North Carolina takes over as No. 1 in three top-25 polls this week - College Soccer News, Soccer America and TopDrawerSoccer - and also sits third according to the NSCAA.
• North Carolina and Clemson each open their ACC portion of the 2016 schedule on Friday in arguably the biggest match of the weekend in men’s college soccer.
• Carolina is ranked No. 1 in 3-of-4 major soccer polls, while Clemson is No. 2 in three polls.
• UNC won the last two meetings with Clemson, and is 7-3 against the Tigers since 2007.