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.

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AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	UCLA (30)	10-0	798	1
2	South Carolina (1)	10-1	763	3
3	Notre Dame (1)	9-2	716	8
4	UConn	9-1	668	2
5	LSU	12-0	649	4
6	Texas	10-1	632	6
7	Southern California	10-1	631	5
8	Maryland	10-0	598	7
9	Duke	9-2	523	9
10	Oklahoma	9-1	510	10
11	Ohio State	10-0	469	11
12	TCU	10-1	453	12
13	Kansas State	11-1	417	13
14	West Virginia	10-1	384	15
15	Michigan State	10-0	312	17
16	Kentucky	9-1	283	16
17	Georgia Tech	11-0	269	25
18	Tennessee	8-0	249	19
19	North Carolina	10-2	242	14
20	Michigan	9-1	183	20
21	N.C. State	8-3	130	22
22	Iowa	9-2	102	21
23	Nebraska	10-1	94	24
24	California	11-1	81	NR
25	Ole Miss	7-3	78	22

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.

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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	Day/month	Scores	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
30	Thursday	L, 91–82	No. 4 South Carolina in Atlanta	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 90–42	vs. N.C. Central	1–0
6	Thursday	W, 71–37	vs. Elon	2–0
			WBCA Challenge Las Vegas
13	Thursday	L, 78–60	vs. No. 2 UCLA	2–1
15	Saturday	W, 82–68	vs. Fairfield	3–1
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20	Thursday	W, 85–50	at N.C. A&T	4–1
23	Sunday	W, 94–48	vs. UNCG	5–1
			Cancun Challenge Cancun, Mexico
27	Thursday	W, 83–48	vs. South Dakota St.	6–1
28	Friday	W, 85–73	vs. Kansas State	7–1
29	Saturday	W, 80–63	vs. Columbia	8–1
	December		ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge
4	Thursday	W, 79–64	at No. 3 Texas	8–2
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7	Sunday	W, 82–40	vs. Boston Univ.	9–2
14	Sunday	L, 76–66, OT	vs. No. 13 Louisville	9–3, 0–1 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 84–34	vs. UNCW	10–3
21	Sunday	W, 93–74	vs. Charleston Southern	11–3
29	Monday	W, 90–38	at Boston College	12–3, 1–1 ACC
	January
1	Thursday	W, 71–55	vs. California	13–3, 2–1
4	Sunday	L, 77–71, OT	vs. Stanford	13–4, 2–2
11	Sunday	L, 73–50	at No. 22 Notre Dame	13–5, 2–3
15	Thursday	W, 73–62	vs. Miami	14–5, 3–3
18	Sunday	W, 82–55	at Florida State	15–5, 4–3
22	Thursday	W, 54–46	at Georgia Tech	16–5, 5–3
25	Sunday	W, 77–71, OT	vs. Syracuse	17–5, 6–3
	February
2	Monday	W, 61–59	at N.C. State	18–5, 7–3
5	Thursday	W, 53–44	vs. Clemson	19–5, 8–3
8	Sunday	W, 84–56	vs. Wake Forest	20–5, 9–3
12	Thursday	W, 94–42	vs. SMU	21–5, 10–3
15	Sunday	L, 72–68	at No. 8 Duke	21–6, 10–4
19	Thursday	W, 66–63, OT	at Virginia Tech	22–6, 11–4
22	Sunday	W, 78–50	vs. Pittsburgh	23–6, 12–4
26	Thursday	W, 82–70	at Virginia	24–6, 13–4
	March
1	Sunday	W, 72–69	vs. No. 8 Duke	25–6, 14–4
	ACC tournament		Gas South Arena, Duluth, Ga.
6	Friday	W, 85–68	Quarterfinal vs. Va. Tech	26–6
7	Saturday	L, 65–57	Semifinal vs. No. 13 Louisville	26–7
			NCAA tournament Fort Worth 1 Regional
21	Friday	W, 82–51	First round in Chapel Hill: vs. Western Illinois	27–7
23	Sunday	W, 74–66	Second round in Chapel Hill: No. 17 Maryland	28–7
27	Friday	L, 63–52	Sweet 16 in Fort Worth, Texas: vs. No. 1 UConn	28–8

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