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North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2026 · ACC

Efficiency
+1.5
62nd FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
13th
proj. of 17
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North Carolina is 2-0 and ranked 62nd in overall efficiency. Their 25th-ranked defense carries them, with a 101st-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 58% of offensive plays with a 57th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 42% of plays with a 42nd-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+4 left
Q2
0-0
+1 left
Q3
1-0
+3 left
Q4
1-0
+2 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.8 wins
Strength of Record
15th
+0.3 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
80th
full season
28th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
22nd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.8 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
0vs TCUBig 12#59W 1510-2.2100%9.2Q3
2vs East Tennessee StateSouthernW 353+33.4100%6.7Q4
3@ ClemsonACC#67Preview+0.150%Q3
5vs Notre DameFBS Independents#1Preview-20.911%Q1
6@ PittsburghACC#27Preview-12.523%Q1
7@ DukeACC#44Preview-7.134%Q2
8vs SyracuseACC#71Preview+6.565%Q4
9vs Miami-FLACC#7Preview-18.214%Q1
10@ UConnFBS Independents#105Preview+8.369%Q4
11vs LouisvilleACC#48Preview-1.646%Q3
12@ VirginiaACC#22Preview-14.520%Q1
13vs NC StateACC#53Preview-1.048%Q3

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on North Carolina, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-0.3+4.0+8.397Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 57th
SR 46thYPP 64thEPA 67th
RushingEff 42nd
SR 40thYPP 36thEPA 48th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 40th
SR 55thYPP 33rdEPA 36th
Rush defenseEff 64th
SR 87thYPP 56thEPA 58th
Dropback rate 58%Tempo -3.2 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 77th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 56%1st · Defense allowed: 35%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 42%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 17.0Q1 · Allowed: 10.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 14.0Q2 · Allowed: 0.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 17.0Q3 · Allowed: 0.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 0.0Q4 · Allowed: 3.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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North Carolina Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 101st
-4.3
Field position: +0.1Finishing drives: -4.4
Field position +0.1Finishing drives -4.4= -4.3
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 62nd · Finishing 99th

Defensive EffRanked 25th
+5.7
Field position: +0.7Finishing drives: +5.0
Field position +0.7Finishing drives +5.0= +5.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 44th · Finishing 27th

2.37 points per drive on offense, 0.72 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(29)62% / 38%52%8.3
Q2(25)64% / 36%44%6.8
Q3(30)47% / 53%70%7.7
Q4(24)38% / 63%29%3.9
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(26)10.058%8.3
2nd(16)9.344%9.3
3rd(14)7.443%5.6
4th(1)7.0100%18.0
All (57)51%8.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(28)9.854%5.6
2nd(17)7.247%5.1
3rd(6)7.333%5.0
4th(0)
All (51)49%5.4

North Carolina, all games.