A fourth defeat cost Hubert Davis' fourth UNC basketball squad a ranking by its name.
For the first time since the end of the 2022-23 season, UNC basketball is absent from the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The Tar Heels , who began the 2024-25 campaign at No. 9 in the country, fell from No. 20 to unranked status in this week's release on Monday after losing at home to the now-No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide, 94-79, on Wednesday night and beating the unranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 68-65, on Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the ACC has two representatives in the AP Top 25 Poll, the only ones who emerged victorious across last week's 16-game SEC/ACC Challenge slate. The Duke Blue Devils rose five notches to No. 4, and the Clemson Tigers jumped from unranked to No. 16. POLL ALERT: Tennessee is No. 1 in the men's AP Top 25 after a massive shakeup; Auburn, Iowa State, Duke, Kentucky round out top five.UNC basketball, still receiving votes in both polls, is now gearing up to host the unranked La Salle Explorers at 4 p.m. ET Saturday . That'll be the Tar Heels' only outing before the next edition of each poll comes out next Monday.
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