I'm not ready to write off Stanford in the North.
Neither am I, but they did lose quite a bit of senior talent all over team. They got a new QB this year. Yes, they got McCaffrey, but he can only do so much himself.
They got a tough schedule as well.
They won't drop too much. Like Alamo / Holiday bowl quality, but they may not quite have it all together to be PAC champ quality.
As for Washington, enjoying the love and those recognizing that Petersen is again building something special, but still got a lot to prove to back up all this love in 2016.