We’ve reached a busy season in college sports. Football season is getting into the home stage, with North Carolina within touching distance of the ACC Coastal Division title. Meanwhile, basketball season is underway, with the Tar Heels’ men’s team kicking off their season last night, and the women’s team set to tomorrow night.

As we prepare to dive head first into all the action, let’s check in on where things stand in the various AP Top 25 rankings.

Football

AP Top 25

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

Where is UNC?

The win over Virginia has the Tar Heels up another couple spots and having cracked the top 15. Carolina’s ascent up the polls this season continues to look like the opposite of their descent last season.

Biggest Winners

LSU picking up a win over Alabama in Brian Kelly’s first year in Baton Rouge has seen the Tigers move up eight spots, cracking the top 10, where they already were in the first College Football Playoff Rankings. Beyond them, there are five new teams in this week’s edition, headlined by Texas who went from unranked to #18.

Biggest Losers

It was a pair of Big 12 teams that saw the biggest falls of the week. On the other side of Texas was Kansas State, who dropped 10 spot after taking a loss to the Longhorns. Topping them was Oklahoma State, who went from #18 to the unofficial #30. Just two weeks ago, the Cowboys were all the way up at #9.

Conference Breakdown

• Pac 12: 5
• SEC: 5
• ACC: 4
• Big Ten: 4
• Big 12: 3
• AAC: 2
• Independent: 2

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #25 UCF (7-2, 4-1 AAC) at #19 Tulane (8-1, 5-0 AAC) - Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN2
• #17 North Carolina (8-1, 5-0 ACC) at #21 Wake Forest (6-3, 2-3 ACC) - Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN2
• #7 TCU (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) at #24 Texas (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) - Saturday at 7:30 PM ET on ABC

Basketball

With the basketball season underway, we’re going to add those AP rankings to our weekly roundup. We don’t have any new rankings from the preseason ones, but since the season is now underway, let’s refresh our memories with where the Top 25s stand going into the new year.

Men’s AP Top 25

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

Marquee Matchups This Week

• Michigan State vs. #2 Gonzaga (in San Diego) - Friday at 6:30 PM ET on ESPN
• #16 Villanova at Temple - Friday at 7:00 PM ET on ESPNU
• Colorado vs. #11 Tennessee (in Nashville) - Sunday at 2:00 PM ET on ESPN

Women’s AP Top 25

1. South Carolina (30 first place votes)
2. Stanford
3. Texas
4. Iowa
5. Tennessee
6. UConn
7. Louisville
8. Iowa State
9. Notre Dame
10. NC State
11. Indiana
12. North Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Ohio State
15. Oklahoma
16. LSU
17. Maryland
18. Baylor
19. Arizona
20. Oregon
21. Creighton
22. Nebraska
23. South Dakota State
24. Princeton
25. Michigan

Marquee Matchups This Week

• #5 Tennessee at #14 Ohio State - Tonight at 8:30 PM ET on Big Ten Network
• #1 South Carolina at #17 Maryland - Friday at 6:00 PM ET on ESPN2
• #3 Texas at #6 UConn - Monday at 6:30 PM ET