By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina moved up one spot to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 women’s poll after coasting to a 96–36 win Friday over Western Carolina in the Tar Heels’ only game last week.

The Tar Heels (7–4) face Oklahoma (6–3) on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center in the second Jumpman Invitational. The Sooners have lost three of their last four, and haven’t played since losing 92–76 at home to UNLV on Dec. 9.

Carolina is No. 46 in the NET rankings and No. 41 in the Massey Ratings.

Helping UNC move up were losses suffered by the two teams directly ahead of it in last week’s poll. UNLV (9–1), previously No. 23, fell out of the poll after an 84–54 loss to Seton Hall, as did Miami, previously No. 25, after a 75–57 loss to No. 10 Baylor.

The only other teams in last week’s poll to lose were Louisville (10–2, which fell one spot to No. 19 after an 86–62 loss to UConn) and Creighton (8–2, which dropped one spot to No. 21 after a 76–70 loss to Marquette).

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 3 N.C. State (11–0; unchanged), No. 14 Notre Dame (8–1; unchanged), No. 15 Virginia Tech (8–2; up one spot), No. 19 Louisville (10–2; down one spot), and No. 21 Florida State (8–3; up one spot.)

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	South Carolina (35 1st-place votes)	10-0	875	1
2	UCLA	9-0	837	2
3	N.C. State	11-0	773	3
4	Iowa	11-1	736	4
5	Texas	11-0	728	5
6	Southern Cal	8-0	668	6
7	LSU	11-1	654	7
8	Colorado	9-1	624	8
9	Stanford	9-1	589	9
10	Baylor	9-0	587	10
11	Utah	9-2	479	11
12	Kansas State	10-1	472	12
13	Ohio State	9-1	470	12
14	Notre Dame	8-1	447	14
15	Virginia Tech	8-2	378	16
16	Indiana	8-1	371	15
17	UConn	7-3	369	17
18	Marquette	11-0	300	19
19	Louisville	10-2	203	18
20	Gonzaga	11-2	200	21
21	Florida State	8-3	120	22
T-21	Creighton	8-2	120	20
23	Washington	11-0	83	NR
24	North Carolina	7-4	57	25
25	TCU	11-0	49	NR

Others receiving votes: Miami 45, West Virginia 37, Washington St. 29, UNLV 18, Texas A&M 13 Texas Tech 13, Mississippi St. 6, Oregon St. 5, Minnesota 4, Green Bay 4, Davidson 4, Syracuse 3, Nebraska 2, Mississippi 2, Michigan St. 1

UNC season statistics

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	4 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Louisville	ACCN
17	Wednesday	8 p.m.	vs. UNCW	ACCN
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	Noon	vs. Stanford	ESPN or ACCN
11	Sunday	1 p.m.	at No. 19 Notre Dame	ESPN
15	Thursday	TBA	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	TBA	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