[socalstanfan1]

Stanford has an argument to be in the national title game, but unfortunately I don't think it is a really strong one at this point.  I think the argument would actually be much stronger had we lost to Oregon at Autzen stadium, rather than on our home field.  It is pretty well acknowledged that Autzen gives the Ducks a brobdingnagian advantage, but we were pretty thoroughly beaten at home.  That's tough to overcome, IMO.  Beating USC in LA helps, but that has to stand as our lone, real high quality win at this point.  We had a few solid victories over good opponents (ND, Cal, maybe Washington could be considered a quality opponent), but overall we were brought down by a weak Pac-12. 

Had we managed to come up big against Oregon, and Alabama was STILL first in line for the NCS, then that would be crazy.   

[socalstanfan1]

Stanford has an argument to be in the national title game, but unfortunately I don't think it is a really strong one at this point.  I think the argument would actually be much stronger had we lost to Oregon at Autzen stadium, rather than on our home field.  It is pretty well acknowledged that Autzen gives the Ducks a brobdingnagian advantage, but we were pretty thoroughly beaten at home.  That's tough to overcome, IMO.  Beating USC in LA helps, but that has to stand as our lone, real high quality win at this point.  We had a few solid victories over good opponents (ND, Cal, maybe Washington could be considered a quality opponent), but overall we were brought down by a weak Pac-12. 

Had we managed to come up big against Oregon, and Alabama was STILL first in line for the NCS, then that would be crazy.