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2018 Preseason Stanford Cardinal Rankings

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User	Rank	Reason
BrutonGaster77	5
Daigotsu	7
TriStarBear	7
VerySeriousBanana	7
TheJeemTeam	8	I ranked Stanford over Notre Dame due to being a more experienced team and having maybe the best RB in the country in Bryce Love.
ChickenTaco	9
Fifth_Down	9
Harmbert_	9
I_am_bot_beep_boop	9
TheZachster	9
AaronRodgers16	10
DanNeverDie	10
DarkLegend64	10
G-manP	10
hascogrande	10
hokies220	10	Love is optimism. Optimism is Love.
olmsted	10
RiffRamBahZoo	10
ShogunAshoka	10
studio_sally	10
TheTeamCubed	10
uwbjb	10
alsonamedbort87	11
chrisb19	11	Bryce Love is back, David Shaw is still there, and Stanford will continue to bring their brand of jumbo packages and body-shot football to the Pac12. While they're not overloaded with talent like Washington, they're still widely considered the second best team in the Pac12 North. A tricky schedule that opens with SDSU and then features a week 2 matchup against USC, plus November dates with both Washington and UCLA will make it a tough run to come through unscathed. But they're still one of the top teams in the conference.
JCiLee	11
kdcoltred	11
ndhuskerpower	11
Plneapple	11
ryker888	11
scronko	11
SCRx	11
SCsprinter13	11
T-nawtical	11
UNC_Samurai	11
vanburen1845	11
Wurst_Law	11
bgr308	12
Branzilla91	12
CFSparta92	12
coreyfra	12
e8odie	12
g_mo821	12
JeromesNiece	12	Stanford just feels right at home in the 10-20 range. Bryce Love will be a beast this year (again) but I don't see them getting past Washington.
mickeyquicknumbers	12	I picked Stanford higher than most last year. That was a mistake for three reasons. First, the passing game took a while to find itself - that *should* not be quite as much of an issue this year as I expect Costello to mature or be beaten by a player who does make the passing game very good. Second, the offensive line had some uncharacteristic issues (stanford ranked 101st in rushing success rate), which I think will also be fixed with the maturation of some of the best recruits in the nation. Third, the defense was top-to-bottom lacking. They lose a tremendous amount of experience this year. I think the offense will return to being on the top offenses in the nation, but the defense scares me too much to put them any higher.
Our-Gardian-Angel	12
plannedsickdays	12
RatherBeYachting	12
T-Thugs	12	Stanford should be solid but not playoffs solid. 
TaylorLeprechaun	12
tmart12	12
WarEagle9	12
03040905	13
A-Stu-Ute	13
alextoyalex	13
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	13
bakonydraco	13
BamaPride95	13
cmdrcaboose2	13
conchobor	13
corundum9	13
Feral_Squirrel	13
GenialGiant	13	Stanford got off to a rocky start last season, and didn't end the season the way they would have liked, but 10-4 is still nothing to sneeze at and Stanford looks to be in a good position going into the 2018 season.
Greflingorax	13
icklebush	13
mellolizard	13
monkeymatt1836	13
Nathanael-Greene	13
nemoran	13
puffadda	13
PureCFR	13
ReallyCreative	13
RegulatorRWF	13
ScarletFever333	13
SSJRoshi	13
TanzaniaMagic	13
Texasagsman	13
TheReformedBadger	13
ToLongDR	13
TotalEconomist	13
ya111101	13
52hoova	14	They have a running back who is pretty good. 
Blooblod	14	For the first time in seemingly forever, the Stanford defense is actually a pretty big concern of mine. Bobby Okereke leads a LB corps that should be decent and Alijah Holder could have a big year at CB, but outside of that I think it's fair to question this defense. An unproven d-line could cause problems. The line on the other side of the ball could be Stanford's best in at least a few years however. Look for the line to take another step forward with five potential all-conference picks. Having the best RB in the country run behind a line like this is a recipe for a stellar ground game. My Cardinal record prediction: 10-2. I think Stanford gets some good breaks here, especially getting USC early, and I'm not sure they'll be as good as a 10-2 record might indicate. Their road game against Washington is a tough one that I have the Cardinal losing, but before that happens I think Arizona State pulls of a shocking upset in the desert.
