With kickoff only a day away, here is a preview of the matchup between the Stanford Cardinal and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Spread: Hawaii: -2.5 *Betting odds provided by FanDuel and are used here as a reference point,

Former star Andrew Luck took the job as Stanford’s football GM determined to restore the Cardinal as a national power.

Final preparations are underway as the Rainbow Warriors football team takes on Stanford to open the 2025 season.

Ben Gulbranson was one of 17 transfers to arrive at Stanford since last season, more than every previous season of Cardinal football combined.

Luck's path back to Stanford football began with a meeting he requested with university president Jonathan Levin, where he shared his thoughts on the program and its future. The Cardinal have not been to a bowl game since 2018 and have failed to win more than four games in each of the last six seasons.

Rainbow Warriors Football will be hosting Stanford University on Aug. 23 at the Ching Complex, with fans and University of Hawaiʻi officials alike eager to kick off football season. The theme for the game is a white out,

Frank Reich has the title of interim coach for Stanford's football team after being hired in the spring to replace the fired Troy Taylor. The man in charge of getting the Cardinal back to their winning ways is clearly Andrew Luck.

Roush has earned numerous academic awards during his stint at Stanford, including being named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in 2024 while also being named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll last season.