With five regular-season fixtures left until the play-offs, you can see the form guide taking shape, and Bath are in a strong position, despite having to play four of the top five sides during that period.
What Bath have shown is an ability to stay in the game, whereas in previous seasons it was lacking.
Whether they were just behind on the scoreboard, or just ahead, in the last 20 minutes you were always worried that Bath were going to blow up, and frequently they did.
However, there are signs that that has changed significantly, because against Sale, although it was incredibly close after an hour, Bath were able to hit the accelerator and pull clear by scoring two more tries.
And yesterday, despite a woeful first half against Harlequins, they got their act together and very nearly pulled off a sensational comeback win having trailed 40-3.
At the moment the top four clubs heading into the weekend are all in the hunt - Northampton, Bath, Saracens, and Exeter - and I would put Quins, Leicester and Bristol in there too. The top of the Premiership is a bit like the round-robin at the top of international rugby over the last 18 months, where everyone appears to have beaten each other.
For example, Northampton in first have lost four games, while Sale, who are down in eighth place, have lost six. However, people will obviously lean toward Saracens as favourites because of their record in terms of winning titles.
It's all about getting the top two slots, and at the moment it's hard to take anything for granted. Everyone who is keeping an eye on this run-in is saying that it is going to be nip-and-tuck.
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