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North Carolina Tar Heels football

2026 season · ACC

4-42-3 in conference · all 2026 games

Next at UConn · Nov 7 · 12:00 PM ET

Schedule and results

2026 · opponent AP rank shown when ranked
  1. Aug 29vsTCUNeutral siteW15–10
  2. Sep 12vsEast Tennessee StateW35–3
  3. Sep 19ConfatClemsonL20–28
  4. Oct 3vs3Notre DameL26–37
  5. Oct 10Confat25PittsburghW21–17
  6. Oct 17ConfatDukeW24–20
  7. Oct 24ConfvsSyracuseL30–31
  8. Oct 31Confvs1MiamiL35–38
  9. Nov 7atUConn12:00 PM ET
  10. Nov 14ConfvsLouisvilleTime TBA
  11. Nov 21ConfatVirginiaTime TBA
  12. Nov 28ConfvsNC StateTime TBA

Season stats

per game · rank among FBS teams · 8 games
  • Points per game25.8No. 88
  • Points allowed per game23.0No. 57
  • Total yards per game344.6No. 107
  • Passing yards per game236.6No. 59
  • Rushing yards per game108.0No. 126
  • Yards allowed per game378.1No. 93
  • Third-down conversion44.2%No. 34
  • Turnover margin per game−0.4No. 99

Team leaders

2026 season totals · top 3 on this team

Passing

Passing yards

  1. Billy EdwardsQB1,87115 TD
  2. Miles O'NeillQB220 TD

Rushing

Rushing yards

  1. Benjamin HallRB29660 CAR
  2. Demon JuneRB28972 CAR
  3. Jaylen McGillRB24647 CAR

Receiving

Receiving yards

  1. Jordan ShippWR58745 REC
  2. Jelani ThurmanTE46138 REC
  3. Trech KekahunaWR21917 REC

Defense

Total tackles

  1. Derek McdonaldLB8231 SOLO
  2. Peyton SeelmannLB7329 SOLO
  3. Gregory SmithDB4826 SOLO

Sacks

  1. Xavier LewisDL7.010 TFL
  2. Peyton SeelmannLB2.53 TFL
  3. Jaylen HarveyDL2.07 TFL

Interceptions

  1. Gregory SmithDB325 YDS
  2. Tre MillerDB118 YDS
  3. Kenton Dopson IIIDB10 YDS

Schedule, results, rankings and stats via CollegeFootballData.