[Canalejas]

Now a bowl game loss will give Stanford 2 fewer points at the end of the fall season than last year, while a bowl game win would put Stanford 18 points ahead of last year's pace, assuming the Cardinal doesn't re-enter the rankings.  

And if Stanford can get ranked 25th, that'd be 22 points ahead of last year with roughly an additional point for every incrementally better spot in the USA Today Poll.  Incidentally, we're the 7th team in the "receiving votes" category, so I'm not sure getting ranked is all that likely.

[Canalejas]

Now a bowl game loss will give Stanford 2 fewer points at the end of the fall season than last year, while a bowl game win would put Stanford 18 points ahead of last year's pace, assuming the Cardinal doesn't re-enter the rankings.  

And if Stanford can get ranked 25th, that'd be 22 points ahead of last year with roughly an additional point for every incrementally better spot in the USA Today Poll.  Incidentally, we're the 7th team in the "receiving votes" category, so I'm not sure getting ranked is all that likely.