10-13-2025, 05:52 AM
While Stanford passes the eye test, our resume was extremely poor until the win over Virginia. We had lost to #26 UCLA, drawn with #29 Clemson, and our best win was against #41 St Mary's. Our schedule has kind of collapsed as Santa Clara isn't as strong as usual, USC has been in free fall, and we just didn't have the quality wins. Despite our relatively high RPI and our eye test, I'm not sure I could argue convincingly for ranking Stanford with that thin of a resume. St Mary's was our only Top 50 win - and that's a hard win to hang your hat on when you have other opportunities such as Clemson and UCLA.
The good news is we beat Virginia, and FSU looms. We'll get a chance to play some other quality teams in the ACC tournament - our schedule has been kind as we've avoided Duke, North Carolina, unbeaten Notre Dame, Louisville, and Wake Forest. It's slightly disappointing given our schedule that Notre Dame is in the driver seat for the ACC title with a much more favorable schedule than we have left down the stretch.
The good news is we beat Virginia, and FSU looms. We'll get a chance to play some other quality teams in the ACC tournament - our schedule has been kind as we've avoided Duke, North Carolina, unbeaten Notre Dame, Louisville, and Wake Forest. It's slightly disappointing given our schedule that Notre Dame is in the driver seat for the ACC title with a much more favorable schedule than we have left down the stretch.