As we’ve said before, credit the AP pollsters for making votes public, unlike their counterpart coward coaches, who only do so after the season (because, of course, we shouldn’t know their agenda until year’s end, right?).

That said, are we missing something with this week’s AP poll?!?! Wisconsin drops 19 spots, yet USC loses at home to Stanford (a 41-point underdog, mind you) and dips only 8. BC is 4th ahead of South Florida? (btw, the coaches have their own insanity, ranking Oklahoma 5, USC 7 and Virginia Tech 10).

And then you have Parrish Alford of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, who clearly finds watching college football this year too difficult (here’s his whole ballot. More on his absurd voting, and ignorance of South Florida, after the jump).

USC loses at home to a 6-touchdown underdog? Eh, leave them at fourth. No worries they haven’t beaten anyone this year (Note: Have you seen Washington and Nebraska on milk cartons? Remember when people considered them good wins? Apparently Parrish is the only one still thinking so).

Florida loses a second game in a row? Eh, keep them at six. Virginia Tech wins by 18 at an overrated Clemson team? Ignore the rest of it’s skimpy resume and awful loss at LSU, put the Hokies at eight, one slot ahead of South Florida.

You remember the Bulls, Parrish? According to YOUR rankings, USF has more good wins than anyone save LSU (you know, against the West Virginia team YOU rank 11th, and the Auburn team YOU rank 21st).

That’s right. They didn’t look wonderful on the road against Florida Atlantic. A game they WON.

Georgia is 17 … do you just give out rankings because of conference? Somehow Cincinnati and Kansas are unbeaten, go into Rutgers and Kansas State (respectively), pick up victories … and end up below the Bulldogs (UC is 23, KU is 25).

Would it be too much to ask for a little research?