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.

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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.

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Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 11 Duke	13–0	18–6	9
No. 9 Louisville	12–1	22–4	8
N.C. State	10–3	17–7	24
No. 21 North Carolina	9–3	20–5	19
Syracuse	9–4	19–5	37
Virginia	9–4	17–7	36
Virginia Tech	8–5	18–7	44
Clemson	8–5	17–8	39
Notre Dame	7–6	15–9	29
California	6–6	15–10	51
Georgia Tech	6–7	11–14	91
Stanford	5–7	16–9	42
Miami	4–9	12–12	56
Florida State	3–9	8–16	103
Wake Forest	3–10	13–12	130
SMU	1–11	8–16	191
Pittsburgh	1–11	8–17	256
Boston College	0–13	4–22	252

* — Through Tuesday games
Thursday’s games
SMU at No. 21 North Carolina, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Boston College at Florida State, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Wake Forest at No. 9 Louisville, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Georgia Tech at Clemson, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Virginia at California, 10 p.m., ACCN Extra
Virginia Tech at Stanford, 10 p.m., ACCN Extra
Sunday’s games
Pittsburgh at SMU, noon, ACC Network
Miami at Boston College, noon, ACCN Extra
No. 21 North Carolina at No. 11 Duke, 1 p.m., ABC
Virginia at Stanford, 2 p.m., The CW
Clemson at Syracuse, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
N.C. State at Notre Dame, 4 p.m., ESPN
Virginia Tech at California, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Florida State at No. 6 Louisville, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Thursday, Feb. 19, games
No. 21 North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Notre Dame at Wake Forest, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
California at Florida State, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
N.C. State at No. 11 Duke, 7 p.m., ESPN
Boston College at SMU, 7:30, ACCN Extra
Stanford at Miami, 8 p.m., ACC Network

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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. 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. 4 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. 9 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 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	6 p.m.	vs. SMU	ACCN
15	Sunday	1 p.m.	at No. 11 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. No. 11 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

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