[terry]

The last time Stanford beat a top 25 team outside of the state of California was November 2012 at Oregon.  Beating Utah in SLC was a really important win for this team.

Yeah, I saw that stat somewhere too. And I agree that it really is good to beat a ranked team on the road.

But that stat is not quite right. Stanford's last win against a ranked team outside California was when Stanford defeated #11 Arizona State in Tempe in the 2013 Pac-12 championship game.

Since then, Stanford has played four games outside California against ranked teams -- three in 2014 (at #9 Notre.Dame, at #17 ASU, and at #5 Oregon), and one in 2016 (at #10 Washington). Stanford lost those four games. So, the win at Utah broke a 4-game losing streak in games outside California against ranked teams.

But I'm not really sure why it makes sense to look only at road games outside California. A road game in California is still a road game, and it's still meaningful to win on the road.

Stanford won road games in California against ranked teams in 2014 (at #9 UCLA) and in 2015 (at #6 U-S-C). So it really hasn't been all that long since Stanford won a road game against a ranked team.

In addition, Stanford won neutral site games against ranked teams in 2015 (vs. #24 U-S-C in the Pac-12 championship) and on Jan. 1, 2016 (vs. #6 Iowa in the Rose Bowl).

[terry]

The last time Stanford beat a top 25 team outside of the state of California was November 2012 at Oregon.  Beating Utah in SLC was a really important win for this team.

Yeah, I saw that stat somewhere too. And I agree that it really is good to beat a ranked team on the road.

But that stat is not quite right. Stanford's last win against a ranked team outside California was when Stanford defeated #11 Arizona State in Tempe in the 2013 Pac-12 championship game.

Since then, Stanford has played four games outside California against ranked teams -- three in 2014 (at #9 Notre.Dame, at #17 ASU, and at #5 Oregon), and one in 2016 (at #10 Washington). Stanford lost those four games. So, the win at Utah broke a 4-game losing streak in games outside California against ranked teams.

But I'm not really sure why it makes sense to look only at road games outside California. A road game in California is still a road game, and it's still meaningful to win on the road.

Stanford won road games in California against ranked teams in 2014 (at #9 UCLA) and in 2015 (at #6 U-S-C). So it really hasn't been all that long since Stanford won a road game against a ranked team.

In addition, Stanford won neutral site games against ranked teams in 2015 (vs. #24 U-S-C in the Pac-12 championship) and on Jan. 1, 2016 (vs. #6 Iowa in the Rose Bowl).