It’s the first time that’s happened in the poll’s 50-year history. The seventh-ranked Commodores pulled off their first win over a top-five program since the 2008-09 season when they edged then-No. 5 LSU. Texas is second, South Carolina third and Oklahoma is fifth. Kentucky moved up to No. 6.

The Duke basketball program (13-1, 2-0 ACC) stayed put in this week's Associated Press Poll at No. 6 following a couple of too-close-for-comfort victories over

Usually in the early part of the week, one post that gets published here at Tar Heel Blog is our weekly rundown of the AP Top 25 rankings. With football now into bowl season — and UNC not particularly relevant in 2025 — and basketball season in full swing,

Kentucky and Vanderbilt made major jumps in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday after four of the top 10 teams lost last week, causing a shakeup in the poll. This was the first week since the end of November that a new school had entered the top 10 this season.