It's true that there are 7 teams above us in the current table. But it's always instructive to look at the form table, and the one I have access to shows the last 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 games. We've been top at 5, 10, and 15, and only Portsmouth are above us when you go back 20 games (and we have the same number of points as them in the past 20 games). If you look at 5 games, Portsmouth are 12th, and over the past 10 games are 8th. Ipswich, over the past 5 games, are in 16th position, and over the past 10 are in 14th.
In other words, judging on our form over most of the season (20 games) all teams but one have done poorer than we have. We may not have played well in some of those games (and we really haven't in some), but we've also played some brilliant football in others that we've lost (I thought our first half vs. Doncaster was fabulous), but no doubt exactly the same could be said for all the other teams in League 1.
Still, we are only in 8th place, thanks to our woeful first few games...but I'd say that we are the team that others have to beat to ensure getting promotion, and the form table supports me! (So there!!)