By R.L. Bynum

Carolina’s best start in 26 years has the Tar Heels again moving up again in the AP Top 25 poll.

UNC (4–0, 1–0 ACC) moved up two spots to No. 15 in the latest poll after Saturday’s 41–24 win at Pittsburgh in the ACC opener for both teams.

Carolina, which also moved up two spots to No. 15 in the Coaches Poll, is off next weekend before facing Syracuse at Kenan Stadium on Oct. 7.

None of the four teams UNC has beaten has a winning record, with South Carolina, App State and Minnesota each 2–2 and Pitt 1–3.

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Ranked teams that lost last week included Notre Dame (which fell from two spots to No. 11 after a 17–14 home loss to Ohio State), Oregon State (which dropped five spots to No. 19 after a 38–35 loss to Washington State) and Mississippi (which fell five spots to No. 20 after a 24–10 loss to Alabama). Colorado fell out of the poll after losing 42–6 to Oregon.

Florida State (4–0) fell one spot to No. 5 after a 31–24 overtime win at Clemson. Miami (4–0) moved up two spots to No. 18 after a 41–7 win over Temple. Duke (4–0) moved up one spot to No. 17 after rolling to a 41–7 victory at Connecticut.

Voting UNC the highest at No. 11 was Mike Niziolek of the Bloomington Herald-Times in Indiana. Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman has the Heels the lowest at No. 23.

Jordan Crammer of WNCN has UNC the highest of the North Carolina-based voters at No.13. Steve Wiseman of The News & Observer voted the Heels No. 14 and Kate Rogerson of WTVD has them No. 15.

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AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Change
1	Georgia (55)	4–0	1,562	—
2	Michigan (1)	4–0	1,445	—
3	Texas (2)	4–0	1,401	—
4	Ohio State (1)	4–0	1,370	+2
5	Florida State (3)	4–0	1,351	-1
6	Penn State	4–0	1,244	+1
7	Washington (1)	4–0	1,228	+1
8	USC	4–0	1,169	-3
9	Oregon	4–0	1,076	+1
10	Utah	4–0	981	+1
11	Notre Dame	4–1	904	-2
12	Alabama	3–1	862	+1
13	LSU	3–1	813	-1
14	Oklahoma	4–0	716	+2
15	North Carolina	4–0	659	+2
16	Washington State	4–0	652	+5
17	Duke	4–0	648	+1
18	Miami	4–0	523	+2
19	Oregon State	3–1	366	-5
20	Ole Miss	3–1	349	-5
21	Tennessee	3–1	260	+2
22	Florida	3–1	235	+3
23	Missouri	4–0	197	NR
24	Kansas	4–0	132	NR
25	Fresno State	4–0	64	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Kansas St. 57, Kentucky 41, Colorado 32, Louisville 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Wisconsin 6, Air Force 6, Clemson 5, Texas A&M 5.Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first-place votes.

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UNC schedule

Month/ date	Score/ time	Opponent
August
29	TBA	vs.TCU in Dublin, Ireland
September
12	TBA	vs. ETSU
19	TBA	at Clemson
October
3	TBA	vs. Notre Dame
10	TBA	at Pittsburgh
17	TBA	at Duke
24	TBA	vs. Syracuse
31	TBA	vs. Miami
November
7	TBA	at UConn
14	TBA	vs. Louisville
21	TBA	at Virginia
28	TBA	vs. N.C. State
December
5	noon, ABC	ACC championship game in Charlotte

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