Why Is USC Ranked?

Can someone please tell me why The University of Southern California (USC) is ranked at all in the latest BCS polls? Seems like every college football season, all we hear about is the same damn teams over and over again. No matter how well or how bad Florida, Texas, Alabama, USC, and LSU play, they always seem to get praise in the end.

Everyone knew USC, coming into this season, wouldn’t be the same USC from last year. How could they be? They lost over 10 people to the NFL draft, which included their starting quarterback and most of their defense.

Granted, USC seemed unchanged from the previous year, starting off with a great game one, but that run would be cut short with a loss to unranked Washington. You would figure a large drop in ranking with a loss to an unranked team, but no. USC still remained close to the top, just outside the reach of a BCS title game. Now with a loss to 10th ranked Oregon, my question is: "WHY IS USC EVEN IN THE TOP 20?" Don't tell me that strength of schedule and points on the board have anything to do with this. First off, if points on the board mean anything, why is Florida ranked #1? The past 3 or 4 games have been some nail biters. Second, let's talk about their schedule shall we?

1. San Jose State - UNRANKED  1-6 this season
2. No. 16 Ohio State - Lost to an UNRANKED Purdue
3. Washington - UNRANKED - THEY LOST
4. Washington State - UNRANKED - 1-7 this season
5. No. 24 California - only other loss was also to Oregon and they have a similar schedule
6. No.25 Notre Dame - Bottom of the Barrel
7. Oregon State -UNRANKED-  Nail Biter almost lost this game also
8. No.8 Oregon - LOSE - This was the game that mattered, but sorry, no win

All I have to say to the BCS and the rest of the media is:

"GET OFF EVERYONE'S JOCK ALREADY."

Give the little guy a chance.