By R.L. Bynum

After two losses in Northern California last week, North Carolina plummeted eight spots to No. 22 in the latest AP Top 25 men’s poll.

The Tar Heels (14–4, 2–3 ACC) have lost three of their last four games after losing 95–90 on Wednesday at Stanford and 94–78 on Saturday at Cal.

It’s UNC’s lowest rank since it was No. 25 in the preseason poll.

Carolina was one of four teams in last week’s poll to lose twice:
— Iowa State (16–2) fell from No. 3 to No. 9 after losing 84–63 to Kansas and 97–70 to Coach Wes Miller’s Cincinnati team.
— Vanderbilt (16–2), with Jalen Washington and Tyler Nickel, dropped from No. 10 to No. 15 after having its unbeaten streak snapped, losing 80–64 to Texas and 98–94 to Florida (13–5), which moved up three spots to No. 16.
—Seton Hall (14–4) fell from No. 25 to out of the poll after falling to UConn 69–64 and Butler 77–66.

After wins at Washington and Oregon, Elliott Cadeau’s Michigan team (16–1) moved up one spot to No. 3.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 5 Duke (17–1, 6–0; up one spot; won at Cal and Stanford), No. 14 Virginia (16–2, 5–1; up two spots; beat Louisville and SMU), No. 18 Clemson (16–3, 6–0; up four spots; beat Boston College and Miami) and No. 23 Louisville (13–5, 3–3; down three spots; lost to Virginia but beat Pittsburgh).

Voting UNC the highest at No. 16 was Johnny Congdon of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Ala., while the highest number of voters (23) left the Tar Heels off their ballots.

John Johnson of WXII had UNC No. 18, with Chris Lea of WRAL voting the Tar Heels No. 20 and Kate Rogerson of WTVD having Carolina No. 24.

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AP Top 25

Rank	Team (1st-place votes)	Record	Poll points	Previous
1	Arizona (61)	18-0	1,525	1
2	UConn	18-1	1,419	3
3	Michigan	16-1	1,377	4
4	Purdue	17-1	1,318	5
5	Duke	17-1	1,296	6
6	Houston	17-1	1,217	7
7	Nebraska	18-0	1,207	8
8	Gonzaga	19-1	1,103	9
9	Iowa State	16-2	1,001	2
10	Michigan State	16-2	998	12
11	Illinois	15-3	893	13
12	Texas Tech	14-4	805	15
13	BYU	16-2	791	11
14	Virginia	16-2	713	16
15	Vanderbilt	16-2	656	10
16	Florida	13-5	651	19
17	Alabama	13-5	571	18
18	Clemson	16-3	449	22
19	Kansas	13-5	305	NR
20	Arkansas	13-5	298	17
21	Georgia	15-3	263	21
22	North Carolina	14-4	220	14
23	Louisville	13-5	195	20
24	Saint Louis	17-1	187	NR
25	Miami (OH)	19-0	99	NR

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 64, St. John’s 64, Iowa 30, Kentucky 27, Tennessee 20, Utah St. 15, UCF 14, Miami 10, George Mason 10, Saint Mary’s 5, SMU 3, Villanova 3, Texas A&M 2, N.C. State 1.

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Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 5 Duke	6–0	17–1	2
No. 18 Clemson	6–0	16–3	25
No. 14 Virginia	5–1	16–2	14
Miami	4–1	15–3	31
N.C. State	3–2	12–6	34
Syracuse	3–2	12–6	75
Stanford	3–3	14–5	69
Virginia Tech	3–3	14–5	54
No. 23 Louisville	3–3	13–5	16
No. 22 North Carolina	2–3	14–4	29
SMU	2–3	13–5	33
Wake Forest	2–3	11–7	57
California	2–4	14–5	59
Georgia Tech	2–4	11–8	141
Notre Dame	1–4	10–8	78
Boston College	1–4	8–10	165
Pittsburgh	1–4	8–10	114
Florida State	0–5	7–11	134

* — Through Sunday games
Saturday’s results
California 84, No. 22 North Carolina 78
No. 14 Virginia 72, SMU 68
Virginia Tech 89, Notre Dame 76
Georgia Tech 78, N.C. State 74
Boston College 81, Syracuse 73, OT
No. 18 Clemson 69, Miami 59
No. 5 Duke 80, Stanford 50
Wake Forest 69, Florida State 68
No. 23 Louisville 100, Pittsburgh 59
Tuesday’s games
N.C. State at No. 18 Clemson, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Florida State at Miami, 7 p.m., ESPNU
SMU at Wake Forest, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Wednesday’s games
Notre Dame at No. 22 North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Pittsburgh at Boston College, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Virginia Tech at Syracuse, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday’s games
No. 18 Clemson at Georgia Tech, noon, ACC Network
N.C. State at Pittsburgh, noon, ESPN2
No. 22 North Carolina at No. 14 Virginia, 2 p.m., ESPN
Miami at Syracuse, 2 p.m., ACC Network
Virginia Tech at No. 23 Louisville, 3:30, The CW
Florida State at SMU, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Wake Forest at No. 5 Duke, 5:45, The CW
Boston College at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ACC Network
California at Stanford, 8 p.m., ACC Network

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Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. No. 13 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. 19 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. 10 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	W, 99–51	vs. East Carolina	12–1
30	Tuesday	W, 79–66	vs. Florida State	13–1, 1–0 ACC
	January
3	Saturday	L, 97–83	at SMU	13–2, 1–1
10	Saturday	W, 87–84	vs. Wake Forest	14–2, 2–1
14	Wednesday	L, 95–90	at Stanford	14–3, 2–2
17	Saturday	L, 84–78	at California	14–4, 2–3
21	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame	ESPN2
24	Saturday	2 p.m.	at No. 14 Virginia	ESPN
31	Saturday	2 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
	February
2	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	ESPN
7	Saturday	6:30	vs. No. 5 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. 23 Louisville	ESPN
28	Saturday	6:30 or 8:30	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN or ESPN2
	March
3	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Clemson	ESPN or ESPN2
7	Saturday	6:30	at No. 5 Duke	ESPN
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte

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