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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
- Alabama Crimson Tide (62 first place votes)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Clemson Tigers
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Cincinnati Bearcats
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Florida Gators
- Oklahoma Sooners
- USC Trojans
- BYU Cougars
- Northwestern Wildcats
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Miami Hurricanes
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane
- Texas Longhorns
- Liberty Flames
- Buffalo Bulls
- NC State Wolfpack
- 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
- Gonzaga Bulldogs (54 first place votes)
- Baylor Bears (7)
- Iowa Hawkeyes
- Michigan State Spartans
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Illinois Fighting Illini
- Houston Cougars
- Creighton Blue Jays
- Villanova Wildcats
- Duke Blue Devils
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Texas Longhorns (Tied with Wisconsin)
- Wisconsin Badgers (Tied with Tennessee)
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Virginia Cavaliers
- Richmond Spiders
- Florida State Seminoles
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Ohio State Bulldogs
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- San Diego State Aztecs
- 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
- Stanford Cardinal (24 first place votes)
- Louisville Cardinals (2)
- UConn Huskies (2)
- NC State Wolfpack (2)
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Arizona Wildcats
- Baylor Bears
- Oregon Ducks
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Texas A&M Aggies
- UCLA Bruins
- Mississippi State Bulldogs
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Maryland Terrapins
- Oregon State Beavers (tied with Indiana)
- Indiana Hoosiers (tied with Oregon State)
- Northwestern Wildcats
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Michigan Wolverines
- Syracuse Orange
- Missouri State Bears
- South Dakota State Jackrabbits
- Texas Longhorns
- DePaul Demons
- 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