By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina stayed at No. 22 in the latest AP Top 25 women’s poll even after the Tar Heels’ 60–50 upset of then-No. 4 Notre Dame on Sunday, likely because of a loss to unranked Miami.

The Tar Heels (10–5, 1–3 ACC) rebounded from Thursday’s heartbreaking 62–58 loss at Miami to hand the Irish only their second loss of the season and snap a four-game losing streak behind 16 points from freshman guard Paulina Paris.

Notre Dame (12–2, 3–1) fell three spots to No. 7.

UNC is No. 24 in the NET ranking, which the NCAA tournament committee uses as a consideration when seeding teams.

Carolina goes back on the road Thursday to meet Virginia (13–3, 2–3), which lost last week to then-No. 9 Virginia Tech 74–66 and then-No. 10 N.C. State 87–62.

The Hokies (13–3, 3–3) fell to No. 13 after their 77–66 loss to Miami and the Wolfpack (13–4, 3–3) dropped to No. 11 after their 79–71 home defeat against Boston College. State visits Carolina on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN).

League-leading Duke (14–1, 4–0), which debuted in the poll last week at No. 19, moved up to No. 16 after a 60–50 victory over Wake Forest.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Change	Poll points (1st-place votes)
1	South Carolina (16-0)	—	700 (28)
2	Stanford (16-1)	—	671
3	Ohio State (17-0)	—	645
4	UConn (13-2)	+1	587
5	LSU (16-0)	+2	582
6	Indiana (14-1)	—	574
7	Notre Dame (12-2)	-3	542
8	UCLA (14-2)	-4	457
9	Maryland (13-3)	+4	437
10	Utah (14-1)	-2	427
11	N.C. State (13-3)	-1	370
12	Iowa (12-4)	+4	352
13	Virginia Tech (13-3)	-4	342
14	Arizona (14-2)	+1	341
15	Iowa State (10-3)	-4	307
16	Duke (14-1)	+3	281
17	Michigan (13-3)	-3	261
18	Baylor (12-3)	+5	253
19	Oklahoma (12-2)	-2	212
20	Gonzaga (16-2)	—	197
21	Oregon (12-4)	-3	144
22	North Carolina (10-5)	—	126
23	Kansas (12-2)	-2	99
24	Illinois (14-3)	—	42
25	Villanova (14-3)	—	35

Others receiving votes: Arkansas 33, Middle Tennessee 27, St. John’s 22, Miami 10, South Florida 6, Florida State 5, Seton Hall 5, Creighton 5, Colorado 2, Louisville 1.

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UNC statistics

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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

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