2025 UC Davis Aggies football team

2025 UC Davis Aggies football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	1–1 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tim Plough (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Paul Shelton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Matt Coombs (6th season)
Home stadium	UC Davis Health Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Montana		0	–	0					2	–	0
Cal Poly		0	–	0					2	–	1
No. 17 Northern Arizona		0	–	0					2	–	1
No. 8 Idaho		0	–	0					2	–	2
No. 9 UC Davis		0	–	0					1	–	1
No. 4 Montana State		0	–	0					1	–	2
Northern Colorado		0	–	0					1	–	2
No. 24 Sacramento State		0	–	0					1	–	2
Weber State		0	–	0					1	–	2
Eastern Washington		0	–	0					0	–	3
Idaho State		0	–	0					0	–	3
Portland State		0	–	0					0	–	4
As of September 21, 2025 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2025 UC Davis Aggies football team represent the University of California, Davis during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Tim Plough and play their home games at UC Davis Health Stadium in Davis, California. It is the Aggie's 106th season overall, and 14th in the Big Sky.

Preseason

Polls

On July 17, 2025, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Aggies were predicted to finish second in the Big Sky by the coaches and third by the media. ^[1]

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Robbie Mascheroni	WR	Idaho State
Josh Gale	TE	Montana
Kavir Bains-Marquez	S	Pittsburgh
Blake Cotton	DB	Utah

Incoming

Player	Position	Previous school
Cole Batson	S	Boston College
Nate Rutchena	TE	California
Derrell Porter	DL	Dartmouth
Jacob Psyk	DL	Harvard
Marquis Bell	DB	Liberty
Khalani Riddick	DB	Southeast Missouri State
Ty Richardson	DB	Tufts
Teeg Slone	S	Utah State
Josiah Allen	DB	UTEP
AJ Hasson	OL	Wake Forest
Dylan Mauro	P	Washington State
Roice Cleeland	OL	Washington

^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Players Signed into the NFL and CFL

See also: 2025 NFL draft and 2025 CFL draft

Round	Player Number	NFL team	Player	Position
Undrafted	3	New England Patriots	Lan Larison	RB
Undrafted	7	Ottawa Redblacks	Miles Hastings	QB
Undrafted	1	Edmonton Elks	CJ Huttonn	WR

^[6]

Schedule

On August 23, UC Davis was set to play in the FCS Kickoff in their first of three nationally televised games this season. With just 7:46 left in the fourth quarter, and Mercer having the ball with a 1st-and-10 at the UC Davis 48-yard line, the game was suspended due to lightning. ^[7] In the early morning hours of August 24, it was announced that the game would not resume, and that both teams had agreed to declare it a no contest despite the Aggies leading 23–17. ^[8]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 23	4:00 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Mercer *	No. 8	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	No Contest
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at Utah Tech *	No. 8	Greater Zion Stadium St. George, UT	ESPN+	W 31–24	4,629
September 6	8:00 p.m.	at Washington *	No. 8	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	BTN	L 10–70	65,421
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Southern Utah *	No. 9	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Weber State		UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+
October 4	5:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	ESPN+
October 11	4:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona		UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+
October 25	12:00 p.m.	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	ESPN+
November 1	1:00 p.m.	Idaho State		UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+
November 8	4:00 p.m.	at Idaho		P1FCU Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+
November 15	7:15 p.m.	at Montana State		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN2
November 22	1:00 p.m.	Sacramento State		UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA (Causeway Classic)	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time Source: [9]

Game summaries

vs. No. 11 Mercer (FCS Kickoff)

See also: 2025 Mercer Bears football team and FCS Kickoff

No. 8 UC Davis Aggies (0-0) vs. No. 11 Mercer Bears (0-0) – Game summary – NO CONTEST

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Aggies	-	-	-	-	0
No. 11 Bears	-	-	-	-	0

at Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL

• Date: August 23
• Game time: 6:00 PM CDT
• TV announcers (ESPN): Jay Alter (play-by-play) and Rocky Boiman (analyst)

