CHAPEL HILL
For the first time since 2009, North Carolina is ranked in November.
The Tar Heels are No. 21 in the Associated Press top 25 poll that was released on Sunday. UNC's ascent into the national rankings comes after its 26-19 victory at Pitt on Thursday night.
Before that victory, UNC (7-1, 4-0) had been the only one-loss team from Power 5 conference not to be ranked. In fact, the Tar Heels held that distinction for two weeks.
Some players, fifth-year senior quarterback Marquise Williams, for one, took the lack of recognition as a snub.