Stanford Cardinal
ACC
3-9 (2-7 conf)
SP+ #105
Ratings
2021
- SP+
- -10.2 (#105)
- SP+ Offense
- 22.2
- SP+ Defense
- 33.6
- SRS
- -2.7
- FPI
- -5.6
- Elo
- 1283
- Talent
- 745
- Recruiting
- 184 (#51)
Schedule
record 3–9
Schedule
7th
toughest of 130
Offenses faced
1st
toughest of 130
Defenses faced
21st
toughest of 130
Strength of schedule — how tough this team's opponents are, ranked 1 (hardest) to 130 (easiest).
| Wk | Opponent | SP+ | Score | Margin | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NKansas State | +14.2 | 7-24 | -17 | L |
| 2 | @USC | -0.6 | 42-28 | +14 | W |
| 3 | @Vanderbilt | -19.4 | 41-23 | +18 | W |
| 4 | vsUCLA | +9.4 | 24-35 | -11 | L |
| 5 | vsOregon | +10.2 | 31-24 | +7 | W |
| 6 | @Arizona State | +11.8 | 10-28 | -18 | L |
| 7 | @Washington State | +6.7 | 31-34 | -3 | L |
| 9 | vsWashington | -0.7 | 13-20 | -7 | L |
| 10 | vsUtah | +15.2 | 7-52 | -45 | L |
| 11 | @Oregon State | +8.9 | 14-35 | -21 | L |
| 12 | vsCalifornia | +3.4 | 11-41 | -30 | L |
| 13 | vsNotre Dame | +17.4 | 14-45 | -31 | L |
Quarterbacks · 5
2021 · 62
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | 1st | Tanner McKee | — | — | — | — |
| QB | 2nd | Isaiah Sanders | — | — | — | — |
| QB | 3rd | Jack West | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| QB | 4th | Ari Patu | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| QB | 5th | Dylan Plautz | — | — | — | — |
Running Backs · 6
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FB | 1st | Jay Symonds | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| FB | 2nd | Houston Heimuli | — | — | — | — |
| RB | 1st | Nathaniel Peat | — | — | — | — |
| RB | 2nd | Austin Jones | — | — | — | — |
| RB | 3rd | EJ Smith | SR | 5'11" | 211 | ★★★★ |
| RB | 4th | Casey Filkins | — | — | — | ★★★ |
Wide Receivers · 7
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 1st | Elijah Higgins | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| WR | 2nd | John Humphreys | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| WR | 3rd | Bryce Farrell | SR | 5'10" | 175 | ★★★ |
| WR | 4th | Brycen Tremayne | — | — | — | — |
| WR | 5th | Michael Wilson | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| WR | 6th | Silas Starr | — | — | — | — |
| WR | 7th | Colby Bowman | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
Tight Ends · 4
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE | 1st | Ben Yurosek | — | — | — | — |
| TE | 2nd | Tucker Fisk | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| TE | 3rd | Bradley Archer | — | — | — | — |
| TE | 4th | Lukas Ungar | SR | 6'4" | 245 | ★★★★ |
Offensive Line · 1
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | — | Branson Bragg | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
Defensive Line · 11
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | 1st | Gabe Reid | — | — | — | — |
| DE | 2nd | Thomas Booker | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DE | 3rd | Anthony Franklin | SR | 6'3" | 285 | ★★★ |
| DL | 1st | Jacob Mangum-Farrar | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| DL | 2nd | Stephen Herron | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DL | 3rd | Ryan Johnson | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DL | 4th | Andres Fox | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DL | 5th | Tobin Phillips | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DL | 6th | Aaron Armitage | SR | 6'5" | 270 | ★★★★ |
| DL | 7th | Aeneas DiCosmo | — | — | — | — |
| DT | 1st | Dalyn Wade-Perry | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
Linebackers · 11
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB | 1st | Levani Damuni | SR | 6'3" | 246 | — |
| LB | 2nd | Ricky Miezan | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| LB | 3rd | Jordan Fox | — | — | — | — |
| LB | 4th | Tristan Sinclair | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| LB | 5th | Tangaloa Kaufusi | — | — | — | — |
| LB | 6th | Lance Keneley | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| LB | 7th | Spencer Jorgensen | — | — | — | — |
| LB | 8th | Jake Lynch | — | — | — | — |
| LB | 9th | Jason Kaul | — | — | — | — |
| LB | 10th | Ese Dubre | SR | 6'2" | 260 | — |
| LB | — | Caleb Kelly | — | — | — | ★★★ |
Defensive Backs · 13
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB | 1st | Kyu Blu Kelly | — | — | — | — |
| CB | 2nd | Ethan Bonner | — | — | — | — |
| CB | 3rd | Zahran Manley | — | — | — | — |
| CB | 4th | Jaden Slocum | — | — | — | — |
| DB | 1st | Nicolas Toomer | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| DB | 2nd | Salim Turner-Muhammad | — | — | — | ★★★★ |
| DB | 3rd | Donjae Logan | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| S | 1st | Kendall Williamson | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| S | 2nd | Noah Williams | — | — | — | — |
| S | 3rd | Jimmy Wyrick | SO | 5'10" | 185 | — |
| S | 4th | Alaka'i Gilman | — | — | — | — |
| S | 5th | Jonathan McGill | — | — | — | — |
| S | 6th | Mitch Leigber | SR | 6'1" | 200 | — |
Special Teams · 4
| Pos | Depth | Player | Cl | Ht | Wt | ★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 1st | Bailey Parsons | — | — | — | ★★ |
| P | 1st | Ryan Sanborn | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| PK | 1st | Joshua Karty | — | — | — | ★★★ |
| PK | — | Emmet Kenney | SR | 6'3" | 220 | — |
2021 · pct vs FBS
SP+ Off
22.221
Off PPA
+0.1325
Pass PPA
+0.2233
Rush PPA
+0.0412
Success
39%17
Explosive
1.3273
PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league
SP+ Trend
points vs avg team
— Overall— Offense— Defense
SP+ = opponent-adjusted points vs an average team. Overall & Offense higher = better; Defense lower = better.
