The North Carolina Tar Heels are one of six undefeated men’s college basketball teams at press time. Kansas and Memphis are among the others, and those two powerhouses have been playing superb basketball. The Tar Heels, no slouches themselves, were nonetheless extended to overtime by Clemson on Sunday before winning 90-88. But when the polls came out Monday, North Carolina held onto the No. 1 spot, followed by Memphis and Kansas.

You won’t find much debate about this in the mainstream press. The sports writers are the ones voting in the AP poll, after all. The Tar Heels have the best reputation of the three aforementioned teams, having won the national title in 2005 under coach/god Roy Williams. But according to efficiency stats, Kansas is on top, followed by Memphis at No. 2 and North Carolina at No. 10. As long as the general public remains uninterested in these stats, mainstream writers won’t use them when deciding their votes.