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Sat, Oct 17 · 3:30 PM ET

North Carolina logoUNCNorth Carolina3-2 · 2026
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Duke logoDUKEDuke4-1 · 2026

North Carolina at Duke preview

Market win prob.DUKE 58%

Market: DraftKings' pregame moneyline with the bookmaker's margin removed. Not betting odds.

Numbers to know

  • 1DUKE has won its last 3 home games (2026 season, finals only).
  • 2DUKE has outscored opponents by 19.6 points per game over its last 5 (34.0–14.4).
  • 3UNC has held opponents to 17 or fewer points in 3 of its last 5 games.
North Carolina logo

UNC recent form

Last 5 games (2026 season, finals only)

  • W10/10@ Pittsburgh logo Pittsburgh21–17
  • L10/3vs Notre Dame logo Notre Dame26–37
  • L9/19@ Clemson logo Clemson20–28
  • W9/12vs East Tennessee State logo East Tennessee State35–3
  • W8/29@ TCU logo TCU15–10
Duke logo

DUKE recent form

Last 5 games (2026 season, finals only)

  • L10/10@ Georgia Tech logo Georgia Tech25–28
  • W9/26vs William & Mary logo William & Mary62–7
  • W9/19vs Stanford logo Stanford35–7
  • W9/12@ Illinois logo Illinois31–27
  • W9/5vs Tulane logo Tulane17–3

Key players

College football: we hold no player game logs, so there is no key-player pick.

Head to head

UNC 3 – 2 DUKE · last 5

Meetings since 2016.

  • 2025DUKE 32 @ UNC 25
  • 2024UNC 20 @ DUKE 21
  • 2023DUKE 45 @ UNC 47
  • 2022UNC 38 @ DUKE 35
  • 2021DUKE 7 @ UNC 38

All numbers come from our own schedule and game-log tables; each section states its window. Results our logs can't settle reliably (e.g. a tied run or goal sum) show as “–” and are left out of streaks. Not betting advice.