North Carolina Football Schedule 2026

2026 results · Updated 2026-10-10

UNC this season

Record

2-2 · 4 played

Points

96 scored · 78 allowed

Latest result

Oct 3 vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish · 26–37

Current / next fixture

Oct 17 at Duke Blue Devils

AP Top 25 · 2026-09-27

Unranked

Schedule guide · Reviewed 2026-10-11

Reading the North Carolina schedule

Next matchup

North Carolina plays next against Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, October 17, 2026, on the road. Kickoff is 3:30 PM EDT. TV coverage is TBD.

Home and away stretches

North Carolina hosts Miami and Louisville on either side of a nonconference trip to UConn. The final pair stays within the ACC: Virginia away, then NC State at home. UConn interrupts the late conference sequence.

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

• Aer Lingus College Football Classic: Sat, Aug 29 — neutral site vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Victory Bell: Sat, Oct 17 — at Duke Blue Devils
• South's Oldest Rivalry: Sat, Nov 21 — at Virginia Cavaliers · kickoff TBD
• North Carolina–NC State rivalry: Sat, Nov 28 — vs. NC State Wolfpack · kickoff TBD

What remains unannounced in our listings

• Sat, Oct 17 — at Duke Blue Devils: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 24 — vs. Syracuse Orange: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Oct 31 — vs. Miami Hurricanes: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 7 — at UConn Huskies: TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 14 — vs. Louisville Cardinals: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 21 — at Virginia Cavaliers: kickoff time, TV network TBD.
• Sat, Nov 28 — vs. NC State Wolfpack: 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

2-2

Games played

4

Points scored

96

Points allowed

78

Points per game

24.0

Points allowed per game

19.5

Point differential

+18

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.