... 6) TCU jumped up appreciably after bludgeoning Utah, and then fell right back to the pack after having a way too close game against SD St (and Utah's blowout loss at Notre Dame hurt too). They're now in a dead heat with Boise; the rating difference is well within any reasonable error range. In other words, flip a coin as to which one of these teams will be ahead of the other next week. Both are ahead of everyone else (except Oregon) by a fair amount still, though the Auburn-Bama winner is likely to get a good-sized bump, perhaps even enough to put them in that ballpark.