Football: Kenan Stadium

Noon, Saturday

Television: Raycom Sports (WRAL-5, locally).

The teams: No. 22 Georgia Tech (7-2, 4-2) Yellow Jackets & No. 19 North Carolina (6-2, 2-2) Tar Heels.

The coaches: Paul Johnson, who is a graduate of Western Carolina and was on the short list of candidates for the NC job two years ago, is 7-2 in his first year at Georgia Tech, (114-41 in 12 seasons overall.). Butch Davis is 10-10-0 in his second year at UNC, (61-30-0, 8 years overall)

Noteworthy: The game will be televised as the ACC Game of the Week. ... It should prove to be a pivotal game in the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division standings; the loser will have three ACC losses. ... Georgia Tech is one of the few schools in America with three team nicknames: Yellow Jackets, 'Ramblin Wreck' & Engineers. ... North Carolina had a bye last weekend and has not played since a 45-24 victory over then-No. 23 Boston College on Oct. 25. ... Georgia Tech is 4-0 in noon game so far this season. ... UNC's last win improved Carolina to 4-1 at home this season and 8-3 under head coach Butch Davis. ... Georgia is coming off an impressive 31-28 win over Florida State in Atlanta. At 6-2, Carolina is off to its best start since 1997 when UNC won its first eight games of the year. At this point in the season last year, Carolina was 2-6. ... The Tar Heels are bowl eligible for the first time since 2004 when they played in the Continental Tire Bowl. One more win would ensure the Tar Heels of a winning season for the first time since going 8-5 in 2001.

NOVEMBER 5

PREPS -- NCHSAA Soccer: East Chapel Hill continues its run through the state 4-A playoffs with a game at New Hanover (20-2-1), the top -seeded team from the Mid-eastern Conference. The Wildcats (12-8-1) are the lone surviving team out of the PAC-6 still in the NCHSAA tournament. Also today, the Mid-State Conference is well represented in the 2-A playoffs with 3 teams left among the last 8 alive in the East region. The District Finals are highlighted by the internicene battle between Cedar Ridge (16-7-1) and Northwood (20-2-2). Despite the overall records, the Chargers finished as the Mid-State's No. 2 seed and Cedar Ridge as No. 3, so today's match is at Pittsboro, beginning at 7 p.m. Th conference;s o. 1 seed, Cardinal Gibbons (20-2-1) hosts Roanoke Rapids (14-8-1) today in Raleigh.

NOVEMBER 6

CAROLINA -- Field Hockey in ACC Tournament First Round (at Durham) time & oppt. TBA. Tennis North Carolina senior Sophie Grabinski and junior Sanaz Marand completed their five-match run by winning the doubles championship Monday at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regionals at Wake Forest's Indoor Tennis Center. By virtue of winning the regional title, Grabinski and Marand earn an automatic bid to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national tournament Nov. 6-9 in Charlottesville, Va. UNC men's participation ended in the ITA's Mideast Regional with a pair of singles losses by Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center to top-seeded players last weekend.

PREPS -- JV Football: CHHS hosts Durham Jordan, 6 p.m. ECH hosts Northern Durham, 6 p.m. Carrboro hosts Northern Guilford, 7 p.m. Orange at cedar Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 7

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball hosts Premier Players, 7 p.m. Volleyball at Virginia, 7 p.m. Men's Soccer at Maryland, 8 p.m. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, All Day. Also players who qualify will continue play in the ITA National Indoors (at Charlottesville, Va.) All Day. Field Hockey: ACC Tournament Semifinals, at Durham, pairings & times TBD. Women's Soccer: ACC Tournament Semifinals, pairings & times TBD, (at Wake Med Soccer Park, Cary.)

PREPS -- Football: Cardinal Gibbons at Northwood, Carrboro at Northern Guilford, Cedar Ridge at Orange, Chapel Hill at Jordan East Chapel Hill at Northern Durham, Hillside at Roxboro Person, Southern Durham at Riverside. Field Hockey: state tournament semifinal matches at Catawba College in Salisbury. East-Chapel Hill and West Fosyth meet at 1 p.m. & defending state champion CHHS plays top-seeded vs. Asheville, the team the Tigers beat for the 2007 championship, at 3 p.m.

NOVEMBER 8

CAROLINA -- Swimming & Diving vs. George Mason & Maryland (at College Park, Md.) noon. Volleyball at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m. Wrestling at N.C. State Open, All Day. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, All Day. Also men's & women's tennis players who qualify will be continue play in the ITA National Indoors (at Charlottesville, Va.) All Day. Football hosts Georgia Tech, kickoff TBA. Cross Country at Wolfpack Invitational, start time TBA, (at Wake Med Soccer Park, Cary.) Men's Basketball JVs host Pfeiffer, varsity hosts UNC Pembroke (exhibition), tipoff TBA.

