By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina stayed at No. 12 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after a pair of victories last week, getting leapfrogged in the poll by unbeaten Vanderbilt.

The Tar Heels (11–1) blew past East Tennessee State 77–58 on Tuesday, then pulled out a Quad 1 71–70 win over Ohio State on Saturday at the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta. UNC is off to its best start since the 2008–09 national championship team won its first 13 games.

UNC faces East Carolina (5–7) at 8:05 p.m. Monday (ACC Network) at the Smith Center in its final nonconference game.

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Carolina may have been able to move up to take advantage of Louisville’s 83–62 loss at Tennessee, but Vanderbilt (12–0), with Tyler Nickel and Jalen Washington, instead jumped past UNC, moving up two spots to No. 11. The Commodores won two road games last week, beating Memphis 77–70 in overtime on Wednesday and Wake Forest 98–67 on Sunday.

The Cardinals (10–2), who rebounded with a 94–54 win over Montana, fell from No. 11 to No. 16 after the loss, while Tennessee (9–3) moved up one spot to No. 19 after also beating Gardner-Webb 94–52.

The Tar Heels’ 806 poll points are their most since garnering 976 last season on Nov. 25, when they also were ranked No. 12. Vanderbilt got 810 poll points, making the gap between the Commodores and the Tar Heels the smallest between two teams in this week’s poll.

The only other team ahead of the Tar Heels in last week’s poll to lose was Duke, which lost 82–81 to Texas Tech in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The Blue Devils (11–1) fell three spots to No. 6, while the Red Raiders jumped four spots to No. 15 after also beating Northern Colorado 101–91.

Virginia (10–1) is up two spots to No. 21 after its 80–72 victory over Maryland.

Only one voter, UNC alum Parth Upadhyaya of The Daily Memphian in Memphis, Tenn., had N.C. State on their ballot at No. 25.

Elliot Cadeau’s Michigan team (11–0) stayed at No. 2 while Ian Jackson’s St. John’s team (7–4), which was No. 22, fell out of the poll after Saturday’s 78–66 loss to Kentucky.

WXII’s John Johnson voted UNC the highest of any voter at No. 9, while WTVD’s Kate Rogerson had the Heels No. 10 and WRAL’s Chris Lea voted UNC No. 11.

For the third consecutive week, Shane Mettlen of the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va., voted Carolina the lowest, this time at No. 20. Mettlen has voted UNC the lowest in seven of eight polls.

The highest number of voters (23) have UNC No. 11, with 16 voting the Tar Heels No. 12.

AP Top 25

Rank	School (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	Arizona (38)	11–0	1,428	1
2	Michigan (19)	11–0	1,408	2
3	Iowa State (1)	12–0	1,320	4
4	UConn	12–1	1,281	5
5	Purdue	11–1	1,174	6
6	Duke	11–1	1,148	3
7	Gonzaga	12–1	1,080	7
8	Houston	11–1	1,061	8
9	Michigan State	11–1	985	9
10	BYU	11–1	966	10
11	Vanderbilt	12–0	810	13
12	North Carolina	11–1	806	12
13	Nebraska	12–0	704	15
14	Alabama	9–3	638	16
15	Texas Tech	9–3	588	19
16	Louisville	10–2	555	11
17	Kansas	9–3	494	17
18	Arkansas	9–3	470	14
19	Tennessee	9–3	460	20
20	Illinois	8–3	429	18
21	Virginia	10–1	252	T23
22	Florida	8–4	215	T23
23	Georgia	10–1	127	25
24	Southern Cal	12–1	92	NR
25	Iowa	10–2	79	NR

Others receiving votes: Kentucky 78, Seton Hall 49, Auburn 39, St. John’s 23, California 19, LSU 17, UCLA 13, Clemson 9, Miami (Ohio) 6, Utah St. 5, Arizona St. 5, Indiana 4, Miami 4, Saint Louis 3, Belmont 2, Baylor 1, Oklahoma St. 1, UCF 1, N.C. State 1.

