Fifth-year senior quarterback Kevin Hogan (8) and the rest of the Cardinal kick off their 2015 season Saturday, September 5 against Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. Hogan has earned a 24-8 record as a starting quarterback for Stanford since getting the job his sophomore year. (HECTOR GARCIA-MOLINA/Stanfordphoto.com) Football preview: Season predictions September 2, 2015 3 Comments Share tweet The Daily Sports Staff By: The Daily Sports Staff A few days ahead of Stanford’s season opener against Northwestern, a few members of The Daily Sports Staff — Do-Hyoung Park (DHP), Michael Peterson (MP), Neel Ramachandran (NR), Vihan Lakshman (VL), Sanjay Srinivas (SS) and Ashley Westhem (AW) — provided their predictions on how the Cardinal will fare this season and which other teams will emerge as among the top in the nation. Predict the games: Opponent DHP MP NR VL SS AW @NW W W W W W W UCF W W W W W W @USC W L L L L W @OSU L W W W W W ARIZ W W L W L L UCLA L L W L L W WASH W W W W W W @WSU W W W W W L @COLO W W W W W W ORE W W W L W L CAL W W W W W W ND W W L W W W Predict the Pac-12 Championship: DHP: Arizona State over Stanford MP: Arizona State over Stanford NR: USC over Stanford VL: Arizona State over Oregon SS: USC over Stanford AW: USC over Oregon Stanford offensive MVP: DHP: Austin Hooper MP: Kevin Hogan NR: Kevin Hogan VL: Christian McCaffrey SS: Kevin Hogan AW: Christian McCaffrey Stanford defensive MVP: DHP: Solomon Thomas MP: Peter Kalambayi NR: Blake Martinez VL: Blake Martinez SS: Aziz Shittu AW: Peter Kalambayi Newcomer of the year: DHP: Brennan Scarlett MP: Dalton Schultz NR: Solomon Thomas VL: Dalton Schultz SS: Brennan Scarlett AW: Isaiah Brandt-Sims Conference champions: League DHP MP NR VL SS AW ACC Georgia Tech Clemson Clemson Georgia Tech Louisville Florida State Big Ten Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Big 12 Baylor Baylor TCU Oklahoma Baylor TCU Pac-12 Arizona State Arizona State USC Arizona State USC USC SEC Georgia LSU LSU Auburn Auburn Georgia Predict the playoff: Seed DHP MP NR VL SS AW 1 Georgia Tech Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State 2 Ohio State Arizona State LSU Auburn Baylor TCU 3 Georgia Baylor TCU Arizona State USC Georgia 4 Arizona State LSU USC Georgia Tech Auburn USC arizona arizona state Auburn Austin Hooper Aziz Shittu Baylor Blake Martinez Brennan Scarlett Cal Christian McCaffrey Clemson Colorado Dalton Schultz Florida State Georgia Georgia Tech Isaiah Brandt-Sims kevin hogan louisville LSU Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State oregon Oregon State Peter Kalambayi Solomon Thomas Stanford TCU UCF UCLA USC washington Washington State 2015-09-02 The Daily Sports Staff September 2, 2015 3 Comments Share tweet Subscribe Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter of top headlines.