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*	WAB*
No. 13 Duke	16–2	21–8	10	13
No. 12 Louisville	15–3	25–6	13	10
No. 16 North Carolina	14–4	25–6	19	14
N.C. State	13–5	20–9	23	27
Syracuse	12–6	22–7	40	31
Virginia Tech	12–6	22–8	41	34
Notre Dame	12–6	20–9	24	23
Clemson	11–7	20–10	44	40
Virginia	11–7	19–10	36	49
California	9–9	18–13	53	60
Stanford	8–10	19–12	42	56
Miami	8–10	16–13	58	65
Georgia Tech	7–10	12–17	76	109
Florida State	5–13	10–20	107	138
Wake Forest	4–14	14–16	121	134
SMU	2–16	9–21	220	209
Pittsburgh	1–17	8–23	262	238
Boston College	1–17	5–26	247	283

* — Through Sunday games
Thursday’s results
No. 16 North Carolina 82, Virginia 70
No. 12 Louisville 69, Georgia Tech 50
Notre Dame 72, Syracuse 62
Miami 79, Pittsburgh 58
N.C. State 65, Wake Forest 58
No. 13 Duke 80, Florida State 52
Stanford 87, SMU 57
Clemson 70, California 63
Sunday’s results
No. 16 North Carolina 74, No. 13 Duke 69
Virginia Tech 83, Virginia 82
Georgia Tech 79, Miami 49
N.C. State 93, Pittsburgh 43
Stanford 85, Clemson 50
Syracuse 90, Boston College 65
Notre Dame 65, No. 12 Louisville 62
Florida State 77, Wake Forest 74, OT
California 78, SMU 34
End of regular season
ACC tournament
Gas South Arena
Duluth, Ga.
March 4–8

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Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. 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. 8 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. 13 Virginia	16–4, 4–3
31	Saturday	W, 91–75	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 5–3
	February
2	Monday	W, 87–77	vs. Syracuse	18–4, 6–3
7	Saturday	W, 71–68	vs. No.1 Duke	19–4, 7–3
10	Tuesday	L, 75–66	at No. 22 Miami	19–5, 7–4
14	Saturday	W, 79–65	vs. Pittsburgh	20–5, 8–4
17	Tuesday	L, 82–58	at N.C. State	20–6, 8–5
21	Saturday	W, 77–64	at Syracuse	21–6, 9–5
23	Monday	W, 77–74	vs. Louisville	22–6, 10–5
28	Saturday	W, 89–82	vs. Virginia Tech	23–6, 11–5
	March
3	Tuesday	W, 67–63	vs. Clemson	24–6, 12–5
7	Saturday	L, 76–61	at No. 1 Duke	24–7, 12–6
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte
12	Thursday	9:30	vs. Clemson, Va. Tech or Wake Forest	ESPN

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