On August 29, the North Carolina Tar Heels will begin their 2024 college football schedule versus Minnesota. See below for more info.

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2024 North Carolina Game and TV Schedule

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North Carolina 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Tar Heels are playing the 73rd-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• In terms of toughness — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — North Carolina will be playing the 75th-ranked schedule this year.
• In terms of difficulty, using their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Tar Heels will be facing the 68th-ranked conference schedule this year.
• North Carolina has six games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that put up nine or more victories and three squads with three or fewer wins last year.
• The Tar Heels will have seven teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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North Carolina Stat Insights (2023)

• The Tar Heels owned the 97th-ranked defense last season (404.4 yards allowed per game), and they were more effective on the other side of the ball, ranking seventh-best with 491.2 yards per game.
• North Carolina sported the 75th-ranked defense last year (27.3 points allowed per game), and it was better offensively, ranking 20th-best with 34.5 points per game.
• The Tar Heels ranked 95th in pass defense last year (241.2 passing yards allowed per game), but they excelled on the other side of the ball, ranking 14th-best in FBS with 299.2 passing yards per game.
• While North Carolina ranked 25th-worst in FBS in rushing defense with 176.9 rushing yards allowed per game last season, it was a different situation on the other side of the ball, as it ranked 20th-best in FBS (192.1 rushing yards per game).
• Offensively, the Tar Heels were a top-25 unit in terms of third-down efficiency last season, ranking ninth-best in FBS by putting up a 48.7% third-down conversion rate. They ranked 60th on defense (38.2% third-down percentage allowed).
• With 22 forced turnovers (25th in FBS) against 17 turnovers committed (51st in FBS), North Carolina (+5) had the 31st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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