By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina will begin play Monday night in the Maui Invitational as the No. 12 team after falling two spots in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll.

The Tar Heels (3–1) won their only game last week, 87–69, on Friday night at Hawaii. They will face Dayton in the first round of the Maui Invitational at 11:30 p.m. Monday (ESPN2).

The fall in the poll ended Carolina’s streak of 17 consecutive top-10 rankings, which was the longest since doing it in 20 polls in a row from Dec. 21, 2016, through Dec. 26, 2017.

Tennessee (6–0) and Marquette (6–0) each leapfrogged UNC, to lead to the Heels’ drop.

The Vols beat Virginia 64–41 and then-No. 13 Baylor 77–62 and went up four spots to No. 7. The Bears fell to No. 17.

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Marquette won 76–58 over Purdue (5–1) to go up five spots to No. 10, while the Boilermakers dropped seven spots to No. 13.

Brian Holland of WVLA-TV and WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge, La., ranked UNC the highest at No. 4, and Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News voted the Heels the lowest at No. 18.

Kate Rogerson of WTVD and Louis Fernandez of WRAL voted UNC No. 10 and WUNC’s Mitchell Northam has UNC No. 14.

The top five teams remained unchanged, with Kansas (5–0), the Tar Heels’ only loss remaining at No. 1. UConn (4–0), a potential Wednesday opponent in Maui, is still at No. 2.

After the Dayton game, Carolina’s next opponent at the Maui Invitational on Tuesday will be either No. 4 Auburn (4–0) or No. 5 Iowa State (3–0).

Duke (4–1) moved up one spot to No. 11 after winning at Arizona 69–55 on Friday. Caleb Love’s Wildcats (2–2) fell seven spots to No. 24.

AP Top 25

Ranking	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	Kansas (51)	5-0	1,536	1
2	UConn (6)	4-0	1,429	2
3	Gonzaga (2)	5-0	1,428	3
4	Auburn (3)	4-0	1,393	4
5	Iowa State	3-0	1,216	5
6	Houston	3-1	1,125	7
7	Tennessee	6-0	1,116	11
8	Kentucky	5-0	1,075	9
9	Alabama	4-1	1,065	8
10	Marquette	6-0	1,004	15
11	Duke	4-1	986	12
12	North Carolina	3-1	976	10
13	Purdue	5-1	865	6
14	Indiana	4-0	666	16
15	Wisconsin	7-0	641	19
16	Cincinnati	5-0	610	18
17	Baylor	4-2	482	13
18	Florida	6-0	466	21
19	Arkansas	4-1	387	18
20	Texas A&M	4-1	318	23
21	Creighton	4-1	198	14
22	Xavier	5-0	191	22
23	Ole Miss	5-0	180	23
24	Arizona	2-2	154	17
25	Mississippi State	5-0	86	25

Others receiving votes: BYU 70, Pittsburgh 62, Texas 57, Ohio St. 55, Saint Mary’s 52, Illinois 50, Memphis 38, Texas Tech 31, Drake 29, Nebraska 21, Michigan St. 14, Georgia 11, St. John’s 10, Oregon 10, Penn St. 9, Utah St. 6, Vanderbilt 6, Nevada 5, UCLA 5, Arizona St 5, Maryland 4, Providence 3, Furman 2, Florida St. 1 and Columbia 1.

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	W, 91–75	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 5–3
	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