2014–2026 performance history

Stanford over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

ACCHead coach: Tavita PritchardView Stanford games →
Offense · 2026 estimate30.2/100

42.3 average through 2 games

27.4 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate48.4/100

36.8 average through 2 games

51.3 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Stanford individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Shaw · ’14–’22David Shaw, 2014–2022Taylor · ’23–’24Troy Taylor, 2023–2024ReichFrank Reich, 2025PritchardTavita Pritchard, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Stanford vs. UC Davis · W 45–0; offense 42.1 percentile2014 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · L 10–13; offense 49.9 percentile2014 Week 3: Stanford vs. Army · W 35–0; offense 79.9 percentile2014 Week 5: Stanford at Washington · W 20–13; offense 59.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 14–17; offense 4.6 percentile2014 Week 7: Stanford vs. Washington State · W 34–17; offense 61.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Stanford at Arizona State · L 10–26; offense 25.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 38–14; offense 47.5 percentile2014 Week 10: Stanford at Oregon · L 16–45; offense 58.5 percentile2014 Week 12: Stanford vs. Utah · L 17–20; offense 36.7 percentile2014 Week 13: Stanford at California · W 38–17; offense 70.4 percentile2014 Week 14: Stanford at UCLA · W 31–10; offense 90.2 percentile2014 Week 1: Stanford vs. Maryland · W 45–21; offense 73.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Stanford at Northwestern · L 6–16; offense 21.3 percentile2015 Week 2: Stanford vs. UCF · W 31–7; offense 21.9 percentile2015 Week 3: Stanford at USC · W 41–31; offense 94.5 percentile2015 Week 4: Stanford at Oregon State · W 42–24; offense 90.1 percentile2015 Week 5: Stanford vs. Arizona · W 55–17; offense 98.3 percentile2015 Week 7: Stanford vs. UCLA · W 56–35; offense 91.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Stanford vs. Washington · W 31–14; offense 94.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Stanford at Washington State · W 30–28; offense 48.6 percentile2015 Week 10: Stanford at Colorado · W 42–10; offense 84.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 36–38; offense 60.2 percentile2015 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · W 35–22; offense 90.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · W 38–36; offense 89.0 percentile2015 Week 14: Stanford vs. USC · W 41–22; offense 85.8 percentile2015 Week 1: Stanford vs. Iowa · W 45–16; offense 80.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Stanford vs. Kansas State · W 26–13; offense 46.3 percentile2016 Week 3: Stanford vs. USC · W 27–10; offense 91.0 percentile2016 Week 4: Stanford at UCLA · W 22–13; offense 80.6 percentile2016 Week 5: Stanford at Washington · L 6–44; offense 13.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 16–42; offense 24.7 percentile2016 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · W 17–10; offense 48.1 percentile2016 Week 8: Stanford vs. Colorado · L 5–10; offense 25.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Stanford at Arizona · W 34–10; offense 25.6 percentile2016 Week 10: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 26–15; offense 24.3 percentile2016 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon · W 52–27; offense 77.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Stanford at California · W 45–31; offense 80.5 percentile2016 Week 13: Stanford vs. Rice · W 41–17; offense 96.2 percentile2016 Week 1: Stanford vs. North Carolina · W 25–23; offense 18.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Stanford vs. Rice · W 62–7; offense 96.2 percentile2017 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 24–42; offense 66.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Stanford at San Diego State · L 17–20; offense 65.5 percentile2017 Week 4: Stanford vs. UCLA · W 58–34; offense 81.7 percentile2017 Week 5: Stanford vs. Arizona State · W 34–24; offense 77.