2015 The Top-10 Year

Stanford finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-2
Final Result 12-win season
AP Final #5 post-bowls
SP+ +9.7 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Northw 6-16 W vs UCF 31-7 W @ USC 41-31 W @ Oreg Sta 42-24 W vs Arizona 55-17 W vs UCLA 56-35 W vs Washin 31-14 W @ Wash St 30-28 W @ Colorado 42-10 L vs Oregon 36-38 W vs Califo 35-22 W vs ND 38-36 W vs USC 41-22 W @ Iowa 45-16 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Stanford 55, Arizona 17. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Stanford 6, Northwestern 16. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Stanford beat Iowa 45-16 in the postseason.

"Fear the Tree"
— Stanford fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What It Meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Stanford — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.