2026-27 North Carolina Strength of Schedule
How tough North Carolina’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Nov 27 – Dec 19
- Nov 27WVU#36
- Dec 1ARK#10
- Dec 6BUT#87
- Dec 12@ GTWN#61
- Dec 15@ NCSU#53
- Dec 19@ UK#22
Average opponent rank 44.8
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
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- 26 left · 12 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 5 left · all at home
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 1 left · all at home
ACC conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 North Carolina0-0 | – | – | 12 | 83.3 |
 Duke0-0 | – | – | 21 | 90.9 |
 Louisville0-0 | – | – | 32 | 94.6 |
 Virginia0-0 | – | – | tied for 57 | 106.1 |
 Stanford0-0 | – | – | tied for 57 | 106.1 |
 Pittsburgh0-0 | – | – | 63 | 108.7 |
 Clemson0-0 | – | – | 66 | 110.0 |
 NC State0-0 | – | – | 69 | 111.5 |
 Florida State0-0 | – | – | 70 | 112.4 |
 Notre Dame0-0 | – | – | 72 | 113.4 |
 Virginia Tech0-0 | – | – | 75 | 114.6 |
 California0-0 | – | – | 78 | 116.9 |
 SMU0-0 | – | – | 79 | 117.5 |
 Georgia Tech0-0 | – | – | 80 | 119.4 |
 Wake Forest0-0 | – | – | 82 | 121.3 |
 Syracuse0-0 | – | – | 84 | 125.7 |
 Miami0-0 | – | – | 85 | 126.5 |
 Boston College0-0 | – | – | 86 | 133.6 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank