It’s Thanksgiving week, which is always a pretty big one in college sports. In basketball, that means it’s time for all the early seasons tournaments and some fun daytime basketball to have on in the background and you get ready for festivities. For football, that means it’s rivalry week. The hatred is about to flow this weekend, as many teams will wrap up their regular seasons against the opponent they would love to beat.

Before all that action gets started, let’s check in on where things stand in this week’s AP Top 25 rankings.

Football

AP Top 25

1. Georgia (62 first place votes)
2. Ohio State (1)
3. Michigan
4. TCU
5. USC
6. LSU
7. Clemson
8. Alabama
9. Tennessee
10. Oregon
11. Penn State
12. Washington
13. Notre Dame
14. Utah
15. Kansas State
16. Florida State
17. UCLA
18. North Carolina
19. Tulane
20. Ole Miss
21. Cincinnati
22. Oregon State
23. Coastal Carolina
24. Texas
25. UCF

Where is UNC?

Sigh. After creeping closer towards the top ten, UNC are going the wrong direction thanks to Saturday’s loss to Georgia Tech. Not that it was surprising, but the Tar Heels fell five spots thanks to the defeat.

Biggest Winners

Notre Dame’s rise after their early season struggles continued, as they replaced UNC at #13, and moved up a week high five spots. At least that loss on Carolina’s résumé isn’t that bad.

Biggest Losers

The Tar Heels were among the biggest drops of anyone, but there actually were a couple teams ahead of them. Ole Miss losing to Arkansas saw them fall six spots, but the biggest drop belongs to UCF, who dropped eight spots and are now barely holding onto a top 25 spot.

Conference Breakdown

• Pac-12: 6
• SEC: 5
• AAC: 3
• ACC: 3
• Big 12: 3
• Big Ten: 3
• Independent: 1
• Sun Belt: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #3 Michigan (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) at #2 Ohio State (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) - Saturday at 12:00 PM ET on FOX
• #12 Oregon (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) at #23 Oregon State (8-3, 5-3 Pac-12) - Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on ABC
• #18 Notre Dame (8-3) at #7 USC (10-1) - Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on ABC

Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. North Carolina (47 first place votes)
2. Houston (9)
3. Kansas (1)
4. Texas (5)
5. Virginia (1)
6. Gonzaga
7. Baylor
8. Duke
9. Arkansas
10. Creighton
11. Indiana
12. Michigan State
13. Auburn
14. Arizona
15. Kentucky
16. Illinois
17. San Diego State
18. Alabama
19. UCLA
20. UConn
21. Texas Tech
22. Tennessee
23. Maryland
24. Purdue
25. Iowa

Where is UNC?

While the Tar Heels still haven’t quite put together a complete 40 minutes of basketball, they still retain their #1 ranking. In fact, Gonzaga’s loss to Texas has actually allowed them to increase the lead a bit. UNC gained three more first place votes, jumping to 47 after getting 44 in the previous poll.

Marquee Matchups This Week

• There’s not a ton of currently set big matchups, but this is Thanksgiving week, which means it’s tournament time. There will be plenty of big matchups to watch, we mostly just don’t know what ones yet. Some tournaments to keep on eye on include the Phil Knight Invitation, featuring UNC and three other ranked teams, and the Maui Invitational, which has three top 15 teams.

Women’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. South Carolina (29 first place votes)
2. Stanford
3. UConn
4. Ohio State
5. Iowa State
6. Indiana
7. Notre Dame
8. North Carolina
9. Iowa
10. Louisville
11. Virginia Tech
12. LSU
13. NC State
14. Maryland
15. Arizona
16. Creighton
17. Utah
18. Oregon
19. Texas
20. UCLA
21. Baylor
22. Michigan
23. Tennessee (tied for #23)
24. Villanova (tied for #23)
25. Kansas State

Where is UNC?

Well, hello there top 10. After picking up two more wins and seeing some higher ranked teams fall, the Tar Heels have cracked the top 10, moving up five spots to #8.

Marquee Matchups This Week

• The women also have some tournaments going on this week, meaning we don’t know the full extent of the big matchups. UNC play in arguably the biggest women’s tournament this week, also taking part in the Phil Knight Invitational. They are one of three ranked teams in the field, and open play against one of them, taking on #18 Oregon on Thursday at 5:00 PM ET on ESPNU.