[JeffInCorvallis]

Don\'t sweat this poll stuff.  All Stanford needs to do is keep winning and it will sort itself out.  Actually, Stanford is doing fine with the computer rankings, but it\'s worth remembering:

Wake Forest - what have they actually done?
Notre Dame - crap team.  Got beaten up by Navy.
UCLA - been all over the map this season.  Can\'t tell who is going to show up.
USC - Quality team.  Needed a last second field goal to beat them at home.
WSU - Only won by ten points.  The game was over at halftime, but the computers and AP voters don\'t know that because nobody saw the game and computer programs don\'t watch TV.

We get a convincing win on the road against Washington and then take care of business against AZ and I predict you will see us ahead of Ohio St. and LSU.

Remember, too, it helps to be a name in this sport.  It may not be fair, but that\'s how it is.  If Harbaugh leaves and Luck turns pro and we go 6-6 next year everyone will say "Same old Stanford".  We really need to string together some 8-9-10 win seasons in a row to be taken seriously.  Look at how long it took Boise St. to be taken seriously (not suggesting we have as far to climb as we are in a BCS conference, after all).

[JeffInCorvallis]

Don\'t sweat this poll stuff.  All Stanford needs to do is keep winning and it will sort itself out.  Actually, Stanford is doing fine with the computer rankings, but it\'s worth remembering:

Wake Forest - what have they actually done?
Notre Dame - crap team.  Got beaten up by Navy.
UCLA - been all over the map this season.  Can\'t tell who is going to show up.
USC - Quality team.  Needed a last second field goal to beat them at home.
WSU - Only won by ten points.  The game was over at halftime, but the computers and AP voters don\'t know that because nobody saw the game and computer programs don\'t watch TV.

We get a convincing win on the road against Washington and then take care of business against AZ and I predict you will see us ahead of Ohio St. and LSU.

Remember, too, it helps to be a name in this sport.  It may not be fair, but that\'s how it is.  If Harbaugh leaves and Luck turns pro and we go 6-6 next year everyone will say "Same old Stanford".  We really need to string together some 8-9-10 win seasons in a row to be taken seriously.  Look at how long it took Boise St. to be taken seriously (not suggesting we have as far to climb as we are in a BCS conference, after all).