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*	WAB*
No. 1 Duke	17–1	29–2	1	2
No. 10 Virginia	15–3	27–4	13	11
Miami	13–5	24–7	32	28
No. 19 North Carolina	12–6	24–7	23	19
Clemson	12–6	22–9	36	33
No. 24 Louisville	11–7	22–9	14	25
N.C. State	10–8	19–12	35	45
Florida State	10–8	17–14	69	74
California	9–9	21–10	65	49
Stanford	9–9	20–11	59	51
SMU	8–10	19–12	39	50
Virginia Tech	8–10	19–12	53	52
Wake Forest	7–11	16–15	64	81
Syracuse	6–12	15–16	83	92
Pittsburgh	5–13	12–19	109	146
Notre Dame	4–14	13–18	93	121
Boston College	4–14	11–20	159	217
Georgia Tech	2–16	11–20	167	210

* — Through Sunday games
Saturday’s results
No. 1 Duke 76, No. 19 North Carolina 61
Boston College 77, Notre Dame 69
Clemson 79, Georgia Tech 76
No. 24 Louisville 92, Miami 89
Florida State 92, SMU 78
Stanford 85, N.C. State 84
Wake Forest 80, California 73
Pittsburgh 71, Syracuse 69, OT
END OF REGULAR SEASON
ACC tournament
Spectrum Center | Charlotte
Tuesday through Saturday

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Date	Month/day	Scores	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. 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. 11 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	W, 91–69	vs. Notre Dame	15–4, 3–3
24	Saturday	W, 85–80	at No. 9 Virginia	16–4, 4–3
31	Saturday	W, 91–75	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 5–3
	February
2	Monday	W, 87–77	vs. Syracuse	18–4, 6–3
7	Saturday	W, 71–68	vs. No. 1 Duke	19–4, 7–3
10	Tuesday	L, 75–66	at No. 25 Miami	19–5, 7–4
14	Saturday	W, 79–65	vs. Pittsburgh	20–5, 8–4
17	Tuesday	L, 82–58	at N.C. State	20–6, 8–5
21	Saturday	W, 77–64	at Syracuse	21–6, 9–5
23	Monday	W, 77–74	vs. Louisville	22–6, 10–5
28	Saturday	W, 89–82	vs. Virginia Tech	23–6, 11–5
	March
3	Tuesday	W, 67–63	vs. Clemson	24–6, 12–5
7	Saturday	L, 76–61	at No. 1 Duke	24–7, 12–6
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte
12	Thursday	L, 80–79	Quarterfinals: vs. Clemson	24–8
		NCAA tournament
19	Thursday	L, 82–78, OT	First round: vs. VCU in Greenville, S.C.	24–9

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