Pay attention to conference affiliation Plummer. What CONFERENCE are the Bearcats in? The Big East - aka one of the Big 6. You can have 3 and even 4 losses in those leagues and be ranked. They aren't in CUSA anymore. I know you mentioned it in your post, but it makes all the difference in the ranking world. Kansas was never known as a football power either were they? They aren't getting voted so high on history, but instead on conference affiliation(and the fact they're undefeated). There is one Mountain West School currently ranked. It's almost stunning to me BYU is ranked since they have 2 losses honestly. In second place is 3 loss Air Force. They are among the "others recieving votes" in all of the polls, but only in the Coaches are they close to a ranking(in the AP they are barely recieving votes). EDIT: Harris almost has them in their poll too. Any CUSA schools ranked right now? UCF is leading the conference with 3 losses. I think they have 2 votes. Like Troy.