ACC teams sit atop both the AP football and preseason basketball polls. The last time Clemson and North Carolina were linked at the top of the respective polls, it turned out well for both teams.
Unbeaten Clemson bumped Ohio State from the top spot in the AP football poll after the Tigers defeated Florida State Saturday.
In basketball, the Tar Heels are atop the preseason AP poll for a record ninth time, breaking a tie it had shared with UCLA. UNC returns four starters from last year's team, which went 26-12 and reached the Sweet Sixteen.
The return to the top of the football poll has been a long wait for Clemson, which was last ranked No. 1 in 1981. That team defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and was named the national champions.
UNC was also the preseason number one in basketball that year. A few months after the Tigers won it all in football, UNC won the NCAA basketball title with the help of winning jump shot by a freshman, named Michael Jordan.
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