Statistics	UCD	MER
First downs	–	–
Total yards	–	–
Rushing yards	–	–
Passing yards	–	–
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	–	–
Time of possession	–	–

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing	–	–
	Rushing	–	–
	Receiving	–	–
Mercer	Passing	–	–
	Rushing	–	–
	Receiving	–	–

at Utah Tech

See also: 2025 Utah Tech Trailblazers football team

No. 8 UC Davis Aggies (0-0) at Utah Tech Trailblazers (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Aggies	7	0	14	10	31
Trailblazers	3	7	14	0	24

at Greater Zion Stadium • St. George, UT

• Date: August 30
• Game time: 7:00 pm
• Game attendance: 4,629
• TV: ESPN+

Game information

First quarter UTU – Ilya Uvaydov 33-yard field goal, 9:06. Trailblazers 3–0. Drive: 6 plays, 15 yards, 2:53. UCD – Jordan Fisher 66-yard run (Hunter Ridley kick), 8:32. Aggies 7–3. Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:34. Second quarter UTU – Eric Olsen 1-yard pass from Reggie Graf (Ilya Uvaydov kick), 0:31. Trailblazers 10–7. Drive: 13 plays, 47 yards, 5:36. Third quarter UTU – Tru Tanner 45-yard pass from Reggie Graf (Ilya Uvaydov kick), 14:06. Trailblazers 17–7. Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 0:07. UTU – Chris Street 1-yard run (Ilya Uvaydov kick), 8:01. Trailblazers 24–7. Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 2:32. UCD – Zach Jones 14-yard pass from Caden Pinnick (Hunter Ridley kick), 5:04. Trailblazers 24–14. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:57. UCD – Samuel Gbatu Jr. 20-yard pass from Caden Pinnick (Hunter Ridley kick), 2:02. Trailblazers 24–21. Drive: 4 plays, 51 yards, 1:11. Fourth quarter UCD – Hunter Ridley 29-yard field goal, 12:42. Tied 24–24. Drive: 7 plays, 14 yards, 2:45. UCD – Samuel Gbatu Jr. 60-yard pass from Caden Pinnick (Hunter Ridley kick), 6:17. Aggies 31–24. Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards, 3:52.

Statistics	UCD	UTU
First downs	21	18
Total yards	425	360
Rushes–yards	43–164	30–81
Passing yards	253	272
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	21-31-1	28–44–2
Turnovers	2	4
Time of possession	27:45	32:15

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing	Caden Pinnick	21/31, 253 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Jordan Fisher	16 carries, 105 yards, TD
	Receiving	Samuel Gbatu Jr.	4 receptions, 93 yards, 2 TD
Utah Tech	Passing	Bronson Barben	24/39, 222 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Bronson Barben	9 carries, 28 yards
	Receiving	Kaden Eggett	3 receptions, 58 yards

at Washington (FBS)

See also: 2025 Washington Huskies football team

No. 8 UC Davis Aggies (1–0) at Washington Huskies (FBS) (1–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Aggies	3	7	0	0	10
Huskies (FBS)	14	28	14	14	70

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington

• Date: September 6
• Game time: 8:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Wind: SW at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
• Game attendance: 65,421
• Referee: Matt Packowski
• TV announcers (BTN): A.J. Kanell (play-by-play), Marcel Reece (analyst), and Alyssa Charlston (sideline reporter)

