Well, the quality of Stanford's 3 Top 25 wins to this point have been tremendously diminishing lately:
Florida:
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was #5 when Stanford beat them back in 8/31, then plunged to their current #14 ranking after a home win vs. current # 11 Minnesota (their only Top 25 win) followed by back-to-back lopsided 1-3 and 0-3 losses to current #12 Baylor last week, but will surely drop further after losing 1-3 on the road to unranked Florida State earlier this week
Penn State:
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was #18 when Stanford beat them last week; currently #20 but with no Top 25 win in their resume so far, will probably stay at #20
Nebraska:
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dropped from #3 to their current #6 ranking after a convincing win over current #17 Creighton (their only Top 25 win) followed by a close 5-setter home loss to current #10 Utah last week, but will surely drop even further after a 1-3 loss to #16 Stanford on the road last Tuesday and a shockingly lopsided 0-3 home loss to current #5 Louisville yesterday
Given these late developments, it would be nice for Stanford to beat Kentucky today....
Florida:
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was #5 when Stanford beat them back in 8/31, then plunged to their current #14 ranking after a home win vs. current # 11 Minnesota (their only Top 25 win) followed by back-to-back lopsided 1-3 and 0-3 losses to current #12 Baylor last week, but will surely drop further after losing 1-3 on the road to unranked Florida State earlier this week
Penn State:
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was #18 when Stanford beat them last week; currently #20 but with no Top 25 win in their resume so far, will probably stay at #20
Nebraska:
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dropped from #3 to their current #6 ranking after a convincing win over current #17 Creighton (their only Top 25 win) followed by a close 5-setter home loss to current #10 Utah last week, but will surely drop even further after a 1-3 loss to #16 Stanford on the road last Tuesday and a shockingly lopsided 0-3 home loss to current #5 Louisville yesterday
Given these late developments, it would be nice for Stanford to beat Kentucky today....