By R.L. Bynum

Ohio State leapfrogged over Carolina in the latest AP Top 25 women’s poll after upsetting Tennessee, dropping the Tar Heels one slot to No. 13.

The Buckeyes (2–0) went from No. 14 to No. 8 after an 87–75 home victory over Tennessee (1–1), which tumbled No. 5 to No. 11. Monday night, the Lady Vols lost 79–67 at home to future Carolina road opponent Indiana, which dropped a spot to No. 12.

UNC (2–0), which beat Jackson State 91–59 and TCU 75–48 at home last week, faces South Carolina State (0–3) at Carmichael Arena at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

South Carolina (2–0) remained the unanimous No. 1 after beating East Tennessee State 101–31 and Maryland 81–56.

ACC teams in the top 10 are Louisville (3–0), who moved from No. 7 to No. 6, Notre Dame (2–0), which stayed at No. 9, and N.C. State (3–0), which stayed at No. 10. Also in the poll is Virginia Tech (2–0), which fell one spot to No. 14.

The Wolfpack visits No. 5 Connecticut (1–0) at 1 p.m. Sunday (FS1).

New to the poll are No. 22 Nebraska, No. 24 Villanova and No. 25 Utah.

Mitchell Northam of WUNC, the only North Carolina-based voter, had Virginia Tech No. 5, N.C. State No. 6, UNC No. 7, Louisville No. 8, Notre Dame No. 12 and Miami No. 21.

Northam was one of six voters who had UNC in the top 10: David Cloninger of The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C., (No. 7; he has N.C. State No. 17), Alex Simon of the San Jose Mercury News (No. 7; he has State No. 19), Kevin Tresolini of Delawareonline.com (No. 8),
Stefan Krajisnik of the Clarion-Ledger (No. 9) and Stu Durando of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (No. 9).

Danny Davis of the Austin American-Statesman had UNC the lowest at No. 17 and three voters had the Tar Heels No. 16.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Change	Poll points (1st-place votes)
1	South Carolina (2–0)	—	750 (30)
2	Stanford (4–0)	–	716
3	Texas (1–0)	—	660
4	Iowa (3–0)	—	637
5	UConn (1–0)	+1	614
6	Louisville (3–0)	+1	580
7	Iowa State (2–0)	+1	543
8	Ohio State (2–0)	+6	509
9	Notre Dame (2–0)	—	493
10	N.C. State (3–0)	—	478
11	Tennessee (1–1)	-6	441
12	Indiana (2–0)	-1	415
13	North Carolina (2–0)	-1	413
14	Virginia Tech (2–0)	-1	369
15	LSU (3–0)	+1	336
16	Oklahoma (2–0)	-1	310
17	Baylor (2–0)	+1	275
18	Arizona (2–0)	+1	243
19	Maryland (2–1)	-2	219
20	Creighton (2–0)	+1	187
21	Oregon (2–0)	-1	180
22	Nebraska (2–0)	—	91
23	Michigan (2–0)	+2	73
24	Villanova (2–0)	—	60
25	Utah (3–0)	—	40

Others receiving votes: UCLA (31), South Dakota State 15, Kansas 13, Miami 11, Belmont 7, Gonzaga 5, Ole Miss 5, DePaul 4, Princeton 4, South Florida 4, Georgia 4, Kansas State 3, Florida 3, Alabama 2, Duke 2, Washington State 2, Drake 2, UCF 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first-place votes.

Date	Month/day	Time/score	Opponent/event (current ranking)	Location	Record
	November
9	Wednesday	W, 91–59	Jackson State	Home	1–0
12	Saturday	W, 75–48	TCU	Home	2–0
16	Wednesday	W, 93–25	South Carolina State	Home	3–0
20	Sunday	W, 76–65	James Madison	Harrisonburg, Va.	4–0
			*Phil Knight Invitational*
24	Thursday	W, 85–79	Oregon	Portland	5–0
27	Sunday	W, 73–64	No. 17 Iowa State	Portland	6–0
	December		*ACC/Big Ten Challenge*
1	Thursday	L, 87–63	No. 2 Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	6–1
7	Wednesday	W, 64–42	UNCW	Home	7–1
11	Sunday	W, 99–67	Wofford	Home	8–1
16	Friday	W, 89–47	USC Upstate	Home	9–1
			*Jumpman Invitational*
20	Tuesday	L, 76–68	No. 18 Michigan	Charlotte	9–2
			ACC season begins
29	Thursday	L, 78–71	Florida State	Home	9–3, 0–1 ACC
	January
1	Sunday	L, 68–65	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	9–4, 0–2 ACC
5	Thursday	L, 62–58	Miami	Coral Gables, Fla.	9–5, 0–3 ACC
8	Sunday	W, 60–50	No. 10 Notre Dame	Home	10–5, 1–3 ACC
12	Thursday	W, 70–59	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	11–5, 2–3 ACC
15	Sunday	W, 56–47	N.C. State	Home	12–5, 3–3 ACC
19	Thursday	W, 61–56	No. 13 Duke	Home	13–5, 4–3 ACC
22	Sunday	W, 70–57	Georgia Tech	Home	14–5, 5–3 ACC
26	Thursday	W, 72–57	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	15–5, 6–3 ACC
29	Sunday	W, 69–58	Clemson	Clemson	16–5, 7–3 ACC
	February
2	Thursday	W, 73–62	Virginia	Home	17–5, 8–3 ACC
5	Sunday	L, 62–55	Louisville	Louisville	17–6, 8–4 ACC
9	Thursday	L, 75–67	Syracuse	Syracuse	17–7, 8–5 ACC
12	Sunday	W, 73–55	Boston College	Home	18–7, 9–5 ACC
16	Thursday	L, 77–66, OT	N.C. State	Raleigh	18–8, 9–6 ACC
19	Sunday	W, 71–58	Wake Forest	Home	19–8, 10–6 ACC
23	Thursday	L, 61–59	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Home	19–9, 10–7 ACC
26	Sunday	W, 45–41	No. 13 Duke	Durham	20–9, 10–8 ACC
	March		*ACC Tournament*
2	Thursday	W, 68–58	Clemson	Greensboro	21–9
3	Friday	L, 44–40	No. 13 Duke	Greensboro	21–10
			*NCAA tournament*
18	Saturday	W, 61–59	St. John’s	Columbus, Ohio	22–10
20	Monday	L, 71–69	No. 12 Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	22–11