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.

ACC standings

Team	League	Overall
No. 11 Virginia Tech	14–4	23–6
No. 10 N.C. State	13–5	25–5
No. 20 Syracuse	13–5	23–6
No. 14 Notre Dame	13–5	23–6
No. 24 Louisville	12–6	23–8
Florida State	12–6	21–9
Duke	11–7	19–10
North Carolina	11–7	19–11
Miami	8–10	18–11
Georgia Tech	7–11	16–14
Virginia	7–11	15–14
Boston College	5–13	13–18
Clemson	5–13	12–18
Pittsburgh	2–16	8–23
Wake Forest	2–16	6–24

Sunday’s games
North Carolina 63, Duke 59
Boston College 84, Pittsburgh 58
No. 10 N.C. State 75, Wake Forest 57
No. 14 Notre Dame 74, No. 24 Louisville 58
Georgia Tech 71, Miami 66, OT
Florida State 82, Clemson 79
Virginia 80, No. 11 Virginia Tech 75
ACC tournament
Greensboro Coliseum
Wednesday-Sunday

Date	Month/day	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
27	Friday	W, 117–53	vs. St. Augustine’s	Exhibition
	November
6	Monday	W, 86–70	vs. Radford	1–0
12	Sunday	W, 90–68	vs. Lehigh	2–0
17	Friday	W, 77–52	vs. UC Riverside	3–0
			Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas
22	Wednesday	W, 91–69	Northern Iowa	4–0
23	Thursday	L, 83–81, OT	Villanova	4–1
24	Friday	W, 87–72	Arkansas	5–1
			ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
29	Wednesday	W, 100–92	vs. No. 6 Tennessee	6–1
	December
2	Saturday	W, 78–70	vs. Florida State	7–1, 1–0 ACC
			Jimmy V Classic in New York
5	Tuesday	L, 87–67	No. `1` Connecticut	7–2
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
16	Saturday	L, 87–83	No. 12 Kentucky	7–3
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
20	Wednesday	W, 81–69	Oklahoma	8–3
			—————————
29	Friday	W, 105–60	vs. Charleston Southern	9–3
	January
2	Tuesday	W, 70–57	at Pittsburgh	10–3, 2–0 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 65–55	at Clemson	11–3, 3–0 ACC
10	Wednesday	W, 67–54	at N.C. State	12–3, 4–0 ACC
13	Saturday	W, 103–67	vs. Syracuse	13–3, 5–0 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 86–70	vs. Louisville	14–3, 6–0 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 76–66	vs. Boston College	15–3, 7–0 ACC
22	Monday	W, 85–64	vs. Wake Forest	16–3, 8–0 ACC
27	Saturday	W, 75–68	at Florida State	17–3, 9–0 ACC
30	Tuesday	L, 74–73	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 9–1 ACC
	February
3	Saturday	W, 93–84	vs. No. 13 Duke	18–4, 10–1 ACC
6	Tuesday	L, 80–76	vs. Clemson	18–5, 10–2 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–72	at Miami	19–5, 11–2 ACC
13	Tuesday	L, 86–79	at Syracuse	19–6, 11–3 ACC
17	Saturday	W, 96–81	vs. Virginia Tech	20–6, 12–3 ACC
24	Saturday	W, 54–44	at Virginia	21–6, 13–3 ACC
26	Monday	W, 75–71	vs. Miami	22–6, 14–3 ACC
	March
2	Saturday	W, 79–70	vs. N.C. State	23–6, 15–3 ACC
5	Tuesday	W, 84–51	vs. Notre Dame	24–6, 16–3 ACC
9	Saturday	W, 84–79	at No. 13 Duke	25–6, 17–3 ACC
			ACC tournament Washington
14	Thursday	W, 92–67	Quarterfinals: Florida State	26–6
15	Friday	W, 72–65	Semifinals: Pittsburgh	27–6
16	Saturday	L, 84–76	Final: N.C. State	27–7
			NCAA tournament
21	Thursday	W, 90–62	First round in Charlotte: Wagner	28–7
23	Saturday	W, 85–69	Second round in Charlotte: Michigan State	29–7
28	Thursday	L, 89–87	Sweet 16 in Los Angeles: No. 19 Alabama	29–8