Oh yes, the nation is starting to dream once again.
Saturday's win over Israel leaves Scotland in a very good place as we look to make a second straight major tournament.
Scott McTominay 's dramatic late winner leaves us four points ahead of our familiar foes with just three games left to play.
It's rarely simple where Steve Clarke 's team are concerned, but wins over the Faroe Islands and Moldova will now ensure second place.
The question is, what happens then?
The path to Qatar, now with the addition of the Nations League teams, leaves room for confusion.
It consists of 12 teams: the ten group runners up and the two best Nations League group winners who don't finish in the top two.
Those 12 teams are then divided into seeded and unseeded, with the seeded sides hosting one-off semi-finals in March.
Scotland's 14 points mean, provided we finish second, we look very likely to be one of the six seeded teams.
That means a home tie at Hampden against one of the four worst second-placed teams, or one of the Nations League group winners.
The quality of potential opposition ranges wildly - among the current second places are everyone from Portugal to North Macedonia, who are on track for seeded spots meaning Scotland would avoid them.
Record Sport have taken a look at the teams who Scotland could draw as it stands.
Sweden
It's perilously close in Group B and Sweden will actually leapfrog Spain into top spot if they win their game in hand against Greece on Tuesday.
The winner will likely be decided by their clash with the 2010 world champions in the final group game next month.
But as it stands it's the Swedes in second on 12 points.
Janne Andersson's team sit on the precipice of a seeded spot but North Macedonia's superior goal difference means they just fall short as it stands.
And although they are currently in a state of transition, they'd be a tough nut to crack with Real Sociedad hitman Alexander Isak threatening to take Zlatan Ibrahimovic's mantle up front.
Switzerland
It wasn't just Scotland who picked up a huge win on Saturday evening.
Over in Geneva, Switzerland took firm control of second spot in Group C by downing Northern Ireland and still have a chance of reining in European champions Italy and qualifying directly.
They will likely have to conquer them in Rome to do that but second place isn't a bad consolation prize if they fall short.
The Swiss are major tournament veterans and come off the back of a stellar Euros where they eliminated world champions France in Bucharest.
Ranked 15th in the world, they are arguably the best side Scotland could come up against as things stand.
Ukraine
One win and five draws so far mean that Ukraine still have plenty of work to do as they fend off stern challenges from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Finland.
France aren't mathematically out of reach in top spot but it looks like a distant ambition for a side who haven't quite found their rhythm since their dismantling by England at the Euros.
But they are yet to lose in qualifying and are by no means an easy team to beat.
They picked up their first win over Finland on Saturday and will be reasonably hopeful of booking a trip to Qatar via the play-offs.
Czech Republic
No-one in Scotland actually wants this one, do they?
The Czechs were one of the surprise packages at Euro 2020 and a couple of tactical missteps from Steve Clarke meant they ruined our major tournament return in some style.
Patrik Schick was the hero on the day with his halfway line effort against David Marshall continuing to haunt our memories.
They look like a team on the up even if their recent form, beating only Belarus since returning from the Euros, hasn't been up to scratch.
If this one comes to pass then someone tell Craig Gordon to stay on his line.
Wales
This is where it gets a little confusing and hard to predict.
There are two playoff spots available to Nations League group winners, and they will go to the two best winners who don't finish in the top two in their qualifying group.
As things stand, Wales - who sit level on points with the Czechs in Group E - are one of them.
A home nations playoff at Hampden would surely get the nation rocking and Wales look beatable.
But they aren't 26 spots ahead of Scotland in the world rankings by accident and would be favourites if we do come up against them.
Austria
We might not have seen the back of Austria just yet.
They look down and out in Group F but have the fall-back of a Nations League spot to rely on, much like we did in our long road to the Euros.
They would go in unseeded regardless of how many points they finish on - their only way to secure a home semi-final is to somehow reel Scotland back in and finish second.
But that looks out of reach for the Austrians as they have a four-point gap to scale with Denmark and Israel still to face before their final game with Moldova.
That win in Vienna, courtesy of a Lyndon Dykes penalty, should give Scotland plenty of confidence if a second meeting is on the agenda in the playoff.
