UNC falls in AP Top 25 women’s poll after losing ACC opener

By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina slipped five spots in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll after Sunday’s 82–76 loss to Georgia Tech in their ACC opener to a season-low No. 19.

The Yellow Jackets (11–0, 1–0 ACC) rocketed up eight spots to No. 17 after the victory. The previous low ranking this season for UNC (10–2, 0–1) was No. 16 for three consecutive weeks from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2.

The Tar Heels try to rebound at 6:30 Wednesday at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center against Florida in the third Jumpman Invitational. The Gators (7–4) come off a 93–65 home win on Sunday against Longwood.


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Notre Dame is the highest-ranked ACC team in the poll, rising five spots to No. 3 after beating UConn 79–68 and Eastern Michigan 118–49. The Huskies fell two spots to No. 4.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 9 Duke (9–2; unchanged after the Blue Devils had no games last week), No. 21 N.C. State (8–3; up one spot), which rolled to a 72–42 win Sunday at Louisville, and California (11–1), which debuted in the poll at No. 24.


AP Top 25

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Alabama 51, Iowa St. 33, Illinois 28, Utah 15, Vanderbilt 14, South Dakota St. 9, Richmond 5, Creighton 4, Oklahoma St. 3, Harvard 3 and Mississippi St. 1.


TeamLeagueOverallNET*
No. 6 Louisville11–021–38
No. 17 Duke11–016–614
Syracuse8–318–439
Virginia Tech8–318–542
N.C. State8–315–728
No. 25 North Carolina7–318–521
Virginia7–415–738
Clemson7–416–737
Notre Dame6–514–831
Georgia Tech5–610–1393
Stanford4–515–736
California4–613–1053
Miami4–712–1048
Florida State2–87–15110
Wake Forest2–912–11122
SMU1–98–14179
Pittsburgh1–98–15260
Boston College0–114–20247

* — Through Monday games
Sunday’s results
No. 17 Duke 80, Wake Forest 44
No. 6 Louisville 71, California 59
Virginia Tech 76, Virginia 64
Syracuse 65, Miami 60
Georgia Tech 70, Boston College 60
Notre Dame 78, Stanford 66
Clemson 77, Florida State 58
Monday’s game
No. 25 North Carolina 61, N.C. State 59
Thursday’s games
Syracuse at Boston College, 6 p.m.
Stanford at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Clemson at No. 25 North Carolina, 6 p.m., ACC Network
No. 17 Duke at No. 6 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
Sunday’s games
No. 6 Louisville at Syracuse, noon, ACCN Extra
N.C. State at Virginia Tech, noon, ACC Network
California at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. ACCN Extra
No. 25 North Carolina at Wake Forest, 2 p.m., ACC Network
SMU at No. 17 Duke, 2 p.m. The CW
Notre Dame at Virginia, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Miami at Florida State, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Stanford at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Boston College at Clemson, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra


DateDay/monthTimeOpponent/event
(current ranks)
TV/
record
October
30ThursdayL, 91–82No. 3 South Carolina
in Atlanta
Exhib.
November
3MondayW, 90–42vs. N.C. Central1–0
6ThursdayW, 71–37vs. Elon2–0
WBCA Challenge
Las Vegas
13ThursdayL, 78–60vs. No. 2 UCLA2–1
15SaturdayW, 82–68vs. Fairfield3–1
———————————
20ThursdayW, 85–50at N.C. A&T4–1
23SundayW, 94–48vs. UNCG5–1
Cancun Challenge
Cancun, Mexico
27ThursdayW, 83–48vs. South Dakota St.6–1
28FridayW, 85–73vs. Kansas State7–1
29SaturdayW, 80–63vs. Columbia8–1
DecemberACC/SEC
Women’s Challenge
4ThursdayW, 79–64at No. 4 Texas8–2
———————————
7SundayW, 82–40vs. Boston Univ.9–2
14SundayL, 76–66, OTvs. No. 78 Louisville9–3,
0–1 ACC
17WednesdayW, 84–34vs. UNCW10–3
21SundayW, 93–74vs. Charleston Southern11–3
29MondayW, 90–38at Boston College12–3,
1–1 ACC
January
1ThursdayW, 71–55vs. California13–3, 2–1
4SundayL, 77–71, OTvs. Stanford13–4, 2–2
11SundayL, 73–50at Notre Dame13–5, 2–3
15ThursdayW, 73–62vs. Miami14–5, 3–3
18SundayW, 82–55at Florida State15–5, 4–3
22ThursdayW, 54–46at Georgia Tech16–5, 5–3
25SundayW, 77–71, OTvs. Syracuse17–5, 6–3
February
2MondayW, 61–59at N.C. State18–5, 7–3
5Thursday7 p.m.vs. ClemsonACCN
8Sunday2 p.m.vs. Wake ForestACCN
12Thursday6 p.m.vs. SMUACCN
15Sunday1 p.m.at No. 20 DukeABC
19Thursday6 p.m.at Virginia TechACCN
22SundayNoonvs. PittsburghACCN
26Thursday7 p.m.at VirginiaACCN
Extra
March
1SundayNoonvs. No. 20 DukeESPN
ACC tournament
4–8Wed.-SunGas South Arena,
Duluth, Ga.
NCAA tournament
20–24Fri.-Mon.First, second rounds
27–30Fri.-Mon.Regionals
Fort Worth, Texas,
and Sacramento, Calif.
April
3, 5Fri., SunFinal Four
Phoenix

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