Stanford Cardinal FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Marginal

C Overall Grade 75

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Next Up:
vs Hawai`i, Sat Aug 29

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Stanford Cardinal has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	4-8	33.3%	—
2008-09	5-7	41.7%	—
2009-10	8-5	61.5%	—
2010-11	12-1	92.3%	#3
2011-12	11-2	84.6%	#10
2012-13	12-2	85.7%	#9
2013-14	11-3	78.6%	#6
2014-15	8-5	61.5%	#23
2015-16	12-2	85.7%	#4
2016-17	10-3	76.9%	#10
2017-18	9-5	64.3%	#26
2018-19	9-4	69.2%	#17
2019-20	4-8	33.3%	#71
2020-21	4-2	66.7%	#34
2021-22	3-9	25.0%	#104
2022-23	3-9	25.0%	#77
2023-24	3-9	25.0%	#82
2024-25	3-9	25.0%	#104
2025-26	4-8	33.3%	#80

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
4	Miami FL	13	3	1
25	Virginia	11	3	1
29	Duke	9	5
32	North Carolina St	8	5
33	SMU	9	4
35	Georgia Tech	9	4	1
37	Louisville	9	4
40	Wake Forest	9	4
48	Pittsburgh	8	5
61	Clemson	7	6
75	California	7	6	1
82	Florida St	5	7
98	Stanford	4	8
110	Virginia Tech	3	9	1
124	North Carolina	4	8
137	Syracuse	3	9
192	Boston College	2	10	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 23	at Hawai`i (9-4) Mountain West	L20-23
Sat Sep 6	at #7 Brigham Young (12-2) (#7 nationally) Big 12	L3-27
Sat Sep 13	vs Boston College (2-10) ACC	W30-20
Sat Sep 20	at #24 Virginia (11-3) (#25 nationally) ACC	L20-48
Sat Sep 27	vs San Jose St (3-9) Mountain West	W30-29
Sat Oct 11	at SMU (9-4) ACC	L10-34
Sat Oct 18	vs Florida St (5-7) ACC	W20-13
Sat Oct 25	at #4 Miami FL (13-3) (#4 nationally) ACC	L7-42
Sat Nov 1	vs Pittsburgh (8-5) ACC	L20-35
Sat Nov 8	at North Carolina (4-8) ACC	L15-20
Sat Nov 22	vs California (7-6) ACC	W31-10
Sat Nov 29	vs #9 Notre Dame (10-2) (#9 nationally) FBS Independents	L20-49

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	114	0	0
1	Sep 2	166	0	1	52
2	Sep 7	165	0	2	1
3	Sep 14	118	1	2	47
4	Sep 21	162	1	3	44
5	Sep 28	126	2	3	36
6	Oct 5	128	2	3	2
7	Oct 12	156	2	4	28
8	Oct 19	88	3	4	68
9	Oct 26	93	3	5	5
10	Nov 2	91	3	6	2
11	Nov 9	136	3	7	45
12	Nov 16	131	3	7	5
13	Nov 23	100	4	7	31
14	Nov 30	104	4	8	4
15	Dec 7	102	4	8	2
16	Dec 14	103	4	8	1
17	Dec 21	104	4	8	1
18	Dec 28	105	4	8	1
19	Jan 4	99	4	8	6
20	Jan 10	98	4	8	1
21	Jan 20	98	4	8

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