Cincinnati is back in the Top 5 for the first time in 16 years, laughing in the face of a professional Bearcat hater

In which the Bearcats set the high-water mark for the Mick Cronin era with a chance to move even higher heading into the most historically dangerous week of the season

In which the Bearcats continue their slow ascent and (nearly) become a unanimous top-9 team

In which I break down Cincinnati's return to the AP Poll Top 10 before getting lost in my feelings for Mick Cronin

Analyzing Cincinnati's continuing rise in the AP Poll despite one Hazzard-ous voter who's bound and determined to move the streaking Bearcats in the opposite direction