Stanford Cardinal

Stanford Cardinal have not been to postseason since 2001 and last season was another disappointing one for Jim Harbaugh who entered his second year in charge. An opening weekend win against Oregon State was followed by 17-41 loss at Arizona State and a 14-31 defeat to TCU. Cardinal seemed to have steadied the ship with back-to-back wins against San Jose State and Washington, but a defeat at Notre Dame denied the program a continuation of their streak. The Cardinal road form was poor as they only managed one win on their travels at Washington. Following a 58-0 shutout of Washington State, Cardinal went down to three consecutive losses at Oregon, at home to USC and again on the road to California finishing the season with a 5-7 record, narrowly missing out on a Bowl game invitation.