How about some mid-season speculation about Big Sky championship/playoff contenders? Here's some info to consider.
Five BSC teams are currently unbeaten in conference play (UM, MSU, WSU, UI, and Sac. St.). MSU is 3-0, and the other 4 are 2-0. The conference records of these teams' opponents so far are UM - 1-4, MSU - 0-7, WSU - 0-4, Sac. St - 1-4, and UI - 2-4.
All these teams have completed their non-conference schedules. MSU has an off week coming; the others have had their off week. The combined records of their upcoming conference opponents are:
UM: 20-11 (3 home games - opponents records are 5-10, 3 away games - records are 15-1)
MSU: 15-12 (2 home games - 10-0, 3 away games - 5-12)
WSU: 19-14 (3 home - 10-6, 3 away - 9-8)
Sac. St: 17-13 (3 home - 9-6, 3 away - 8-7)
UI: 14-17 (3 home - 4-11, 3 away 10-6)
UM plays all of the other contenders.
WSU plays MSU, UM, and Sac. St (on consecutive weeks).
Sac plays UM, WSU, and UI
MSU plays WSU and UM
UI plays UM and Sac. St
Looks like MSU and Idaho have the easiest paths, and the Griz have the toughest.