Phil Steele ranks Top 12 most improved teams in College Football for 2025, includes UNC at No. 6

Posted Jul 30, 2025
6. UNC. The first season of the Bill Belichick era in Chapel Hill is set to be an absolute circus, but the move provided a jolt of energy to a UNC program that hasn’t won 10 games in a season since 2015. “A good portion of their incoming transfers have little experience but Belichick develops players and puts them in the right spots,” Phil Steele wrote. (On3.com)

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