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Stanford at Utah · W 23–20; offense 65.4 percentile2017 Week 7: Stanford vs. Oregon · W 49–7; offense 85.7 percentile2017 Week 9: Stanford at Oregon State · W 15–14; offense 3.9 percentile2017 Week 10: Stanford at Washington State · L 21–24; offense 10.4 percentile2017 Week 11: Stanford vs. Washington · W 30–22; offense 93.5 percentile2017 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · W 17–14; offense 58.9 percentile2017 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · W 38–20; offense 56.0 percentile2017 Week 14: Stanford vs. USC · L 28–31; offense 48.9 percentile2017 Week 1: Stanford vs. TCU · L 37–39; offense 75.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Stanford vs. San Diego State · W 31–10; offense 50.4 percentile2018 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · W 17–3; offense 31.0 percentile2018 Week 3: Stanford vs. UC Davis · W 30–10; offense 9.8 percentile2018 Week 5: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 17–38; offense 26.2 percentile2018 Week 6: Stanford vs. Utah · L 21–40; offense 75.6 percentile2018 Week 8: Stanford at Arizona State · W 20–13; offense 18.0 percentile2018 Week 9: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 38–41; offense 91.3 percentile2018 Week 10: Stanford at Washington · L 23–27; offense 66.4 percentile2018 Week 11: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 48–17; offense 89.9 percentile2018 Week 13: Stanford at UCLA · W 49–42; offense 70.7 percentile2018 Week 14: Stanford at California · W 23–13; offense 59.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh · W 14–13; offense 13.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Stanford vs. Northwestern · W 17–7; offense 23.4 percentile2019 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 20–45; offense 25.2 percentile2019 Week 3: Stanford at UCF · L 27–45; offense 40.3 percentile2019 Week 4: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 6–21; offense 31.3 percentile2019 Week 5: Stanford at Oregon State · W 31–28; offense 47.9 percentile2019 Week 6: Stanford vs. Washington · W 23–13; offense 73.6 percentile2019 Week 8: Stanford vs. UCLA · L 16–34; offense 1.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Stanford vs. Arizona · W 41–31; offense 65.8 percentile2019 Week 11: Stanford at Colorado · L 13–16; offense 46.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Stanford at Washington State · L 22–49; offense 47.2 percentile2019 Week 13: Stanford vs. California · L 20–24; offense 50.1 percentile2019 Week 14: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 24–45; offense 69.5 percentile2020 Week 10: Stanford at Oregon · L 14–35; offense 49.0 percentile2020 Week 11: Stanford vs. Colorado · L 32–35; offense 58.8 percentile2020 Week 13: Stanford at California · W 24–23; offense 47.9 percentile2020 Week 14: Stanford at Washington · W 31–26; offense 94.1 percentile2020 Week 15: Stanford at Oregon State · W 27–24; offense 64.6 percentile2020 Week 16: Stanford at UCLA · W 48–47; offense 94.2 percentile2021 Week 1: Stanford vs. Kansas State · L 7–24; offense 11.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Stanford at USC · W 42–28; offense 69.4 percentile2021 Week 3: Stanford at Vanderbilt · W 41–23; offense 62.8 percentile2021 Week 5: Stanford vs. Oregon · W 31–24; offense 12.6 percentile2021 Week 6: Stanford at Arizona State · L 10–28; offense 25.8 percentile2021 Week 7: Stanford at Washington State · L 31–34; offense 33.7 percentile2021 Week 10: Stanford vs. Utah · L 7–52; offense 20.3 percentile2021 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon State · L 14–35; offense 18.2 percentile2021 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 14–45; offense 18.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Stanford vs. Colgate · W 41–10; offense 23.1 percentile2022 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · L 28–41; offense 23.6 percentile2022 Week 4: Stanford at Washington · L 22–40; offense 34.9 percentile2022 Week 5: Stanford at Oregon · L 27–45; offense 9.3 percentile2022 Week 6: Stanford vs. Oregon State · L 27–28; offense 65.8 percentile2022 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · W 16–14; offense 26.