By R.L. Bynum

Without any teams ahead of North Carolina in last week’s AP Top 25 women’s poll losing, the Tar Heels didn’t move up in the latest poll despite an impressive road victory.

The Tar Heels (13–2, 1–1 ACC) held Miami to a season-low point total in a 69–60 victory for their third consecutive win and held at No. 17 in the poll. It’s the first time UNC has been ranked in the first eight polls since the 2022–23 season and only the second time since the 2014–15 season.

Carolina, 20th in the NET rankings, gets a week off before facing its biggest test of the season at 1 p.m. Sunday at Carmichael Arena against No. 3 Notre Dame (11–2, 2–0), which garnered a first-place vote.

Only two teams in last week’s poll lost, and there were no changes in the top 18.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 13 Georgia Tech (14–0, 2–0), No. 14 Duke (10–3, 1–0), No. 20 California (13–1, 1–0) and No. 22 N.C. State (10–3, 2–0). Only Cal changed positions, going up one spot even though the Bears didn’t play.

AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	UCLA (30)	13–0	798	1
2	South Carolina (1)	12–1	763	2
3	Notre Dame (1)	11–2	727	3
4	Southern California	12–1	693	4
5	Texas	13–1	642	5
6	LSU	15–0	628	6
7	UConn	11–2	613	7
8	Maryland	12–0	609	8
9	Oklahoma	12–1	534	9
10	Ohio State	13–0	504	10
11	TCU	13–1	475	11
12	Kansas State	13–1	452	12
13	Georgia Tech	14–0	400	13
14	Duke	10–3	357	14
15	Tennessee	12–0	340	15
16	Kentucky	11–1	321	16
17	North Carolina	13–2	303	17
18	West Virginia	10–2	233	18
19	Alabama	13–1	207	20
20	California	13–1	186	21
21	Michigan State	11–2	148	19
22	N.C. State	10–3	137	22
23	Iowa	11–2	116	24
24	Michigan	10–3	82	23
25	Ole Miss	8–3	48	25

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Vanderbilt 26, Utah 24, Illinois 11, Oklahoma St. 7, Baylor 5, Nebraska 4, Mississippi St. 3, Harvard 3, Portland 1.

Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 13 Louisville	2–0	12–3	13
N.C. State	2–0	9–4	30
Syracuse	1–0	11–1	40
Stanford	1–0	11–2	31
No. 18 Notre Dame	1–0	9–2	16
Virginia	1–0	9–3	33
Duke	1–0	6–6	29
Virginia Tech	1–1	11–3	52
Wake Forest	1–1	11–3	119
Clemson	1–1	9–4	48
Miami	1–1	8–4	45
No. 16 North Carolina	0–1	11–3	20
California	0–1	8–5	63
SMU	0–1	7–6	137
Pittsburgh	0–1	7–7	234
Boston College	0–1	4–10	215
Florida State	0–2	5–9	113
Georgia Tech	0–2	4–9	122

* — Through Tuesday games
Saturday’s results
No. 13 Louisville 89, No. 23 Tennessee 65
Virginia 88, Winthrop 53
Florida State 77, South Carolina State 36
Duke 76, Belmont 46
Sunday’s results
No. 16 North Carolina 93, Charleston Southern 74
Virginia Tech 79, Radford 47
N.C. State 68, Davidson 49
Miami 85, Kennesaw State 55
Duquesne 84, Pittsburgh 69
Clemson 84, North Florida 62
SMU 74, Southern 62
Stanford 64, Oregon 53
No. 18 Notre Dame 110, Bellarmine 38
No. 17 USC 61, California 57
Monday’s result
Wake Forest 78, Gardner-Webb 66
Sunday’s games
Wofford at Georgia Tech, noon, ACC Network
Stetson at Miami, 2 p.m., ACC Network
Clemson at Chicago State, 3 p.m.
Duke at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Cornell at Stanford, 4 p.m., ACCN Extra
Cal Poly at California, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Monday, Dec. 29, games
Pittsburgh at No. 18 Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ACCN
SMU at Virginia, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 16 North Carolina at Boston College, 8 p.m., ACC Network

Date	Day/month	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
30	Thursday	L, 91–82	No. 3 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. 4 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. 2 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	8 p.m.	at Boston College	ACCN
	January
1	Thursday	Noon	vs. California	ACCN
4	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Stanford	ESPN
11	Sunday	1 p.m.	at No. 18 Notre Dame	ESPN
15	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Miami	ACCN Extra
18	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Florida State	The CW
22	Thursday	8 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
25	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	The CW
	February
2	Monday	6 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN2
5	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Clemson	ACCN
8	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
12	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. SMU	ACCN
15	Sunday	1 p.m.	at Duke	ABC
19	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	ACCN
22	Sunday	Noon	vs. Pittsburgh	ACCN
26	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Virginia	ACCN Extra
	March
1	Sunday	Noon	vs. Duke	ESPN
			ACC tournament
4–8	Wed.-Sun		Gas South Arena, Duluth, Ga.
			NCAA tournament
20–24	Fri.-Mon.		First, second rounds
27–30	Fri.-Mon.		Regionals Fort Worth, Texas, and Sacramento, Calif.
	April
3, 5	Fri., Sun		Final Four Phoenix