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	Score	Opponent/event (current rank)	Record
	November
8	Wednesday	W, 102–49	vs. Gardner-Webb	1–0
12	Sunday	W, 74–70	vs. Davidson	2–0
15	Wednesday	W, 62–32	vs. Hampton	3–0
18	Saturday	W, 68–39	vs. Elon	4–0
			Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla.
24	Friday	W, 54–51	Vermont	5–0
25	Saturday	L, 63–56	No. 15 Kansas State	5–1
26	Sunday	L, 65–64	Florida Gulf Coast	5–2
			ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge
30	Thursday	L, 65–58	vs. No. 1 South Carolina	5–3
	December
6	Wednesday	W, 81–66	vs. UNC Greensboro	6–3
			Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn.
10	Sunday	L, 76–64	No. 10 Connecticut	6–4
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15	Friday	W, 96–36	vs. Western Carolina	7–4
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
19	Tuesday	W, 61–52	No. 18 Oklahoma	8–4
			ACC season
31	Sunday	W, 82–76	vs. Clemson	9–4, 1–0 ACC
	January
4	Thursday	W, 75–51	vs. No. 22 Syracuse	10–4, 2–0 ACC
7	Sunday	W, 61–57	at No. 9 Notre Dame	11–4, 3–0 ACC
11	Thursday	L, 70–62	at Florida State	11–5, 3–1 ACC
14	Sunday	W, 81–68	vs. Virginia	12–5, 4–1 ACC
18	Thursday	W, 73–68	at Georgia Tech	13–5, 5–1 ACC
21	Sunday	W, 79–68	vs. No. 23 Louisville	14–5, 6–1 ACC
25	Thursday	W, 66–61	vs. Miami	15–5, 7–1 ACC
28	Sunday	L, 81–66	at Virginia	15–6, 7–2 ACC
	February
1	Thursday	L, 63–59	at No. 11 N.C. State	15–7, 7–3 ACC
4	Sunday	L, 70–61, OT	vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech	15–8, 7–4 ACC
11	Sunday	L, 68–60, OT	at Duke	15–9, 7–5 ACC
15	Thursday	W, 75–62	vs. Pittsburgh	16–9, 8–5 ACC
18	Sunday	W, 58–50	at Wake Forest	17–9, 9–5 ACC
22	Thursday	W, 80–70	vs. No. 11 N.C. State	18–9, 10–5 ACC
25	Sunday	L, 74–62	at No. 13 Virginia Tech	18–10, 10–6 ACC
29	Thursday	L, 78–74	at Boston College	18–11, 10–7 ACC
	March
3	Sunday	W, 63–59	vs. Duke	19–11, 11–7 ACC
			ACC tournament Greensboro Coliseum
7	Thursday	L, 60–59	Second round: vs. Miami	19–12
			NCAA tournament Columbia, S.C.
22	Friday	W, 59–56	First round: Michigan State	20–12
24	Sunday	L, 88–41	Second round: No. 1 South Carolina	20–13