boxman151515	14	Stanford is one of the most consistent programs in the country. Expect that to be the case again. Bryce Love will tear it up in the Pac-12. If there's a team that'll beat Washington out west, this is the team.
CambodianDrywall	14
captain_sasquatch	14
confirmd_am_engineer	14
deadtofall12	14
djowen68	14
Dropbackandpunt	14
Hackasizlak	14
halldaylong	14
HelioOne	14
jmac_21	14	Stanford seems to never make mistakes in games, probably why they're so hard to knock off. They could be the sleeper to win the Pac 12.
jnoobs13	14
Johnnycockseed	14
Pikachu1989	14
sasmith2015	14
sirgippy	14
teddythe3rd	14
thegreendalegelf	14
3RDnKING	15
BosskOnASegway	15
Charlemagne42	15	They have a returning Stanford Heisman (TM) winner and some engineering schematics titled "Success".
Extra_Excrement	15	Another team with another departed OC. Luckily for Stanford, they still retain the current face of their program and David Shaw has proven himself as a coach that can make Stanford seasons consistently good (he only has two seasons with more than 3 losses). However, outside of the UC Davis and Oregon State games they don't exactly have any "gimme" games on their schedule. I predict that they'll start slow and drop ~3 games before rounding out the season and finishing strong.
FellKnight	15
flipadelphia17	15
Helifino	15
HUSKEROYAL	15	Standford has been a solid program under Shaw, and I expect that to continue this year. They may not have as much talent on paper as Washington, but their style gives them a chance to compete for a Pac 12 title.
itsabearcannon	15
joebob431	15
KingKliffsbury	15
Miami_da_U	15
polydorr	15
retnuh101	15
RobertNeyland	15
seaotter2	15
stripes361	15	Composite: 28.5
tallg8tor	15
TDenverFan	15
The-Gothic-Castle	15
THECrew42	15
was_saying_boo_urns	15
wesman212	15
BorisNumber1	16
cfbguy	16
dicky_________seamus	16
Ghost_of_Dude	16
goblue10	16	I 100% guarantee that Bryce Love will finish 2nd in the Heisman vote to a quarterback.
Hobbes_121	16
Knightro2011	16
nickknx865	16	1813
runujhkj	16
tdeff19	16
ucieaters33	16
WeenisWrinkle	16
BallSoHerd	17
buttforaface	17
bwburke94	17
cajunaggie08	17
CockADoodleBOOM	17
JaxofAllTrades13	17
JonesUCF34	17
kelling928	17
moistats_	17
mynameisjona	17
noahthearc	17
Papalew32	17
Red261	17
typicaliconoclast	17
W_Is_For_Will	17
woakley	17	Bryce Love? Check. K.J. Costello? Check. Yes they lost 3 regular season games, the PAC 12 championship and their Bowl game. But of those 5 losses only one was more than a touchdown. They won some close ones too, but I think more of those close losses go their way with another year of experience under their belt
admiraltarkin	18
Alwaysahawk	18
BobDeLaSponge	18
Fmeson	18
lebaronslebaron	18
PHubbs	18	Bryce Love might be even better this year than last year, and if he is, Stanford could surprise a ton of people as the PAC 12 favorite. The most consistent PAC team of this last decade has set themselves up for a great season if they can get all of their new pieces on the defensive side of the ball to produce. History says that Shaw's squad will be ready, but even if they're not, Love might drag this team to a PAC title by himself.
Rakarei	18
Bill3ffinMurray	19
CertifiedSheep	19
justsaynotoreddit	19	0.763
mjacksongt	19	Bryce Love is good on his own, David Shaw is a solid coach....don't think they're top 15 worthy yet though.
BlueSCar	20
Brostradamus_	20
DEP61	20
doormatt26	20
G-Aardvark	20
galacticdude7	20
GeneralGBO	20
GoBlueScrewOSU7	20
Mario_Speedwagon	20
brobroma	21
Cassiyus	21
taloncarde	21
dan4223	22
HarbingerOfFun	22
relax_on_the_mat	22
ThaCarter	23
Xtremeloco	23
dabul-master	25
DeceptiveSpeed	25

Provisional Poll Voters

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