Stanford Cardinal vs California Golden Bears Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/23/24

“The band is out on the field!” If you’re old school, whenever Cal and Stanford meet in “The Big Game,” that should be the first thing you think. On Nov. 20, 1982, the wildest play you’ll ever see occurred in Berkeley. This season is wild, too, as these 2 teams in the Pacific Time Zone play each other for the first time as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Stanford heads into this game at 3-7 and with no hopes of a bowl game, but it showed last week it isn’t throwing in the towel. It upset Louisville 38-35 last weekend on The Farm as a 21-point underdog, as the Over connected.

Cal sits 5-5, and it needs to win at least once in the final 2 games against Stanford or first-place SMU to qualify for a bowl game. This week looks like the more winnable game, as Cal has won 3 straight in the series — including a 27-20 win against the Cardinal in the most recent meeting on Oct. 19, 2022. However, a spread of 14.5 points looks to be quite high in a rivalry game. Stanford would love nothing more than to spoil its rival’s chances of going to a bowl game for the holidays.

Stanford vs California prediction: Stanford +14.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to +14.

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