Carolina’s thrilling 40–34 double-overtime victory over Appalachian State didn’t impress AP voters enough for the Tar Heels to move up in the Top 25 poll. Barely beating a Sun Belt Conference team cost them in the rankings. UNC (2–0) fell three spots to No. 20 in the latest AP Top 25, released Sunday afternoon, heading into its 3:30 Saturday game against Minnesota (2–0) in a game that ESPN will televise.
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Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Escaping App
Last Saturday seems so far away. Just one week ago, UNC manhandled South Carolina in a physically dominating show by the defense. On Saturday night against Appalachian State, the ghosts of Tar Heel defenses past came to haunt Kenan Stadium in Carolina’s home opener.
Watch: UNC players talk about win over App State
Watch Carolina players Omarion Hampton, Drake Maye and Cedric Gray talk about the Tar Heels’ victory over Appalachian State.
Watch: Mack Brown postgame press conference
Watch Coach Mack Brown’s press conference after Carolina’s double-OT victory Saturday over Appalachian State.
Hampton runs down 2-OT win for UNC against App State
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Powell zooms up ESPN rankings, but five other UNC men’s and women’s recruits fall
While Drake Powell continues to rise in the ESPN rankings impressively, the other five players committed to Carolina’s men’s and women’s basketball teams all dropped with the latest list. ESPN has changed Powell from a four-star to a five-star and elevated him from 34th in the Class of 2024 to 12th.
The better Carolina again: No. 3 UNC women’s soccer team gives No. 10 S. Carolina its first loss
A pair of top-10 SEC teams haven’t been able to overcome the No. 3 North Carolina women’s soccer team. Five days after the Tar Heels were the better Carolina on the football field, they proved the same on the soccer pitch. Four days after a two-goal win over No. 7 Arkansas in Chapel Hill, the undefeated Tar Heels won 2–1 in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday night to give No. 10 South Carolina its first loss.
How Spectrum customer can watch UNC games free during dispute
You’re likely frustrated if you are a Spectrum cable customer who can’t make it to Kenan Stadium for Saturday’s 5:15 UNC home football opener against Appalachian State. ACC Network, one of the 26 channels currently off Spectrum’s menu because of a carriage dispute between Charter Communications and Disney, will televise the game.
UNC moves up in women’s soccer poll, continues hold on weekly ACC defensive award
Undefeated Carolina moved up in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 women’s rankings, and the Tar Heels’ dominant defense continues a stranglehold on the ACC Defensive Player of the Week honor. The Tar Heels (4–0–2) went up one spot to No. 3 in the poll.
UNC moves up in Top 25 football poll after big opening win
After an impressive defensive performance in an opening-game victory in Charlotte over South Carolina, North Carolina jumped four spots to No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 football poll to continue the Tar Heels’ best early-season ranking stretch in 40 years.