Stanford up to No. 9, but David Shaw doesn't care

Stanford moved up two spots to No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, which means it continues to be a dark horse to insinuate itself into the four-team playoff if the Cardinal wins out and teams above it fall over the season's final two weeks.

Stanford is the highest-ranked two-loss team and is ranked ahead of a number of one-loss teams, including No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 12 Florida and No. 14 North Carolina.

Stanford's case is bolstered by its end-of-season schedule as well as its overall strength of schedule. The Cardinal first plays Notre Dame, which fell two spots to No. 6, on Saturday. It then will play the South Division champion -- the winner of…