North Carolina swimmer Allison Barnes was released from the hospital on Wednesday -- roughly a month after suffering what her doctor termed "an apparent severe hyperthermic episode" during swim practice.

The storied program that visits No. 22 North Carolina on Saturday has fallen on difficult times since the mid-1990s. The Irish claim 11 consensus national titles but celebrated the 20th anniversary of their most recent championship team last month.

Marcus Ginyard, UNC's starting small forward last season, will be sidelined for the next eight weeks after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot.

There were moments in 2006 when North Carolina safety Trimane Goddard wondered if he'd ever return to the football field.

ACC Now blogger J.P. Giglio and columnist Caulton Tudor go another round on the question of just how many games the UNC football team will win this season.

North Carolina forward Marcus Ginyard will be sidelined for at least eight weeks after having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot Wednesday, the school announced.

Ex-Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz says he's been impressed with North Carolina football so far this season.

North Carolina quarterback Cameron Sexton has a new look since the last time he was the starter, in 2006.

Before Joe Montana's "Chicken Soup" rally at the Cotton Bowl in 1979 or "The Catch" at Candlestick in 1982, a 19-year-old unknown led "The Comeback" at Kenan Stadium in 1975.

Tudor:Before Joe Montana broke a lot of North Carolina hearts Oct. 11, 1975, very few Carolina folks had ever heard of the Notre Dame quarterback.

On Sunday, Caulton Tudor wrote that North Carolina will win the remainder of its football games. ACC Now blogger J.P. Giglio says it's not going to happen.

North Carolina is back in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since November 2001. And the No. 22 Tar Heels hope they have finally found the running attack to keep them there.

Tudor:So pronounced is Notre Dame's footprint on college football that some opponents mark program milestones by chances to play the Irish.

North Carolina coach Butch Davis had a pointed message for his players last week: If you want more, you've got to do more.

It’s an early guess, but I think North Carolina is going to finish regular season at 11-1 — maybe 10-2 if things go poorly or 9-3 if the roof totally collapses.

On the strength of its 38-12 drubbing of Connecticut on Saturday, North Carolina is back in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 2001. UNC received 196 votes, good for No. 22.

UNC, thanks to a 38-12 victory over No. 24 Connecticut at Kenan Stadium, has a chance to vault into the AP top 25 for the first time since 2001.