By R.L. Bynum

After opening the season with two home victories, North Carolina fell one spot to No. 20 in the latest AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll on Monday, when Armando Bacot earned Lute Olson National Player of the Week honors.

The Tar Heels (2–0), who beat Radford on Monday 86–70 and Lehigh on Sunday 90–68, play UC-Riverside (1–2) at 8 p.m. Friday (ACC Network). Bacot collected 25 points and 11 rebounds against Radford, and got 22 points and 20 rebounds against Lehigh in his third career 20/20 game.

Last week’s Top 25 teams to lose were Duke, Michigan State, Saint Mary’s and San Diego State.

The Blue Devils (1–1) fell seven spots to No. 9 after losing 78–73 at home Friday at Cameron Indoor Stadium to Caleb Love and Arizona (2–0), which moved up nine spots to No. 3. The Spartans (1–1) sank 14 spots to No. 18 after a 79–76 overtime home loss to James Madison. The Gaels (2–1) were No. 23 but fell out of the poll after a 61–57 loss to Weber State. The Aztecs were No. 17 but fell out of the poll after a 74–65 loss to unranked BYU.

Kansas (2–0) held the No. 1 spot after rolling to a 99–56 win over N.C. Central and a 99–61 victory over Manhattan.

Miami (2–0), the only other ACC team in the poll, moved up one spot to No. 12 after beating NJIT 101–60 and Central Florida 88–72.

Luke DeCock of The News & Observer had UNC No. 11 last week and moved the Tar Heels up to No. 10. He had Duke No. 1 in his preseason ballot but dropped the Blue Devils to No. 12. J.B. Ricks of Spectrum News had the Tar Heels No. 17 and Kate Rogerson of WTVD voted them No. 21. Ricks and Rogerson both voted Duke No. 9.

Ranking Carolina the highest at No. 9 was Kevin McNamara of WPRO in Providence. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports was the only voter to leave UNC off of their ballot.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	Kansas (51)	2-0	1,530	1
2	Purdue (7)	2-0	1,464	3
3	Arizona (3)	2-0	1,356	12
4	Marquette	2-0	1,311	5
5	UConn (1)	2-0	1,301	6
6	Houston	2-0	1,180	7
7	Tennessee	2-0	1,146	9
8	Creighton	2-0	1,130	8
9	Duke	1-1	1,088	2
10	Florida Atlantic	1-0	1,004	10
11	Gonzaga	1-0	825	11
12	Miami	2-0	778	13
13	Texas A&M	2-0	728	15
14	Arkansas	2-0	719	14
15	Baylor	3-0	578	20
16	Southern California	2-0	573	21
17	Kentucky	2-0	549	16
18	Michigan State	1-1	516	4
19	Texas	2-0	513	18
20	North Carolina	2-0	501	19
21	Villanova	2-0	406	22
22	Alabama	2-0	264	24
23	Illinois	2-0	170	25
24	James Madison	3-0	91	NR
25	Colorado	2-0	78	NR

Others receiving votes: Memphis 53, Virginia 49, St. John’s 47, UCLA 36, TCU 34, San Diego State 33, BYU 32, Saint Mary’s 20, Mississippi State 19, Iowa State 10, Wisconsin 6, Auburn 5, Michigan 2, Weber State 2, Drake 1, Boise State 1, Clemson 1.

UNC season statistics

Date	Month/day	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
27	Friday	W, 117–53	vs. St. Augustine’s	Exhibition
	November
6	Monday	W, 86–70	vs. Radford	1–0
12	Sunday	W, 90–68	vs. Lehigh	2–0
17	Friday	W, 77–52	vs. UC Riverside	3–0
			Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas
22	Wednesday	W, 91–69	Northern Iowa	4–0
23	Thursday	L, 83–81, OT	Villanova	4–1
24	Friday	W, 87–72	Arkansas	5–1
			ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
29	Wednesday	W, 100–92	vs. No. 6 Tennessee	6–1
	December
2	Saturday	W, 78–70	vs. Florida State	7–1, 1–0 ACC
			Jimmy V Classic in New York
5	Tuesday	L, 87–67	No. `1` Connecticut	7–2
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
16	Saturday	L, 87–83	No. 12 Kentucky	7–3
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
20	Wednesday	W, 81–69	Oklahoma	8–3
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29	Friday	W, 105–60	vs. Charleston Southern	9–3
	January
2	Tuesday	W, 70–57	at Pittsburgh	10–3, 2–0 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 65–55	at Clemson	11–3, 3–0 ACC
10	Wednesday	W, 67–54	at N.C. State	12–3, 4–0 ACC
13	Saturday	W, 103–67	vs. Syracuse	13–3, 5–0 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 86–70	vs. Louisville	14–3, 6–0 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 76–66	vs. Boston College	15–3, 7–0 ACC
22	Monday	W, 85–64	vs. Wake Forest	16–3, 8–0 ACC
27	Saturday	W, 75–68	at Florida State	17–3, 9–0 ACC
30	Tuesday	L, 74–73	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 9–1 ACC
	February
3	Saturday	W, 93–84	vs. No. 13 Duke	18–4, 10–1 ACC
6	Tuesday	L, 80–76	vs. Clemson	18–5, 10–2 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–72	at Miami	19–5, 11–2 ACC
13	Tuesday	L, 86–79	at Syracuse	19–6, 11–3 ACC
17	Saturday	W, 96–81	vs. Virginia Tech	20–6, 12–3 ACC
24	Saturday	W, 54–44	at Virginia	21–6, 13–3 ACC
26	Monday	W, 75–71	vs. Miami	22–6, 14–3 ACC
	March
2	Saturday	W, 79–70	vs. N.C. State	23–6, 15–3 ACC
5	Tuesday	W, 84–51	vs. Notre Dame	24–6, 16–3 ACC
9	Saturday	W, 84–79	at No. 13 Duke	25–6, 17–3 ACC
			ACC tournament Washington
14	Thursday	W, 92–67	Quarterfinals: Florida State	26–6
15	Friday	W, 72–65	Semifinals: Pittsburgh	27–6
16	Saturday	L, 84–76	Final: N.C. State	27–7
			NCAA tournament
21	Thursday	W, 90–62	First round in Charlotte: Wagner	28–7
23	Saturday	W, 85–69	Second round in Charlotte: Michigan State	29–7
28	Thursday	L, 89–87	Sweet 16 in Los Angeles: No. 19 Alabama	29–8