Team	League	Overall	NET*
California	0–0	12–1	44
No. 6 Duke	0–0	11–1	4
No. 12 North Carolina	0–0	11–1	19
No. 21 Virginia	0–0	10–1	30
Miami	0–0	11–2	35
Virginia Tech	0–0	11–2	59
No. 16 Louisville	0–0	10–2	15
SMU	0–0	10–2	37
Stanford	0–0	10–2	76
Clemson	0–0	10–3	38
N.C. State	0–0	9–4	31
Notre Dame	0–0	9–4	82
Wake Forest	0–0	9–4	68
Georgia Tech	0–0	8–4	187
Syracuse	0–0	8–4	92
Pittsburgh	0–0	7–6	119
Florida State	0–0	6–6	139
Boston College	0–0	5–6	177

* — Through Sunday games
Saturday’s results
No. 12 North Carolina 71, Ohio State 70
No. 16 Louisville 94, Montana 54
Georgia Tech 95, Lafayette 81
Virginia Tech 82, Elon 81, OT
Syracuse 91, Northeastern 83
No. 21 Virginia 80, Maryland 72
No. 15 Texas Tech 82, No. 6 Duke 81
Stanford 77, Colorado 68
Sunday’s results
Pittsburgh 80, Penn State 46
N.C. State 76, Ole Miss 62
No. 11 Vanderbilt 98, Wake Forest 67
Purdue Ft. Wayne 72, Notre Dame 69
SMU 99, Central Arkansas 82
Clemson 68, Cincinnati 65
Miami 105, North Florida 67
California 74, Columbia 56
Monday’s games
American at No. 21 Virginia, 6 p.m., ACCN Extra
Jacksonville at Florida State, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Stonehill at Syracuse, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
Fairleigh Dickinson at Boston College, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
East Carolina at No. 12 North Carolina, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday’s game
Cal State Northridge at Stanford, 8 p.m., ACCN Extra
Sunday’s games
Le Moyne at Boston College, 2 p.m., ACCN Extra
Cal State Fullerton at SMU, 3 p.m., ACCN Extra
Florida A&M at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra

Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. No. 10 BYU in SLC	Exhib.
29	Wednesday	W, 95–53	vs. Winston-Salem St.	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 94–54	vs. Central Arkansas	1–0
7	Friday	W, 87–74	vs. No. 17 Kansas	2–0
11	Tuesday	W, 89–74	vs. Radford	3–0
14	Friday	W, 97–53	vs. N.C. Central	4–0
18	Tuesday	W, 73–61	vs. Navy	5–0
			Fort Myers Tip-Off
25	Tuesday	W, 85–70	vs. St. Bonaventure	6–0
27	Thursday	L, 74–58	vs. No. 9 Michigan State	6–1
	December		ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
2	Tuesday	W, 67–64	at Kentucky	7–1
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7	Sunday	W, 81–61	vs. Georgetown	8–1
13	Saturday	W, 80–62	vs. USC Upstate	9–1
16	Tuesday	W, 77–58	vs. ETSU	10–1
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
20	Saturday	W, 71–70	vs. Ohio State	11–1
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22	Monday	8 p.m.	vs. East Carolina	ACCN
30	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Florida State	ESPN2
	January
3	Saturday	2:15	at SMU	The CW
10	Saturday	6 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
14	Wednesday	9 p.m.	at Stanford	ACCN
17	Saturday	4 p.m.	at California	ACCN
21	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame	ESPN2
24	Saturday	2 or 2:30	at No. 21 Virginia	ESPN or ESPNU
31	Saturday	2 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
	February
2	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	ESPN
7	Saturday	6:30	vs. No. 6 Duke	ESPN
10	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at Miami	ESPN or ESPN2
14	Saturday	2 p.m.	vs. Pittsburgh	ESPN
17	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN or ESPN2
21	Saturday	1 p.m.	at Syracuse	ABC
23	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Louisville	ESPN
28	Saturday	6:30 or 8:30	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN or ESPN2
	March
3	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Clemson	ESPN or ESPN2
7	Saturday	6:30	at No. 6 Duke	ESPN
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte