The Stanford Cardinal may have defeated the Cal Bears on Saturday but that was not enough to convince the College Football Playoff Committee to move them up the rankings. Stanford maintained their spot at #24 right behind the 3-loss Washington State Cougars at 23 and the 3-loss Utah Utes at number 22. Even though the Cougars just lost they still have the same record as Stanford and won the head to head matchup which made it understandably difficult to move the Cardinal up in the rankings.
Elsewhere around the Pac-12 Washington is number 5 and seems to have a good shot at the playoffs should they defeat Washington State and then either Colorado or USC.