American college football season
The 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by seventh-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm | at No. 13 Montana* | | | KWCA | W 20–19 | 26,065 |
September 12 | 8:00 pm | at Arizona State* | No. 18 | | P12N | L 21–35 | 46,500 |
September 19 | 7:30 pm | No. 9 Northern Iowa* | No. 17 | | ASN | L 20–34 | 11,075 |
September 26 | 12:35 pm | at No. 15 Montana State | No. 20 | | KWCA | L 28–45 | 19,707 |
October 3 | 6:05 pm | Idaho State | | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| WBS | W 58–26 | 7,523 |
October 10 | 1:05 pm | at No. 7 Eastern Washington | | | WBS | L 41–42 OT | 10,352 |
October 24 | 6:05 pm | No. 14 Portland State | | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| WBS | L 35–38 | 11,075 |
October 31 | 2:00 pm | at Southern Utah | | | WBS | L 37–54 | 4,506 |
November 7 | 6:05 pm | Sacramento State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| WBS | W 36–14 | 6,543 |
November 14 | 2:00 pm | at UC Davis | | | WBS | W 55–38 | 6,197 |
November 21 | 6:05 pm | North Dakota | | - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
- San Luis Obispo, CA
| WBS | L 21–45 | 5,746 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Montana on September 5 is considered a non conference game.
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Mustangs | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
#13 Grizzlies | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
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#18 Mustangs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Sun Devils | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
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#9 Panthers | 21 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
#17 Mustangs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
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#20 Mustangs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
#15 Bobcats | 21 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
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Bengals | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
Mustangs | 14 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 58 |
At Eastern Washington
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Mustangs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
#7 Eagles | 6 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 42 |
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#14 Vikings | 13 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
Mustangs | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
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Mustangs | 3 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
Thunderbirds | 10 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 54 |
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Hornets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Mustangs | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
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Mustangs | 21 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 55 |
Aggies | 14 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
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Fighting Hawks | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | 18 | 17 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | RV | 20 | 18 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | — |
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