College Football Rankings: Athlon's Pre-Spring Top 130 Teams

Posted Mar 7, 2019
69. North Carolina: Mack Brown is back on the sidelines in Chapel Hill and is tasked with getting this program back on track. Brown hired a pair of standout coordinators (Phil Longo on offense and Jay Bateman on defense), but the new staff will inherit a talented but inexperienced quarterback room and a defense that allowed 34.5 points per game last fall. (Athlon Sports)

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