Stanford4-84Tavita Pritchard inherits a 4-8 roster and a program that hasn't won a conference title since 2013 — the admissions office identity clashes with a rebuild demanding results, not just tradition.
Stanford ran power football out of an admissions office and reached two Rose Bowls doing it — now it's the program watching the NIL era treat its highest standards as a recruiting handicap, with Andrew Luck in a suit trying to reverse-engineer the climb back.
Fans hear the same verdict on a loop — that the academic standard is now an anchor, that paying players broke the only model Stanford had, that the smart school can't survive a sport that stopped rewa…
Approaching
23 days
until kickoff · vs Hawai'i · Sat Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC
Stanford is the program that ran power football out of an admissions office.
With a returning player percentage of 19% and a transfer out total of 12, Stanford faces significant challenges in maintaining continuity. The team's development class, ranked #37 in recruiting, will be critical to its success.
The Tree is contemplating.
the open questioncan a new staff change the trajectory?
Frank Reich, former Colts head coach turned college rebuilder, inherits Stanford's third coaching change in five years with just 19% production returning and a 4-8 record.
Tavita Pritchard inherits a 4-8 losing record at Stanford, a program that once defined power football from an admissions office, now rebuilding in the ACC's bottom 25%.
Stanford enters 2026 — bottom-quintile returning production and a 4-8 record last season raise the question of whether power football can survive in an admissions office this cycle.
Tavita Pritchard inherits a 4-8 roster and a program that hasn't won a conference title since 2013 — the admissions office identity clashes with a rebuild demanding results, not just tradition.
Frank Reich begins his first season at Stanford, inheriting a 4-8 losing record and a program that once defined power football from an admissions office.
Micah Ford gets meaningfully MORE work in the fourth quarter with a lead than his overall workload would predict, mostly in real, competitive games -- not just mop-up snaps.
Sedrick Irvin sees a real spike in usage once the game is out of reach, and his efficiency in competitive snaps sits below the position baseline -- the numbers lean on the opponent giving up.
Tavita Pritchard begins his first season at Stanford, inheriting a 4-8 losing record and a program that once ran power football out of an admissions office.
Frank Reich begins his tenure with a 4-8 losing record to address Stanford's struggles in power football under new coordinator leadership.
Bryce Farrell is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Caden High: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
CJ Williams does NOT see a usage spike in garbage time -- his workload holds steady regardless of score.
Cole Tabb: a garbage time merchant signal screened this season.
Micah Ford: a short yardage signal screened this season.
Sam Roush is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Troy Polamalu’s son commits to Stanford
Legacy name, but the Polamalu commit matters because Reich is stacking culture pieces fast — two flips in the cycle and a class ranked #56 with room to climb tells you Stanford isn't waiting on reputation alone.
2027 ATH commits to Stanford
Reich's 2027 class is building early — an ATH commit in a development cycle where the QB pressure is real and the class sits 56th nationally buys Stanford time to let this prospect grow into a role.
Top 3 commits
Among the stronger offseasons on record for this program
74th percentile among FBS programs
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-08-06
Stanford · Next-Season Outcome Band
Final-season-aware projection: floor / base / ceiling include conference title and CFP games where the model supports them, so a ceiling can exceed a 12-game regular season.
Frank Reich took over as Stanford's head coach, replacing Troy Taylor. It is the program's third head coach in five seasons. The hire has receded from the front page. The roster and recruiting pipeline are the real measure now. The discourse has moved on; what's left is the quiet work of building something.
The 'this hire changes everything' takes -- new-era believers making the case early.
The 'show me the body of work' counter -- resume gaps, scheme fits, and 'not that guy' reads.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
Stanford: a rivalry result reversing the streak.
The optimistic read: momentum, and the 'this is real' takes.
The analytical counter: rankings, results, and 'the hype is ahead of the tape' takes.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
This event was in 47 of 82 board posts (57%) over the last 60 days — a fanbase consumed by it. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (57 posts): 16% positive · 63% neutral · 21% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
Recent Form · last 10 games
One of five. The film room is busy this week.
Opens Aug 29
vs Hawai'i · at home
✓ fact on line · ~ our read on style
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
CA leads the 2026 class with 6 commits. National footprint reaching 11 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
91 signees across 30 states, 2023-2026. CA leads the pull.
Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb
12 games with TV coverage: 1 national broadcast, 4 ESPN, 5 conference network, 2 streaming
Kickoff windows: 1 noon, 2 afternoon, 9 primetime
The bounces have gone their way on the fumbles they've forced: 83% recovered, vs. ~49% expected.
