UNC Football not ranked in the initial Coaches Poll for the 2024 season

The 2024 preseason Coaches Poll was released on Monday afternoon, as here's the list of teams who made the initial list.

Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Georgia (46)
2. Ohio State (7)
3. Oregon
4. Texas (1) 
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan 
9. Penn State
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. LSU
13. Utah
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Kansas State
18. Oklahoma State
19. Miami (FL)
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. NC State
23. USC
24. Kansas
25. Iowa

*Numbers indicate the number of first-place votes a team received*

As you probably realized when you skimmed through the list, Mack Brown and the UNC football program are nowhere to be found, as they recieved a total of six votes from the 69 coaches that have a vote.

If you're surprised by this... we're hear to tell you that you shouldn't be.

The UNC football program is no stranger to starting the season unranked in this poll, as they have been unranked in the preseason rankings in two of the last three seasons. North Carolina was unranked heading into the 2022 season, as the Tar Heels, fittingly, had a quarterback competition brewing between Drake Maye and Jacolby Criswell.

Additionally, this year's team has quite a few question marks to address, as the quarterback is one of the biggest questions left to be answered. The Tar Heels are also hoping that new defensive coordinator Geoff Collins can help revamp a unit that has struggled mightily over the past few seasons.

Preseason rankings are essentially meaningless, as a lot can and will change throughout the college football season. It will be up to UNC football to prove that they are better than people are giving them credit for. They'll look to prove the doubters wrong once they take the field for the first time on August 29 at Minnesota.