2020 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2020 Cal Poly Mustangs football team will represent California Polytechnic State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs will be led by 1st-year head coach Beau Baldwin and will play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

2020 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Edwards (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJ.C. Sherritt (1st season)
Home stadiumAlex G. Spanos Stadium
(Capacity: 11,075)
2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Cal Poly   –      –  
Eastern Washington   –      –  
Idaho   –      –  
Idaho State   –      –  
Northern Arizona   –      –  
Southern Utah   –      –  
UC Davis   –      –  
Weber State   –      –  
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the 2019 season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Mustangs were predicted to finish tenth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 135 (7)
2 Montana 128 (3)
3 Montana State 121 (1)
4 Eastern Washington 118 (1)
5 Sacramento State 99 (1)
6 UC Davis 83
7 Northern Arizona 68
8 Portland State 67
9 Idaho 66
10 Cal Poly 46
11 Idaho State 37
12 Southern Utah 33
13 Northern Colorado 13
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 546 (28)
2 Montana 496 (8)
3 Montana State 493 (6)
4 Eastern Washington 438 (1)
5 Sacramento State 389
6 UC Davis 325 (1)
7 Portland State 274
8 Idaho 273
9 Northern Arizona 238
10 Cal Poly 206
11 Idaho State 133
12 Southern Utah 105
13 Northern Colorado 88

Schedule

Cal Poly released their full schedule on September 20, 2019.[2] The Mustangs had games scheduled against California and San Diego, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 at UC Davis
March 6 1:00 p.m. Weber State
March 13 1:00 p.m. Southern Utah
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
March 27 at Eastern Washington
April 3 at Northern Arizona
April 10 1:00 p.m. UC Davis
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA

[5]

References
  1. "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. Wilmer, Brian (September 20, 2019). "Cal Poly finalizes 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. "2020 Cal Poly Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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