10 of 12 forced fumbles recovered; 4 of 9 own fumbles recovered themselves, 2025 only.
Deflections without payoff: 6% of disrupted passes intercepted, vs. ~19% league-wide.
3 interceptions of 48 disrupted passes (45 deflected, 3 intercepted), 2025 only.
The flags have favored them: 94 penalties drawn on opponents vs. 72 committed, 81 yards to the good.
649 penalty yards committed vs. 730 drawn on opponents, 2025 season total.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Fanbase Signals
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
What little we hear
Only 3 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:
How Stanford fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
~ our readStanford fans are leaning negative, but it's more feel than fact right now.
✓ counted We read 57 posts from Stanford fans this week.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
We might’ve actually had a chance to win this with Andrew luck in there at qb
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 26, 2025 · via CFB
Our secondary has had too many gaps and SJ has just been slicing us up. It's disgusting to watch.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 28, 2025 · via CFB
Put Elijah in. We sure as hell aren't winning with Gulbranson.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 21, 2025 · via CFB
I don’t even know how good the offense/scheme actually is because Ben Gulbranson plays like both his arms are clubs and Reich refuses to pull him
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 21, 2025 · via CFB
“That might have been the least impressive, least deserved win of all time. And damn did it feel good.”— r/CFB
“I just hate this team. I hate this team so much. This is probably the worst moment of the season so far”— r/CFB
“Cal will somehow stumble to seven wins while playing like this every other week and end up extending Wilcox and it's glorious to watch every time”— r/CFB
“Genuine malpractice - surprised Luck is OK with it. No reason WHATSOEVER to not see what you have in Brown late in these games, especially when Ben is so uninspiring (and by definition, gone after this year)”— r/CFB
“Exactly.. i don't care about wins/losses this year. I want to develop for the following year and Gulbranson isn't part of that group...”— r/CFB
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Fanbase Health Index · Stanford · high confidence
“Gulbranson CANT EVEN THROW A 2 YARD PASS to our NFL caliber TE”
FBS rankings · 2025 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Passer · +0.27 EPA/play | 15 | 9 | 148 / 260 | 56.9 | 1813 | 7.0 | 9 | 10 | 119.2 | 34.4 | 4.7 | 8.8 | |
Yards by week → Pocket PasserBalanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 97 of 183 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / attempt7.7 bottom 50th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Rush yards / carry-6.1 bottom 1th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like View Ben Gulbranson's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Pocket Passer · +0.19 EPA/play | 2 | 6 | 74 / 127 | 58.3 | 829 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 | 120.3 | 49.3 | 5.3 | 8.6 | |
Yards by week → Pocket PasserBalanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile. 97 of 183 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / attempt7.5 bottom 45th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Rush yards / carry-5.6 bottom 1th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like View Elijah Brown's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Stuff% | 10+% | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhorse · +0.08 EPA/play | 20 | 9 | 145 | 643 | 4.4 | 4 | 75 | 14.0 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 8.3 | — | |
Yards by week → Workhorse· Boom-or-bustBuilt to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 52 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight220 lb 82th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Yards / reception10.8 83th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint Plays like View Micah Ford's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Balanced Back · +0.00 EPA/play | 33 | 11 | 114 | 445 | 3.9 | 3 | 28 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 15.9 | 9.7 | — | |
Yards by week → Balanced BackPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 186 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry4.7 bottom 22th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Receiving share3.4% bottom 10th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Plays like View Cole Tabb's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Balanced Back · -0.14 EPA/play | 26 | 10 | 41 | 118 | 2.9 | 1 | 15 | 3.6 | 4.4 | — | — | — | |