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Stanford vs. Arizona State · W 15–14; offense 4.0 percentile2022 Week 9: Stanford at UCLA · L 13–38; offense 15.7 percentile2022 Week 10: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 14–52; offense 11.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Stanford at Utah · L 7–42; offense 6.1 percentile2022 Week 12: Stanford at California · L 20–27; offense 31.9 percentile2022 Week 13: Stanford vs. BYU · L 26–35; offense 47.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Stanford at Hawai'i · W 37–24; offense 48.4 percentile2023 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 10–56; offense 1.7 percentile2023 Week 4: Stanford vs. Arizona · L 20–21; offense 38.8 percentile2023 Week 5: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 6–42; offense 6.1 percentile2023 Week 7: Stanford at Colorado · W 46–43; offense 45.7 percentile2023 Week 8: Stanford vs. UCLA · L 7–42; offense 6.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Stanford vs. Washington · L 33–42; offense 54.7 percentile2023 Week 10: Stanford at Washington State · W 10–7; offense 3.8 percentile2023 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon State · L 17–62; offense 10.5 percentile2023 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · L 15–27; offense 19.0 percentile2023 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 23–56; offense 56.9 percentile2024 Week 1: Stanford vs. TCU · L 27–34; offense 12.2 percentile2024 Week 2: Stanford vs. Cal Poly · W 41–7; offense 16.6 percentile2024 Week 4: Stanford at Syracuse · W 26–24; offense 30.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Stanford at Clemson · L 14–40; offense 24.4 percentile2024 Week 6: Stanford vs. Virginia Tech · L 7–31; offense 33.5 percentile2024 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 7–49; offense 19.2 percentile2024 Week 8: Stanford vs. SMU · L 10–40; offense 2.1 percentile2024 Week 9: Stanford vs. Wake Forest · L 24–27; offense 14.6 percentile2024 Week 10: Stanford at NC State · L 28–59; offense 73.8 percentile2024 Week 12: Stanford vs. Louisville · W 38–35; offense 53.2 percentile2024 Week 13: Stanford at California · L 21–24; offense 29.0 percentile2024 Week 14: Stanford at San José State · L 31–34; offense 53.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Stanford at Hawai'i · L 20–23; offense 30.9 percentile2025 Week 2: Stanford at BYU · L 3–27; offense 1.1 percentile2025 Week 3: Stanford vs. Boston College · W 30–20; offense 42.9 percentile2025 Week 4: Stanford at Virginia · L 20–48; offense 52.8 percentile2025 Week 5: Stanford vs. San José State · W 30–29; offense 37.8 percentile2025 Week 7: Stanford at SMU · L 10–34; offense 52.9 percentile2025 Week 8: Stanford vs. Florida State · W 20–13; offense 17.5 percentile2025 Week 9: Stanford at Miami · L 7–42; offense 23.6 percentile2025 Week 10: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–35; offense 14.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Stanford at North Carolina · L 15–20; offense 38.3 percentile2025 Week 13: Stanford vs. California · W 31–10; offense 38.7 percentile2025 Week 14: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 20–49; offense 21.1 percentile2026 Week 1: Stanford vs. Hawai'i · W 37–27; offense 51.4 percentile2026 Week 1: Stanford vs. Miami · L 6–45; offense 33.6 percentile2014 offense season mean: 53.3 percentile2015 offense season mean: 80.7 percentile2016 offense season mean: 52.2 percentile2017 offense season mean: 64.7 percentile2018 offense season mean: 50.3 percentile2019 offense season mean: 40.6 percentile2020 offense season mean: 72.9 percentile2021 offense season mean: 28.1 percentile2022 offense season mean: 21.6 percentile2023 offense season mean: 20.1 percentile2024 offense season mean: 26.7 percentile2025 offense season mean: 27.4 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 30.2 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 42.3 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Stanford vs. UC Davis · W 45–0; defense 78.