Manti Te'o didn't play this week and, like his team, managed to moved up a spot.

When you're hot, you're hot, I guess.

Te'o is up to No. 7 in our weekly Heisman Watch, and Notre Dame is up to No. 9 in our power rankings.

I voted Te'o fifth for the second straight week and had the Irish at No. 10 in my rankings.

My ballots:

HEISMAN

• 1) Geno Smith, WVU

• 2) EJ Manuel, FSU

• 3) Stedman Bailey, WVU

• 4) Tajh Boyd, Clemson

• 5) Manti Te'o, Notre Dame

POWER RANKINGS

• 1) Alabama

• 2) Oregon

• 3) FSU

• 4) LSU

• 5) Kansas State

• 6) Georgia

• 7) South Carolina

• 8) Florida

• 9) WVU

• 10) Notre Dame

• 11) Texas

• 12) Ohio State

• 13) Clemson

• 14) Stanford

• 15) USC

• 16) TCU

• 17) Oregon State

• 18) Louisville

• 19) Rutgers

• 20) Oklahoma

• 21) UCLA

• 22) Northwestern

• 23) Cincinnati

• 24) Nebraska

• 25) Mississippi State

Both Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards, meanwhile, project Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, with Schlabach pitting the Irish against Kansas State and Edwards pitting them against Texas.