I have the same for my Touch. But if will make you feel any better, I also ordered the new iMac and although it said that it would be delivered by Oct 3, it just arrived this morning.
So, while it says my Touch will arrive by Oct 8, I'm thinking it'll probably be much sooner. My guess is on the 3rd.
Mine was delivered to my house this morning. Unfortunately, I'm at work. 😟 Thankfully my daughter did not have school today and she was there to sign. There is never anyway to tell when Fedex will arrive once it is out for delivery as they are always showing up at different times of the day. The tracking indicsted that it went out at 8am and was delivered before 10am. BTW, I pre-ordered the 16GB Engraved on 9/16. The Apple shipping email stated that it would ship by 9/28 and be delivered by 10/1-10/2. Subsequently, the Fedex site posted that the delivery date was changed to by 10/3. I have to admit that tracking this puppy has been a challenge, but in the long run Apple and Fedex came through!