1. Arizona showed that they can play a full game against Utah and win despite losing turnovers;
2. Oklahoma State tends to improve despite underperforming this year (what happens against Arizona may linger into this game);
3. UCF poses problems with its offense despite the egg it laid against CU;
4. At Utah, our arch rival (KW used to have BYU's number) will be playing to save its place in the conference finals and may have Rising for his one game;
5. Kansas isn't performing well but their QB posed a problem last year and could this year, especially if there is a hangover from the Utah game;
6. ASU is vastly improved and another away game is never a gimme; and
7. Houston may be the game we should feel most comfortable about but its defense is decent, its offense is not. Depending on injuries, even this game could be suspect.

So each game is likely to be a dog fight and you don't tend to win all of those.

Arizona got much bigger with the win at Utah. I had misplaced confidence because AZ's loss to KSU.