NC State Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

NCST this season

Record

3-2 · 5 played

Points

184 scored · 128 allowed

Latest result

Oct 3 vs Louisville Cardinals · 31–28

Current / next fixture

Oct 23 at Stanford Cardinal

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the NC State schedule

Next matchup

NC State plays next against Stanford Cardinal on Friday, October 23, 2026, on the road. Kickoff is 10:30 PM EDT. TV coverage is scheduled for ESPN.

Home and away stretches

NC State hosts California, Duke and Syracuse in three successive fixtures before ending at Florida State and North Carolina. The closing schedule has a pronounced home-then-away shape, with no home date between those last two trips.

This closing stretch runs from Sat, Oct 31 through Sat, Nov 28. Dates are shown in Eastern time; successive fixtures may have an open week between them.

Rivalry and event dates

• North Carolina–NC State rivalry: Sat, Nov 28 — at North Carolina Tar Heels · kickoff TBD

Calendar changes and weekday selections

• Fri, Oct 23 — at Stanford Cardinal. Friday game in the ACC’s finalized weekday slate.

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 31 — vs. California Golden Bears: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 7 — vs. Duke Blue Devils: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 14 — vs. Syracuse Orange: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 21 — at Florida State Seminoles: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 28 — at North Carolina Tar Heels: kickoff time, TV network TBD.

This guide interprets the published fixture list. Schedule data snapshot: 2026-10-10; results are recorded through October 9. New broadcaster selections and results may not yet be reflected here.

Confirmed finals through 2026-10-10

Team scoring

Record

3-2

Games played

5

Points scored

184

Points allowed

128

Points per game

36.8

Points allowed per game

25.6

Point differential

+56

These figures include only the confirmed final scores in the schedule above. Player yards and individual leaders are not included because those figures have not been sourced here.