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.  

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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.

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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.

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Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 7 Louisville	9–0	19–3	9
No. 20 Duke	9–0	14–6	14
N.C. State	7–2	14–6	25
North Carolina	6–3	17–5	20
Virginia Tech	6–3	16–5	42
Syracuse	6–3	16–4	41
Virginia	6–3	14–6	37
Clemson	5–4	14–7	40
Notre Dame	5–4	13–7	30
Stanford	4–4	15–6	36
Miami	4–5	12–8	47
Georgia Tech	4–5	9–12	91
California	3–5	12–9	56
Wake Forest	2–7	12–9	122
Florida State	2–7	7–14	107
SMU	1–8	8–13	176
Pittsburgh	1–8	8–14	261
Boston College	0–9	4–18	256

* — Through Wednesday games
Thursday’s games
Virginia at Wake Forest, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Georgia Tech at Syracuse, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
N.C. State at Boston College, 6 p.m., ACC Network
SMU at Clemson, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 7 Louisville at Stanford, 8 p.m., ESPN
No. 20 Duke at Miami, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Notre Dame at California, 10 p.m., ACCN Extra
Sunday’s games
Wake Forest at No. 20 Duke, noon, ACC Network
No 7 Louisville at California, 1 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Syracuse at Miami, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Boston College at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m., ACC Network
Notre Dame at Stanford, 4 p.m.
Florida State at Clemson, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Monday’s game
North Carolina at N.C. State, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Thursday, Feb. 5, games
Syracuse at Boston College, 6 p.m.
Stanford at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Clemson at North Carolina, 6 p.m., ACC Network
No. 20 Duke at No. 7 Louisville, 7 p.m., ESPN
Virginia Tech at Notre Dame, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Miami at Virginia, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
California at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Wake Forest at SMU, 7:30, ACCN Extra
Florida State at N.C. State, 8 p.m., ACC Network

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Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. No. 13 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. 14 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. 7 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	W, 71–70	vs. Ohio State	11–1
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22	Monday	W, 99–51	vs. East Carolina	12–1
30	Tuesday	W, 79–66	vs. Florida State	13–1, 1–0 ACC
	January
3	Saturday	L, 97–83	at SMU	13–2, 1–1
10	Saturday	W, 87–84	vs. Wake Forest	14–2, 2–1
14	Wednesday	L, 95–90	at Stanford	14–3, 2–2
17	Saturday	L, 84–78	at California	14–4, 2–3
21	Wednesday	W, 91–69	vs. Notre Dame	15–4, 3–3
24	Saturday	W, 85–80	at No. 17 Virginia	16–4, 4–3
31	Saturday	2 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
	February
2	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	ESPN
7	Saturday	6:30	vs. No. 4 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. 20 Louisville	ESPN
28	Saturday	6:30 or 8:30	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN or ESPN2
	March
3	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Clemson	ESPN or ESPN2
7	Saturday	6:30	at No. 4 Duke	ESPN
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte

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