Yesterday morning ESPN released their college football post-spring top 25 power rankings for the 2022 season. The results of the power rankings were more or less what we’ve previously seen in these kinds of rankings, with teams like Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia holding down positions in the top ten, though Oklahoma is currently holding the top spot. However, Mack Brown’s Tar Heels have now officially entered the national spotlight, as ESPN writer Mark Schlabach has listed them as the eighth-best team in the country.
Previously in the way-too early rankings the Tar Heels were ranked the seventh-best team, but it goes without saying that slipping down to the eighth spot is nothing to be ashamed of.