Yards by week → Balanced BackPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. The most common profile in its group this season — 186 of 349 classified this way. Played in 10 of 21 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2023 class View Sedrick Irvin's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.60 EPA/play | 3 | 12 | 60 | 757 | 12.6 | 6 #62 FBS | 36 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 26.6% (90/338) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.3 bottom 50th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Reception volume60 92th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like our readBreakout: his CFB Index score now sits at the 88th percentile among FBS WRs, up from the 22nd | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +0.37 EPA/play | 86 | 11 | 49 | 545 | 11.1 | 2 | 69 | 8.3 | 12.8 | 22.5% (76/338) | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception12.6 65th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Reception volume49 99th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like our readAscending: his CFB Index score went from the 82nd percentile among FBS TEs to the 95th | |||||||||||
| Deep Threat · +0.63 EPA/play | 11 | 12 | 28 | 447 | 16.0 | 2 | 68 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 13.0% (44/338) | |
Yards by week → Deep Threat· Money-downStretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play. lives on the sticks and moves the chains 100 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception17.6 87th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Plays like View Bryce Farrell's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.37 EPA/play | — | 12 | 37 | 414 | 11.2 | 1 | 34 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 16.0% (54/338) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.0 bottom 46th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions TD rate2.7% bottom 17th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Caden High's full player page | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +1.07 EPA/play | 88 | 7 | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 1 | 26 | 2.8 | 1.2 | — | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception12.1 63th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions EPA / play (adj)1.1 94th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Benjamin Blackburn's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.57 EPA/play | 25 | 6 | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9.9 | 5.3% (18/338) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception10.9 bottom 22th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Reception volume12 bottom 11th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Marcus Brown's full player page | |||||||||||
| +0.70 EPA/play | 18 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 2.2 | 2.8 | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 91 | 12 | 33 | 13 | 5.5 | 4 | 6 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate16.7% 58th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 45 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 388 of 809 classified this way. Played in 9 of 21 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2023 class our readAscending: his CFB Index score moved from the 5th to 43rd percentile among FBS IDLs | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 97 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 388 of 809 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class View Zach Rowell's full player page | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 75 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 388 of 809 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2023 class View Braden Marceau-Olayinka's full player page | |||||||
| Versatile End | 94 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. 139 of 200 EDGEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate15.0% bottom 34th percentile · FBS EDGE, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Anthony Franklin's full player page | |||||||
| 98 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 35 | 12 | 106 | 49 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. Impact starter — above-average production for the conference. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume106 98th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate7.5% bottom 40th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readSustained Ascent: his CFB Index score shows two real climbs in a row — 2nd to 26th to 89th percentile among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Sideline-to-Sideline | — | 8 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 102 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.6 83th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Jahsiah Galvan's full player page | |||||||||
| Thumper | 11 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 97 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate21.9% 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume32 bottom 25th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Tevarua Tafiti's full player page | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 23 | 11 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.2% 90th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume32 bottom 25th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Hunter Barth's full player page | |||||||||
| Sideline-to-Sideline | 38 | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. 102 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.6 84th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Zach Johnson's full player page | |||||||||
| Thumper | 44 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 97 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate21.7% 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Sack rate13.0% 98th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Ernest Cooper's full player page | |||||||||
