By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina slipped four spots to No. 24 in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll and in the NET rankings.

After a big 66–61 home win Thursday over Miami, the Tar Heels (15–6, 7–2 ACC) lost 81–66 at Virginia on Sunday.

Helping UNC stay in the poll was an 88–46 loss by Florida State (15–7, 6–4), previously No. 23, which dropped the Seminoles out of the poll.

Carolina is down to 32nd in the NET rankings, which projects to a No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament. Before Sunday’s game, ESPN projected Carolina has a No. 5 seed in one of the Portland regionals and would play first- and second-round games in Bloomington, Ind.

UNC is No. 23 in the Massey Rating.

The Tar Heels will get two golden opportunities to better their NCAA resume this week against two teams that moved up two poll spots, visiting No. 5 N.C. State at 8 p.m. Thursday (ACC Network) and hosting No. 17 Virginia Tech at noon Sunday (ESPN2).

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 14 Notre Dame (15–4, 5–3; up one spot), which lost to Syracuse 79–65 but won at UConn 82–67, league-leading No. 16 Louisville (18–3, 7–1; up two spots) and No. 21 Syracuse (17–3, 7–2; up one spot).

Kansas State moved up three spots to No. 2, meaning that UNC has played the top two teams in the country, losing to the Wildcats 63–56 on Nov. 24 in Estero, Fla., and 65–58 to No. 1 South Carolina in Chapel Hill on Nov. 30.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous
1	South Carolina (35 first-place votes)	19–0	875	1
2	Kansas State	20–1	819	4
3	Iowa	19–2	795	5
4	Stanford	19–2	769	6
5	N.C. State	18–2	739	7
6	Colorado	17–3	677	3
7	UCLA	16–3	637	2
8	Ohio State	17–3	596	12
9	LSU	18–3	595	9
10	Indiana	17–2	477	14
11	UConn	17–4	460	8
12	Texas	19–3	452	10
13	Baylor	16–3	441	13
14	Notre Dame	15–4	408	15
15	Southern California	14–4	393	11
16	Louisville	18–3	331	18
17	Virginia Tech	16–4	328	19
18	Oregon State	17–3	323	25
19	Gonzaga	20–2	320	17
20	Utah	15–6	296	16
21	Syracuse	17–3	176	22
22	Creighton	16–3	160	21
23	West Virginia	17–2	132	24
24	North Carolina	15–6	75	20
25	Princeton	15–3	28	NR

Others getting votes: UNLV 21, Washington St 15, Fairfield 13, Marquette 7, Florida St. 6, Oklahoma 6, Mississippi 2, Penn St. 1, Washington 1, Mississippi St. 1.

Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 16 Louisville	2–0	11–3	14
N.C. State	2–0	8–4	31
Syracuse	1–0	11–1	40
Stanford	1–0	9–2	32
No. 20 Notre Dame	1–0	8–2	19
Virginia	1–0	8–3	29
Duke	1–0	5–6	38
Wake Forest	1–1	10–3	127
Virginia Tech	1–1	9–3	63
Clemson	1–1	8–4	49
Miami	1–1	7–4	48
No. 18 North Carolina	0–1	10–3	15
California	0–1	8–4	70
Pittsburgh	0–1	7–6	250
SMU	0–1	5–6	154
Boston College	0–1	4–10	207
Florida State	0–2	4–9	112
Georgia Tech	0–2	4–9	125

* — Through Wednesday games
Thursday’s results
Virginia Tech 79, Florida State 54
Miami 64, Wake Forest 61
Pittsburgh 98, Saint Francis 46
N.C. State 87, Georgia Tech 58
Duke 97, South Dakota State 54
Friday’s games
Syracuse 106, Mercyhurst 40
Northeastern 73, Boston College 67
SMU at Sam Houston, 6 p.m., ESPN+
No. 22 Washington at Stanford, 10 p.m., ACCN Extra
Saturday’s games
No. 16 Louisville at No. 17 Tennessee, 11 a.m., Fox
Winthrop at Virginia, noon, ACCN Extra
South Carolina State at Florida State, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Duke at Belmont, 3 p.m., ESPN+
Sunday’s games
Charleston Southern at No. 18 North Carolina, noon, ACC Network
Radford at Virginia Tech, noon, ACCN Extra
Kennesaw State at Miami, noon, ACCN Extra
N.C. State at Davidson, noon, CBS Sports Network
Pittsburgh at Duquesne, 1 p.m., ESPN+
North Florida at Clemson, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Bellarmine at No. 20 Notre Dame, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Southern at SMU, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Oregon vs. Stanford in San Francisco, 6 p.m., ESPN
No. 19 USC vs. California in San Francisco, 8:30, ESPN
Monday’s game
Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., ACCN Extra

Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. No. 10 BYU in SLC	Exhib.
29	Wednesday	W, 95–53	vs. Winston-Salem St.	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 94–54	vs. Central Arkansas	1–0
7	Friday	W, 87–74	vs. No. 17 Kansas	2–0
11	Tuesday	W, 89–74	vs. Radford	3–0
14	Friday	W, 97–53	vs. N.C. Central	4–0
18	Tuesday	W, 73–61	vs. Navy	5–0
			Fort Myers Tip-Off
25	Tuesday	W, 85–70	vs. St. Bonaventure	6–0
27	Thursday	L, 74–58	vs. No. 9 Michigan State	6–1
	December		ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
2	Tuesday	W, 67–64	at Kentucky	7–1
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7	Sunday	W, 81–61	vs. Georgetown	8–1
13	Saturday	W, 80–62	vs. USC Upstate	9–1
16	Tuesday	W, 77–58	vs. ETSU	10–1
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
20	Saturday	3 p.m.	vs. Ohio State	CBS
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22	Monday	8 p.m.	vs. East Carolina	ACCN
30	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Florida State	ESPN2
	January
3	Saturday	2:15	at SMU	The CW
10	Saturday	6 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
14	Wednesday	9 p.m.	at Stanford	ACCN
17	Saturday	4 p.m.	at California	ACCN
21	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame	ESPN2
24	Saturday	2 or 2:30	at No. 23 Virginia	ESPN or ESPNU
31	Saturday	2 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
	February
2	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	ESPN
7	Saturday	6:30	vs. No. 3 Duke	ESPN
10	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at Miami	ESPN or ESPN2
14	Saturday	2 p.m.	vs. Pittsburgh	ESPN
17	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN or ESPN2
21	Saturday	1 p.m.	at Syracuse	ABC
23	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Louisville	ESPN
28	Saturday	6:30 or 8:30	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN or ESPN2
	March
3	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Clemson	ESPN or ESPN2
7	Saturday	6:30	at No. 3 Duke	ESPN
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte