North Carolina Tar Heels: #21 in the Associated Press Poll
The North Carolina Tar Heels did not climb very far in the weekly Associated Press Poll.
The North Carolina Tar Heels were not really rewarded by the polls this week. The Tar Heels jumped one spot to 21 in the latest Associated Press poll. This says several things. Mainly the message is nobody respects the Coastal again.
Consider Florida State. The Seminoles are twelfth in the poll with two losses. One is a blowout loss to Louisville and the other is to North Carolina. Their position is mainly due to the defeat of North Carolina by Virginia Tech and FSU’s victory over Miami when the Hurricanes were ranked tenth for no good reason.
North Carolina also beat Miami and now Virginia Tech has beaten them as well. Yet their apparent strength in the past is what keeps Florida State ranked so high. It also helps that they are playing Clemson this week and a higher rating makes that matchup look better. UNC, with a victory over FSU, is down almost ten places in the poll.
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Virginia Tech is sitting on the cusp of the poll too, but the college football world has pretty much decided the Coastal is going to kill itself out. That kind of ignores the fact that Duke and Virginia are down and that Miami also seems to be attracting all the losses.
Although absent from the AP Poll, the Appalachian State Mountaineers got two votes in the Coaches Poll for this week.
Associated Press Poll – 10/23
Alabama Crimson Tide (60)
Michigan Wolverines (1)
Clemson Tigers
Washington Huskies
Louisville Cardinals
Ohio State Buckeyes
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Baylor Bears
Texas A&M Aggies
West Virginia Mountaineers
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Wisconsin Badgers
Florida State Seminoles
Boise State Broncos
Florida Gators
Auburn Tigers
Oklahoma Sooners
Utah Utes
Tennessee Volunteers
LSU Tigers
Western Michigan Broncos
Navy Midshipmen
Colorado Buffaloes
Penn State Nittany Lions
Virginia Tech Hokies
Others receiving votes:
Washington State 84, Houston 67, Oklahoma State 62, Arkansas 14, Troy 6, USC 5, San Diego State 2, Pittsburgh 2, SMU 1