By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina slipped two spots to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll after losing at Indiana 87–63 in the Tar Heels’ only game last week.

It’s the first time that UNC has been ranked in the top 10 for three consecutive weeks since the Tar Heels did it six weeks in a row in the 2014–15 season from Dec. 1 until Jan. 5 (ranked No. 6 three weeks, No. 9 two weeks and No. 8 at the end of the streak).

The Tar Heels are tied at No. 8 with N.C. State (7–1), which moved up four spots after beating Iowa 94–81.

Carolina (6–1) returns home to Carmichael Arena for the first time in three weeks on Wednesday to face UNCW at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra/ESPN3) after playing four consecutive games away from Chapel Hill.

The Hoosiers (9–0), who also beat Illinois 65–61, moved up one spot to No. 4.

Carolina (6–1) wasn’t the only team in last week’s top 10 to lose.

Connecticut (6–1), which fell from No. 3 to No. 6, lost 96–77 to Notre Dame. The Irish (7–1), which moved from No. 7 to No. 5, lost to Maryland 74–72. Iowa fell from No. 10 to No. 16 after its loss to the Wolfpack.

Virginia Tech (8–0) moved from No. 9 to No. 7 after beating Nebraska 85–54 and winning at Tennessee 59–56.

In the first NET rankings of the season, Indiana is No. 4, N.C. State No. 7, Virginia Tech No. 8, Notre Dame No. 9 and UNC No. 11. Michigan, which UNC faces in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte on Dec. 20, is No. 14. The two teams the Tar Heels beat in Portland are also high in the NET, with Oregon No. 12 and Iowa State No. 13.

The Ducks moved up two spots to No. 17 in the AP poll and the Cyclones dropped two spots to No. 10. The Wolverines (9-0) jumped three spots to No. 14.

Louisville fell out of the rankings to end a streak of 127 consecutive weeks, which was the fifth-longest active streak. The Cardinals were No. 18 last week but lost to Ohio State 96-77 and Middle Tennessee 67-49.

Voting UNC the highest at No. 5 are Lindsay Schnell of USA Today and Michelle Smith (affiliation isn’t listed by AP). Voting the Tar Heels the lowest at No. 16 is Kelly Gramlich of ACC Network.

Mitchell Northam of WUNC, the only North Carolina-based voter, has N.C. State No. 4, Virginia Tech No.5, UNC No. 7, Notre Dame No. 9 and Virginia No. 24.

AP Top 25

Rank	School	Change	Poll points (1st-place votes)
1	South Carolina (8-0)	—	725 (29)
2	Stanford (10-1)	—	696
3	Ohio State (8-0)	+1	646
4	Indiana (9-0)	+1	643
5	Notre Dame (7-1)	+2	586
6	UConn (6-1)	-3	573
7	Virginia Tech (8-0)	+2	530
8	North Carolina (6-1)	-2	487
8	N.C. State (7-1)	+4	487
10	Iowa State (6-1)	-2	479
11	LSU (9-0)	—	416
12	Arizona (7-0)	+2	387
13	UCLA (8-1)	+2	364
14	Michigan (9-0)	+3	337
15	Utah (7-0)	+1	332
16	Iowa (6-3)	-6	291
17	Oregon (6-1)	+2	248
18	Creighton (7-1)	-5	244
19	Baylor (6-2)	+2	180
20	Maryland (7-3)	—	165
21	Arkansas (10-0)	—	121
22	Gonzaga (7-2)	+1	106
23	Oklahoma (7-1)	—	99
24	Kansas State (8-1)	—	57
25	Villanova (7-2)	—	45

Others receiving votes: Kansas 37, Marquette 30, Louisville 28, Texas 17, St. John’s 14, South Florida 12, Miami (FL) 12, Virginia 8, Duke 5, Florida State 4, Rice 4, Purdue 3, Nebraska 2, Missouri 2, Seton Hall 1, Middle Tennessee 1.

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