By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina moved up two spots to No. 16 in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll after a pair of decisive home victories last week.

The Tar Heels (11–3) blew out UNCW 84–34 on Wednesday and knocked off Charleston Southern 93–74 on Sunday.

UNC plays ACC games the rest of the regular season, beginning with an 8 p.m. game on Monday, Dec. 29, at Boston College (ACC Network).

Carolina now has the third-highest NET ranking in the ACC after falling from 16 to 21 over the weekend. Louisville is at 13 and Notre Dame at 15. The Tar Heels are 0–3 in Quad 1 games, 2–0 in Quad 2 games, 2–0 in Quad 3 games and 7–0 in Quad 4 games.

Two teams just ahead of UNC in last week’s poll lost, aiding the Tar Heels’ rise:
— Baylor (11–3) plummeted seven spots to No. 22 after it lost 61–60 to Texas Tech.
— Tennessee (7–3) fell six spots to No. 23 after an 89–65 loss to ACC-leading Louisville (12–3), which moved up three spots to No. 13 after also beating Eastern Kentucky 76–51.

The only other ACC team in the poll is Notre Dame, which slid up two spots to No. 18 after a 110–38 Sunday victory over Bellarmine.

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AP Top 25

Rank	School (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	UConn (25)	12–0	793	1
2	Texas (7)	14–0	775	2
3	South Carolina	12–1	727	3
4	UCLA	11–1	710	4
5	LSU	13–0	644	5
6	Michigan	10–1	636	6
7	Maryland	13–0	580	7
8	TCU	13–0	564	9
8	Oklahoma	11–1	564	8
10	Iowa State	13–0	556	10
11	Kentucky	12–1	439	12
12	Vanderbilt	12–0	417	13
13	Louisville	12–3	400	16
14	Iowa	10–2	368	11
15	Ole Miss	12–1	359	14
16	North Carolina	11–3	301	18
17	USC	9–3	255	19
18	Notre Dame	9–2	242	20
19	Ohio State	10–1	213	21
20	Nebraska	12–0	180	23
21	Texas Tech	14–0	126	NR
22	Baylor	11–3	124	15
23	Tennessee	7–3	122	17
24	Michigan State	10–1	88	24
25	Princeton	11–1	69	25

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 37, Alabama 26, Stanford 21, Georgia 20, Washington 17, N.C. State 12, Arizona St. 7, Illinois 4, Oregon 3, BYU 1.

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Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 13 Louisville	2–0	12–3	13
N.C. State	2–0	9–4	29
Syracuse	1–0	11–1	40
Stanford	1–0	11–2	31
No. 18 Notre Dame	1–0	9–2	15
Virginia	1–0	9–3	33
Duke	1–0	6–6	28
Virginia Tech	1–1	11–3	52
Wake Forest	1–1	10–3	117
Clemson	1–1	9–4	49
Miami	1–1	8–4	46
No. 16 North Carolina	0–1	11–3	21
California	0–1	8–5	63
SMU	0–1	7–6	135
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	120

* — Through Sunday 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 game
Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., ACCN Extra
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

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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. 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

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