After an action packed last couple weeks, we’ll get a little break as the college football regular season is over for UNC. Also we head towards the holidays, the basketball schedule will lighten up a bit as conference play nears.

However before all that, let’s take a look at where things stand in the latest editions of the AP Polls.

Football

AP Top 25

1. Alabama Crimson Tide (62 first place votes)
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Clemson Tigers
5. Texas A&M Aggies
6. Cincinnati Bearcats
7. Indiana Hoosiers
8. Iowa State Cyclones
9. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
10. Georgia Bulldogs
11. Florida Gators
12. Oklahoma Sooners
13. USC Trojans
14. BYU Cougars
15. Northwestern Wildcats
16. North Carolina Tar Heels
17. Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
18. Iowa Hawkeyes
19. Miami Hurricanes
20. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
21. Texas Longhorns
22. Liberty Flames
23. Buffalo Bulls
24. NC State Wolfpack
25. San Jose State Spartans

Where is UNC?

Thanks to the total beatdown they gave Miami, the Tar Heels moved up four spots and are now at #16. They are now the highest ranked team with three or more losses. That’s both an interesting fact and also a very frustrating one.

Biggest Winners

UNC’s four spot jump is the biggest move of any team this week. However, let’s give a special shoutout to San Jose State. This is just the fourth time ever that they’ve been ranked at any point in the season. Getting six wins there is a feat in a normal season, doing so when they’ve only played six games so far is pretty incredible.

Biggest Losers

Carolina is also responsible for the biggest drop of the week, as Miami fell 10 spots after their loss. Florida had a big drop themselves, moving down four spots after their loss at LSU, which they were seemingly a shoe in to win.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 5
• American: 2
• Big 12: 3
• Big Ten: 4
• Independent: 2
• MAC: 1
• Mountain West: 1
• Pac-12: 1
• SEC: 4
• Sun Belt: 2

Marquee Top 25 Games

• Big Ten Championship Game: #15 Northwestern (6-1) vs. #3 Ohio State (5-0) - Saturday at 12 PM ET on FOX
• ACC Championship Game: #4 Clemson (9-1) vs. #2 Notre Dame (10-0) - Saturday at 4 PM ET on ABC
• SEC Championship Game: #11 Florida (8-2) vs. #1 Alabama (10-0) - Saturday at 8 PM ET on CBS

Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. Gonzaga Bulldogs (54 first place votes)
2. Baylor Bears (7)
3. Iowa Hawkeyes
4. Michigan State Spartans
5. Kansas Jayhawks
6. Illinois Fighting Illini
7. Houston Cougars
8. Creighton Blue Jays
9. Villanova Wildcats
10. Duke Blue Devils
11. West Virginia Mountaineers
12. Tennessee Volunteers
13. Texas Longhorns (Tied with Wisconsin)
14. Wisconsin Badgers (Tied with Tennessee)
15. Virginia Tech Hokies
16. North Carolina Tar Heels
17. Texas Tech Red Raiders
18. Virginia Cavaliers
19. Richmond Spiders
20. Florida State Seminoles
21. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
22. Ohio State Bulldogs
23. Arizona State Sun Devils
24. San Diego State Aztecs
25. Louisville Cardinals

Where is UNC?

Basketball polls come out later today, so we don’t know what’ll happen post-Iowa loss/NC Central close call. However in the last edition, they had dropped to #16 after the Maui Invitational loss to Texas. Once we have this week’s poll, we’ll update with their new ranking.

Update: UNC fell six spots and are now at #22.

Biggest Winners

Michigan State and Texas had the biggest jumps of last week, each moving up four spots.

Biggest Losers

Wisconsin dropped nine spots after their loss to Marquette. Shoutout to Kentucky, who went from #10 to #20 to unranked and receiving no votes. They won’t be getting back into the rankings this week either thanks to a loss to Notre Dame.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 6
• American: 1
• Atlantic 10: 1
• Big 12: 5
• Big East: 2
• Big Ten: 6
• Mountain West: 1
• Pac-12: 1
• SEC: 1
• WCC: 1

Marquee Top 25 Matchups This Week

• #5 Kansas (6-1) at #17 Texas Tech (6-1) - Thursday at 7 PM ET on ESPN
• #3 Iowa (6-0) vs. #1 Gonzaga (3-0) - Saturday at 12 PM ET on CBS
• #22 Ohio State (5-0) vs. #16 North Carolina (4-2) - Saturday at 4:30 PM ET on CBS

Women’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. Stanford Cardinal (24 first place votes)
2. Louisville Cardinals (2)
3. UConn Huskies (2)
4. NC State Wolfpack (2)
5. South Carolina Gamecocks
6. Arizona Wildcats
7. Baylor Bears
8. Oregon Ducks
9. Kentucky Wildcats
10. Texas A&M Aggies
11. UCLA Bruins
12. Mississippi State Bulldogs
13. Arkansas Razorbacks
14. Maryland Terrapins
15. Oregon State Beavers (tied with Indiana)
16. Indiana Hoosiers (tied with Oregon State)
17. Northwestern Wildcats
18. Ohio State Buckeyes
19. Michigan Wolverines
20. Syracuse Orange
21. Missouri State Bears
22. South Dakota State Jackrabbits
23. Texas Longhorns
24. DePaul Demons
25. Gonzaga Bulldogs

Where is UNC?

After an excellent start, the Heels came close to getting in, but ended up as the unofficial #28. When the new edition comes out later today, they probably won’t be quite as close after taking a loss to Wake Forest.

Update: After the loss, the Tar Heels still got a couple votes, but are now way behind the #25 team.

Biggest Winners

Michigan moved up five spots after starting the season 4-0.

Biggest Losers

Gonzaga dropped seven spots and just hung on to a ranking, falling to #25 after losing to fellow ranked teams South Carolina and South Dakota State.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 3
• Big 12: 2
• Big East: 2
• Big Ten: 5
• Missouri Valley: 1
• Summit League: 1
• Pac-12: 5
• SEC: 5
• WCC: 1

Marquee Top 25 Matchups This Week

• #9 Kentucky (6-0) vs. #24 DePaul (2-2) - Wednesday at 3 PM ET
• #20 Syracuse (4-0) vs. North Carolina (5-1) - Thursday at 8 PM ET on ACC Network
• #22 South Dakota State (3-2) vs. #21 Missouri State (3-1) - Saturday at 2 PM ET on ESPN3