[OutsiderFan]

Stanford will hammer Oregon State.  Cal has the worst lines maybe in all of FBS, Oregon State can't run the ball, Mannion is not a running threat, and their DL isn't very big.

Mason's whole philosophy is stop the run and rush the passer.  He doesn't care much about passing yards outside the red zone either.  Cal was so unconcerned about the Beavers running that they routinely blitzed.  Stanford is better everywhere than Cal and we have seen many examples of the Stanford defense putting the vice on high powered offenses. 

As for Baylor, they have played nobody.  Let's see how they do against OU and Texas, the only two teams they play with a pulse other than maybe Texas Tech.  Stanford has three victories over ranked (at the time) opponents, and likely another one in Oregon State in the making.

It's fair to say the Utah game was a bit of an anomaly at this point.  If Stanford were to run the table they would be in contention for the CG.  A one loss Stanford is better than an undefeated Ohio State in the computers, but for my money, Florida State is the best team not named Alabama, and they may even be better than them anyway.  Winston is a prodigy and he has a loaded team around him.

[OutsiderFan]

Stanford will hammer Oregon State.  Cal has the worst lines maybe in all of FBS, Oregon State can't run the ball, Mannion is not a running threat, and their DL isn't very big.

Mason's whole philosophy is stop the run and rush the passer.  He doesn't care much about passing yards outside the red zone either.  Cal was so unconcerned about the Beavers running that they routinely blitzed.  Stanford is better everywhere than Cal and we have seen many examples of the Stanford defense putting the vice on high powered offenses. 

As for Baylor, they have played nobody.  Let's see how they do against OU and Texas, the only two teams they play with a pulse other than maybe Texas Tech.  Stanford has three victories over ranked (at the time) opponents, and likely another one in Oregon State in the making.

It's fair to say the Utah game was a bit of an anomaly at this point.  If Stanford were to run the table they would be in contention for the CG.  A one loss Stanford is better than an undefeated Ohio State in the computers, but for my money, Florida State is the best team not named Alabama, and they may even be better than them anyway.  Winston is a prodigy and he has a loaded team around him.