(08-04-2026, 12:12 PM)Papa John Wrote: And more prognostications for the season...
The coaches poll was released this morning (8/4/26). The following Stanford opponents were ranked in the top 25 or received votes (RV followed by the number of points received):
Notre Dame: #5
Miami: #7
SMU: #20
Louisville: RV 153
Georgia Tech: RV 26
NC State: RV 13
Virginia Tech: RV 12
Duke: RV 6
Hawaii: RV 1
Cal: RV 1
Like Stanford, Wake Forest and Elon (duh) did not receive any votes. I know this is a silly exercise, but going strictly by the coaches' poll the most likely path to four wins for Stanford would be WF (away), Elon (home), Hawaii (home) and Cal (away).
I wonder if the Friday game at home vs NC State might be a "trap" game for the Wolfpack? Kickoff is 10:30 pm Eastern so the game will end between 1:30 and 2 am body-clock time.
If I didn't participate in silly exercises, then I might not get any exercise at all.
These four games are how I arrived at my pick of 4 wins.
Which I think is very doable but still more on the optimistic side than not.