sports director nick griffith has the latest. >> at least unfamiliar for the last 14 years. for the first time since the early portions of 2002 season, the puffs have cracked the top ten. c-u checked into both the newly released association press top 25 poll. cu's most recent one, another convincing victory at home on saturday against number 22, washington state. laughing stock of the pac12 recently since joining the conference back in 2011. this year they were picked to finish dead last in the south division in the preseason media polls. now they sit at the top with just one game to go on the regular season schedule. are very excited, very happy. i play with a good team. i am a part of something special. we have an opportunity to do something special. >> that they pull that comes out -- the college football playoff hole will be released tomorrow. this coming saturday, another big game. cu takes on utah. a win there and they're going to the atmosphere has been electric. [ inaudie if you are planning to have some hummus with your things getting these this weekend, be careful.

coming up next in the zone coach kubiak featuring sports director nick griffith. of the top of the hour for four games in the broncos had the quarter pole they do says one the nfl's front runners next up the highflying passing attack against the front falcons how the denver defense is preparing plus quarterback questions are bound for the broncos this week will be touchdown trevor are pageant a rookie will find out soon enough. in the zone with coach kubiak kicks off right now. welcome to in the zone with kubiak one of only two teams in the nfl that's a 4-0 right now the minnesota vikings pretty confident group. two big wins at home. go on the road food well against down to the survivors and the september moving on to october the big one this week it as far as your team your quarterback position trevor simeon still nursing the sprain shoulder you truly expect this to be game day decision. he's made progress one more day to go this week. is made very he's made very good progress a lot of problems towing nine is has falling shoulder this other one just soreness tryi

a welcome return today as head coach gary kubiak got back to work great sports director nick griffith was stranded. >> he did return from a complex migraine condition that he sleeping. moving forward he says he's going to make more of an effort to get a good nights rest and not under estimate underestimate the value of that. as for practice, they said arresting heiko tana was for the team to make a big scene or production out there about his anything like that having around the coat the bottom line, just good to hear that the head coaches back as for kubiak spilling on his return. >> i felt good. i felt really good. he got too much rest. unfortunately, i didn't want it, but i got it. i feel very good. spent some time going them through some things with some doctors and stuff i'm very encouraged to make me feel really good. all my test came back great. so like i said it's good to be back to work and really missed a few days there it was really tough to watch and be away from it. glad to be back. kubiak is back just in time to go against his former team, broncos next play the texans on