| Sideline-to-Sideline | 51 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. 102 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.7 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume23 bottom 16th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Sam Mattingly's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 14 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 362 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume21 bottom 15th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 18th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Wilfredo Aybar's full player page | |||||||||
| 30 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Safety | 21 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
Box SafetyLives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 166 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume54 71th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Scotty Edwards's full player page | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 5 | 10 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 419 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate15.8% 85th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Jaivion Green's full player page | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 32 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2021 class our readFading: his CFB Index score went from the 70th percentile among FBS Ss to the 27th | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 39 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. 419 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate8.8% 54th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Charlie Eckhardt's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 6 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cover Corner· Takeaway threatSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. the kind of DB who takes it back the other way The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 9 of 21 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class our readFading: his CFB Index score now sits at the 62nd percentile among FBS CBs, up from the 90th | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 22 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · sophomore · 3-star, 2023 class View Che Ojarikre's full player page | |||||||
| Cover Corner | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cover CornerSteady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The most common profile in its group this season — 141 of 270 classified this way. Played in 9 of 21 games this season · sophomore · 3-star, 2024 class our readBreakout: his CFB Index score moved from the 34th to 90th percentile among FBS CBs | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 29 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. The most common profile in its group this season — 419 of 801 classified this way. Played in 11 of 21 games this season · sophomore · 3-star, 2024 class View Darrius Davis's full player page | |||||||
| 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steady | 13 | 12 | 16/21 | 76.2 | 21/21 | 69 | 46 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steady | 37 | 12 | 58 | 2514 | 43.3 | 62 | 11 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.37 EPA/play | — | 12 | 12 | 237 | 19.8 | 0 | 27 |
| Balanced Back · +0.00 EPA/play | 33 | 11 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 19 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 26 |
2025 stat leaders
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 23 | #96 | #83 | +2 | @Hawai'i | L 20–23 137 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 7 | #94 | #30 | +20.5 | @BYU | L 3–27 124 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 14 | #83 | #61 | +13.5 | Boston College | W 30–20 123 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #79 | #52 | +16.5 | @Virginia | L 20–48 131 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #91 | #99 | -3.5 | San José State | W 30–29 140 | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #99 | #23 | +19.5 | @SMU | L 10–34 127 | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| 8 | Oct 19 | #107 | #56 | +17.5 | Florida State | W 20–13 145 | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #101 | #8 | +30 | @Miami | L 7–42 127 | 3-5 | 2-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #119 | #33 | +13.5 | Pittsburgh | L 20–35 144 | 3-6 | 2-4 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #130 | #107 | +8.5 | @North Carolina | L 15–20 126 | 3-7 | 2-5 |
| 13 | Nov 23 | #120 | #87 | +4.5 | California | W 31–10 133 | 4-7 | 3-5 |
| 14 | Nov 30 | #99 | #2 | +33.5 | Notre Dame | L 20–49 144 | 4-8 | 3-5 |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 | Notre Dame | L 20–49 | 312 | 1 | 29:25 | +0.143 | 32.9% | 151.8% | Blowout loss |
| Nov 23 | California | W 31–10 | 282 | 0 | 26:20 | +0.079 | 44.1% | 85.2% | Best success rate |
| Nov 8 | @North Carolina | L 15–20 | 320 | 2 | 32:37 | +0.230 | 42.9% | 124.8% | One-score loss |
| Nov 1 | Pittsburgh | L 20–35 | 326 | 3 | 29:30 | -0.127 | 29.7% | 135.6% | |
| Oct 25 | @Miami | L 7–42 | 144 | 2 | 23:18 | -0.349 | 25.9% | 99.0% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Oct 19 | Florida State | W 20–13 | 293 | 1 | 32:56 | +0.105 | 34.8% | 100.3% | One-score win |
