By R.L. Bynum

After two impressive victories last week, North Carolina still didn’t move up in the latest AP Top 25 women’s poll, holding at No. 16.

The Tar Heels (7–1), who were No. 14 in the preseason poll, started the week by blowing out Indiana 69–39 in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament championship game Monday, then pummeled winless N.C. Central 119–43 on Friday.

Next up for UNC is unbeaten Kentucky (7–0), which stayed at No. 14, in the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge at 5 p.m. Thursday (ESPN2). The Wildcats feature Coach Kenny Brooks, guard Georgia Amoore and center Clara Strack, who were all at Virginia Tech last season, and former UNC forward Teonni Key.

Notre Dame (5–2) fell big in the poll, dipping seven spots to No. 10 after losing 76–68 to TCU and 78–67 to Utah.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 8 Duke (8–1; moving up five spots after beating then-No. 8 Oklahoma 109–99 in overtime) and No. 22 Louisville (5–2; up two spots).

N.C. State (4–3) was No. 20 fell out of the poll after losing 82–65 to LSU.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	UCLA (25)	8–0	792	1
2	UConn (7)	6–0	771	2
3	South Carolina	7–1	727	4
4	Texas	7–0	704	5
5	LSU	9–0	629	7
6	Southern Cal	6–1	619	6
7	Maryland	8–0	572	10
8	Duke	8–1	564	13
9	TCU	8–0	513	17
10	Notre Dame	5–2	501	3
11	Oklahoma	6–1	499	8
12	Ohio State	7–0	443	11
13	Kansas State	7–1	425	9
14	Kentucky	7–0	405	14
15	West Virginia	8–1	390	12
16	North Carolina	7–1	351	16
17	Iowa	8–0	214	22
18	Ole Miss	5–2	211	18
19	Alabama	8–0	183	23
20	Iowa State	6–2	176	15
21	Illinois	6–1	129	19
22	Louisville	5–2	111	24
23	Michigan	7–1	96	NR
24	Michigan State	8–0	86	NR
25	Nebraska	6–1	68	25

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: N.C. State 58, Georgia Tech 33, Stanford 28, Tennessee 16, Oregon 15, Florida St. 14, Richmond 13, Mississippi St. 11, Vanderbilt 8, Baylor 6, Utah 5, Harvard 4, South Dakota St. 4, Creighton 3 and Minnesota 3

Date	Day/month	Time/ score	Opponent/event (current rank)	TV/ record
	November
4	Monday	W, 83–53	vs. Charleston Southern	1–0
7	Thursday	W, 77–50	vs. UNCW	2–0
12	Tuesday	W, 66–47	at N.C. A&T	3–0
15	Friday	L, 69–58	vs. No. 2 UConn in Greensboro	3–1
			Battle 4 Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas
23	Saturday	W, 63–52	Ball State	4–1
24	Sunday	W, 53–36	Villanova	5–1
25	Monday	W, 69–39	Indiana	6–1
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29	Friday	W, 119–43	vs. N.C. Central	7–1
	December
			ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge
5	Thursday	5 p.m.	vs. No. 14 Kentucky	ESPN2
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8	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Coppin State	ESPN3
11	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. UNCG	ESPN3
15	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Georgia Tech	ACCN
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
18	Wednesday	6:30	vs. Florida	ESPNU
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21	Saturday	Noon	vs. Norfolk State	ESPN3
			ACC season
29	Sunday	4 p.m.	at Miami	ACCN
	January
5	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Notre Dame	ESPN
9	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Duke	TBA
12	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Boston College	ACCN
16	Thursday	8 p.m. ET	at SMU	ESPN3
19	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Pitt	ACCN
23	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ESPN3
26	Sunday	Noon	vs. Florida State	ACCN
30	Thursday	TBA	at Cal	ESPN3
	February
2	Sunday	3 p.m. ET	at Stanford	The CW
9	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Clemson	ESPN3
13	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN3
16	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. N.C. State	ESPN
20	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Syracuse	ACCN
23	Sunday	2 p.m.	at No. 22 Louisville	ESPN
27	Thursday	7 p.m.	at No. 8 Duke	ESPN
	March
2	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Virginia	The CW
5–9	Wed.–Sun.		ACC tournament Greensboro