By R.L. Bynum

Heading into two games this week against ranked rivals, North Carolina fell out of the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll released Monday after being ranked for seven consecutive weeks. UNC fell two spots to No. 22 in the coaches poll.

The Tar Heels (15–3, 5–3 ACC) beat Virginia 61–52 Thursday but lost to Georgia Tech (which stayed at No. 18) 55–38 on Sunday after being ranked No. 20 in last week’s AP poll. UNC visits Duke (13–4, 4–3), which stayed at No. 21, on Thursday and plays host Sunday to N.C. State (18–2, 9–0), which is up one spot to No. 3.

Duke beat Miami 58–49 and Virginia 57–48. State followed up an epic comeback in a 68–59 home victory over Louisville (which fell from No. 3 to No. 5) with a 51–45 home win over Virginia Tech.

Also falling out of the poll after losing were Colorado (was No. 22; lost 69–66 in overtime to Oregon State, 57–52 to Arizona State and 75–56 to Arizona) and Kentucky (was No. 23; lost 77–52 to Florida and 63–54 to Mississippi).

The Tar Heels got 83 poll points, the 27th-most.

WUNC’s Mitchell Northam, the only North Carolina-based voter, ranked State No. 2, UNC No. 22 and Duke No. 24.

AP Top 25

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 90, North Carolina 83, Virginia Tech 13, Florida 12, DePaul 4, Missouri 2, UCLA 2, Kansas 1. (Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first-place votes.)

UNC season statistics

ACC standings

Date	Score, record/ day, time, TV	Location	Opponent (current ranking)
	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 (3–3, 3–3 ACC)
2	81–62 win, 13–0, 3–0 ACC	Home	Clemson
6	72–45 loss, 13–1, 3–1	Road	No. 3 N.C. State
9	71–46 win, 14–1, 4–1	Home	Virginia Tech
16	70–64 loss, 14–2, 4–2	Road	No. 20 Notre Dame
20	61–52 win, 15–2, 5–2	Home	Virginia
23	55–38 loss, 15–3, 5–3	Road	No. 14 Georgia Tech
27	Thursday, 7, ACCNX	Road	No. 21 Duke
30	Sunday, 4, ACCN	Home	No. 3 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. 5 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