| Oct 11 | @SMU | L 10–34 | 353 | 2 | 36:30 | -0.105 | 41.1% | 103.2% | |
| Sep 27 | San José State | W 30–29 | 481 | 1 | 29:07 | +0.322 | 42.0% | 151.7% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 20 | @Virginia | L 20–48 | 323 | 1 | 25:12 | +0.222 | 31.7% | 192.7% | Most explosive |
| Sep 14 | Boston College | W 30–20 | 409 | 0 | 31:44 | +0.198 | 37.9% | 134.8% | |
| Sep 7 | @BYU | L 3–27 | 161 | 3 | 25:04 | -0.083 | 36.4% | 85.5% | |
| Aug 23 | @Hawai'i | L 20–23 | 286 | 1 | 36:07 | +0.077 | 36.8% | 102.9% | One-score loss |
| Season average (12 games) | 308 | 1.4 | +0.059 | 36.3% | 122.3% | ||||
Stanford fields a struggling offense behind a leaky, gives up the big play defense.
Opponent-adjusted percentiles vs all FBS. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Team identity · competitive snaps only
10th percentile quality, 90th percentile boom-dependency. Garbage time excluded from both axes — the same correction that changes the Q4 story below.
| Team | Quality percentile | Boom-share percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 86th | 11th |
| Akron | 12th | 89th |
| Alabama | 58th | 17th |
| App State | 35th | 47th |
| Arizona | 64th | 37th |
| Arizona State | 41st | 62nd |
| Arkansas | 90th | 12th |
| Arkansas State | 17th | 66th |
| Army | 57th | 43rd |
| Auburn | 47th | 53rd |
| BYU | 78th | 19th |
| Baylor | 69th | 25th |
| Boise State | 66th | 20th |
| Boston College | 37th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 2nd | 98th |
| Buffalo | 11th | 88th |
| California | 28th | 48th |
| Central Michigan | 52nd | 64th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 16th |
| Clemson | 51st | 48th |
| Coastal Carolina | 17th | 83rd |
| Colorado | 18th | 84th |
| Colorado State | 16th | 83rd |
| Delaware | 38th | 58th |
| Duke | 80th | 14th |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 36th |
| Eastern Michigan | 49th | 42nd |
| Florida | 30th | 67th |
| Florida Atlantic | 62nd | 59th |
| Florida International | 42nd | 50th |
| Florida State | 83rd | 32nd |
| Fresno State | 26th | 73rd |
| Georgia | 81st | 3rd |
| Georgia Southern | 73rd | 21st |
| Georgia State | 36th | 70th |
| Georgia Tech | 84th | 5th |
| Hawai'i | 64th | 41st |
| Houston | 27th | 65th |
| Illinois | 75th | 26th |
| Indiana | 95th | 1st |
| Iowa | 44th | 40th |
| Iowa State | 68th | 22nd |
| Jacksonville State | 54th | 38th |
| James Madison | 65th | 44th |
| Kansas | 85th | 28th |
| Kansas State | 71st | 49th |
| Kennesaw State | 56th | 30th |
| Kent State | 21st | 86th |
| Kentucky | 15th | 85th |
| LSU | 14th | 81st |
| Liberty | 43rd | 56th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 73rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 39th | 61st |
| Louisville | 48th | 64th |
| Marshall | 55th | 39th |
| Maryland | 30th | 74th |
| Memphis | 80th | 24th |
| Miami | 76th | 5th |
| Miami (OH) | 34th | 67th |
| Michigan | 67th | 33rd |
| Michigan State | 27th | 75th |
| Middle Tennessee | 39th | 52nd |
| Minnesota | 29th | 77th |
| Mississippi State | 22nd | 77th |
| Missouri | 61st | 30th |
| Missouri State | 55th | 46th |
| NC State | 86th | 23rd |
| Navy | 94th | 17th |
| Nebraska | 48th | 57th |
| Nevada | 3rd | 97th |
| New Mexico | 58th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 9th | 87th |
| North Carolina | 13th | 89th |
| North Texas | 98th | 7th |
| Northern Illinois | 8th | 92nd |
| Northwestern | 52nd | 36th |
| Notre Dame | 99th | 20th |
| Ohio | 67th | 18th |
| Ohio State | 93rd | 4th |
| Oklahoma | 20th | 80th |
| Oklahoma State | 5th | 95th |
| Old Dominion | 83rd | 45th |
| Ole Miss | 89th | 2nd |
| Oregon | 91st | 10th |
| Oregon State | 2nd | 98th |
| Penn State | 73rd | 33rd |
| Pittsburgh | 60th | 39th |
| Purdue | 25th | 78th |
| Rice | 6th | 94th |
| Rutgers | 70th | 27th |
| SMU | 74th | 42nd |
| Sam Houston | 4th | 96th |
| San Diego State | 24th | 76th |
| San José State | 45th | 69th |
| South Alabama | 36th | 58th |
| South Carolina | 23rd | 86th |
| South Florida | 87th | 23rd |
| Southern Miss | 40th | 55th |
| Stanford | 10th | 90th |
| Syracuse | 5th | 95th |
| TCU | 72nd | 35th |
| Temple | 70th | 34th |
| Tennessee | 96th | 11th |
| Texas | 45th | 55th |
| Texas A&M | 82nd | 14th |
| Texas State | 92nd | 8th |
| Texas Tech | 77th | 31st |
| Toledo | 50th | 61st |
| Troy | 14th | 80th |
| Tulane | 79th | 15th |
| Tulsa | 20th | 70th |
| UAB | 61st | 45th |
| UCF | 33rd | 82nd |
| UCLA | 23rd | 79th |
| UConn | 95th | 13th |
| UL Monroe | 11th | 92nd |
| UNLV | 88th | 9th |
| USC | 98th | 2nd |
| UTEP | 1st | 99th |
| UTSA | 77th | 51st |
| Utah | 97th | 6th |
| Utah State | 46th | 63rd |
| Vanderbilt | 100th | 0th |
| Virginia | 59th | 27th |
| Virginia Tech | 32nd | 71st |
| Wake Forest | 42nd | 72nd |
| Washington | 92nd | 8th |
| Washington State | 33rd | 52nd |
| West Virginia | 7th | 93rd |
| Western Kentucky | 53rd | 29th |
| Western Michigan | 31st | 68th |
| Wisconsin | 0th | 100th |
| Wyoming | 8th | 91st |
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 63rd percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 75th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
12th percentile success on standard downs, 12th on passing downs — little dropoff between the two — a schedule-independent identity.
