UNC rises to 12th in both the AP and Coaches polls. That's the highest ranking since, you guessed it, 1997. As Doc noted on Twitter, for some reason Carolina will still be 21st or something in the CFP rankings.
AP | Coaches | |
1 | Clemson (34) | Clemson (28) |
2 | Ohio State (2) | Ohio State (32) |
3 | Alabama (4) | Alabama (4) |
4 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
5 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
6 | Iowa | Iowa |
7 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
8 | Florida | Florida |
9 | Michigan State | Michigan State |
10 | Baylor | Baylor |
11 | TCU | TCU |
12 | North Carolina | North Carolina |
13 | Houston | Michigan |
14 | Michigan | Houston |
15 | Stanford | Stanford |
16 | Florida State | Florida State |
17 | LSU | LSU |
18 | Utah | Utah |
19 | Navy | Navy |
20 | Northwestern | Wisconsin |
21 | Wisconsin | Northwestern |
22 | USC | Oregon |
23 | Oregon | Washington State |
24 | Washington State | USC |
25 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss (T-25) |
25 | Mississippi State (T-25) |