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	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