Teams / Pac-12 / Fresno State
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63
at its 5-year level
Career61since 1936
Peak782004
Last 564seasons
#76 nationally · 4-2 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #53 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #59
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Fresno State Bulldogs
Pac-12 · Fresno, CA · Valley Children's Stadium · Head coach Matt Entz
Rival
San José State · also Boise State
Established rivalry
40-31 all time (71 meetings since 1950)
Fresno State leads
Last: won 26-10 (2026) · Fresno State has won 3 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
1All-Americans
61NFL picks
58.3%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1969. Every season →
Chemistry
68
61Foundation
75Gel
gel counts 50% so far
▲ Above its norm +18
early · #18 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters55%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 4-2 | Pac-12 | — | #76 | 63 | Matt Entz |
| 2025 | 9-4 | Mountain West | — | #81 | 61 | Matt Entz |
| 2024 | 6-7 | Mountain West | — | #92 | 58 | Tim Skipper |
| 2023 | 9-4 | Mountain West | — | #78 | 61 | Jeff Tedford |
| 2022 | 10-4 | Mountain West | #24 | #59 | 68 | Jeff Tedford |
| 2021 | 10-3 | Mountain West | — | #47 | 71 | Kalen DeBoer; Lee Marks |
| 2020 | 3-3 | Mountain West | — | #56 | 57 | Kalen DeBoer |
| 2019 | 4-8 | Mountain West | — | #80 | 60 | Jeff Tedford |
| 2018 | 12-2 | Mountain West | #18 | #21 | 77 | Jeff Tedford |
| 2017 | 10-4 | Mountain West | — | #52 | 68 | Jeff Tedford |
| 2016 | 1-11 | Mountain West | — | #124 | 39 | Tim DeRuyter; Eric Kiesau |
| 2015 | 3-9 | Mountain West | — | #109 | 48 | Tim DeRuyter |
| 2014 | 6-8 | Mountain West | — | #96 | 55 | Tim DeRuyter |
| 2013 | 11-2 | Mountain West | — | #54 | 68 | Tim DeRuyter |
| 2012 | 9-4 | Mountain West | — | #34 | 73 | Tim DeRuyter |
| 2011 | 4-9 | Western Athletic | — | #87 | 57 | Pat Hill |
| 2010 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #68 | 62 | Pat Hill |
| 2009 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #69 | 62 | Pat Hill |
| 2008 | 7-6 | Western Athletic | — | #80 | 58 | Pat Hill |
| 2007 | 9-4 | Western Athletic | — | #61 | 64 | Pat Hill |
| 2006 | 4-8 | Western Athletic | — | #82 | 58 | Pat Hill |
| 2005 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #32 | 75 | Pat Hill |
| 2004 | 9-3 | Western Athletic | #22 | #17 | 78 | Pat Hill |
| 2003 | 9-5 | Western Athletic | — | #73 | 60 | Pat Hill |
| 2002 | 9-5 | Western Athletic | — | #69 | 61 | Pat Hill |
| 2001 | 11-3 | Western Athletic | #20 | #31 | 74 | Pat Hill |
| 2000 | 7-5 | Western Athletic | — | #49 | 68 | Pat Hill |
| 1999 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #54 | 66 | Pat Hill |
| 1998 | 5-6 | Western Athletic | — | #60 | 63 | Pat Hill |
| 1997 | 6-6 | Western Athletic | — | #62 | 63 | Pat Hill |
| 1996 | 4-7 | Western Athletic | — | #85 | 56 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1995 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #81 | 57 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1994 | 5-7-1 | Western Athletic | — | #64 | 62 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1993 | 8-4 | Western Athletic | — | #32 | 73 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1992 | 9-4 | Western Athletic | #24 | #21 | 76 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1991 | 10-2 | Big West | — | #41 | 69 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1990 | 8-2-1 | Big West | — | #61 | 62 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1989 | 11-1 | Big West | — | #45 | 68 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1988 | 10-2 | Big West | — | #52 | 65 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1987 | 6-5 | PCAA | — | #69 | 57 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1986 | 9-2 | PCAA | — | #52 | 64 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1985 | 11-0-1 | PCAA | — | #31 | 71 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1984 | 6-6 | PCAA | — | #75 | 57 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1983 | 6-5 | PCAA | — | #82 | 54 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1982 | 11-1 | PCAA | — | #43 | 67 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1981 | 5-6 | PCAA | — | #93 | 57 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1980 | 5-6 | PCAA | — | #102 | 52 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1979 | 4-7 | PCAA | — | #92 | 56 | Bob Padilla |
| 1978 | 3-8 | PCAA | — | #115 | 40 | Bob Padilla |
| 1977 | 9-2 | PCAA | — | #36 | 72 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1976 | 5-6 | PCAA | — | #80 | 59 | Jim Sweeney |
| 1975 | 3-8 | PCAA | — | #108 | 40 | J.R. Boone |
| 1974 | 5-7 | PCAA | — | #85 | 55 | J.R. Boone |
| 1973 | 2-9 | PCAA | — | #105 | 33 | J.R. Boone |
| 1972 | 6-4-1 | PCAA | — | #70 | 59 | Darryl Rogers |
| 1971 | 6-5 | PCAA | — | #69 | 60 | Darryl Rogers |
| 1970 | 8-4 | PCAA | — | #79 | 56 | Darryl Rogers |
| 1969 | 6-4 | PCAA | — | #84 | 54 | Darryl Rogers |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.