By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina, one of 10 ranked teams to lose last week, fell one spot to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 women’s poll released Monday after beating Pittsburgh 64–54 and losing Sunday at Virginia Tech 66–61.

UNC (19–5, 9–5 ACC) got 63 poll points after garnering 136 last week.

The Hokies (19–6, 11–3), who have played like a ranked team for a few weeks, finally debuted in the poll at No. 23 after also defeating Georgia Tech 73–63 to give the ACC six ranked teams.

The Yellow Jackets (19–6, 10–4) fell five spots to No. 16 after also losing to 59–48 to N.C. State. The Wolfpack (23–3, 14–1) went up one spot to No. 4 after also beating Boston College 85–78 and Duke 77–62.

Louisville (22–2, 13–1), which visits UNC on Thursday at 6 p.m. (regional sports networks), stayed at No. 3 after a win by forfeit over Virginia and blowing out Notre Dame on Sunday at home 73–47. The Irish (19–6, 10–4), who beat Miami 64–54 on Thursday, fell from one spot to No. 19.

WUNC’s Mitchell Northam, the only North Carolina-based voter, has State No. 3 and UNC No. 17.

All five of Carolina’s losses have come against ranked teams: No. 4 N.C. State (twice), No. 16 Georgia Tech, No. 19 Notre Dame and No. 23 Virginia Tech. The Tar Heels have one win against a ranked team, winning at Duke on Jan. 27 when the Blue Devils were No. 21.

The Tar Heels are still No. 4 in the NET rankings, which the NCAA tournament committee uses as a tool in picking the field. UNC is 13th in the Massey Ratings and 22nd in the RealTimeRPI.com rankings.

In ESPN’s latest bracket projection, which was released Tuesday, UNC is a No. 6 seed in the Greensboro Region, facing No. 11-seed Arizona State in a first-round game in Bloomington, Ind.

Carolina also fell one spot to No. 23 in the coaches poll, which was released Tuesday.

AP Top 25

Others receiving votes: Oregon 52, Kansas 18, Princeton 12, Gonzaga 6, Villanova 5, UCF 5, Liberty 4, Toledo 3, Rhode Island 3, DePaul 2, Arizona State 1, IUPUI 1, Nebraska 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first-place votes.

ACC standings

Date	Score, record/ day, time, TV	Location	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 (4–4, 4–4 ACC)
2	81–62 win, 13–0, 3–0	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	No. 23 Virginia Tech
16	70–64 loss, 14–2, 4–2	Road	No. 18 Notre Dame
20	61–52 win, 15–2, 5–2	Home	Virginia
23	55–38 loss, 15–3, 5–3	Road	No. 19 Georgia Tech
27	78–62 win, 16–3, 6–3	Road	Duke
30	66–58 loss, 16–4, 6–4	Home	No. 4 N.C. State
	February (3–1, 3–1 ACC)
3	78–59 win, 17–4, 7–4	Road	Wake Forest
6	85–38 win, 18–4, 8–4	Home	Miami
10	64–54 win, 19–4, 9–4	Home	Pittsburgh
13	66–61 loss, 19–5, 9–5	Road	No. 23 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	Duke
	March
2– 6	ACC Tournament	Greensboro

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