By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina dropped one spot to No. 12 in the AP Top 25 women’s poll after splitting a pair of games, including a loss at No. 2 Texas.

The Tar Heels (9–2) rebounded from the 79–64 loss Thursday to the Longhorns in the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge by rolling to an 82–40 home win Sunday over Boston University.

No teams ahead of UNC in last week’s poll lost, but one that fell just below the Tar Heels could be helpful to the Tar Heels’ NCAA tournament resume. Ole Miss fell four spots to No. 17 after losing 61–60 to Kansas State, which UNC beat 85–73 in Cancun on Nov. 28.

UNC remained the top-ranked ACC team. The other two ranked league teams also lost their Challenge games. Notre Dame fell one spot to No. 19 after losing to Ole Miss 69–62. Louisville stayed at No. 22 after losing 79–77 to No. 3 South Carolina.

Teonni Key’s Kentucky team (10–1) moved up two spots to No. 15.

AP Top 25

Rank	School (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	UConn (23)	9–0	791	1
2	Texas (9)	10–0	777	2
3	South Carolina	9–1	726	3
4	UCLA	9–1	711	4
5	LSU	10–0	649	5
6	Michigan	8–1	642	6
7	Maryland	11–0	590	7
8	TCU	10–0	566	8
9	Oklahoma	9–1	553	9
10	Iowa State	10–0	505	10
11	Iowa	9–0	474	12
12	North Carolina	9–2	422	11
13	Baylor	9–1	392	14
14	Vanderbilt	9–0	369	15
15	Kentucky	10–1	332	17
16	USC	7–2	328	16
17	Ole Miss	8–1	292	13
18	Tennessee	6–2	257	19
19	Notre Dame	6–2	179	18
20	Washington	8–1	163	21
21	Ohio State	7–1	160	23
22	Louisville	8–3	154	22
23	Oklahoma State	10–1	130	24
24	Nebraska	9–0	74	NR
25	Michigan State	8–1	72	20

Others receiving votes: Princeton 31, Texas Tech 24, Georgia 12, Alabama 11, N.C. State 8, Oregon 3, Stanford 1, Illinois 1, West Virginia 1.

Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 16 Louisville	2–0	11–3	14
Syracuse	1–0	10–1	40
Wake Forest	1–0	10–2	125
Stanford	1–0	9–2	33
No. 20 Notre Dame	1–0	8–2	19
Virginia	1–0	8–3	29
N.C. State	1–0	7–4	30
Duke	1–0	4–6	38
Clemson	1–1	8–4	49
No. 18 North Carolina	0–1	10–3	17
Virginia Tech	0–1	8–3	63
California	0–1	8–4	68
Miami	0–1	6–4	48
Pittsburgh	0–1	6–6	254
SMU	0–1	5–6	153
Florida State	0–1	4–8	112
Georgia Tech	0–1	4–8	118
Boston College	0–1	4–9	208

* — Through Tuesday games
Tuesday’s result
Syracuse 72, Binghamton 54
Wednesday’s games
No. 18 North Carolina 84, UNCW 34
Clemson 78, Charleston Southern 52
No. 16 Louisville 76, Eastern Kentucky 51
Thursday’s games
Virginia Tech at Florida State, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Miami at Wake Forest, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Saint Francis at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Georgia Tech at N.C. State, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
South Dakota State at Duke, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Friday’s games
Mercyhurst at Syracuse, 10:30 a.m, ACCN Extra
Northeastern at Boston College, noon, ACCN Extra
SMU at Sam Houston, 6 p.m., ESPN+
No. 22 Washington at Stanford, 10 p.m., ACCN Extra
Saturday’s games
No. 16 Louisville at No. 17 Tennessee, 11 a.m., Fox
Winthrop at Virginia, noon, ACCN Extra
South Carolina State at Florida State, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Duke at Belmont, 3 p.m., ESPN+
Sunday’s games
Charleston Southern at No. 18 North Carolina, noon, ACC Network
Radford at Virginia Tech, noon, ACCN Extra
Kennesaw State at Miami, noon, ACCN Extra
N.C. State at Davidson, noon, CBS Sports Network
Pittsburgh at Duquesne, 1 p.m., ESPN+
North Florida at Clemson, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Bellarmine at No. 20 Notre Dame, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Southern at SMU, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Oregon vs. Stanford in San Francisco, 6 p.m., ESPN
No. 19 USC vs. California in San Francisco, 8:30, ESPN

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. 16 Louisville	9–3, 0–1 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 84–34	vs. UNCW	10–3
21	Sunday	Noon	vs. Charleston Southern	ACCN Extra
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. 20 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