College basketball blue bloods make college football history in AP Top 25

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Through six weeks of the college football season, many of the traditional power programs hold top spots in The Associated Press Top 25. 

The top 10 — Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Washington, Oregon, Texas and USC — have 47 national championships among them. 

Oscar Delp of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates a touchdown during a game against the University of Kentucky at Sanford Stadium Oct. 7, 2023, in Athens, Ga.  (Steve Limentani/ISI Photos/Getty Images)

But an interesting storyline has developed outside the top 10 with six schools more known for college basketball success than college football ranked in the Top 25. 

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North Carolina, Louisville, Duke, UCLA, Kansas and Kentucky are all ranked in the top 25 for the first time in the 87-year history of the AP college football poll with a combined record of 29-4, according to the AP. 

Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA and Louisville have the most appearances in the AP men’s college basketball poll.  

College basketball national championships: 6

North Carolina basketball is arguably the most well-known college basketball brand around — Michael Jordan helped win the Tar Heels a national championship in 1982 — but it’s the football program that has the attention in Chapel Hill. 

The Tar Heels are 5-0 to start the year after beating Syracuse in Week 6, their best start since 1997. 

Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels runs the ball during a game against the Syracuse Orange at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct 7, 2023.  (David Jensen/Icon Sportswire