University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Drop To No. 11 In Polls
December 15, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Tar Heel Poll Notes
• Ranked No. 3 last week, North Carolina dropped three spots in both national polls this week (released on Dec. 14). The Tar Heels fell to No. 11 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll after their buzzer-beater loss at Texas on Dec. 12.
• UNC had been in the top 10 of both polls for the first five weeks of the 2015-16 season.
• The Tar Heels began the 2015-16 season atop both polls, holding the AP's top spot outright and sharing the No. 1 ranking in the coaches poll with Kentucky. UNC started the season in the AP top 10 for the 10th time in 13 seasons under head coach Roy Williams.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 29th week in a row.
Coming Up...
• This week, the Tar Heels will host Tulane on Wednesday and play No. 22 UCLA on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in Brooklyn.
ACC Teams in the Poll
• There are five Atlantic Coast Conference teams ranked in this week's AP poll, including No. 7 Duke, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 UNC, No. 15 Miami and No. 19 Louisville.
Carolina's Poll History
• Carolina has been ranked in 845 AP polls, more than any school in the nation.
• The Tar Heels have been ranked in the AP Top 10 631 times, most in ACC history and second-most all-time behind Kentucky.
• The Tar Heels have achieved a Top 10 ranking in the AP poll in 53 of the poll's 67 seasons, including 47 of the last 50. Carolina has finished in the AP Top 10 34 times, including 23 of the last 35 years.
