Stanford baseball entered this weekend's series on a six-game win streak , but with long odds of making the postseason . Dropping the first two games against Notre Dame in South Bend makes that push significantly harder. The Cardinal are now facing an uphill battle to even have a shot at being considered for an at-large bid.

They entered the weekend needing to go 6-3 in ACC play the rest of the way, while also winning their remaining midweek games. Stanford basically needs to win out in order to even have a shot of making the tournament.

Here is the good and the bad for Stanford moving forward.

Rankings doing Stanford no favors

Mar 1, 2025; Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cardinal first baseman Rintaro Sasaki (3) flips a baseball into the air during the seventh inning against the Xavier Musketeers at Sunken Diamond. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

In the most recent RPI rankings , the Cardinal are all the way down at No.…