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · L 10–13; defense 71.9 percentile2014 Week 3: Stanford vs. Army · W 35–0; defense 97.4 percentile2014 Week 5: Stanford at Washington · W 20–13; defense 96.7 percentile2014 Week 6: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 14–17; defense 93.6 percentile2014 Week 7: Stanford vs. Washington State · W 34–17; defense 72.6 percentile2014 Week 8: Stanford at Arizona State · L 10–26; defense 79.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 38–14; defense 93.7 percentile2014 Week 10: Stanford at Oregon · L 16–45; defense 22.3 percentile2014 Week 12: Stanford vs. Utah · L 17–20; defense 91.6 percentile2014 Week 13: Stanford at California · W 38–17; defense 66.9 percentile2014 Week 14: Stanford at UCLA · W 31–10; defense 71.9 percentile2014 Week 1: Stanford vs. Maryland · W 45–21; defense 74.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Stanford at Northwestern · L 6–16; defense 61.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Stanford vs. UCF · W 31–7; defense 81.8 percentile2015 Week 3: Stanford at USC · W 41–31; defense 11.7 percentile2015 Week 4: Stanford at Oregon State · W 42–24; defense 39.6 percentile2015 Week 5: Stanford vs. Arizona · W 55–17; defense 67.9 percentile2015 Week 7: Stanford vs. UCLA · W 56–35; defense 59.7 percentile2015 Week 8: Stanford vs. Washington · W 31–14; defense 74.3 percentile2015 Week 9: Stanford at Washington State · W 30–28; defense 68.9 percentile2015 Week 10: Stanford at Colorado · W 42–10; defense 88.1 percentile2015 Week 11: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 36–38; defense 31.1 percentile2015 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · W 35–22; defense 49.3 percentile2015 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · W 38–36; defense 8.5 percentile2015 Week 14: Stanford vs. USC · W 41–22; defense 46.7 percentile2015 Week 1: Stanford vs. Iowa · W 45–16; defense 94.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Stanford vs. Kansas State · W 26–13; defense 68.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Stanford vs. USC · W 27–10; defense 74.2 percentile2016 Week 4: Stanford at UCLA · W 22–13; defense 54.8 percentile2016 Week 5: Stanford at Washington · L 6–44; defense 6.2 percentile2016 Week 6: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 16–42; defense 13.2 percentile2016 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · W 17–10; defense 81.0 percentile2016 Week 8: Stanford vs. Colorado · L 5–10; defense 64.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Stanford at Arizona · W 34–10; defense 95.0 percentile2016 Week 10: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 26–15; defense 62.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon · W 52–27; defense 71.0 percentile2016 Week 12: Stanford at California · W 45–31; defense 64.0 percentile2016 Week 13: Stanford vs. Rice · W 41–17; defense 66.3 percentile2016 Week 1: Stanford vs. North Carolina · W 25–23; defense 70.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Stanford vs. Rice · W 62–7; defense 96.4 percentile2017 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 24–42; defense 1.3 percentile2017 Week 3: Stanford at San Diego State · L 17–20; defense 79.1 percentile2017 Week 4: Stanford vs. UCLA · W 58–34; defense 17.0 percentile2017 Week 5: Stanford vs. Arizona State · W 34–24; defense 24.3 percentile2017 Week 6: Stanford at Utah · W 23–20; defense 73.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Stanford vs. Oregon · W 49–7; defense 66.2 percentile2017 Week 9: Stanford at Oregon State · W 15–14; defense 69.8 percentile2017 Week 10: Stanford at Washington State · L 21–24; defense 44.2 percentile2017 Week 11: Stanford vs. Washington · W 30–22; defense 71.5 percentile2017 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · W 17–14; defense 28.