In its first game in two years, the North Carolina JV men's basketball team, coached by Jackie Manuel, dominated Voyager Academy, 76-32, on Friday afternoon in the Dean E. Smith Center. The men's JV program has a storied history at UNC. Head coach Hubert Davis and former head coach Roy Williams spent time coaching the squad early in their careers. (Daily Tar Heel)

football history, the nightmare for UNC of games in Charlottesville began only after George Welsh became UVA coach. Welsh was a brilliant tactician, both in game planning and in making adjustments during games. He took a moribund UVA program - the Hoos were 1-10 the year before he arrived - and made it a threat to beat anybody. First Crum, and then Mack found it something beyond frightening to play in Charlottesville.

UVA this season often looks out of sync under a new staff. The Cavs have lost both ACC games in Charlottesville this year (to Louisville and in 4 OT to Miami), and their overall record is 3-5.

This UNC team should win by at least 17 in Charlottesville.

This may be the biggest football game in Chapel Hill in many years as a win would all but secure the Coastal Division for the Tar Heels.

Hopefully the extra week to prepare for the Panther tough defense and their time consuming running attack will pay dividends because I fully expect another high scoring battle between these two squads…

Drake Maye has outperformed everyone's expectations this season. I think he could be the next Tom Brady. What do you think?

Have starters been announced? I presume we'll see Love/Davis/Leaky/Nance/Bacot tonight and for the first real game.

First off the bench? My guess would be Puff, with Styles and Trimble next up. Those three could spell about anyone with our current starters.

How deep on the bench do we go early on? I'd imagine we can play 10-11 guys at least in the first few games since we aren't facing any high-level teams until the PK85. I assume Washington is not ready yet, and Shaver's minutes may be very limited; everyone else I'd think would get 4-5 minutes or more.

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UNC up to #17. Clemson #5. The ACC needs both UNC and Clemson to win out and meet for the ACC Championship.

We'll see about the CFP poll.

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1. Ohio State (8-0)

Defeated Penn State, 44-31

Turning a tight game into a blowout, courtesy of a 28-point fourth quarter in a hostile road environment? It doesn't get much more impressive than that.

2. Georgia (8-0)

Defeated Florida, 42-20

The Bulldogs made a 28-3 halftime lead hold up, thanks in part to the running of Daijun Edwards, who gained 106 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries.

3. Michigan (8-0)

Defeated Michigan State, 29-7

Things got ugly in the tunnel after the end of this heated rivalry game, but not before Blake Corum dropped a dominant 177-yard performance.

4. Tennessee (8-0)

Defeated Kentucky, 44-6

The Volunteers are playing defense now? That's an interesting development ahead of next week's showdown against Georgia.

5. Clemson (8-0)

Idle.

6. Alabama (7-1)

Idle.

7. TCU (8-0)

Defeated West Virginia, 41-31

The Horned Frogs rallied from a four-point deficit in the second half to earn their first win against the Mountaineers since 2017 and are off to their first 8-0 start since 2015. "Big Noon Kickoff" is heading to Forth Worth next weekend.

8. Oregon (7-1)

Defeated Cal, 42-24

Bo Nix might just be the best player in the Pac-12. Against a good Cal defense, he hit 27-of-35 passes for 412 passing yards with three TDs and two INTs.

9. USC (7-1)

Defeated Arizona, 45-37

The Trojans stayed in the Pac-12 title hunt with the win, as quarterback Caleb Williams completed 31-of-45 passes for 411 passing yards with five TDs.

10. UCLA (7-1)

Defeated Stanford, 38-13

Zach Charbonnet rushed for 198 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries.

11. Penn State (6-2)

Lost to Ohio State, 44-31

Though wide receiver Parker Washington played one of the best games of his career — 11 catches, 179 yards and a TD — the fourth-quarter avalanche from the Buckeyes proved too much.

PSU coach James Franklin is 1-10 against top-10 teams and winless against Ryan Day at Ohio State.

12. Kansas State (6-2)

Defeated Oklahoma State, 48-0

K-State wrapped up the Oklahoma state championship with a skull-dragging of the AP-ranked No. 9 team in the country. The Wildcats beat Oklahoma and Oklahoma State by a combined score of 89-14.

13. Ole Miss (8-1)

Defeated Texas A&M, 31-28

Freshman tailback Quishon Judkins put the Rebels on his back with 34 carries for 205 yards and a TD in a win against the spiraling Aggies.

14. North Carolina (7-1)

Defeated Pittsburgh, 42-24

Drake Maye and the Tar Heels have quietly become a remarkably good program heading into a month that could see them playing in the ACC title game.


15. Utah (6-2)

Defeated Washington State, 21-17

Without Cam Rising at quarterback, the Utes proved capable of winning on the road against a tough Wazzu team.

Defeated Nebraska, 26-9

Chase Brown carried the rock 32 times for 149 yards in the win. He has rushed for at least 108 yards in every game this season. After rushing for 1,005 yards in 2021, he’s already gained 1,059 before November.

17. Oklahoma State (6-2)

Lost to Kansas State, 48-0

Spencer Sanders and the Cowboys have some thinking to do after being completely outclassed by the Wildcats.

18. LSU (6-2)

Idle.

19. Tulane (7-1)

Idle.

20. Syracuse (6-2)

Lost to Notre Dame, 41-24

The Fighting Irish managed to upset an ACC program that started the season 6-0 and gave Clemson its toughest game of the season.

21. Oregon State (6-2)

Idle.

22. Liberty (7-1)

Idle.

23. Kentucky (5-3)

Lost to Tennessee, 44-6

The Wildcats were dismantled by one of the best teams in college football. It just happens that two of the top five teams in the country are on their schedule — ouch.

24. Wake Forest (6-2)

Lost to Louisville, 48-21

The Demon Deacons committed eight turnovers in the second half of their loss against the Cardinals — the most by an FBS team in 15 years.

25. Texas (5-3)



Idle.

Green and Downs combined for 21 catches, 282 yards, and four touchdowns.

Getting destroyed by Louisville and having EIGHT TURNOVERS is not going to gather much RESPECT from other coaches and sportswriters who vote this week…

Brandon, Deana and I are in the press box, and Kevin and Jacob are on the sideline shooting.

Kevin is feeling better, as well.

Big game tonight for a thousand reasons, but in the whacky ACC, who knows what will happen.

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