We caution each and every week that there is a lot of football to be played with Week 8 is in the books, but at the same time the list of teams in our weekly pecking order for the Group of Five auto-bid is shrinking.
Boise State nearly lost their leg up after surviving against BYU despite being minus-five in the turnover margin and missed to field goals to win 28-27.
The big story this week is that the number of American Athletic Conference teams in the mix are shrinking week by week. Houston was hanging on by a thread as they needed help to just win their division, but they are basically out after their loss to SMU.