01 · Stanford's case
No matchup to cite
There are not enough rated offense and defense numbers last season to compare Stanford and Elon.
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Stanford
2–4
vs
Elon
7:30 PM ET4:30 PM PTStanford StadiumStanford, CA
Weather
Clear86°FNW 6 mphGusts 9 mphPrecip 0%
At kickoff · 4:30 PM PT · Updated 10 hours ago · National Weather Service
Hour by hour
Stanford · local time (PT)
Kickoff hour
Clear86°FNW 6 mphGusts 9 mphPrecip 0%
Weather is not an input to the SBR forecast.
Elon is not an program in 2026. Its side of each section shows a gap, and this game has no forecast.
Evidence sections show 2025 background.
Game forecast
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02 · What could swing it
Elon is not an FBS program this season
We rate and forecast FBS programs only, so this game has no forecast and fewer comparisons.
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When each team has the ball
Offensive efficiency meets defensive efficiency. Percentiles run from 0 to 100.
When Stanford has the ball
- Stanford offense
- 10th
- Elon defense
- Not rated
Show the underlying numbers
- Stanford offensive per play
- 0.0610th percentile · #119 nationally
- Elon PPA allowed per play
- Not rated
- Stanford
- 36%10th percentile · #123 nationally
- Elon success rate allowed
- Not rated
- Stanford points per game
- 18.810th percentile · #122 nationally
- Elon per game
- Not rated
PPA and success rate: CFBD, 2025 full season, garbage time included. Points per game: every 2025 game. Percentiles and ranks are among 2025 FBS teams.
Stanford offense · 2025 season · Last 8 games · garbage time excluded
- Explosiveness
- 1.18
- Rush success
- 35.8%
Elon defense · 2025 season · Last 1 game · garbage time excluded
- Explosiveness allowed
- 1.49
- Rush success allowed
- 47.8%
When Elon has the ball
- Elon offense
- Not rated
- Stanford defense
- 36th
Show the underlying numbers
- Elon offensive PPA per play
- Not rated
- Stanford PPA allowed per play
- 0.1836th percentile · #83 nationally
- Elon success rate
- Not rated
- Stanford success rate allowed
- 42%39th percentile · #84 nationally
- Elon points per game
- Not rated
- Stanford points allowed per game
- 29.230th percentile · #96 nationally
PPA and success rate: CFBD, 2025 full season, garbage time included. Points per game: every 2025 game. Percentiles and ranks are among 2025 FBS teams.
Elon offense · 2025 season · No game stats from the last game · garbage time excluded
- Explosiveness
- not available
- Rush success
- not available
Stanford defense · 2025 season · Last 8 games · garbage time excluded
- Explosiveness allowed
- 1.39
- Rush success allowed
- 38.0%
Defense is oriented so a higher percentile is stronger.
Where they attack.
Follow the direction. Check the production.
Share of charted attemptsDirectional schematic
Offense moving upfield ↑
Ben Gulbranson · 66% of charted pass attempts
Throwing right
- Share of charted plays
- 38%
- Usage: charted in this direction
- 95 attempts
- Yards / attempt
- 5.9
- over 95 attempts with a result
- Completion rate
- 53%
- over 95 attempts with a result
250 of 260 have a direction · 10 unknown, excluded · rounded
Charted 12 of 12 games
Efficiency charted in 12 of 12 games
Depth as written in the play-by-play: 229 short · 21 deep · 10 not stated
Who's driving the offense?
The Stanford offense in 2025
Ben Gulbranson
QB · 9 games
148/260 · 57% season
- Passing yards
- 1,813
- Touchdowns
- 9
- Interceptions
- 10
Last game
Pittsburgh · Nov 1, 2025: 17/30, 228 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
Micah Ford
RB · 9 games
- Carries
- 145
- Rushing yards
- 643
- Touchdowns
- 4
Last game
California · Nov 22, 2025: 29 carries, 150 yds, 1 TD
CJ Williams
WR · 12 games
- Receptions
- 60
- Receiving yards
- 757
- Touchdowns
- 6
Last game
Notre Dame · Nov 29, 2025: 1 rec, 14 yds, 0 TD
Stanford player tables
Who is producing
Stanford player production
2025 evidence · 12 games in this window · 12 with recorded rows in this view
Sorted by Completions and attempts, highest first
| Player | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben GulbransonQB | 9 | 148 / 260 | 1,813 | 7.0 | 9 | 10 |
| Elijah BrownQB | 6 | 74 / 127 | 829 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 |
| Charlie MirerQB | 1 | 2 / 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Micah FordRB | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
4 players with recorded rows
Rows are recorded player-game box lines for the games listed above. A missing row is missing data, not proof that a player did not appear, and none of these figures describe targets, snaps, starters or availability.
