Heels Rise to #20 This Week, Kentucky Unanimous #1 for Third Straight Week

Hello "Corner" Readers!!  I'm back from my Chicago trip and it was successful!  HEELS came out victorious over Ohio State 82-74 and my friends and I thoroughly enjoyed Downtown Chicago (sight-seeing, art culture, bars, restaurants, Willis (Sears) Tower, United Center, Millennium Park, etc.  Sorry to all the readers that were expecting a Clary's Carolina Corner pre- and post-game edition for the Ohio State game.  However, due to the mini-vacation in Chi-Town and my hands being so greasy from Chicago-style Deep-Dish Pizza, I had no time to post the articles.  With the vacation out of the way and the Christmas Holiday being over before the next UNC game, my next article posting will occur on-time for the UAB game on 12/27.

With that said, Week 7 Rankings have been released and here is the rundown:

AP Top 25

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

The latest polls are in and Carolina jumps up four spots to #20 in the AP Top 25.  Last week, Carolina won big over UNC-G and upset #12 Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic in Chicago.

ACC teams in this week's poll are:

#2    Dook  (10-0)
#4    Louisville  (10-0)
#5    Virginia  (11-0)
#16  Notre Dame (11-1)
#20  UNC (8-3)

Kentucky was the unanimous #1 choice for the third straight week.  The Top 10 stayed pretty much intact except a flip-flop of #5 & #6 with Virginia hopping Wisconsin for the 5th ranking.  that means the ACC has three teams in the Top 5.  The Top 10 in order are Kentucky, Dook, Arizona, Louisville, Virginia, Wisconsin, Villanova, Gonzaga, Texas, Kansas.

Four teams dropped out of the AP Top 25 due to losses to unranked teams.  Miami (Fl)'s disappointing loss to Eastern Kentucky kicked them out and Michigan State's startling loss at home to Texas Southern dropped them from the rankings. San Diego St and Butler also fell from the AP Top 25.

Four Out
Miami (Fl) (was #18)
San Diego St. (was #19)
Butler (was #23)
Michigan St. (was #25)

Four In
#22  Baylor
#23  Northern Iowa
#24  Colorado St.
#25  TCU

Miami (Fl) was the only other ACC team to receive votes for the AP Top 25 this week; however, those votes were not enough to place the Hurricanes into the Top 25.