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · W 38–20; defense 65.6 percentile2017 Week 14: Stanford vs. USC · L 28–31; defense 17.8 percentile2017 Week 1: Stanford vs. TCU · L 37–39; defense 24.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Stanford vs. San Diego State · W 31–10; defense 56.8 percentile2018 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · W 17–3; defense 61.8 percentile2018 Week 3: Stanford vs. UC Davis · W 30–10; defense 84.4 percentile2018 Week 5: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 17–38; defense 25.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Stanford vs. Utah · L 21–40; defense 6.2 percentile2018 Week 8: Stanford at Arizona State · W 20–13; defense 60.6 percentile2018 Week 9: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 38–41; defense 23.5 percentile2018 Week 10: Stanford at Washington · L 23–27; defense 57.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Stanford vs. Oregon State · W 48–17; defense 31.9 percentile2018 Week 13: Stanford at UCLA · W 49–42; defense 56.6 percentile2018 Week 14: Stanford at California · W 23–13; defense 67.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh · W 14–13; defense 77.0 percentile2019 Week 1: Stanford vs. Northwestern · W 17–7; defense 67.5 percentile2019 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 20–45; defense 14.4 percentile2019 Week 3: Stanford at UCF · L 27–45; defense 29.2 percentile2019 Week 4: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 6–21; defense 63.6 percentile2019 Week 5: Stanford at Oregon State · W 31–28; defense 12.1 percentile2019 Week 6: Stanford vs. Washington · W 23–13; defense 64.5 percentile2019 Week 8: Stanford vs. UCLA · L 16–34; defense 49.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Stanford vs. Arizona · W 41–31; defense 11.2 percentile2019 Week 11: Stanford at Colorado · L 13–16; defense 61.9 percentile2019 Week 12: Stanford at Washington State · L 22–49; defense 4.6 percentile2019 Week 13: Stanford vs. California · L 20–24; defense 29.4 percentile2019 Week 14: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 24–45; defense 47.0 percentile2020 Week 10: Stanford at Oregon · L 14–35; defense 4.9 percentile2020 Week 11: Stanford vs. Colorado · L 32–35; defense 16.5 percentile2020 Week 13: Stanford at California · W 24–23; defense 19.5 percentile2020 Week 14: Stanford at Washington · W 31–26; defense 33.0 percentile2020 Week 15: Stanford at Oregon State · W 27–24; defense 24.7 percentile2020 Week 16: Stanford at UCLA · W 48–47; defense 36.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Stanford vs. Kansas State · L 7–24; defense 53.8 percentile2021 Week 2: Stanford at USC · W 42–28; defense 54.6 percentile2021 Week 3: Stanford at Vanderbilt · W 41–23; defense 44.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Stanford vs. Oregon · W 31–24; defense 70.0 percentile2021 Week 6: Stanford at Arizona State · L 10–28; defense 44.9 percentile2021 Week 7: Stanford at Washington State · L 31–34; defense 33.4 percentile2021 Week 10: Stanford vs. Utah · L 7–52; defense 0.8 percentile2021 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon State · L 14–35; defense 24.9 percentile2021 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 14–45; defense 34.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Stanford vs. Colgate · W 41–10; defense 54.8 percentile2022 Week 2: Stanford vs. USC · L 28–41; defense 14.3 percentile2022 Week 4: Stanford at Washington · L 22–40; defense 34.5 percentile2022 Week 5: Stanford at Oregon · L 27–45; defense 29.9 percentile2022 Week 6: Stanford vs. Oregon State · L 27–28; defense 49.3 percentile2022 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · W 16–14; defense 96.8 percentile2022 Week 8: Stanford vs. Arizona State · W 15–14; defense 71.1 percentile2022 Week 9: Stanford at UCLA · L 13–38; defense 36.4 percentile2022 Week 10: Stanford vs. Washington State · L 14–52; defense 4.6 percentile2022 Week 11: Stanford at Utah · L 7–42; defense 10.0 percentile2022 Week 12: Stanford at California · L 20–27; defense 33.2 percentile2022 Week 13: Stanford vs. BYU · L 26–35; defense 0.