AP Top 25: Week of 11/20

Between all the football rivalry games this weekend, and the Thanksgiving week tournaments, we’re in for a busy week in college sports. Over the next couple days, there’s hardly a time that you won’t be able to find some game to watch should you turn on the TV. That includes plenty of action for North Carolina’s various teams.

Before all that action gets really going, let’s check in on where things stand in various AP Top 25 polls.

Football

AP Top 25

1. Georgia (61 first place votes)
2. Ohio State (1)
3. Michigan
4. Washington
5. Florida State
6. Oregon
7. Texas
8. Alabama
9. Louisville
10. Missouri
11. Penn State
12. Ole Miss
13. Oklahoma
14. LSU
15. Oregon State
16. Arizona
17. Notre Dme
18. Tulane
19. Kansas State
20. Iowa
21. Oklahoma State
22. Liberty
23. Toledo
24. James Madison
25. Tennessee

Where is UNC?

It shouldn’t come as a shock considering they were only at #22, but the Tar Heels have dropped out of the rankings after the loss to Clemson. They’re still getting some votes, but are a decent ways off #25 Tennessee.

Biggest Winners

Toledo have made their season debut in the rankings after they improved to 10-1 last week.

Biggest Losers

UNC is up there in terms of spots, but they were topped by Utah, who went from #16 to unranked, and James Madison, who dropped six places after taking their first loss of the season.

Conference Breakdown

• SEC: 6
• Big 12: 4
• Big Ten: 4
• Pac 12: 4
• ACC: 2
• AAC: 1
• Independent: 1
• Conference USA: 1
• MAC: 1
• Sun Belt: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

• Texas Tech (6-5, 5-3 Big 12) at #7 Texas (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) - Friday at 7:30 PM ET on ABC
• #11 Oregon State (8-3, 5-3 Pac 12) at #6 Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Pac 12) - Friday at 8:30 PM ET on FOX
• #2 Michigan (11-0, 8-0) at #3 Michigan (11-0, 8-0) - Saturday at 12:00 PM ET on FOX

Men’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. Kansas (52 first place votes)
2. Purdue (5)
3. Arizona (3)
4. Marquette
5. UConn (1)
6. Houston
7. Tennessee
8. Creighton
9. Duke
10. Miami
11. Gonzaga
12. Texas A&M
13. Baylor
14. North Carolina
15. Texas
16. Kentucky
17. Alabama
18. Colorado
19. Florida Atlantic
20. Arkansas
21. Michigan State
22. James Madison
23. USC
24. Virginia
25. Mississippi State

Where is UNC?

Thanks to some losses to teams above them and their 3-0 start, the Tar Heels jumped up six spots, and are in the Top 15 and #14.

Biggest Winners

Only one teams had a bigger jump that Carolina, and that’s Colorado. The Buffs moved up seven spots after a similar 3-0 start.

Biggest Losers

Florida Atlantic started the season highly ranked after returning all key pieces from last year’s Final Four run, but an early season loss to Bryant has seen the Owls drop nine spots this week.

Conference Breakdown

• SEC: 6
• ACC: 4
• Big 12: 4
• Big East: 3
• Pac 12: 3
• Big Ten: 2
• AAC: 1
• Sun Belt: 1
• WCC: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

With this week being the non-conference tournament week, there’s not a ton of matchups already set, so instead we’ll say that the events with the most intriguing possibilities are the Maui Invitational, the Battle 4 Atlantis, and the ESPN Events Invitational

Women’s Basketball

AP Top 25

1. South Carolina (36 first place votes)
2. UCLA
3. Colorado
4. Stanford
5. Iowa
6. UConn
7. LSU
8. USC
9. Virginia Tech
10. Utah
11. NC State (tied with Utah for #10)
12. Texas
13. Florida State
14. Baylor
15. Ohio State
16. Kansas State
17. Notre Dame
18. North Carolina
19. Tennessee
20. Louisville
21. Indiana
22. Oklahoma
23. Washington State
24. Ole Miss
25. Mississippi State

Where is UNC?

Even with a 4-0 start, the Tar Heels have moved down this week. That being said, that has more to do with them getting surpassed by teams with impressive wins than anything UNC has done wrong.

Biggest Winners

Kansas State took down Caitlin Clark and #2 Iowa and as a result, they vaulted up all the way to #16 on the back of that and a 4-0 start.

Biggest Losers

Utah fell out of the top five and to #10 after they took a loss to Baylor.

Conference Breakdown

• ACC: 6
• Pac 12: 6
• SEC: 5
• Big 12: 4
• Big Ten: 3
• Big East: 1

Marquee Matchups This Week

Like with the men, this is non-conference tournament week, so there aren’t many matchups set. The intriguing ones to watch for the women are the Fort Myers Tip-Off, Paradise Jam, and the Cayman Islands Classic.