CHAPEL HILL
For the ninth time in school history and first time since 2011, North Carolina will enter the college basketball season ranked No. 1.
The Tar Heels are stop the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll, which was released on Monday. UNC has now been the preseason No. 1 more than any other school in history.
Before Monday, UNC and UCLA had both been the preseason No. 1-ranked team eight times.
The Tar Heels, who were tied with Kentucky atop the recently-released coaches poll, are one of four ACC teams in the AP top 25.