2 DAYS AGO - James Snook-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinal received just two votes to be in the top 25 The Stanford Cardinal received two votes from the 2020 AMWAY Coaches Poll presented by USA Today Sports. The inaugural 2020 poll saw the Clemson Tigers come in at No. 1 with Ohio State, Alabama and Georgia rounding out the top four spots. Stanford, though finishing last year with a 4-8 record, still received two votes and finished 47th in the total count for their initial rankings. The voting system, as it works, is explained like this: The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports Higgins signed a letter with 10 others, addressing issues to change in a letter to the Pac-12 commissioner The Pac-12 Player Unity Movement has taken the sports world by storm. By every sense of the word, change is coming, one way or another. While their letter published in the Players’ Tribune got the majority of the headlines, Sports Illustrated got their hands on a letter penned by the Players themselves, and their Player Representative Team. One of those players on said team is Stanford Cardinal WR Elijah Higgins. He is joined by Washington State’s Dallas Hobbs, Arizona State’s Cody Shear, Oregon State’s Jaydon Grant, Cal’s Valentino Daltoso, USC’s Chase Williams, Oregon’s Jevon Holland, Washington’s Joe Tryon, Arizona’s Malik Hausman, Utah’s Nick Ford and UCLA’s Otito Ogbonnia on the letter. The letter, penned the same day as the release of the demands, states that the group is looking to have daily Zoom meetings with Pac-12 commissioner Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - Valarie Allman '17 shattered the American record in the discus and was among several Card alums to break national and world marks over the weekend. Collapse

7/31/2020 - The Pac-12 CEO Group announced today the Conference-only football schedule, along with updates for men's soccer, women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's cross country and women's cross country. Collapse

7/29/2020 - Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Stanford Athletics documents 706 total tests and 11 positive results as of July 24 The Stanford Cardinal athletics department gave a COVID-19 update recently, pointing out just 11 positive tests including five student-athletes who have already recovered. Interestingly enough, it also pointed out that the football program has its own count, including 11 positive results. It’s a bit confusing as to whether or not the football program’s 11 positive results were also the entire athletic department’s 11 positive results, or if they’re in their own count altogether, which would push the total positive results to 22. Here’s the release, with the starting point of ‘as of July 24’: “Stanford Athletics has conducted 706 total tests on student-athletes who have returned. Of the 706 tests administered to date, 11 student-athletes have tested positive. Of the 11 positives, five have recovered and been cleared to resume activities, while six are currently isolating Collapse

7/27/2020 - The Stanford men's and women's tennis programs have achieved excellence on and off the court, as both teams have been recognized with the ITA All-Academic Team award. The teams combined for 17 ITA Scholar-Athletes for the 2019-20 season. Collapse

7/25/2020 - Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Connor Wedington, Isaiah Sanders and Treyjohn Butler all land on the nation’s top community servant award list The Stanford Cardinal have sent three players to one of the nation’s most sought after awards in college football. Connor Wedington, Isaiah Sanders and Treyjohn Butler were each named to the Wuerffel Trophy watch list, which honors the nation’s top community service in college football. The trio of Cardinal players were on the list with 114 student-athletes from the FBS level, a record number of watch list members since the award was founded in 2005. The Wuerffel Trophy, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is presented each February in Fort Walton Beach. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback from the University of Florida, Danny Wuerffel, the Wuerffel Trophy exists to honor college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society, and inspire Collapse

7/23/2020 - Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The duo are on the short list for the nation’s top interior lineman award The preseason honors continue to pour in for the Stanford Cardinal as offensive linemen Drew Dalman and Walker Little were named to the Outland Trophy watch list, the annual award that honors the nation’s top interior lineman. Won by Oregon’s Penei Sewell last year, Little has made his appearances on the Outland Trophy before while Dalman himself should also find himself in the talks for the Rimington Award as well, as that honors the nation’s top center. ' Congrats, @drewww0 and @walkerlittle45‼️ ‣ https://t.co/58RBp1pPst#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/RENbGCkpYg— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) July 21, 2020 The Outland Trophy is named after John H. Outland, who was one of the first and only players to be selected as an All-American at two positions. It’s a member of the National College Collapse

7/22/2020 - Eighteen Stanford swimmers and divers earned Scholar All-America honors from the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Collapse