The breakdown: The Cardinal have had an inconsistent start to their season. After crushing Rice, Stanford was handedly beaten by USC and fell just short of beating SDSU in a defensive battle. After questions were raised about how good the Cardinal really were, they bounced back and beat UCLA by 24.
The next three games (ASU, Utah and Oregon) should go a long way in proving how good David Shaw’s program really is.
The Devils have had a similar beginning to their season, dropping games to the Aztecs and Texas Tech before upsetting a top-25 Oregon team last week.