Advanced
2021 · opponent-adjusted PPA / play
| Split | Offense | Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | +0.13 | +0.31 |
| Passing | +0.22 | +0.24 |
| Rushing | +0.04 | +0.37 |
| 1st Down | -0.02 | +0.24 |
| 2nd Down | +0.19 | +0.29 |
| 3rd Down | +0.36 | +0.55 |
Scoring Trend
2021 · pts/game
PPG For
20.4
PPG Against
32.4
Differential
-12.0
— Points for— Points against
dots: W / LResults
2021
- Overall
- 3-9
- Home
- 1-5
- Away
- 2-3
- Neutral
- 0-1
- Conference
- 2-7
- Non-Conference
- 1-2
- One-Score (≤8)
- 1-2
- Avg Margin
- -12.0
Situational Splits
2021 · record · pts
| Split | Record | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | |||
| Home | 1-5 | 16.7 | 36.2 |
| Away | 2-3 | 27.6 | 29.6 |
| Neutral | 0-1 | 7.0 | 24.0 |
| Competition | |||
| vs Ranked (SP+ 25) | 0-3 | 9.3 | 40.3 |
| Conference | 2-7 | 20.3 | 33.0 |
| Non-conference | 1-2 | 20.7 | 30.7 |
Season History · last 12
0 AP top-10 · 5 postseason
| Season | Record | Conf | SP+ | AP | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-8 | 3-5 | #112 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3-9 | 2-6 | #101 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3-9 | 2-7 | #108 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-8 | #93 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3-9 | 2-7 | #105 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4-2 | 4-2 | #58 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4-8 | 3-6 | #88 | — | — |
| 2018 | 8-4 | 6-3 | #26 | — | 1-0 |
| 2017 | 9-4 | 7-3 | #20 | — | 0-1 |
| 2016 | 9-3 | 6-3 | #13 | — | 1-0 |
| 2015 | 11-2 | 9-1 | #6 | — | 1-0 |
| 2014 | 7-5 | 5-4 | #12 | — | 1-0 |
Recent Form · last 5
0-5 SU · 0-5 ATS · O3/U2
Betting Profile
2021 · 12 w/ line
| Straight up | 3-9 |
| ATS | 3-925% |
| Over / Under | 6-6 O-U |
| — ATS splits — | |
| As favorite | 1-1 |
| As underdog | 2-8 |
| Home | 1-5 |
| Away | 2-3 |
vs closing line · splits show cover–no cover
Recruiting Classes
avg #29 · 69 blue-chip
■ 5★■ 4★■ 3★166 rated signees
| Class | Natl | Pts | 5★ | 4★ | 3★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #56 | 197 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2024 | #30 | 217 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023 | #46 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2022 | #19 | 230 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | #51 | 184 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | #21 | 239 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | #21 | 243 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2018 | #40 | 202 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | #14 | 247 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | #16 | 246 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
247Sports composite · class rank vs all FBS
Roster Talent
talent #24
Returning prod 40%Departed 60%
Talent composite745.3 #24 / 224
Returning usage (pass / rush / rec)12 / 89 / 55
returning PPA · portal · talent composite · 2021
Injury Report · 0
No injuries reported.
Team News
3 items
- Jake Paul’s new plan: walk on for Stanford football. 'Dude would get (expletive) rocked'Boxer Jake Paul said he has 'aspirations' to play in the NFL. He wants to build tape as a slot wide receiver at Stanford, first.STAN4d
- EDGE commits to Alabama football over Stanford in huge moveThe Alabama football program received a pledge from a talented defensive player. Tyler Younger had offers from multiple power 4 schools.STAN6d
- You Will Be Able To Play as Cy the Cardinal in College Football 27The Iowa State Cyclones mascot Cy the Cardinals will be featured in College Football 27.STAN7d