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Stanford at Hawai'i · W 37–24; defense 75.7 percentile2023 Week 2: Stanford at USC · L 10–56; defense 6.1 percentile2023 Week 4: Stanford vs. Arizona · L 20–21; defense 68.2 percentile2023 Week 5: Stanford vs. Oregon · L 6–42; defense 11.9 percentile2023 Week 7: Stanford at Colorado · W 46–43; defense 8.6 percentile2023 Week 8: Stanford vs. UCLA · L 7–42; defense 21.8 percentile2023 Week 9: Stanford vs. Washington · L 33–42; defense 27.5 percentile2023 Week 10: Stanford at Washington State · W 10–7; defense 98.6 percentile2023 Week 11: Stanford at Oregon State · L 17–62; defense 3.2 percentile2023 Week 12: Stanford vs. California · L 15–27; defense 43.7 percentile2023 Week 13: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 23–56; defense 0.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Stanford vs. TCU · L 27–34; defense 68.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Stanford vs. Cal Poly · W 41–7; defense 56.3 percentile2024 Week 4: Stanford at Syracuse · W 26–24; defense 75.0 percentile2024 Week 5: Stanford at Clemson · L 14–40; defense 51.5 percentile2024 Week 6: Stanford vs. Virginia Tech · L 7–31; defense 29.1 percentile2024 Week 7: Stanford at Notre Dame · L 7–49; defense 7.2 percentile2024 Week 8: Stanford vs. SMU · L 10–40; defense 19.4 percentile2024 Week 9: Stanford vs. Wake Forest · L 24–27; defense 17.2 percentile2024 Week 10: Stanford at NC State · L 28–59; defense 1.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Stanford vs. Louisville · W 38–35; defense 48.5 percentile2024 Week 13: Stanford at California · L 21–24; defense 40.3 percentile2024 Week 14: Stanford at San José State · L 31–34; defense 13.9 percentile2025 Week 1: Stanford at Hawai'i · L 20–23; defense 75.1 percentile2025 Week 2: Stanford at BYU · L 3–27; defense 72.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Stanford vs. Boston College · W 30–20; defense 58.8 percentile2025 Week 4: Stanford at Virginia · L 20–48; defense 4.9 percentile2025 Week 5: Stanford vs. San José State · W 30–29; defense 32.0 percentile2025 Week 7: Stanford at SMU · L 10–34; defense 41.8 percentile2025 Week 8: Stanford vs. Florida State · W 20–13; defense 91.7 percentile2025 Week 9: Stanford at Miami · L 7–42; defense 34.0 percentile2025 Week 10: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh · L 20–35; defense 37.0 percentile2025 Week 11: Stanford at North Carolina · L 15–20; defense 60.5 percentile2025 Week 13: Stanford vs. California · W 31–10; defense 84.5 percentile2025 Week 14: Stanford vs. Notre Dame · L 20–49; defense 24.3 percentile2026 Week 1: Stanford vs. Hawai'i · W 37–27; defense 74.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Stanford vs. Miami · L 6–45; defense 9.1 percentile2014 defense season mean: 82.1 percentile2015 defense season mean: 56.9 percentile2016 defense season mean: 61.2 percentile2017 defense season mean: 47.0 percentile2018 defense season mean: 49.6 percentile2019 defense season mean: 34.4 percentile2020 defense season mean: 20.5 percentile2021 defense season mean: 35.1 percentile2022 defense season mean: 30.5 percentile2023 defense season mean: 25.8 percentile2024 defense season mean: 30.8 percentile2025 defense season mean: 51.3 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 48.4 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 36.8 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2023Troy Taylor
2025Frank Reich
2026Tavita Pritchard

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateTavita PritchardCoaching change2
30.2 estimate42.3 games-only average
48.4 estimate36.8 games-only average
2025Frank ReichCoaching change1227.451.3
2024Troy Taylor1226.730.8
2023Troy TaylorCoaching change1120.125.8
2022David Shaw1221.630.5
2021David Shaw928.135.1
2020David Shaw672.920.5
2019David Shaw1240.634.4
2018David Shaw1250.349.6
2017David Shaw1464.747.0
2016David Shaw1352.261.2
2015David Shaw1480.756.9
2014David Shaw1353.382.1