PREPS -- Soccer: NCHSAA sectionals TBA. Field Hockey: state championship match at Catawba College in Salisbury. The winner of the East-Chapel Hill - West Fosyth semifinal plays the winner of CHHS vs. Asheville. Game time is tentatively set for 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER 9

CAROLINA -- Fencing at MACFA Dual Meets, at Haverford, (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) 8 a.m. Women's Tennis qualifiers at ITA National Indoors, (at Charlottesville, Va.) All Day. Women's Soccer ACC Tournament Championship, (at Wake Med Soccer Park, Cary) teams & time TBA. Field Hockey ACC Tournament Championship, (at Durham) TBA. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, All Day.

NOVEMBER 12

PREPS -- Soccer: NCHSAA region championships TBA.

SPORTS CLUB -- Nora Lynn Finch, ACC officer in charge of Women's Basketball for the conference, will be the guest speaker for the November meeting of the Chapel Hill Sports Club. Noon, at Squid's.

NOVEMBER 13

CAROLINA --Women's Volleyball hosts Duke, 7:30 p.m.

PREPS -- Middle Schools: Fall Athletics Awards Night at Phillips will begin at 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 14

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball hosts Western Carolina, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer NCAA First Round, pairings & times TBA, at host campus sites across the nation.

PREPS -- Football: NCHSAA post-season playoffs, 1st round, at home of higher seed.

NOVEMBER 15

CAROLINA -- Football at Maryland, kickoff TBA. Women's Fencing at Temple Intercollegiate Open, 8 a.m. Cross Country at NCAA Southeast Regional, (at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons) 11 a.m. Wrestling hosts tripleheader: Michigan State, noon, Wisconsin, 2 p.m. & Illinois 4 p.m. JV Men's Basketball hosts Pitt Community College, 1 p.m. & Varsity Men's Basketball hosts Penn, 4 p.m.

PREPS -- Soccer: NCHSAA state championships TBA.

RUNNING -- The Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education will start at 10 a.m. on the UNC campus. Proceeds will go to the Eve Carson Memorial Scholarship, First Book, (a national organization that gives books to underprivileged kids) and the Clyde Erwin Elementary School. Participants are encouraged to sign up in teams and may either participate in a competitive run for or 5K Fun-Run/Walk. The team that raises the most money will be recognized and rewarded upon completion of the race. For more information, see http://educationforeve.com/.

NOVEMBER 16

CAROLINA -- Men's Fencing at Temple Intercollegiate Open, 8 a.m. Women's Volleyball hosts Wake Forest, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer hosts NCAA Second Round, teams TBA. Women's Basketball in WNIT Second Round (vs. TBA at Chapel Hill).

NOVEMBER 17

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball hosts Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 18

CAROLINA -- -- JV Men's Basketball hosts Guilford, 6 p.m. & Varsity Men's Basketball hosts Kentucky, 9 p.m.

NOVEMBER 19

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball, WNIT Semifinals, teams & times TBD.

NOVEMBER 20

CAROLINA -- Women's Volleyball hosts Miami, 5 p.m. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational, (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

NOVEMBER 21

CAROLINA -- Women's Volleyball hosts Florida State, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball at U-Cal. Santa Barbara, 10 p.m. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational, (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

PREPS -- Football: NCHSAA post-season playoffs, 2n round, at home of higher seed.

NOVEMBER 22

CAROLINA -- Fencing at West Coast Invitational, (at Pasadena, Calif.) 8 a.m. Women's Soccer, NCAA Third Round, Campus Sites, pairings & times TBA. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational, (at Columbia, S.C.)All Day. Football hosts N.C. State, kickoff TBA.

NOVEMBER 23

CAROLINA -- Wrestling vs. Rutgers, West Virginia & Binghamton, (at Binghamton, N.Y.) start times TBA. Women's Basketball WNIT Final (at TBD).

NOVEMBER 24

CAROLINA -- Cross Country NCAA Championships, (at Terre Haute, Ind.) 11 a.m. Men's Basketball at Chaminade Maui Invitational, (at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) 9:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 25

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball hosts Wofford, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball in Maui Invitational vs. Oregon or Alabama (at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) times TBD.

NOVEMBER 26

CAROLINA -- Men's Basketball vs. TBA in Maui Invitational (at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) times TBD.

NOVEMBER 28

CAROLINA -- Women's Volleyball hosts N.C. State, 1 p.m. Women's Basketball vs. Pacific (at Grand Bahama Island) 8:30 p.m.

PREPS -- Football: NCHSAA post-season playoffs, 3rd round, at home of higher seed.

NOVEMBER 29

CAROLINA -- Women's Basketball vs. Arkansas or Oregon State (at Grand Bahama Island) time TBA. Women's Soccer NCAA Quarterfinals (at Campus Sites) pairings & times TBA. Football at Duke, TBA.

PREPS -- Cross-Country: CHHS at Footlocker South Regional, McAlpine Park Charlotte, time TBA

NOVEMBER 30

CAROLINA -- JV Men's Basketball hosts Central Carolina Community College, 3:30 p.m. & Varsity Men's Basketball hosts UNC Asheville, 6:30 p.m.

DECEMBER 14

RUNNING -- Southern Village 5K: The local race schedule comes to a close for the fall with the Southern Village 5K and Family Fun Run on Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. (See www.sv5k.com for information.