By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina fell one spot in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll, checking in at No. 25 in the new poll released on Monday.

The Tar Heels (6–4) played even for one half with UConn on Sunday at the Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn., before losing to the Huskies 76–64.

UConn (6–3) stayed at No. 17 after the victory.

UNC is back at Carmichael Arena at 7 p.m. Friday to face Western Carolina (ESPN3). The Catamounts are 2–8 after finishing 9–21 last season.

The highest-rank change in the poll is former UNC opponent Kansas State (9–1), which moved up one spot to No. 12.

Florida State (7–3) fell two spots to No. 22 after losing to No. 2 UCLA in the first game of Sunday’s tripleheader in Uncasville, Conn.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 3 N.C. State (10–0), No. 14 Notre Dame (7–1), No. 16 Virginia Tech (7–2), No. 18 Louisville (9–1) and No. 24 Miami (8–0).

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	South Carolina (36 1st-place votes)	9-0	900	1
2	UCLA	9-0	861	2
3	N.C. State	10-0	800	3
4	Iowa	10-1	754	4
5	Texas	10-0	732	5
6	Southern Cal	8-0	697	6
7	LSU	9-1	679	7
8	Colorado	9-1	651	8
9	Stanford	8-1	608	9
10	Baylor	7-0	572	10
11	Utah	8-2	498	11
12	Kansas State	9-1	488	13
13	Ohio State	8-1	488	12
14	Notre Dame	7-1	459	14
15	Indiana	8-1	396	16
16	Virginia Tech	7-2	391	15
17	UConn	6-3	343	17
18	Louisville	9-1	314	18
19	Marquette	9-0	252	19
20	Creighton	7-1	171	22
21	Gonzaga	10-2	165	23
22	Florida State	7-3	113	20
23	UNLV	9-0	103	NR
24	Miami	8-0	100	NR
25	North Carolina	6-4	37	24

Others receiving votes: Washington 25, Washington St 23, TCU 22, West Virginia 21, Texas A&M 10, Texas Tech 8, Penn St. 3, Mississippi St. 3, Green Bay 3, Davidson 3, Minnesota 2, Oregon St. 1, Mississippi 1, Michigan St. 1, Colorado St. 1, Nebraska 1.

Date	Day/month	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
30	Thursday	L, 91–82	No. 3 South Carolina in Atlanta	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 90–42	vs. N.C. Central	1–0
6	Thursday	W, 71–37	vs. Elon	2–0
			WBCA Challenge Las Vegas
13	Thursday	L, 78–60	vs. No. 4 UCLA	2–1
15	Saturday	W, 82–68	vs. Fairfield	3–1
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20	Thursday	W, 85–50	at N.C. A&T	4–1
23	Sunday	W, 94–48	vs. UNCG	5–1
			Cancun Challenge Cancun, Mexico
27	Thursday	W, 83–48	vs. South Dakota St.	6–1
28	Friday	W, 85–73	vs. Kansas State	7–1
29	Saturday	W, 80–63	vs. Columbia	8–1
	December		ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge
4	Thursday	W, 79–64	at No. 2 Texas	8–2
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7	Sunday	W, 82–40	vs. Boston Univ.	9–2
14	Sunday	L, 76–66, OT	vs. No. 16 Louisville	9–3, 0–1 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 84–34	vs. UNCW	10–3
21	Sunday	Noon	vs. Charleston Southern	ACCN Extra
29	Monday	8 p.m.	at Boston College	ACCN
	January
1	Thursday	Noon	vs. California	ACCN
4	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Stanford	ESPN
11	Sunday	1 p.m.	at No. 20 Notre Dame	ESPN
15	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Miami	ACCN Extra
18	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Florida State	The CW
22	Thursday	8 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
25	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	The CW
	February
2	Monday	6 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN2
5	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Clemson	ACCN
8	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
12	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. SMU	ACCN
15	Sunday	1 p.m.	at Duke	ABC
19	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	ACCN
22	Sunday	Noon	vs. Pittsburgh	ACCN
26	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Virginia	ACCN Extra
	March
1	Sunday	Noon	vs. Duke	ESPN
			ACC tournament
4–8	Wed.-Sun		Gas South Arena, Duluth, Ga.
			NCAA tournament
20–24	Fri.-Mon.		First, second rounds
27–30	Fri.-Mon.		Regionals Fort Worth, Texas, and Sacramento, Calif.
	April
3, 5	Fri., Sun		Final Four Phoenix