Yeah, I struggled with that. It does seem really illogical, but I think Stanford’s loss to Northwestern was pretty bad. I know they are ranked, but as someone that lives in BigTen country I am very skeptical of Northwestern.
I guess my logic is this; I think Stanford is going to be better than their loss to Northwestern, Northwestern isn’t as good as they appear now, and USC lost to Stanford in what has been a hard fought rivalry game over the past decade.
Just the way I see it right now. Even if it does do some injustice to Stanford.