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Thanks to the weird world we’re all currently living in, the busiest part of the college sports calendar continues on for a little while longer. Usually Thanksgiving weekend means the end of the college football regular season, but this year UNC has two more games to do, including one this coming weekend.
Add in that the men’s basketball team will be playing three times in the Maui Invitation in Asheville, we’ve got a packed week ahead of us. Before all of that starts, let’s take a look at where things are in the AP Polls for this week.
Football
AP Top 25
- Alabama Crimson Tide (62 first place votes)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Clemson Tigers
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Florida Gators
- Cincinnati Bearcats
- BYU Cougars
- Miami Hurricanes
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- Marshall Thundering Herd
- Northwestern Wildcats
- USC Trojans
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
- Oregon Ducks
- Tulsa Golden Hurrican
- Washington Huskies
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Liberty Flames
Where is UNC?
After going into the weekend at #25 and then losing, the Tar Heels unsurprisingly fell out of the rankings. That being said, they very nearly didn’t. UNC received just two fewer ranking points than #25 Liberty, making the Heels the unofficial #26.
Biggest Winners
Not much movement at the top of the rankings means there weren’t many big jumps this week. Iowa State and Louisiana tied for the week’s lead by moving up three spots.
Biggest Losers
On the other hand, we do have one big fall. After their loss to rival Oregon State, Oregon took a 12 spot dip, falling to #21.
Conference Breakdown
- ACC: 3
- American: 2
- Big 12: 3
- Big Ten: 5
- Conference USA: 1
- Independent: 2
- Pac-12: 3
- SEC: 4
- Sun Belt: 2
Marquee Top 25 Matchups
- #5 Texas A&M at Auburn - Saturday at 12 PM ET on ESPN
- #25 Liberty (9-1) at #14 Coastal Carolina (9-0) - Saturday, TBD
- #10 Indiana (5-1) at #18 Wisconsin (2-1) - Saturday at 3:30 PM ET
Basketball
AP Top 25
- Gonzaga Bulldogs (28 first place votes)
- Baylor Bears (24)
- Villanova Wildcats (11)
- Virginia Cavaliers (1)
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Duke Blue Devils
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Creighton Blue Jays
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Michigan State Spartans
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Houston Cougars
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- Texas Longhorns
- Oregon Ducks
- Florida State Seminoles
- UCLA Bruins
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Michigan Wolverines
Where is UNC?
The new men’s basketball poll comes out later today, so we’ll find out where the Heels are this week then. Several teams ranked ahead of them in last week’s rankings lost, so you would expect some movement upwards for Carolina.
Conference Breakdown
- ACC: 4
- American: 1
- Big 12: 8
- Big East: 2
- Big Ten: 4
- Pac-12: 3
- SEC: 2
- WCC: 1
Marquee Top 25 Matchups
- #13 Michigan State (2-0) at #9 Duke (1-0) - Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN
- #10 Kentucky (1-1) vs. #6 Kansas (1-1) - Tuesday at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN
- #1 Gonzaga (2-0) vs. #2 Baylor (1-0) - Saturday at 1:00 PM ET on CBS