Another wild card move for Stanford to consider is to go independent in football like Notre Dame and play in the Pac-12 in every other sport. I don’t see that being a likely move, but Stanford prides themselves on having a strong national brand. It didn’t work out for BYU when they tried it, but BYU isn’t Stanford. Stanford is heads and shoulders above BYU from an academic standpoint and has a lot more resources and money to pull off a move to being independent. In truth, this is way more likely than a move to a super Ivy League.