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 82nd | 69th |
| Akron | 20th | 36th |
| Alabama | 47th | 76th |
| App State | 41st | 80th |
| Arizona | 54th | 54th |
| Arizona State | 40th | 37th |
| Arkansas | 90th | 97th |
| Arkansas State | 51st | 40th |
| Army | 37th | 44th |
| Auburn | 73rd | 24th |
| Austin Peay | 56th | 13th |
| BYU | 91st | 46th |
| Ball State | 5th | 3rd |
| Baylor | 70th | 77th |
| Boise State | 42nd | 63rd |
| Boston College | 56th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 10th | 17th |
| Bryant | 7th | 2nd |
| Buffalo | 29th | 20th |
| California | 25th | 66th |
| Central Michigan | 57th | 11th |
| Charlotte | 7th | 7th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 65th |
| Clemson | 49th | 34th |
| Coastal Carolina | 16th | 22nd |
| Colorado | 8th | 48th |
| Colorado State | 29th | 35th |
| Delaware | 66th | 31st |
| Duke | 82nd | 63rd |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 91st |
| Eastern Michigan | 46th | 67th |
| Florida | 52nd | 45th |
| Florida Atlantic | 44th | 61st |
| Florida International | 50th | 26th |
| Florida State | 65th | 90th |
| Fresno State | 22nd | 71st |
| Georgia | 95th | 69th |
| Georgia Southern | 64th | 84th |
| Georgia State | 22nd | 75th |
| Georgia Tech | 92nd | 89th |
| Hawai'i | 33rd | 87th |
| Houston | 61st | 29th |
| Idaho | 30th | 78th |
| Idaho State | 93rd | 14th |
| Illinois | 79th | 95th |
| Indiana | 97th | 98th |
| Iowa | 74th | 19th |
| Iowa State | 80th | 58th |
| Jacksonville State | 59th | 56th |
| James Madison | 77th | 52nd |
| Kansas | 99th | 82nd |
| Kansas State | 37th | 59th |
| Kennesaw State | 44th | 67th |
| Kent State | 15th | 5th |
| Kentucky | 62nd | 29th |
| LSU | 18th | 52nd |
| Lafayette | 0th | 12th |
| Liberty | 65th | 53rd |
| Lindenwood | 4th | 1st |
| Long Island University | 24th | 78th |
| Louisiana | 24th | 23rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 41st | 24th |
| Louisville | 84th | 32nd |
| Maine | 3rd | 18th |
| Marshall | 71st | 62nd |
| Maryland | 11th | 86th |
| Massachusetts | 5th | 9th |
| Memphis | 75th | 68th |
| Merrimack | 1st | 83rd |
| Miami | 80th | 64th |
| Miami (OH) | 33rd | 39th |
| Michigan | 73rd | 74th |
| Michigan State | 48th | 39th |
| Middle Tennessee | 69th | 47th |
| Minnesota | 35th | 33rd |
| Mississippi State | 52nd | 35th |
| Missouri | 76th | 50th |
| Missouri State | 32nd | 50th |
| Murray State | 1st | 6th |
| NC State | 58th | 71st |
| Navy | 95th | 72nd |
| Nebraska | 78th | 51st |
| Nevada | 17th | 16th |
| New Mexico | 38th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 16th | 33rd |
| North Carolina | 14th | 30th |
| North Texas | 100th | 97th |
| Northern Illinois | 9th | 5th |
| Northwestern | 48th | 88th |
| Notre Dame | 88th | 99th |
| Ohio | 69th | 76th |
| Ohio State | 99th | 99th |
| Oklahoma | 39th | 41st |
| Oklahoma State | 14th | 7th |
| Old Dominion | 72nd | 79th |
| Ole Miss | 83rd | 95th |
| Oregon | 93rd | 55th |
| Oregon State | 54th | 25th |
| Penn State | 76th | 73rd |
| Pittsburgh | 35th | 56th |
| Purdue | 46th | 88th |
| Rice | 20th | 0th |
| Rutgers | 71st | 84th |
| SMU | 50th | 57th |
| Sam Houston | 26th | 4th |
| San Diego State | 84th | 1st |
| San José State | 68th | 70th |
| South Alabama | 53rd | 28th |
| South Carolina | 31st | 8th |
| South Carolina State | 10th | 3rd |
| South Florida | 86th | 46th |
| Southern Miss | 27th | 38th |
| Stanford | 12th | 12th |
| Syracuse | 19th | 10th |
| TCU | 63rd | 82nd |
| Temple | 85th | 22nd |
| Tennessee | 97th | 81st |
| Texas | 27th | 61st |
| Texas A&M | 88th | 59th |
| Texas State | 60th | 93rd |
| Texas Tech | 45th | 65th |
| Toledo | 67th | 42nd |
| Troy | 18th | 27th |
| Tulane | 81st | 86th |
| Tulsa | 43rd | 43rd |
| UAB | 34th | 94th |
| UCF | 39th | 20th |
| UCLA | 28th | 48th |
| UConn | 96th | 37th |
| UL Monroe | 13th | 14th |
| UNLV | 78th | 85th |
| USC | 94th | 90th |
| UT Martin | 2nd | 41st |
| UTEP | 3rd | 10th |
| UTSA | 67th | 92nd |
| Utah | 87th | 96th |
| Utah State | 31st | 49th |
| Vanderbilt | 90th | 100th |
| Virginia | 36th | 73rd |
| Virginia Tech | 59th | 21st |
| Wake Forest | 21st | 31st |
| Washington | 98th | 93rd |
| Washington State | 61st | 44th |
| West Virginia | 12th | 18th |
| Western Kentucky | 55th | 80th |
| Western Michigan | 86th | 16th |
| Wisconsin | 6th | 27th |
| Wyoming | 23rd | 15th |
Halftime identity
1st-half offense ranks 22nd percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 37th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Schedule mirage
Raw EPA/play through week 21 is 0.06; 31st percentile once opponent strength is stripped out, it's 0.01. The widest gap came in week 6: 0.15 raw vs. 0.05 adjusted.
