North Carolina's Jordan Tucker (74) embraces quarterback Sam Howell (7) following their 56-49 victory over Virginia Tech in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, North Carolina head coach Mack Brown confers with assistant coach Ken Browning before an NCAA college football game against Syracuse, in Chapel Hill, N.C. It took Mack Brown less than two years to guide North Carolina’s rise from two-win program to its highest ranking in more than two decades. The challenge now for the fifth-ranked Tar Heels is maintaining that status, which won't be easy for a program that hasn’t shown much staying power in more than two decades since last cracking the top 5 during Brown’s first stint in Chapel Hill. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, Pool, File)

North Carolina running back Michael Carter (8) reacts following a touchdown run against Virginia Tech during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)