By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina, which was one of 11 ranked teams to lose last week, moved up one spot to No. 20 in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

UNC (14–2, 4–2 ACC) lost 70–65 Sunday at Notre Dame (13–3, 4–1) in the Tar Heels’ only game of the week. The Irish moved up one spot to No. 19 after also defeating Wake Forest (12–6, 2–5) 74–64 earlier in last week.

Three teams below Carolina in last week’s poll to lose were Colorado (stayed at No. 22) 60–52 against No. 2 Stanford; South Florida (was No. 24 and now unranked) 67–51 to unranked Central Florida; and Kansas State (was No. 25 and now unranked) 73–70 to No. 9 Iowa State and 64–45 to unranked Texas Tech.

In the coaches poll, UNC fell two spots to No. 20.

Mitchell Northam of WUNC, the only North Carolina-based AP poll voter, has State No. 3, Carolina No. 18 and Duke No. 21.

Voting the Tar Heels the highest at No. 16 was Danny Davis of the Austin American-Statesman. Four voters left UNC off their ballots: Brenda Van Lengen of ESPN, Mechelle Voepel of ESPN, Mike Carmin of the Journal & Courier in Lafayette, Ind., and Robert Cessna of the Bryan College Station Eagle in Bryan, Texas.

UNC is No. 4 in the NET rankings, No. 8 in the Massey Ratings, and No. 15 on RealTimeRPI.com. The NCAA tournament bracket projection of ESPN’s Charlie Creme has the Tar Heels as the No. 5 seed in the Greensboro Region, facing No. 12 Dayton in the first round in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Georgia Tech (13–4, 4–2), which won at Pittsburgh (10–7, 1–5) 63–52 and at home against Florida State (7–7, 1–3) 68–64 but lost 46–45 at Miami (9–5, 2–2), went from No. 15 to No. 18.

The Tar Heels visit the Yellow Jackets at noon Sunday (ACC Network) after they play at home against Virginia (3–10, 0–3) at 6 p.m. Thursday (ESPN3).

Duke (11–4, 2–3), which lost 65–54 at home to Virginia Tech (12–4, 4–1) and 84–60 at No. 4 N.C. State (16–2, 7–0), fell from No. 16 to No. 21.

The biggest ACC game this week is Thursday night’s top-4 matchup in Raleigh, with No. 3 Louisville facing the Wolfpack at 7:30 (ESPN).

The ACC still has six ranked teams, with Virginia Tech (12–4, 4–1) getting the 27th-most poll points.

AP Top 25

Others receiving votes: Ohio State 47, Virginia Tech 40, Oregon 23, Kansas State 18, South Florida 14, UCF 9, Missouri 8, DePaul 5, Kansas 4, South Dakota 3. (Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first-place votes).

ACC standings

No. 4 UNC 16, Sacred Heart 5

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Date	Score, record/ day, time, TV	Locaton	Opponent (current rank(
	November (6–0)
9	92–47 win, 1–0	Home	N.C. A&T
14	89–33 win, 2–0	Road	Charlotte
17	89–44 win, 3–0	Home	Appalachian State
21	79–46 win, 4–0	Road	TCU
26	72–59 win, 5–0	Bimini, Bahamas	X — VCU
27	58–37 win, 6–0	Bimini, Bahamas	X — Washington
	December (6–0, 2–0 ACC)
1	82–76 win, 7–0	Road	Y — Minnesota
5	93–47 win, 8–0	Home	James Madison
12	107–46 win, 9–0	Home	UNC Asheville
15	Game canceled	Home	Jacksonville
19	76–63 win, 10–0, 1–0 ACC	Road	Boston College
21	83–47 win, 11–0	Home	Alabama State
30	79–43 win, 12–0, 2–0	Home	Syracuse
	January (2–2, 2–2 ACC)
2	81–62 win, 13–0, 3–0 ACC	Home	Clemson
6	72–45 loss, 13–1, 3–1	Road	No. 4 N.C. State
9	71–46 win, 14–1, 4–1	Home	Virginia Tech
16	70–65 loss, 14–2, 4–2	Road	No. 19 Notre Dame
20	Thursday, 6, ACCNX	Home	Virginia
23	Sunday, noon, ACCN	Road	No. 18 Georgia Tech
27	Thursday, 7, ACCNX	Road	No. 21 Duke
30	Sunday, TBA, ESPN or ACCN	Home	No. 4 N.C. State
	February
3	Thursday, 8, RSN	Road	Wake Forest
6	Sunday, noon, ACCN	Home	Miami
10	Thursday, 6, ACCNX	Home	Pittsburgh
13	Sunday, 1, ACCNX	Road	Virginia Tech
17	Thursday, 6, RSN	Home	No. 3 Louisville
20	Sunday, noon, RSN	Road	Florida State
24	Thursday, 7, ACCNX	Road	Virginia
27	Sunday, TBA, ESPN2 or ACCN	Home	No. 21 Duke
	March
2– 6	ACC Tournament	Greensboro