Stanford reads strongest in rushing epa allowed (top 5%) and success rate allowed (top 61%); the crux lives in rushing epa, where Stanford sits at the 4th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Most Similar Programs · Stanford
Static-attribute similarity across tier, archetype, conference, and voice. Not a prediction — a calibration.
Home-Field Advantage · Stanford · 2018-present
35% home win rate vs 36% on the road. margin runs +4.7 better at home. Stanford Stadium seats 50,424, averaging 58% full (29,472 attendance, 24 games reported).
Positional competition · RB room
Micah Ford and Cole Tabb split the carries (144/257 vs 113/257) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Micah Ford produces in bigger chunks.
Positional competition · WR/TE room
CJ Williams (WR) and Sam Roush (TE) split the targets (88/161 vs 73/161) -- but the job isn't split the same way.
What changed
The biggest shift: 1st-down pass rate moved down 9 points. The rest held closer to steady.
The biggest shift: red-zone pass rate moved up 8 points. The rest held closer to steady.
Defensive identity · pass zones
On short passes, Stanford’s defense allows a completion rate above the FBS mean (68.5% vs 65.9% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 151-play sample) — mid-pack, 112 of 133 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball leaderboard here: at the defense level, most teams face well under 30 rich-feed deep targets all season — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess.
Historical echo
Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
67°F average kickoff temp; 6% of games had measurable precipitation; 8 mph average wind.
Based on 70 home games with weather data.
12 seasons inside the CFP era, no bids yet — the era the program is still trying to break into.
Stanford's 2014–2025 record is 72-73. The era is still being written; the CFP line is the one the program is arguing for.
All-Time Record
since 1894 · 108 seasons · .532 win rate
Stanford's GM is Andrew Luck. The same man who was the first overall pick in 2012, who embodied the program's case that you could recruit intelligently and run power football at a top-five level, is now the one tasked with rebuilding a program that has had five straight losing seasons and three coaching changes in a year.
The argument Stanford made for fifteen years — from Jim Harbaugh's 1-11 to Rose Bowl transformation through David Shaw's sustained top-fifteen program — was specific and audacious: that the admissions office, the right scheme, and a culture of physical football could compete with anyone without lowering the academic bar. Andrew Luck was the proof. Christian McCaffrey was the proof. The 2013 Rose Bowl was the proof. No other program has matched the model. No other program tried it the same way.
What happened next is honest fact: Shaw stepped down after 2022, Troy Taylor arrived, won eleven games, then went 3-9, then was fired in March 2025 amid staff-bullying allegations before the spring game. Andrew Luck, the athletic department's general manager since 2023, installed Frank Reich as a one-year interim head coach. Reich went 4-8 — the Cardinal's best record since 2020 — won at home over Boston College and Florida State, and reclaimed the Big Game Axe from Cal 31-10 for the first time since 2020. Then Luck hired Tavita Pritchard, a former Stanford quarterback, as permanent head coach. The question on The Farm is whether the formula is dormant or dead: whether the admissions standards that made the model work are now a recruiting handicap in a sport that stopped rewarding them.
The 2026 season is Pritchard's first as a permanent head coach at any level. The Stanford fan's argument — earnest, unshaken by the losing — is that Luck himself is the institutional memory of what the program was, and that the same football intelligence that made him the model can out-think a checkbook era instead of surrendering to it. That's the thesis Pritchard has to make into a scoreboard.
