Tribue Skips Out of Redbird Reality

Am I missing something in this Tribune story? OK, ISU is undefeated, and would like to go all season like that, but ISU is also unranked and the Trib skips that fact.

My conspiracy theory has it that the Tribune sportswriters get to vote on the AP top 25, but the Redbirds still aren't ranked may be part of the reason. So John Mullin...how about casting a vote for an undefeated semi-local team rather than ignoring the obvious?