[ColoradoTree]

At the risk of irritating those CardBoard denizens who don't like looking at individual pollsters' rankings, I'm going to do just that for the AP poll (though only for movement of multiple spots, since there were several who bumped us down one spot, and more than a few who bumped us up a spot).  (FYI, Wilner kept us at 13, which seems fine in a bye week.)

At the low end, we moved up from #24 to #22 on Sam McKewon's ballot, which is nice progress, and Wilner kept us at 13, which is fine. 

We moved up on the following ballots: 

* Sam McKewon (Omaha World-Herald) (#24 to #22, with LSU and Oklahoma State dropping)
* Scott Wolf (LA Daily News) (#11 to #7, above TCU, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan State)

We moved down on several pollsters' ballots, however:

* Matt Galloway (Topeka Capital-Journal) (#5 to #7, falling behind Houston and Ohio State)
* Matt McCoy (radio guy in Columbus, OH) (#5 to #7, falling behind Michigan and Ohio State)
* Bill Landis (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) (#9 to #13, falling behind Arkansas, Texas A&M, Louisville, and Washington)
* Michael Lev (Orange County Register) (#7 to #9, falling behind Louisville and Washington)

All in all, we stayed at #7, though we went from 1140 ranking points to 1137.  Some action ahead of us, though:

1. Alabama (even; 1518 points to 1520 points; from 54 to 56 1st-place votes)
2. Florida State (up one spot; 1413 points to 1437 points; even at 4 1st-place votes)
3. Ohio State (up one spot; 1324 points to 1359 points)
4. Michigan (up one spot; 1261 points to 1298 points; even at 1 1st-place vote)
5. Clemson (down three spots; 1416 points to 1284 points; from 2 to 0 1st-place votes)
6. Houston (even; 1243 points to 1264 points)
7. Stanford (even; 1140 points to 1137 points)
8. Washington (even; 884 points to 983 points). 

So, the gap widened a bit between Houston and Stanford, and the gap closed between Stanford and Washington, but we'll be just fine with a win. 

They have to play real teams this weekend, though (for the most part).  Houston plays at fellow Big 12 hopeful Cincinnati (which just beat Purdue).  Florida State plays at #10 Louisville, so the winner of that game will likely be ahead of Stanford anyway.  Alabama plays at #19 Ole Miss.  Michigan hosts Colorado, so maybe?  Ohio State travels to #14 Oklahoma.  Clemson and Washington are the lone total cupcake games, hosting South Carolina State and Portland State, respectively. 

[ColoradoTree]

At the risk of irritating those CardBoard denizens who don't like looking at individual pollsters' rankings, I'm going to do just that for the AP poll (though only for movement of multiple spots, since there were several who bumped us down one spot, and more than a few who bumped us up a spot).  (FYI, Wilner kept us at 13, which seems fine in a bye week.)

At the low end, we moved up from #24 to #22 on Sam McKewon's ballot, which is nice progress, and Wilner kept us at 13, which is fine. 

We moved up on the following ballots: 

* Sam McKewon (Omaha World-Herald) (#24 to #22, with LSU and Oklahoma State dropping)
* Scott Wolf (LA Daily News) (#11 to #7, above TCU, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan State)

We moved down on several pollsters' ballots, however:

* Matt Galloway (Topeka Capital-Journal) (#5 to #7, falling behind Houston and Ohio State)
* Matt McCoy (radio guy in Columbus, OH) (#5 to #7, falling behind Michigan and Ohio State)
* Bill Landis (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) (#9 to #13, falling behind Arkansas, Texas A&M, Louisville, and Washington)
* Michael Lev (Orange County Register) (#7 to #9, falling behind Louisville and Washington)

All in all, we stayed at #7, though we went from 1140 ranking points to 1137.  Some action ahead of us, though:

1. Alabama (even; 1518 points to 1520 points; from 54 to 56 1st-place votes)
2. Florida State (up one spot; 1413 points to 1437 points; even at 4 1st-place votes)
3. Ohio State (up one spot; 1324 points to 1359 points)
4. Michigan (up one spot; 1261 points to 1298 points; even at 1 1st-place vote)
5. Clemson (down three spots; 1416 points to 1284 points; from 2 to 0 1st-place votes)
6. Houston (even; 1243 points to 1264 points)
7. Stanford (even; 1140 points to 1137 points)
8. Washington (even; 884 points to 983 points). 

So, the gap widened a bit between Houston and Stanford, and the gap closed between Stanford and Washington, but we'll be just fine with a win. 

They have to play real teams this weekend, though (for the most part).  Houston plays at fellow Big 12 hopeful Cincinnati (which just beat Purdue).  Florida State plays at #10 Louisville, so the winner of that game will likely be ahead of Stanford anyway.  Alabama plays at #19 Ole Miss.  Michigan hosts Colorado, so maybe?  Ohio State travels to #14 Oklahoma.  Clemson and Washington are the lone total cupcake games, hosting South Carolina State and Portland State, respectively.