Game information

First quarter WASH – Jonah Coleman 15-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 12:17. Huskies 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 60 yards, 1:20. WASH – Jonah Coleman 1-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 8:28. Huskies 14–0. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 2:55. UCD – Hunter Ridley 45-yard field goal, 5:35. Huskies 14–3. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 2:53. Second quarter WASH – Demond Williams Jr. 8-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 14:51. Huskies 21–3. Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 5:39. WASH – Jonah Coleman 9-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 10:27. Huskies 28–3. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards, 4:12. UCD – Matteo Perez 1-yard pass from Caden Pinnick (Hunter Ridley kick), 5:28. Huskies 28–10. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 4:59. WASH – Jonah Coleman 7-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 2:36. Huskies 35–10. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:52. WASH – Denzel Boston 78-yard punt return (Grady Gross kick), 1:43. Huskies 42–10. Third quarter WASH – Jonah Coleman 5-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 11:31. Huskies 49–10. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:18. WASH – Dezmen Roebuck 47-yard pass from Demond Williams Jr. (Grady Gross kick), 4:33. Huskies 56–10. Drive: 7 plays, 90 yards, 2:41. Fourth quarter WASH – Kai Horton 10-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 13:52. Huskies 63–10. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:03. WASH – Adam Mohammed 4-yard run (Grady Gross kick), 3:02. Huskies 70–10. Drive: 13 plays, 93 yards, 7:52.

Statistics	UCD	WASH
First downs	13	34
Total yards	218	628
Rushes–yards	24–76	46–324
Passing yards	142	304
Passing: comp–att–int	14–28–1	19–30–0
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	24:52	35:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing	Caden Pinnick	8/16, 50 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Carter Vargas	5 carries, 43 yards
	Receiving	Mitchell Dixon	2 receptions, 44 yards
Washington	Passing	Demond Williams Jr.	16/25, 254 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jonah Coleman	15 carries, 111 yards, 5 TD
	Receiving	Dezmen Roebuck	4 receptions, 77 yards, TD

Southern Utah

See also: 2025 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Southern Utah Thunderbirds (1-2) at No. 9 UC Davis Aggies (1-1) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	-	-	-	-	0
No. 9 Aggies	-	-	-	-	0

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: September 20
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. PDT
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Scott Marsh (play-by-play) and Scott Gordon (analyst)

Statistics	SUU	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Southern Utah	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Weber State

See also: 2025 Weber State Wildcats football team

Weber State Wildcats (0-0) vs. UC Davis Aggies (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	-	-	-	-	0
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: September 27

Statistics	WEB	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Weber State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Cal Poly (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)

See also: 2025 Cal Poly Mustangs football team and Battle for the Golden Horseshoe

UC Davis Aggies (0-0) vs. Cal Poly Mustangs (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0
Mustangs	-	-	-	-	0

at Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA

• Date: October 4
• Game time: 5:00 PM PDT

Statistics	UCD	CP
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Cal Poly	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Northern Arizona

See also: 2025 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-0) vs. UC Davis Aggies (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	-	-	-	-	0
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: October 11

Statistics	NAU	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Arizona	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Northern Colorado

See also: 2025 Northern Colorado Bears football team

UC Davis Aggies (0-0) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0
Bears	-	-	-	-	0

at Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO

• Date: October 25

Statistics	UCD	UNCO
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Northern Colorado	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Idaho State

See also: 2025 Idaho State Bengals football team

Idaho State Bengals (0-0) vs. UC Davis Aggies (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	-	-	-	-	0
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: November 1

Statistics	IDST	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Idaho State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Idaho

See also: 2025 Idaho Vandals football team

UC Davis Aggies (0-0) vs. Idaho Vandals (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0
Vandals	-	-	-	-	0

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

• Date: November 8

Statistics	UCD	IDHO
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Idaho	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Montana State

See also: 2025 Montana State Bobcats football team

UC Davis Aggies (0-0) vs. Montana State Bobcats (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0
Bobcats	-	-	-	-	0

at Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT

• Date: November 15
• TV: ESPN2

Statistics	UCD	MTST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Montana State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Sacramento State (Causeway Classic)

See also: 2025 Sacramento State Hornets football team and Causeway Classic

Sacramento State Hornets (0-0) vs. UC Davis Aggies (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	-	-	-	-	0
Aggies	-	-	-	-	0

at UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA

• Date: November 22

Statistics	SAC	UCD
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Sacramento State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UC Davis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	8	8	9	9
Coaches	7	5	9	9

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