Elon player tables
Who is producing
Elon player production
2025 evidence · 1 games in this window · 0 with recorded rows in this view
No player rows in this evidence window report this category.
In the trenches
No roster weights on file
How these teams stack up
2025 season. Percentiles and ranks are among 2025 FBS teams.
Stanford
- Points per game
- 18.8#122 nationally · 10th percentile · 12 games
- Points allowed per game
- 29.2#96 nationally · 30th percentile · 12 games
- Returning production
- 19% of 2024 PPA returns · 15th percentile
- Upperclassmen
- 46% · 108 of 108 with a class year
Elon
not rated
Recruiting
Stanford
- 2025 signing class · #56 nationally
- 59th percentile · 196.6 pts
- 4-year recruiting composite (Saturday Bias) · classes 2022–2025 · #36 nationally
- 74th percentile · 0.47 (0 is the FBS average)
- Roster talent (CFBD Team Talent) · 2025 · #46 nationally
- 66th percentile · 707.3
Elon
not rated
Recruited classes aren't the roster that takes the field.
Season percentile profiles
- Stanford Offense · SP+ 2025: 18.4, 14th percentile (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Elon Offense · SP+ 2025: not rated (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Stanford Defense · SP+ 2025: 28.6, 41st percentile (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Elon Defense · SP+ 2025: not rated (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Stanford Special teams · SP+ 2025: −1.7, 7th percentile (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Elon Special teams · SP+ 2025: not rated (CFBD, 2025 season to date)
- Stanford Recruiting · 2025 signing class: 196.6 pts, 59th percentile (CFBD, 2025 signing class)
- Elon Recruiting · 2025 signing class: not rated (CFBD, 2025 signing class)
- Stanford Experience · returning production 2025: 19% returning, 15th percentile (CFBD, 2025 roster)
- Elon Experience · returning production 2025: not rated (CFBD, 2025 roster)
Season percentiles · outward is stronger · recruiting and experience are context, not forecast weights
Stanford: solid line, circles
Stanford
- Offense · 2025
- 18.4 · 14th percentile
- CFBD, 2025 season to date
- Defense · SP+ 2025
- 28.6 · 41st percentile
- CFBD, 2025 season to date
- Special teams · SP+ 2025
- −1.7 · 7th percentile
- CFBD, 2025 season to date
- Recruiting · 2025 signing class
- 196.6 pts · 59th percentile
- CFBD, 2025 signing class
- Experience · returning production 2025
- 19% returning · 15th percentile
- CFBD, 2025 roster
Elon
not rated
Stanford's recent games
Most recent completed 2025 games · play stats exclude garbage time
Nov 29 · 33 recorded plays
vs Notre Dame
L 20–49
24%
Success rate
0.07
PPA / play
Nov 22 · 59 recorded plays
vs California
W 31–10
44%
Success rate
0.08
PPA / play
Nov 8 · 77 recorded plays
at North Carolina
L 15–20
43%
Success rate
0.23
PPA / play
The coaching staff
Stanford
- Head coach
Tavita Pritchard
First season as Stanford's head coach · no career rating on file
Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Offensive coordinator
Terry Heffernan
no career rating on file
- Defensive coordinator
Kris Richard
no career rating on file
Elon
- Head coach
- Not on file
- Offensive coordinator
- Not on file
- Defensive coordinator
- Not on file
Head-to-head
No meetings since 2000
Evidence and sources
Evidence window: 2025 full season
- Stanford: 12 games
- Elon: 1 game
- Weather: 2026 game forecast · this game · NWS
- The game in a minute: 2025 full season · per team, not ranked · CFBD
- When each team has the ball: 2025 full season, garbage time included · compared with 2025 FBS teams · CFBD
- Where they attack: 2025 full season, garbage time included, regular season only · per team, not ranked · NCAA
- Featured players: 2025 full season, garbage time included · per team, not ranked · CFBD
- In the trenches: 2026 roster snapshot · compared with 2026 FBS teams · CFBD
- Team profiles: 2025 season to date · compared with 2025 FBS teams · CFBD
- Recent games: 2025 recent games, garbage time excluded · this game · CFBD
- Coaching staff: 2026 coaching staff · per team, not ranked · CFBD (head coaches, SP+) and Wikipedia (coordinators)
- Head-to-head: completed meetings since 2000 · games between these two programs · CFBD