Future UNC Opponents

Who is scheduled to play against Carolina Basketball and Football in the seasons to come? We track and confirm that here …

Basketball

2025-26
Oct 24 vs. BYU (preseason – Salt Lake City, Utah)
Oct 29 Winston-Salem State (preseason)
Nov 3 Central Arkansas
Nov 7 Kansas
Nov 11 Radford
Nov 14 NC Central
Nov 18 Navy
Nov 25 vs. St. Bonaventure (Fort Myers Fla. Tip-Off)
Nov 27 vs. Michigan State (Fort Myers Fla. Tip-Off)
Dec 2 at Kentucky (ACC-SEC Challenge)
Dec 7 Georgetown
Dec 13 USC Upstate
Dec 16 ETSU
Dec 20 vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic – Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec 22 ECU
Dec 30/31 Florida State
Jan 3 at SMU
Jan 10 Wake Forest
Jan 13/14 at Stanford
Jan 17 at Cal
Jan 20/21 Notre Dame
Jan 24 at Virginia
Jan 31 at Georgia Tech
Feb 2 Syracuse
Feb 7 Duke
Feb 10/11 at Miami
Feb 14 Pitt
Feb 17/18 at NC State
Feb 21 at Syracuse
Feb 23 Louisville
Feb 28 Virginia Tech
Mar 3/4 Clemson
Mar 7 at Duke
Mar 10-14 ACC Tournament

Football

2026
Non-Conference: TCU (Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 29), ETSU (Sept. 12), @ UConn (Sept. 19), Notre Dame (Oct. 3)
ACC: Home – Louisville, Miami, NC State, Syracuse; Away – Clemson, Duke, Pittsburgh, Virginia

2027 
Central Florida (Sept. 4), @ Purdue (Sept. 11), UConn (Sept. 18), North Alabama (Sept. 25)
ACC: Home – Duke, Florida State, Virginia, Virginia Tech; Away – Georgia Tech, NC State, Stanford, Wake Forest

2028 
@ South Carolina (Sept. 2), NC A&T (Aug. 26 or Sept. 16), James Madison (Sept. 23)
ACC: Home – Boston College, NC State, Stanford, Wake Forest; Away – Duke, Florida State, SMU, Virginia

2029:
South Carolina (Sept. 1)
ACC: Home – California, Clemson, Duke, Virginia; Away – Louisville, Miami, NC State, Virginia Tech

2030
@ Notre Dame
ACC: Home – Miami, NC State, SMU, Virginia Tech; Away – California, Clemson, Duke, Virginia

2031 
Purdue (Sept. 13)

2036 
@ Notre Dame (Nov. 8)