EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — No. 9 Stanford hasn’t started a season 4-0 since 1986. The team hasn’t been ranked in the top 10 since 2001.
Now that they’ve returned to the top tier of the rankings — after more down seasons than anyone cares to remember — their first opponent is formidable fourth-ranked Oregon.
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