The Tar Heels are officially a top ten team. It remains to be seen if the CFP Committee does the same.
| Rank | AP | Coaches |
| 1 | Clemson (53) | Clemson (58) |
| 2 | Alabama (8) | Alabama (5) |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Iowa (1) |
| 4 | Iowa | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Michigan State | Michigan State |
| 6 | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 7 | Stanford | Stanford |
| 8 | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Florida State |
| 10 | Florida State | Notre Dame |
| 11 | TCU | TCU |
| 12 | Baylor | Baylor |
| 13 | Northwestern | Northwestern |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
| 15 | Oregon | Florida |
| 16 | Ole Miss | Oregon |
| 17 | Houston | Ole Miss |
| 18 | Florida | Houston |
| 19 | Michigan | Michigan |
| 20 | Temple | Utah |
| 21 | Utah | Temple |
| 22 | Navy | Navy |
| 23 | LSU | LSU |
| 24 | USC | USC |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
At present UNC is ranked #9 in the AP Basketball Top 25 so for now at least, UNC football is ranked higher than UNC basketball but both in the top ten.