| 2017 | 10–3 | 8–0 | 1501 | ||||
| 2016 | 10–2 | 8–0 | 1495 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1418 | ||||
| 2014 | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1363 | ||||
| 2013 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1424 | ||||
| 2012 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1421 | ||||
| 2011 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1367 | ||||
| 2010 | 5–6 | 5–3 | 1280 | ||||
| 2009 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1299 | ||||
| 2008 | 9–2 | 6–2 | 1485 | ||||
| 2007 | 9–2 | 6–1 | 1487 | ||||
| 2006 | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1524 | ||||
| 2005 | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1442 | ||||
| 2004 | 2–2 | 1240 | |||||
| 2003 | 2–0 | 1209 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–1 | 1191 |
Every season back to 1958 (1 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1–0 | 1218 |
Officially 354–242–7 since 1956 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 173–74–1 (248 of its 603 games are on file). Our file starts in 1958; the program began in 1956. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1959–60, 1962–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.