Stanford tops Notre Dame 38-20 for third consecutive win over the Irish. The Washington Huskies also finished off the Washington State Huskies giving the Cardinal the invite to the Pac-12 Championship game. It was a great night for Stanford football.
Notre Dame and Stanford came into the game tonight with a bit of the luster gone. Notre Dame had struggled against Navy the prior week, and took a savage beating from the Miami Hurricanes the week before that. Neither team was realistically in the College Football Playoff conversation. Stanford, however, was in contention for a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game pending the outcome of the Apple Cup taking place at the same time.