Stanford's foundational identity is physical, downhill, pro-style power football — the Harbaugh-Shaw lineage — run by a roster that passes the admissions office's scrutiny before it passes the depth chart. Under Pritchard, the program will rebuild that template in an ACC context, competing through intelligence and scheme discipline in a conference and era that rewards roster turnover. The Stanford Band remains the sport's most chaotic marching unit; The Farm's gameday identity is nerd-with-a-line-of-scrimmage, deliberately the opposite of the finesse-school stereotype.
Stanford 2016–2025. Slipping -2.8 rungs across the last 10 seasons. Slope -0.48 rungs / year — moving down the prestige scale.
12 seasons on file
down middle peak CFP year
Season Standing · 2025 · 4-8
Stanford: Below .500 in FBS play. The rebuild bar.
ACC Standing · 2025
Stanford is 12th of 17 in the ACC at 3-5. The path to the title is steep — the focus is on bowl access and rivalry wins.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | 7-2 |
| 2 | Virginia | 7-3 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 6-2 |
| 4 | Miami | 6-2 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 6-2 |
| 6 | SMU | 6-2 |
| 7 | NC State | 5-4 |
| 8 | California | 4-4 |
| 9 | Clemson | 4-4 |
| 10 | Louisville | 4-4 |
| 11 | Wake Forest | 4-4 |
| 12 | Stanford | 3-5 |
| 13 | Florida State | 2-6 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 2-6 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 2-6 |
| 16 | Boston College | 1-7 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 1-7 |
Coaching Era · Stanford
Tavita Pritchard took over from Frank Reich for the 2026 season.
Three gameday rituals — the ones outsiders never quite catch.
since 1975
The Stanford Tree (technically an unofficial mascot — the school is just 'Cardinal,' the color) is an unsanctioned-yet-tolerated student in a chaotic homemade tree costume. The Tree has been arrested at rival games, dunked in the Pacific, and replaced annually. Stanford football's most-photographed sideline figure.
since 1963
Not a marching band — a 'scatter band.' Performs deliberately irreverent halftime shows that have been banned by 7+ stadiums (Notre Dame, BYU, Oregon St). The band IS the Stanford brand. Pitch-and-key are secondary to the chaos.
since 1933
The trophy passed between Cal and Stanford in The Big Game. The axe was stolen by Cal students in 1899; reclaimed by Stanford in 1930 in an elaborate heist; the formal trophy era began in 1933. Story is older than every other rivalry trophy west of the Mississippi.
The Cardinal's 31-10 win over California in Week 13 landed 31.3 points above the team's season-average margin of -10.3 — a program that had mostly played from behind all year, suddenly playing ahead by three scores. Fear the Tree: for one Saturday, the record matched the mascot's stubbornness.
gamelog · 2025 season · wk 13Opponent rushing EPA against Stanford checked in at the 96.0 percentile nationally last season — elite, and a sharp contrast with an offense that posted a losing average margin that year. Fear the Tree: on defense at least, the numbers backed up the name.
Savant card · 2025 season through postseasonStanford's rushing EPA sat at just the 4.7 percentile of FBS last season — the same program whose run defense graded out at the 96th percentile on the other side of the ball. Fear the Tree: the front seven earned the nickname; the ground game was still chasing it.
Savant card · 2025 season through postseasonFord carried a positive .11 rushing WEPA across 148 plays and 14 total mentions, peaking at a 6.57 attention score higher than any other Stanford skill player tracked that season. Fear the Tree: quietly, Ford built himself a case worth remembering.
gamelog + roster archive · Micah Ford · 2025Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
Stanford beats Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl, the modern peak of the program
2024
Five straight losing seasons after the Shaw era ended — the program's fall from a power to an afterthought
Wound
2025
A 31-10 Big Game win over Cal returns the Axe for the first time since 2020 — a bright spot in a 4-8 year
Moment of the Year · Stanford · 2025
Week 9 of 2025. A reckoning loss — the data point the next season must answer.
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
Most recent: 2018 — win 13-14 (away). Last 5 postseason: 4-1.
NFL Draft Pipeline
2022–202610 picks last 5 cycles. Reliable mid-tier pipeline.
Unit lineage
FBS-relative efficiency percentile per season (2014–2025), same population as the Coordinator Mirror board. Dashed vertical lines mark a coordinator change.
Hired for 2026: Terry Heffernan — not yet reflected in on-field data.
Hired for 2026: Kris Richard — not yet reflected in on-field data.
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